Friday 30 April 2010

The Wirdheim.cat Event Calendar – May 2010

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

May 1: The Day of human towers during the Festa Major of Vilassar de Dalt (BCN)
Participants:
Capgrossos de Mataró, Castellers de Sants

May 1: Festa Major at Salomó (TGN)
Participants:
Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona

May 1: The Ses Salines fair of Ses Salines (Mallorca)
Participants:
Al·lots de Llevant

May 1: The Castellers Meeting of Baix Llobregat in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona)
Participants:
Castellers de Castelldefels, Castellers de Cornellà, Castellers d’Esplugues, Castellers de l’Hospitalet, Matossers de Molins de Rei

May 1: The Day of Human Towers of the Festa Major in Torresserona (Lleida)
Participants:
Castellers de Lleida

May 1: The Sant Isidre Fair of Sant Joan de les Abadesses (Girona)
Participants:
Sagals d’Osona, Xerrics d’Olot

May 1: The April fair of Guissona (Lleida)
Participants:
Marganers de Guissona

May 2: At 12:30, the Day of Human Towers of the Festa Major Petita de Cabra del Camp (TGN)
Participants: Bordegassos de Vilanova, Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls,

May 2: The Roser Day of Cerdanyola (BCN)
Participants:
Castellers de Cerdanyola, Castellers de Sabadell, Castellers de Sant Cugat,

May 8, at 19:30 in plaça Marcer: The Celebration of an Inclusive Society in Sant Pere de Ribes (BCN)


Participants:
Bordegassos de Vilanova, Falcons de Vilanova,

May 8: the 17th Anniversary of the Castellers de Sants in Barcelona.

Participants: Castellers de Sants, Colla Jove de l’Hospitalet, Colla Jove Castellers de Sitges,

May 8, at 19:00 in plaça Vella: The Modernist Fair of Terrassa (BCN)


Participants:
Castellers de Terrassa, Minyons de Terrassa,

May 8: The Day of Pallol in Reus (Tarragona)


Participants:
Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls, Xiquets de Reus,

May 8: 7th Anniversary of the Xerrics in Olot (BCN)


Participants:
Castellers del Poble-sec, Xerrics d’Olot

May 9: the 16th Anniversary of Castellers d’Esparreguera, in Esparreguera (BCN)


Participants:
Bordegassos de Vilanova, Castellers d'Esparreguera, Castellers del Poble-sec

May 9: the 17th Anniversary of the Castellers de Sants in Barcelona.


Participants:
Capgrossos de Mataró, Castellers de Sants, Castellers de Vilafranca,

May 9: the 13th Anniversary of the Castellers de Vila de Gràcia, in Gràcia, Barcelona.


Participants:
Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia, Marrecs de Salt, Moixiganguers d’Igualada

May 9: Performance for Human Towers to be added to the

UNESCO

List of the Inheritance of Humanity in Perefort (TGN)


Participants:
Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Nens del Vendrell

May 9: Festa Major del Roser in Cerdanyola del Vallès (BCN)


Participants:
Castellers de Badalona, Castellers de Caldes de Montbui, Castellers de Cerdanyola

May 9: The Santa Creu Fair of Figueres (Girona)


Participants:
Colla Castellera de Figueres, Xics de Granollers

May 9: A Celebration of Culture and Solidarity in Monistrol de Montserrat (BCN)


Participants:
Castellers de la Sagrada Familia, Tirallongues de Manresa

May 9: Festa Major in Sant Anastasi (Lleida)-

Participants: Castellers de Barcelona, Castellers de Lleida, Xiquets de Tarragona

May 9: the Fair of Campanet in Mallorca


Participants:
Al·lots de Llevant


May 15: The Vigil of the Sant Ponç Fair in Sant Cugat (BCN, province)


Participants:
Castellers de Sant Cugat, Colla Jove de Castellers de Sitges, Castellers d'Esplugues

May 15: The 10th Muixerangues Meeting in Algemesí (Valencia, province)


Participants:
Muixeranga d’Algemesí, Minyons de l’Arboç, Castellers de Cornellà

May 15: The Spring Festival of Palma (Mallorca) -

Participants: Castellers de Mallorca, Al·lots de Llevant

May 16, at 12:30 in plaça de la Vila: The May Fair of Vilafranca del Penedès (BCN, province) -

Participants: Castellers de Vilafranca, Xicots de Vilafranca, Bordegassos de Vilanova

May 16: The 2nd Montserrat Team Meeting in Igualada (BCN, province)


Participants:
Moixiganguers d'Igualada, Castellers d'Esparreguera, Tirallongues de Manresa

May 16: The Ascencion Day of Human Towers in Granollers (BCN, province) -

Participants: Capgrossos de Mataró, Castellers de Sants, Xics de Granollers

May 16: The Sant Ponç Fira of Sant Cugat (BCN, province) -

Participants: Castellers de Barcelona, Castellers de Sant Cugat, Sagals d'Osona

May 16: The May Fair of Badalona (BCN, province) -

Participants: Minyons de Terrassa, Castellers de Badalona, Castellers de Lleida

May 16: The 10th Muixerangues Meeting in Algemesí (Valencia, province) - P

articipants: Muixeranga d’Algemesí, Castellers de Cornellà

May 16: Human Towers at El Milà (TGN, province) -

Participants: Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls, Xiquets de Reus

May 16: Human Towers in Altafulla (TGN, province) -

Participants: Castellers d'Altafulla, Castellers de la Sagrada Familia, Xiquets del Serrallo

May 16: Temps de Flors – the Girona Flower Fair (Girona) -

Participants: Marrecs de Salt, Xiquets de Tarragona

May 16: The Sant Maties Fair of Montblanc (TGN, province) -

Participants: Torraires de Montblanc, Nyerros de la Plana

May 22: The Snail Fair (Aplec del Cargol) of Lleida - Participants: Castellers de Lleida

May 23: Performance of Human Towers at the Expo 2010 Shanghai (P.R.C.) - Participants:Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls

May 23: The 30th Anniversary of Castellers de Terrasssa, Terrassa (BCN, province) - Participants: Castellers de Terrassa, Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls, Capgrossos de Mataró, Moixiganguers d'Igualada

May 23: Festa Major at Mollerussa (BCN, province) - Participants: Castellers de Vilafranca, Castellers de Sant Cugat, Margeners de Guissona

May 23: The Festa of Nou Barris, Barcelona - Participants: Castellers de Barcelona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona

May 23: The May Day of Human Towers in Tarragona - Participants: Xiquets de Tarragona, Nois de la Torre

May 23: Xatos in Rubí (BCN, province) - Participants: Castellers de Rubí, Colla Jove de l'Hospitalet

May 23: The Festa of the Barri Creu Alta of Sabadell (BCN, province) - Participants: Castellers de Sabadell, Xiquets de Reus, Castellers d'Esplugues

May 29: The Presentation of Reus Associations, Reus (TGN, province) - Participants: Xiquets de Reus

May 30: The Presentation of Poble Sec Associations in Poble Sec, Barcelona - Participants: Castellers de Sants, Castellers del Poble Sec, Xics de Granollers

May 30: Performance to Celebrate the 27th Anniversary of the team premises of Colla Jove de Tarragona, Tarragona - Participants: Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Nois de la Torre

May 30: The Ascension Fair of Manresa (BCN, province) - Participants: Tirallongues de Manresa, Sagals d'Osona, Castellers d'Esplugues

May 30: “6ª Diada del Firal” in Vilafranca del Penedès (BCN, province) - Participants: Minyons de Terrassa, Xicots de Vilafranca, Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia

May 30: Performance in Sant Llorenç Savall (BCN, province) - Participants: Castellers de Sabadell, Castellers de Cerdanyola, Castellers de Cornellà

Festa Major (Town Festivities) and Folkculture

To be up-dated.

Other events:

May 14-16: The May Fair of Vilafranca del Penedès (BCN)Fires de maig o dels enamorats.

May 18: International Museum Day – most museums will organize days of open doors around this date.

May 28-30: Trapezi/Vilanova – the annual Circus festival of Vilanova i la Geltrú (BCN). Here are my entries on the 2008 and 2009 versions.

May 29: The Eurovision Song Contest is celebrated in Oslo.

Exhibitions

To be up-dated.

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The
Wirdheim.CAT Event Calendar hereby celebrates its first anniversary. Congratulations as well as proposals for improvements are always highly welcome in the comment field.

The 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 ‘Calendariat LaMalla.cat/castellers.

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Technorati tags: Barcelona, Castellers, Catalonia, Festa Major,Expat, Human Towers, Penedès, Vilafranca, Vilanova,

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