Festivals in Sant Pere de Ribes
Discover the main festivals and traditions of Sant Pere de Ribes, in Barcelona province.
Local festivals in Sant Pere de Ribes
The municipality’s four main festivals are usually celebrated in its two principal settlements. Ribes celebrates Sant Pau on 25 January and Sant Pere on 29 June; Les Roquetes dedicates its festivals to Santa Eulàlia on 12 February and Sant Joan on 24 June.
Main festivals in Ribes
The Sant Pau festival preserves the procession up to and down from the chapel along the path through the vineyards, accompanied by folk dances, festival beasts, diables, stick dancers, grallers and municipal representatives. For Sant Pere, street processions, the correfoc, bonfire, spoken dances and fireworks shape the eve and the main day.
Other celebrations in Les Roquetes
The Town Council and local residents take part in Santa Eulàlia, which brings together street processions, popular culture, music, matinades and religious events. The Sant Joan festival began as a neighbourhood initiative in 1972 and has become established with an opening speech, firecrackers, folk dances, festival beasts, satirical verses and fireworks. Puigmoltó and the Palou neighbourhood also hold summer festivals around Sant Jaume and Santa Maria.