Category: Past events

Taste the famous brunyols (donuts)!

White Summer isn’t returning to the Costa Brava coast in 2025. White Summer was an annual innovative multidisciplinary art festival that emphasized creativity, innovation, and collaboration between physical and digital art spaces. It culminated in a series of open-air music concerts, art installations, performance art, and experiential art in Pals and subsequently Palamós. An entertainment […]

The Mediterranean Music and Art Festival PortalBlau in L’Escala offers an engaging programme of concerts, performances, and cultural experiences in various art forms throughout July and August. The performances take place against the stunning backdrop of the Mediterranean sea, as most of the festival occurs outdoors. PortalBlau showcases talent in music, dance, circus art, and […]

The Dance of the Almorratxes is a beloved tradition happening in Lloret de Mar during the festival celebrating the town’s patron saint, Santa Cristina. The dance dates back to the legend of a rich Moorish man falling in love with a local girl from Lloret. He tried to win her over, but the Christian girl […]

For one balmy night in July, visit Calella de Palafrugell and be seduced by the velvet voices of the renowned havaneres performing the Cantada — singing of traditional Habanera songs that takes place on the beachside town square Plaça de Port Bo and broadcast live onto the giant screens installed on other beaches in and […]

One of the oldest gastronomic campaigns in Baix Empordà, Peix Blau Ganxó pays homage to the staple of the seafood cuisine in Sant Feliu de Guíxols — the fish that’s blue, peix blau, that includes the likes of sardines, anchovies, mackerel, tuna, swordfish, and others. When the campaign first began (in 1993), these types of […]

The annual Bread Fair in Castelló d’Empúries is organized jointly by the municipal government and the historic flour factory and museum Ecomuseu-Farinera that opens its doors to multiple fun activities related to bread- and flour-making. Guided tours, workshops on cake decoration and baking for kids, gastronomic tours and tastings for adults with the best products […]

The Oil Fair (“Fira de l’Oli”) in the small town of Fontanilles is a cozy local affair showcasing the best olive oil from Empordà, complete with oil tastings and shopping. Olive oil is not the only focus of the fair, however, as “Castellum” — performances by the finest castellers of the Costa Brava — take […]

Pessebre Vivent is a wildly popular Christmastime reenactment of the Nativity of Jesus that takes place in small towns and villages across Catalonia. Pessebre Vivent is an interactive performance in a way — it often requires the spectators to travel from setting to setting, from the picturesque old town to the rustic landscape of rivers […]