La Mercè 2022

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Barcelona is once again celebrating its grand festival in honor of its patron saint. A program chock-full of activities is planned for all, with music, dance, circus acts, street arts and don't forget the traditional giants, dragons, fire beasts, human towers and Sardana groups! 

La Mercè is also a festival of street arts with the MAC festival, Mercè Street Arts, a showcase of new creations, and a meeting place for many artists, both from the city and overseas. Passeig de Lluís Companys will be again the festival venue in the heart of the city, together with the Parc de la Ciutadella, the Parc de la Trinitat and the Montjuïc Castle.

Similarly to other years, Avinguda de la Catedral, the Moll de la Fusta, Bogatell beach, Avinguda de Maria Cristina and the Plaça Major de Nou Barris are the locations where the Mercè Festival will be filled with today's popular rhythms and mega concerts.

This year, all roads lead to the Roman la Mercè! Through the language of music, cinema, dance and even puppets la Mercè celebrates Rome, this year’s guest city at the Festa Major. Barcelona and Rome share a culture and a way of life that is one hundred per cent Mediterranean—it could be said that they are blood brothers. It's no coincidence that Italians are the largest group of foreign nationals living in Barcelona. Now la Mercè is celebrating the ties that bind it to Rome by inviting the Italian capital to the Festa Major this year. Do you want to get to Rome? Then follow the roads laid out for you by la Mercè 2022.

Every year since 2007, artists from the guest city have been invited to take part in the festival to share their culture and talent. It is one of Barcelona's ways of showing its ties and sharing projects with major metropolises around the world. This time you will find Rome-related proposals not only at the la Mercè Street Arts festival, but also at the Mercè Música, the Barcelona Acció Musical, the International Pyrotechnic Festival, the Filmoteca and in the Plaça de la Mercè, which is converted into an open-air cinema.

For more events check our online events calendar.