Santa Eulàlia Festival 2025

Santa Eulàlia Cultural Activities & Free Museums

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Each year in early February, the Santa Eulàlia Festivities fill the streets of Barcelona with a festive and cultural spirit. From February 7th to 12th, the city celebrates its co-patron saint, offering a great program of activities that range from emblematic parades to concerts and commemorative events.

You can kick off the celebrations on Friday by discovering the corners and places in the city related to the legend of Santa Eulàlia alongside the Joan Amades Cultural Association. Accompanied by live music, enjoy the explanations of a guide who will reveal all the secrets of the saint’s story. Advance registration on the website required: www.joanamades.cat.

Santa Eulàlia human towers
Castellers – Human Towers in Plaza Sant Jaume

Activity program

You can easily check the full list of activities in English on the cities website: barcelona.cat/santaeulalia/en/programa

 If this is your first year attending the festival, here are a few of the local favorites:

  • Els Protocols de l’Àliga (dancing eagle parade), February 7, 2025, at 20:00, Plaça Sant Jaume.
  • Ball de Bastons de Catalunya (stick dancers procession), Feb 8, 2025, at 10:00, Plaça Sant Jaume.
  • Correfoc de Santa Eulàlia (fire run), February 8, 2025, at 20:00, Plaça Reial.
  • Trobada de Gegants & Santa Eulàlia Parade (display of the city’s giants & parade), February 9, 2025 at 10:00, Avinguda de la Catedral.
  • Trobada de Puntaires (lace-making gathering), February 9, 2025, at 10:30, Carrer dels Arcs and Portal de l’Àngel.
  • Diada Castellera (human towers), February 9, 2025 at 11:30, Plaça Sant Jaume.
  • Santa Eulàlia Parade, February 12, 2025 at 9:00, Palau de la Virreina.
  • Final Parade & Fireworks, February 12, 2025, at 18:30, Palau de la Virreina to Plaça Sant Jaume.

Free Museums in Barcelona for Santa Eulàlia

Many of the city’s offer jornada de portes obertes (open doors) for Santa Eulàlia. Please note that because these visits are so popular, a number of locations either require or recommend that you reserve your ticket in advance so you’re not left waiting in long lines or get stuck without a ticket.

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