Fiestas de Sants 2025: dates, program and decorated streets (GUIDE)

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After the Festa Major de Gràcia, the Festa Major de Sants is still one of the most anticipated of the Barcelona summer. At the end of August, when the sun is not so hot and at night you start to feel like a little jacket, starts a week of festivities perfect to face with humor the arrival of September and the end of the vacations.

This year, the Festes Majors de Sants 2025 will be held from August 23 to 31, and, as tradition dictates, the opening speech will give the starting shot to nine days of activities, concerts and popular culture. The traditional proclamation will be followed by days full of music, workshops, dances and other expressions of neighborhood culture, which will culminate with the awaited Piromusical show in the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial.

So grab a pen and paper because we tell you everything you need to know not to miss anything of the Festa Major de Sants 2025.

When is the Festa de Sants 2025?

Photo: Ajuntament de Barcelona | Flickr

This year, the Festes Majors de Sants 2025 will begin on Saturday 23 August with a parade at 6:30 pm, which will run through the streets of the neighborhood from Carrer de Sants, in front of the Centre Cívic Cotxeres de Sants.

The festivities will continue until Sunday, August 31, when they will culminate with the expected Piromusical show in the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial.

The proclamation, in charge of the theater company La Calórica

This year, the proclamation of the Festival of Sants will be delivered by actresses Esther López Martín and Júlia Truyol Caimari, members of the theater company La Calòrica. Both have spent more than 15 years creating committed theater that addresses social issues with intelligent humor.

The proclamation will be held on Saturday August 23 at 8:00 pm from the balcony of the Casa del Mig, in the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial. For those who can not attend in person, the event can be followed live through a link provided by the City Council. In addition, there will be sign language interpretation on one of the balconies of the Town Hall to facilitate access to people with hearing disabilities.

Before the proclamation

Before the proclamation, the show Expressions del món, by the Taula Intercultural del Secretariat d’Entitats de Sants, Hostafrancs i la Bordeta, will be performed at Parc de l’Espanya Industrial.

In the morning, everyone will be able to participate in a cercavila from Avinguda de Josep Tarradellas, where the choreographies of the Chinese dragon, which according to tradition brings good luck for the whole year and also participates in the unitary cercavila in the afternoon, will be taught.

What does the poster of the Festa Major de Sants 2025 mean?

The winner of the 29th Festa Major de Sants poster contest is Laia Capellades Olivella, a resident of Sants, an architect by profession and passionate about drawing. For the past year she has been studying illustration at the Escola de la Dona, with the aim of telling stories through her drawings, focusing on characters and people’s daily lives rather than on straight lines or traditional perspectives.

In her poster for the Festa Major de Sants 2025, Laia has wanted to reflect the collective work of preparation of the festival by the neighbors, as well as the brotherhood lunches, the celebration and the joy of those days. There is no lack of music, dance and traditional events, such as the castellers and the diables, capturing the community and festive spirit of the neighborhood.

Highlights of the Festa Major de Sants 2025.

As every year, the Festa Major de Sants 2025 has hundreds of acts, but here we leave you with some of the highlights so you know where to look.

Parade and dance of giants

Tour through the neighborhood of Sants with the Colla de Geganters de Sants, the Banda de Música del Triangle and the Tabalers de Sants. The giants offer a dance that precedes the reading of the inaugural proclamation.

• Saturday 23 August – Tour through the neighborhood to the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial.

Floral tribute to St. Bartholomew

The street festival committees and the Castellers de Sants pay homage to the patron saint with a pillar and a floral offering.

• Sunday August 24 – Santa Maria Parish Church and Sants Market

Popular dances

Auditions and sardana dances by coblas invited by each festival committee, in several streets of the neighborhood.

• Throughout the festival – Several streets of the neighborhood.

Awards to the decorated streets

Awards for the best decorated streets, in recognition of the centuries-old tradition of decorating squares and streets.

• Monday, August 25 – Parc de l’Espanya Industrial

Correfoc

The youngest devils make a children’s correfoc, while the adults and the fire bestiary of the neighborhood perform the great night correfoc.

• Saturday 23 August – Main streets of the neighborhood

End of the festival

Pyromusical show that closes the Festa Major and concert of the Municipal Band of Barcelona the following week.

• Sunday August 31 – Parc de l’Espanya Industrial (pyromusical)
• September 6 – Parc de l’Espanya Industrial (concert Municipal Band)

All the decorated streets of the Sants Festival 2025

One of the main attractions of the Festes de Sants is the decoration of its streets, a tradition that dates back to 1943 and is still deeply rooted in the neighborhood. This year, eleven streets and squares will participate in the decoration contest, transforming the neighborhood into a veritable museum of ephemeral outdoor art.

On Monday, August 25, the prizes for the street decoration contest will be awarded at 7:30 p.m. at the Parque de la España Industrial.

The streets decorated this year are:

• Alcolea de Dalt: The circus.
• Alcolea de Baix: The Secret Life of Food
• Finlàndia: An Enchanted Forest
• Galileu: A tour of the main festivals of Catalonia
• Guadiana: Intergalactic service area
• Plaça de la Farga: A flower garden
• Papin: Kiln of the emblematic pottery Casa Batllori
• Sagunt: Centenary of the Barcelona subway
• Valladolid: Homage to Jules Verne
• Vallespir de Baix: Reproduction of the Plaça dels Països Catalans (Catalan Countries Square)
• Vallespir de Dalt: Explanation of how the Fiesta Mayor de Sants works.

In this article we explain in detail what are all the decorated streets and the themes of their “guarnits”.

The winning street for the best decorated street of the Sants Festival 2025

The Festes de Sants 2025 already have the winner of the decorations contest, in an edition marked by both neighborhood creativity and vandalism that damaged part of the decorations. We explain all the details in our article.

The concerts of the Sants Festival 2025: guide to more than 180 performances

As every year, the streets and squares of Sants become the stages of the Festa Major, with more than 180 concerts and musical performances from Saturday 23 August to 31 August.

Some of the most outstanding concerts of this year’s program are KIW and Las Bajas Pasiones or El Niño de la Hipoteca, but there are many more… Check our article about the concerts of the Fiestas de Sants 2025 to see the program with all the concerts of the festa major.

The Festa Major de Sants 2025 Map: mobility and closed streets

From August 23 to 31, circulation will be restricted in several streets due to events of the Festa Major. Therefore, to get to the festival, the use of public transport is recommended.

Before, from August 19 to 22, the twelve decorated streets (Alcolea de Baix, Alcolea de Dalt, Finland, Galileu, Guadiana, Plaza de la Farga, Papin, Sagunt, Valladolid, Vallespir de Dalt and Vallespir de Baix) will be punctually cut to allow the assembly of covers, roof elements and other structures of the guarnits.

In addition, from 4 p.m. on August 24 until 1 a.m. on August 25, Muntadas street will be closed. Also on August 31, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., traffic will be restricted on the section of the Sants-Creu Coberta axis between Olzinelles and Moianès due to the athletic and cycling races of the Festa Major. On the occasion of the Cursa de la Plaça de la Farga and the children’s and adult Correfocs, there will be occasional cuts in the route of both activities also scheduled for August 31.

If you don’t want to get lost among the decorated streets of the Sants 2025 festivities, take a look at the map here whenever you feel like it. And if you prefer, you can also save it on your mobile in JPG or PDF to have it handy.

Sport in the Festa Major de Sants

The Festa Major de Sants combines popular culture and sport with a wide range of activities: athletics, cycling, soccer, basketball, ping-pong, Catalan bitlles, zumba, eSports and, above all, the prestigious Obert Internacional d’Escacs de Sants-Ciutat de Barcelona, the largest open in Spain.

We leave you the complete schedule of sports activities so you don’t miss a single one.

Chess

• August 22nd to 31st: Obert Internacional d’Escacs in Cotxeres de Sants, with more than 20.000 € in prizes.
• Parallel activities: rapid games (24/8), doubles (28/8), simultaneous (30/8).
• The players also play an indoor soccer tournament at CEM la Bordeta.
• 29/8: Screening of the documentary El petit peó at the Zumzeig Cinema.

La Farga Square

• 24/8: eSports challenges (10 h).
• 29/8: Football and basketball tournaments for all ages (10.30 h).
• 30/8: 42nd Cursa Plaça de la Farga (9.30 h), with children’s races and the Yayo Run. Solidarity registrations.

Other sports

• 24/8: Catalan bitlles championship (5 p.m., c/ Comtes de Bell-lloc).
• 29/8: Table soccer championship (17.30 h, Can Climent sq.) + zumba session (11.30 h, c/ Galileu).
• 30/8: Table tennis tournament open to all levels (6.30 p.m., c/ Sagunt).

Sunday, August 31 – Athletic and cycling races.

• 9-10 h: Athletic races (350 m and 2 km).
• Afterwards, cycling races on the Sants-Creu Coberta axis:
  • 48th Trofeu Quirze Martí (cadets, 10 h).
  • 78th Trofeu Enric Armengol (juniors, 11.15 a.m.)
  • 3rd Cursa Ciclista Femenina (12.20 a.m.)
  • 47th Trofeu Antonio Andrés Sancho (elite men).

If you want more details, you can go to the website of the festival.

Accessibility at the Sants 2025 Festival: guided tours of the streets.

The Festa Major de Sants 2025 is committed to be more diverse and accessible. This year, several activities and spaces have been adapted to ensure the participation of people with reduced mobility, visual impairment, deafness or autism.

Accessible activities

• Sunday, August 24th
  20:00 h – Proclamation of Fiesta Mayor in the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial, by the actresses Esther López Martín and Júlia Truyol Caimari (Cía. La Calòrica). With sign language and subtitles.
• Monday, August 25th
  19:30 h – Awards ceremony of the decorated streets contest, at the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial. With sign language.
• Tuesday, August 26: 10:00-13:30 h – Inclusive visit to the decorated streets for people with autism or cognitive needs. Free, prior registration (Aprenem). 17:00-19:00 h – Audio-described guided tour of the decorated streets for people with visual impairment. Free, previous registration (Subtil). Departure: Plaça Bonet i Muixí.
• Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 and Friday 29 August
  18:00-19:30 h – Historical route through Sants, visiting 7 key points of the neighborhood’s heritage. Free, limited places (20 pers.). Departure: Sants District, c/ Creu Coberta 104. Wednesday 27: adapted to reduced mobility. Thursday 28: adapted + sign language. Friday 29th: adapted to reduced mobility.

Eating in Sants: gastronomic festivities

Eating out in Sants is a party in itself. The neighborhood, big as it is, is one of the great gastronomic reserves of the city, with great options of food of all kinds, but with a lot of eye to the traditional Catalan cuisine.

For this reason, we leave you our guide to the best restaurants in Sants. Or, at least, our favorites. By the way, we leave you some more here, so you don’t miss anything.

• Buenavista. The best Russian salad in the neighborhood.
• Tramendu. Renewed Catalan cuisine with all the letters. The restaurant we would want in any neighborhood, with well-prepared local cuisine and a format that goes from breakfast time to a dinner that goes on and on.
• Bodega Bartolí. Classic vermouth and gilda cellar, a must.
• Bodega Montferry. The Montferry sandwiches, nothing more needs to be said.
• Kobuta Ramen. Ramen hidden in Sants that has made a name for itself.
• Forno Bomba. Italian oven withsourdough breads, sliced pizza, focaccia and ‘cinnamon buns’, nothing else. Nothing else. What else?
• La Mundana. One of the historical gastrotabernas of Barcelona, years already offering contemporary and creative cuisine at reasonable prices. Their bravas are already mythical in the city.
• Gurí. New opening with a cuisine in line with La Mundana, but with Uruguayan influences of its chef. Great ideas in this kitchen and good vegetable dishes.
• Steel. The hambuguesas and bravas that have won a thousand awards. A sure bet for a party, obviously.
• Bar Tremendo. One of our favorite tortillas in town.
• Las tres mentiras: A top Mexican restaurant that transports you to the American country and has become a little secret among taco lovers. A must try to find authentic Mexican food.
• La Bricciola: The pizzeria of the most famous pizza maker of Tik Tok, Pino Prestanizzi, makes really delicious pizzas, beyond online fashions, so try them and say Un tre!

After the Fiestas de Gràcia

Many of us start thinking about the Fiestas de Sants while the Fiestas de Gràcia are still going on. Therefore, we leave here all the information related to the other major festival of the summer, so you can have the two articles with all the necessary info.