Christmas Festival in Plaça de Catalunya

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The Barcelona Christmas Festival begins each day with mornings designed for the whole family, continues with thrilling afternoons of circus and dance, evenings dedicated to the most diverse musical rhythms, and ends with an exciting closing show featuring a large choir.

Christmas is a story, a tale woven from feelings, emotions and affections, told when the whole community comes together. It's a story like those that bring us together around a fireplace, or those that come to life on stage. This December in Plaça de Catalunya, new stories will once again be told through different voices and artistic languages: circus and dance, movement and music... Almost twenty theater, dance and circus companies, six of them international, along with nine musical groups, will bring them to life. The festival features 357 performances from morning to night.

Family Mornings

Enjoy a rich and varied show featuring visual and object theater, and a musical journey to a surprising planet.

Come with the little ones but don’t miss a thing, because the unique, intimate, small-scale performances you will see in Plaça de Catalunya from 11:00 to 14:00 will captivate both children and the adults accompanying them. A group of artists, each with their own technique and discipline, will create a polyphonic show combining visual and object theater with a musical journey that will take you far away.

Afternoons of Circus and Dance

A line-up of local and international artists lights up the Barcelona Christmas season with a program of acrobatics, musical juggling, urban and contemporary dance and physical theater.

Dance, circus and the disciplines most typical of street arts take center stage from 17:00 to 19:00 in a program designed for audiences of all ages yet offering moments for more mature reflection. Local and international artists combine acrobatics, musical juggling, urban and contemporary dance, and physical theater in their shows.

Musical Evenings 

When the sun sets, the music begins. From 19:00 to 20:00, Plaça de Catalunya becomes a showcase for Barcelona’s vibrant music scene, featuring folk, jazz, rap, electronic, Latin and fusion sounds.

Spectacular Nights

Music, and the human voice in particular, have both musical and theatrical dimensions. This dual nature inspires the performance that will close each day’s program at 20:00 with a grand musical and theatrical production performed by a choir, taking you on a journey to the very essence of Christmas. 

For more events check our online events calendar.

Christmas in Catalunya

Are you curious about Catalan holiday traditions? Head over to our page Christmas in Barcelona, and you'll learn about the famous Catalan "pooping log" and the caganer. If you're looking for something Christmassy to do, check out our list of events in and around the city at: What's on in Barcelona: Christmas.