Festivals, concerts and heritage for summer nights
This summer, the monuments and heritage spaces managed by the Catalan Agency for Cultural Heritage once again become stages for festivals and concerts throughout the country
Monuments, heritage sites and music become an idyllic experience on summer nights. This 2026, emblematic places such as the Monastery of Santes Creus, Sant Pere de Rodes or the History Museum of Catalonia will once again become spaces for living culture throughout the country. The sites managed by the Catalan Agency for Cultural Heritage come alive through musicians and musical ensembles and will be transformed into venues for festivals and concerts.
The program combines early music, classical, jazz, folk, roots music, contemporary proposals and established artists from the Catalan and international scene, among a long list of up to 27 concerts.
Among the notable events are the Jordi Savall Festival at the Monastery of Santes Creus, the Schubertiadain Vilabertran, the Sant Pere de Rodes Music Festival or the Portalblauin Empúries, with performances by Sopa de Cabra, Judit Neddermann or La Fúmiga. Cycles such as the Summer Nights of the History Museum of Catalonia, concerts at the Roman complex of Centcelles, the Terrer Festival in Priorat or unique proposals in heritage sites such as Ullastret, Miravet Castle or the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona are also added.
The Route of Cister and Sant Pere de Rodes
The initiative offers a unique and exceptional opportunity to enjoy summer nights with great artistic proposals. That of Jordi Savall, which has become an unmissable date on the calendar to enjoy the chords of the renowned performer and conductor, is scheduled from August 10 to 16. The Jordi Savall Festival is an early music festival that has established itself in Santes Creus as one of the most important summer festivals in Catalonia and which, for 2026, is expanding its programming with concerts also in Montblanc, Valls, and Alcover, spaces linked to the Ruta del Cister.
The thematic axis of the program is the eclipse and, among many others, the various musical ensembles directed by Maestro Jordi Savall will perform: Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, and Orpheus 21. The festival also features conferences and concerts by young emerging artists.
The monumental complex of Sant Pere de Rodes also becomes a reference center for medieval music with a musical proposal by Antoni Madueño with Espais Sagrats. Also, in Vilabertran on July 12, the Terrer Festival will conclude with a concert by Tasto Solo. The Schubertíadade Vilabertran reaches its 34th edition this year with a program that pays tribute to the legendary Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012) on the centenary of his birth, by Matthias Goerne, Florian Boesch, Andrè Schuen, and Samuel Hasselhorn.
Judit Neddermann and Sopa de Cabra
El Portalblaubrings, for this edition, La Fúmiga & Naina, Judit Neddermann & Gio Symphonia and Sopa de Cabra, on August 7, 8 and 9 at MAC Empúries, in Alt Empordà. MAC Ullastret, in Baix Empordà, will host several concerts: the jazz duo formed by Carles Bech and Liza Wuyts (July 25); the Empordà singer Joanjo Bosk, who will present his album "Fàcil", accompanied by Albert Serrano on guitar (August 8), and the group composed of Carles Coll Costa on piano, Carles Coll Bardes on cello and soprano Clara Valero (August 14), in a concert commemorating the 150th anniversary of Pau Casals' birth.
At Castell Monestir d'Escornalbou, in Baix Camp, the Llamp! Festival, dedicated to culture and gastronomy, will once again champion rural traditions and contemporary creativity through unique artistic proposals in a heritage setting, on June 20.
Sunsets and unique spaces
TheSummer Nights at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya will once again fill July Wednesdays with live music. The museum's terrace will become a concert hall for four nights to host performances by Santa Salut, Joan Garriga & Madjid Fahem, Maria Hein, and Gregotechno. A unique stage, with privileged views of the heart of the Port of Barcelona, to enjoy music with a drink in the cool air during the magical moment of sunset.
Other places in the country are hosting various festivals and concerts this summer in unique heritage spaces. In Les Garrigues, the Roca dels Moros del Cogul will be the stage for the Garrigues Guitar Festivalon August 8th, while in Moianès, the Casa Museu Prat de la Riba will commemorate the anniversary of Enric Prat de la Riba's death with a concert by Judit Neddermann on August 1st.
In Priorat, the Cartoixa d'Escaladei will inaugurate the Festival Terrer on August 26th with a performance by Amaro Freitas and Momi Maiga, in a proposal that unites music, landscape, and wine culture. In Ribera d'Ebre, the Castell de Miravet will host the concert Riu de Veus on June 27th with David Carabén, Xarim Aresté, and Meritxell Gené.
As for Tarragonès, the Roman complex of Centcelles will celebrate a new edition of its concert series during July, with free performances that combine heritage and live music. Finally, in Urgell, the classical music festival La Pedra Parla will return to the Monestir de Santa Maria Vallbona on August 1st and 2nd, and there will also be performances at the Convent de Sant Bartomeu de Bellpuig, with a performance on July 17th by Núria Andorrà. Awarded the Premi Alícia 2021 by the Catalan Academy of Music, the percussionist is considered one of the best improvisers on the European circuit and is once again nominated for the same award. Feliu Ventura will sing at the Iberian city of Molí d'Espígol a day earlier, as part of the Festival a2m.
