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Barcelona Events 2024Festes de Sant Roc de la Plaça Nova 2024Barcelona's oldest neighbourhood festivalEvent date: 14th to 17th August 2024 Event location: Barri de Sant Roc - Plaça Nova - Barcelona cathedral Hashtag: #435fmsantroc Information: Festes de Sant Roc de la Plaça Nova, (also called Festes de Sant Roc) is Barcelona's oldest neighbourhood festival. The Sant Roc festival has celebrated Saint Roch in the neighbourhood Barri de Sant Roc - Pl. Nova for 435 years since 1589. The main festivities take place on Plaça Nova by Barcelona cathedral. The festival includes the festival procession "El Seguici de sant Roc," - sardanas dancing - havanares sea shanty singing groups - a correfoc firerun - castellars human tower building - puntaires lacemaking - gegants giants by the group 'colla de la plaça Nova' and the traditional Sant Roc dog show 'la festa del gos.' Two highlights of Sant Roc festival in Barcelona are the la cucanya contest, which involves walking across a greasy pole - and the drinking contest "glops amb el porró llarg" which involves drinking wine from a oversized version of the typical spouted Catalan porró wine carafe. Programme Full programme 2024 Festes de Sant Roc (in Catalan language). HighlightsWednesday 14th August 2024
Thursday 15th August 2024
Friday 16th August 2024 - Dia de Sant Roc
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