Festa Major de Blancs i Blaus de Granollers
Local festivals in Granollers
The Festa Major de Blancs i Blaus turns Granollers into a festive competition between two groups and combines popular culture, music, tests, fire and neighbourhood participation.
Usual celebration
The Town Hall places the core of the festival around the last Thursday of August, a rule adopted in 1930; the contemporary format usually takes up about nine days and two weekends. Blancs and Blaus prepare challenges, parades, concerts, dances, gastronomy and children's and sports activities with the Festa Major Commission and popular culture entities. La Porxada is one of the meeting centres. The rajol competition recalls the 1897 bet between the brick manufacturers known as Rayo and the hereu Maynou, a story recovered in 1983 to create the two colles. A jury decides the winner, who chooses the crier for the following edition.
Otras citas culturales
L'Ascensió constitutes the other great local date on the calendar. During the Festa Major, the Municipal Archive also programmes documentary exhibitions on the evolution of Blancs i Blaus; Its funds preserve the founding programme of 1983, held from 25 August to 28.