Wednesday 26 August 2009

The Event Calendar - September 2009 - by Wirdheim.cat

The Wirdheim.CAT Event Calendar has a focus on activities typical for the Catalan popular culture and is presented under the headlines Human Towers, Festa Major, Other Events and Exhibitions. General information can be found at the end of this entry.

Castells/Castellers (Human Towers) and Falcons

September 5: Olot. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera) in the Plaça del Dr. Fleming
Participants: Castellers de Terrassa, Sagals d’Osona, Xerrics d’Olot.

September 6: Rubí. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Bordegassos de Vilanova, Castellers de Cerdanyola, Castellers de Rubí.

September 10: Vic. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Sagals d’Osona.

September 11: Badalona. At 12:00, a National Day of Catalonia (la Diada) performance.
Participants: Castellers de Barcelona, Castellers de Sabadell, Xicots de Vilafranca.

September 11: Barcelona. A National Day of Catalonia (la Diada) performance in the Plaça del Setge de Barcelona
Participants: Castellers del Poble Sec.

September 11: Rubí. A National Day of Catalonia (la Diada) performance.
Participants: Castellers de Rubí.

September 13: Mollet del Vallès. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Castellers de Mollet, Castellers de Rubí.

September 13: Terrassa. At 12:30, a Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Nens del Vendrell, Castellers de Terrassa, Xiquets de Reus.

September 20: Barcelona. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Castellers de la Sagrada Família, Castellers del Poble Sec.

September 20: Valldoreix. At 11:30 in the plaça Casal de Cultura (Jornada Castellera de la Festa Major). Participants: Bordegassos de Vilanova and Castellers de Sant Cugat.

September 20: Vic. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Castellers de Lleida, Marrecs de Salt, Sagals d’Osona, Tirallongues de Manresa.

September 23: Tarragona: The Santa Tecla Day celebrated with "walking pillars" (pilars caminants).
Participants: Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serallo, Colla Castellera de Sant Pere i Sant Pau.

September 24: Barcelona. The Annual Meeting of Barcelona’s Human Tower teams (trobada castellera de colles de Barcelona).
Participants: Castellers de Barcelona, Castellers de la Sagrada Família, Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia, Castellers de Sants, Castellers del Poble Sec.

September 26: Calldetenes. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Sagals d’Osona.

September 27: Hospitalet de Llobregat. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Castellers de Mollet, Castellers de Rubí and Colla Jove de l’Hospitalet.

September 27: Roda de Ter. A Day of Human Towers (Jornada Castellera).
Participants: Colla castellera Nyerros de la Plana and Sagals d’Osona.

Festa Major - Town Festitivities

September 13-24 (culminating at the end): Tarragona, Festa Major de Santa Tecla
The official program in Catalan can be found here and a festa major glossary here.

September 19-27: Sitges, Festa Major Petita de Santa Tecla. Find some more information here, but also in the 'Agenda of Sitges'. The top event will be a 'Moixiganga meeting' (a dance developed from religious processions) by teams from Badalona, Lleida and Sitges, in the Sant Bartomeu church, Saturday Sep 19, at 22:00.

September 23-27: Barcelona, Festa Major de la Mercè
The official program in Catalan can be found here.

September 25: Reus: Festes de la Misericòrdia.

Other events

September 11, Catalonia: La Diada – the National Day of Catalonia. The main celebration takes place at 11:30 in the Ciutadella park of Barcelona. In Vilanova i la Geltrú, this year's commemoration will be in the Rambla de la Pau at 19:00.

September 18-20: Sitges celebrates its grape harvest festivity – la Festa de la Verema. Find more information (in Catalan) here. Sunday, September 20, at 18:00 there is a grape treading competition.

September 19: Vilanova i la Geltrú: At 18:00, Giants carrying fighting clubs (porra) from all around Catalonia, paraded through the town.

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The Wirdheim.CAT Event Calendar is a summary of events where I will go, or at least could think of going, but can hopefully help other expats and tourists when they explore Catalonia. It is biased towards the Penedès area (including Sitges), but will also list manifestations of popular culture and other activities taking place in Barcelona, along the Costa Daurada and in the rest of the Catalan speaking world.

This entry will be up-dated whenever I learn about new things, since, compared to my native Sweden, here information about what will happen tends to come late. To the greatest extent possible will I link back to official pages (usually in Catalan) for information on time and locations but can not guarantee the correctness of the data presented.

Further information on castells/castellers (human tower) performances can be found under the tag ‘Properes Actuacions‘at the Coordinadora de les Colles Castelleres de Catalunya, or in the ‘Calendari’ at LaMalla.cat/castellers.

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