Les Garrigues
Festivals
Saint Anthony Feast weekend, January 17th
Competition that brings together producers and distributors and includes workshops and activities for adults and children, as well as beer stands and tastings.
OCTOBER
A competition of casseroles made of vegetables, snails and pork. It takes place on the holiday of Segona Pasqua
If you are a lover of music and good wine, the Iberian fortress of Vilars d'Arbeca awaits you
From March 24 to 26, 2023
January
This celebration has a long heritage and includes rituals of national interest
December
Oil, Art and Gastronomy is the motto of this participative meeting that aims to create, with the help of unique artists, Large Format Prints, pressed with a giant flattener.
NOVEMBER
Dedicated to Agustina d'Aragó, Catalan heroine of the French war, whose ancestors were from Fulleda. For a few hours the town is transformed with animation shows, historical recreations, trabucars, ancient crafts, workshops, games and a market of local produce.
SEPTEMBER
La Granadella relives the Francoist occupation and the bombings of the town, suffered during the Civil War. It is about the recreation of episodes that happened in December 1938
Amongst Iberian remains, in the darkest of the dark, the Night of Bonfire takes place at the Fortalesa dels Vilars d'Arbeca. The fire arrives with a performance by the Diables d'Arbeca and ends with a large castle of fire. The 1st WEEKEND OF AUGUST
La Granadella becomes the capital of Catalan folk music. Emerging groups within the Catalan music scene revive the heritage with the help of traditional music repertoire and Catalan musical instruments
Declared a Popular Festival of Cultural Interest and a Festive Heritage of Catalonia. SEPTEMBER
A competition to beautify the villages of the Garrigues.
MAY AND JUNE
International meeting of the highest expressions of cultured music of plucked string instruments. Started in 2011 in commemoration of 125th birthday anniversary of a distinguished master guitarist and musicologist Emili Pujol.
JULY AND AUGUST
Will you miss the biggest PUNK festival in the entire country?
JUNE
The Town Council of Les Borges Blanques organizes the Borges Motor Fair with the aim of promoting and revitalizing the town's automotive and agricultural machinery industry.
MAY
National Day and
Aplec (gathering) at Ermita de la Verge de Montserrat (hermitage)
The Pig Slaughter Feast
Cicle de Música als Castells
The Pig Slaughter Feast
Procession
Festa Major of Saint Michael (Local Festival)
on September 29th
Botifarra (Catalan cards game) Championship
One Saturday in September
Sardanadal
The Saturday afternoon and Christmas Eve. In Poliesportiu (sports complex) Francesc Macià
The Pig Slaughter Feast
Usually the pig slaughter feast is held in March. The pork is shared amongst all the villagers and outsiders who gather at the festival
Aplec (gathering) at Ermita de Sant Cristòfol (hermitage)
on July 10th (a Saturday closest in time). Vehicles are blessed and activities organized throughout all day
Aplec de Sant Bonifaci (Gathering dedicated to Sant Bonifaci)
the first Sunday in May, with Sardanes (typical Catalan dance), a Mass and paella for everybody
Cavalcade of the three tombs
On the Saint Anthony’s Sunday morning, near Passeig del Terrall (avenue)
The Paella Competition
One Sunday in June (to be specified). In Passeig del Terrall (avenue)
Sardana (Catalan dance) Festival
Last Saturday of July. In Passeig del Terrall (avenue)
Festa Major (Local Festival)
starting the first Tuesday in September up until the following Saturday
Festa Major (Local Festival)
the first Sunday in September (from Friday untill Tuesday)
Festa Major (Local Festival)
from the 3rd untill the 5th of May. The festival is dedicated to Jesus Christ of Cogul
Festa Major (Local Festival)
September 14, the Local Festival dedicated to Saint Christ
Summer Festa Major (Local Festival)
the first weekend after the Day of the Assumption of Mary in August
Saint Blaise’s Day
On February 3, there is a shared lunch to celebrate Saint Blaise’s Day
Cultural Week
During the Good Friday’s procession you can listen to the Miserere Mei in Latin. The Holy Week coincides with the Cultural Week
Festa Major (Local Festival)
Local Festivals are held on May 23 and the first weekend in September
Saint Anthony the Abbot’s Day
takes place on January 17. An established tradition is for one family from the village to treat everyone to coca during the Festive Mass. (Coca is a flat dry cake sprinkled with sugar)
New Olive Oil Festival
on the Day of Immaculate Conception, December 8. A popular local breakfast is being served and the village cooperatives and olive oil mills open their doors to demonstrate the olive oil making process
Bargains Flea Market
on the first Saturday in May, since 1983 (excluding holidays)
Easter Week
A special event of the week is a festive entrance of Armats del Soleràs (guards) into the church on the Holy Thursday. Also prominent are processions on Good Friday, in the morning and in the evening
Festa Major (Local Festival)
Sunday closest to Saint Michael´s Day (September 29)
Festa Major (Festival) on May 15
Festa Major (The Main festival in Tarrés) takes place twice a year. The spring festival is celebrated on May 15
Festival of Saint Anthony
On January 17, the Quintos Festival is celebrated at Ermita de Sant Antoni Abat (hermitage). All the residents of the village and visitors are invited to a llonganissa (sausage). A procession of floats goes around the village.
Summer festival
The summer festival is held during the Feast of Mary’s Assumption
Aplec (gathering) at Ermita de Sant Salvador (hermitage)
On August 6 take a walk to the Hermitage and have a morning Mass there. On Saturday there are also sardanes (Catalan dance) and lunch. It is a public holiday
Festa Major (Local Festival)
The feast of the patroness of el Soleràs is held on the 15th of August
Saint Domenicus Feast
takes place on August 4. Following the church Mass, traditional blessed coca (a flat pie topped with sugar) is handed out to everyone
Festa Major d´hivern (Winter Local Festival)
the weekend closest to November 22, La Jonquera Virgin’s Day. Every four or five years the historical-religious work of “Ombres i Clarors de la Pobla de Cérvoles”(The Shadows and Highlights of la Pobla de Cervoles) is performed inside the temple
Summer Local Festival
the weekend before the Feast of Mary’s Assumption
Festival of Retirees
On November 1st (All Saints Day) a special party for retired people is held
