Vigília de Corpus 2025

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Dance of the new "gegants" of Sant Roc. Photo by Edu Bayer courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

The vigil, or eve, of Corpus Christi is traditionally observed the day before, but as Corpus Christi falls on a weekday this year, Vigília de Corpus will be celebrated on June 21st so everyone can enjoy the festivities. Featuring dancing gegants (giants), parades, fireworks, dancing demons and the famous correfoc (fire run), it's an evening filled with cultural traditions.

Program

18:30 The festivities open with the ringing of the bells and pyrotechnics followed by a parade of the city’s gegants and capgrossos (big heads) starting at Plaça de Sant Jaume and along Carrers del Bisbe, Pietat i Comtes and Pla de la Seu.

The gegants del Pi will dance in Plaça del Pi and continue along to Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol, Carrer del Pi, Plaça de la Cucurulla, Carrer dels Boters, Plaça Nova, Carrer del Bisbe, Santa Llúcia and Pla de la Seu.

The gegants de Santa Maria del Mar begin at Plaça de Santa Maria and dance along Carrer de l’Argenteria to Plaça de l’Àngel, Tapineria, Avinguda de la Catedral and Pla de la Seu.

19:00 Once all of the gegants have come together at Pla de la Seu they parade together through the streets along Carrer de Santa Llúcia, Palau Episcopal, Carrers del Bisbe and Pietat i Santa Clara finally ending at Plaça del Rei.

19:45 When all of the gegants have arrived in Plaça del Rei they dance in the square and panoli (a traditional anise seed cookie eaten for Corpus Christi) are distributed to the crowd.

20:00 Sparks will fly at the ball de diables (demons dance) at Avinguda de la Catedral.

20:30 Correfoc (fire run) from Avinguda de la Catedral to Pla de la Seu, Carrer de Santa Llúcia, Carrer del Bisbe, Carrer de la Pietat and Carrer dels Comtes de Barcelona, ​​Pla de la Seu and back again to Avinguda de la Catedral closing the evening with a bang at around 21:00. 

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