festivals and Events in Barcelona
They might involve running through fireworks, gobbling grapes or raffling pigs, but parties are the life and soul of barcelona, and an enthusiastic crowd always materialises to make things go with a bang. Even though there are 15 public holidays a year, the notoriously hard working barcelonins somehow find the energy to celebrate even the smallest events before an early start at the office the next day. Most of those events take place in the center of Barcelona. The annual round of 30 or so neighbourhood festes share many traditional Barcelona events; among them are castellers (human castles) and papier mâché giants, both spectacular for rather different reasons, and the correfoc is a nocturnal frenzy of pyromania, when groups of devils dance through the streets, floutiing almost every safety rule in the book. The orderly antidote to this pandemonium is the sardana, Cataloni's folk dance. Watching the dancers executing their fussy little hops and steps in a large circle, it's hard to believe that sardanes were once banned as a vestige of pagan witchcraft.The sardana is much harder than it looks, and the joy lies in taking part rather than watching.
If you feel like taking part in one of the events and festivals taking place in Barcelona during the year just book a Barcelona apartment or Barcelona Hotel and enjoy the special atmosphere.