Festivals in Vilafranca de Bonany

Local festivals of Vilafranca de Bonany

The reference patron celebration is the Festes de Santa Bàrbara. In the 2025 municipal programme, the 28 November to 8 December, with main day 4 December, festividad de Santa Bàrbara.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Festes de Santa Bàrbara, patron saint of Vilafranca de Bonany.
• Main celebration day: 4 December.
• Usual duration: several days around the end of November and beginning of December; The 2025 programme runs from 28 November to 8 December.
• Usual places: Plaça Major, church, streets of the municipality, municipal spaces and envelat of the Parc Josep Maria Llompart when the programme includes it.
• Associated traditions: mass, preparation of bunyols served with mistela, ball dels cavallets, geganta Bàrbara, Santa Bàrbara market, xeremiers, Vilatukada, cultural, social, recreational and sports activities.
• Who participates: City Council, associations, cultural groups, neighbors, families and visitors, according to the annual programme.
• Local public holiday: A specific local holiday has not been stated because an official municipal publication or labour bulletin in force for the current year has not been located.
• Other cultural events: la Festa i Fira del Meló It is programmed around the first weekend of September and focuses on melons as a product linked to the agricultural past and the local present.
• Otras ofertas culturales: the municipal page of culture and festivals mentions Sant Antoni, La Beata, the Fira del Meló, Santa Bàrbara, the weekly Wednesday market in Plaza Tomeu Penya, Ca Ses Monges and the S'Escorxador Culture House.