Festa Major of Vilafranca del Penedès
Local festivals of Vilafranca del Penedès
The Festa Major of Vilafranca, dedicated to Sant Fèlix, maintains a fixed calendar and a heritage ceremony of castles, fire, processions, dances and gralla music.
Usual celebration
The Catalog of the Festive Heritage of Catalonia sets five days from 29 August to 2 September, with 30 August as the central day of Sant Fèlix. The 29th begins with a ringing, thunderstorm, cercavila and castells and ends with the procession and the Entrance of Sant Fèlix in the Basilica of Santa Maria. The 30th brings together matinades, services, seguici and Diada Castellera de Sant Fèlix in the Plaza de la Vila; The 31st presents the local dances and colles. On 1 September, the Festa Major dels Petits and the Ball de Foc are celebrated, and day 2 concludes with music, dancing and a fire castle. The five administrators appointed annually by the City Council organise the festival and guard the image of the saint, together with the Consell de la Festa Major, dances, grallers, timbalers, Falcons, colles castelleres, parish and local entities.