You will probably not get much sleep on the night of 23rd June in Barcelona, so you might as well join the party. It's a night of fire, firecrackers, coca cakes and cava sparking wine, but not of sleep. Sant Joan is one of Barcelona's biggest parties and the noisiest and possibly the craziest. You also often hear it called ' La revetlla de Sant Joan' in Catalan which in Spanish is ' Verbenas de Sant Joan.'Īll these names refer to the same event - the festival feast of Saint John the Baptist which celebrates the solstice Spanish midsummers eve during the evening and night of 23rd June every year. The Sant Joan festival has many names, but in Catalonia and Barcelona it is most often called the ' Nit del Foc' - fire night - or the " Nit de Sant Joan" which means St John's Night or St. In the many villages to the north and south of Barcelona, there are usually activities at the beach, but in Barcelona most of the bonfires and community activities are in the local neighbourhoods Many young tourists and foreigners in Barcelona tend to gather near or on Barcelona's beaches and many residents also organise their own beach parties.
There are no central celebrations and for tourists it's a fun - albeit noisy - experience but perhaps something to watch more than join. Sant Joan is very much a family, friends and neighbourhood festival. In Barcelona there are around 50 bonfires - called ' fogueres' - on streets and squares.įamilies spend an average of €40 on fireworks - mostly bangers and Chinese firecrackers, so Sant Joan always very noisy evening with loud bangs and small explosions all evening and well into the night. Saint John's festival in Barcelona is mostly celebrated in neighbourhood streets and plazas where local residents and authorities organise local celebrations - often with live music, dancing and eating of " coca" sweet flatbread swilled down with cava wine. In Barcelona and Catalonia it is a celebration of fire with bonfires, food, music, fireworks (mostly bangers and firecrackers) and correfoc fire runs (people in devil costumes dancing holding sticks of firecrackers) Saint John's Festival is Spain's and Barcelona's midsummer festival celebrations when all of Spain celebrates the shortest night of the year - called the summer solstice or midsummer.
Guide in English to what to do and what's on in Barcelona for Sant Joan on 23rd June 2023 Guide in English to Sant Joan celebrations in Barcelona. Festival Sant Joan Barcelona 2023 - Revetlla de Sant Joan - Saint John.
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