Festivals in Calafell
Discover the main festivals, celebrations and traditions of Calafell, municipality of Tarragona, in Catalonia.
Local festivals of Calafell
Las Festes Majors de Calafell They form a cycle, not a continuous celebration, linked to the three centres of the municipality: Sant Pere in Calafell Platja at the end of June, Santa Creu in the centre of Calafell in July and Sant Miquel in Segur de Calafell at the end of September. The usual places are Plaza Alcalde Romeu, Plaza del Manila, the Fishermen's Guild and the Sant Pere church on the beach; the Plaza de Catalunya and the church of Santa Creu in Calafell; and the port, the Pau Casals square and the l'Assumpció church in Segur.
Traditions include proclamation, correfocs, cercaviles, castles, sardanas, giants, blessing and parade of the Pa Beneït, exhibition of the Bot Salvavides and land and sea procession of the Mare de Déu del Carme. The groups of devils, geganters and grallers, the Esbart Dansaire, neighbourhood associations, cultural entities and brotherhoods, in addition to the City Council, participate.
El 2026 annual programme extends the cycle 25 June to 29 September. The Festa Major de la Platja lasts five days, from 25 June to 29, with pyromusical on the 28th and Sant Pere service on the 29th; The programme continues with the events in Calafell in July and culminates with the Sant Miquel mass in Segur on 29 September. This global date expresses the interval between festivals of different nuclei, not four months of daily activity.
Los 2026 local public holidays They vary by nucleus: in Calafell they are on Monday 29 June and on thursday 16 July; in Segur de Calafell, on Thursday 16 July and on tuesday 29 September, according to the municipal agreement.