Barcelona Events 2024


Festa major del Pi 2024

Festes de Sant Josep Oriol del Barri del Pi

Event dates:
16 to 24th March 2024

Event location: 
Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol in Gothic area and surrounding areas

Information:
Festa major del Pi 2024. Also called Festival Sant Josep Oriol. L'Església de Santa Maria del Pi (the Santa Maria del Pi church) and the neighbourhood around the church called 'El Barrio del Pi' in the gothic quarter of Barcelona celebrate Saint Joseph Oriol every March in the local festival called 'Festes de Sant Josep Oriol del Barri del Pi' on Plaça del Pi and Plaça Sant Josep Oriol. Saint Joseph Oriol was born and lived in the old city of Barcelona in the second half of the 17th century.

You can see many Catalan traditions including the gegants (giants) parades with Mustafà, Elisenda, Oriol and Laia who are four of the oldest 'giants' in Catalonia who belong to the gegants group called Els Gegants del Pi. The giants Mustafà and Elisenda can be documented back to the year 1601, and the giants Oriol and Laia back to 1780. 

Visitors can enjoy traditional Catalan folk music, a parade on Saturday 16 March 2024 at 12.15 and a human tower building event on Saturday 16 March 2024 at 5pm at Plaça del Pi and many other fun activites for children and adults alike through week of Festes de Sant Josep Oriol in Barcelona. 

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Festes de Sant Josep Oriol del Barri del Pi - Festa major del Pi 2024
When:
16.03.2024 - 24.03.2024
Where:
Barcelona
Category:
Barcelona Festivals