The month of January is associated with the festivities for Sant Antoni Abat (17 January), opening the festive cycle in Barcelona. The neighbourhood of Sant Antoni will be holding its local festival from 12 to 21 January, kicking off the city’s annual calendar of celebrations. Sant Andreu will be celebrating with the traditional Tres Tombs…

The Tres Tombs is back in Sant Andreu in January, with the traditional blessing of animals and the procession. Horses, jennets, riders and all sorts of carriages: barouches, Berlins, tartanas, phaetons and muleteers’ carts… One of the most distinctive and traditional features of the festivities for Sant Antoni is the Tres Tombs procession. The first one in…

Where: Punt de trobada: davant del Centre de la Vila (Vila Olímpica) When: Ongoing event Address: C Salvador Espriu, 61 District: Sant Martí Area: La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou Post Code: 08005 Web: http://www.patinarbcn.org/ca/info-rutes There are skating get-togethers and routes in various parts of Barcelona throughout the year. For skating enthusiasts there is no better…

There will be no Magic Fountain son-et-lumière shows during the period of closure. The shows will re-open on 1 March, at 8 pm slots. Montjuïc’s Magic Fountain and the Avinguda Maria Cristina fountains will be closed to the public until this coming 28 February, to maintain the quality of their installations. They are being closed…

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On the evening of 5 January, Barcelona organises a big welcome for the Kings of the Orient, who set off on a big parade through the city’s streets, followed by a long procession of royal pages, floats and groups of artists, dancers, postmen and others formed by members of any Barcelona associations and organisations that wish…

As they do every year, the Three Kings of the Orient will arrive in Barcelona on the afternoon of 5 January, accompanied by the traditional cortege of magic creatures, pages and helpers of all kinds, plus loads of sweets for everyone waiting at some point along their route. The boldest will be able to deliver…

The refrain goes: ‘St Anthony with the little pig, his day always falls on the seventeenth’, referring to 17 January, the saint’s day of St Anthony the Abbot. But here in Barcelona the festival is not just for a day: it’s a festive cycle that includes the whole month of January and a series of…