Festivals in Lleida

Festa Major, Aplec y agenda cultural

The Sant Anastasi Festa Major takes place over several days around 11 May, the patron saint's day. Plaça de la Paeria and Plaça de Sant Joan host opening events and popular culture, while the Cathedral, Camps Elisis, Castell de Focs and other urban spaces stage religious celebrations, concerts, fairground attractions and family activities.

On 11 May the celebrations bring together the Solemn Office, the Gegants' dance inside the Cathedral and the Sant Anastasi procession. The procession includes the Àliga de la Ciutat, Ball de Valencians, Ball de Bastons, Moixiganga, Moros i Cristians, Cavallets, Capgrossos, Gegants, Heralds, Macers, Castellers de Lleida, neighbourhood associations and popular-culture groups. The Marraco, correfoc, sardanes and Batalla de Flors are also distinctive traditions.

The city maintains other events with its own identity. The Aplec del Caragol brings together groups in the Camps Elisis around popular gastronomy, and Late Festivals They are organised around Sant Miquel at the end of September. They are celebrations differentiated from the Festa Major in May. The Paeria, associations, traditional culture groups, neighbors and visitors participate.