Is the parade happening in 2026?

MEXCAT and Amics de La Rambla have held it on La Rambla around the first weekend of November every year since 2022, but 2026 details are not out yet. In 2025 it ran on Sunday, November 2, from noon to 1pm.

Is it scary for little kids?

No. The costumes are elegant skeletons with flowers and bright colors, not horror, and it is a daytime walk down La Rambla.

How does my child enter the costume contest?

In 2025, participants signed up by emailing mexcat.org@gmail.com with their name, age and category, then met at Teatre Poliorama (La Rambla 115) at 10:45am for a group photo before the parade.

Where is the best place to watch?

Anywhere along La Rambla between Teatre Poliorama, near Plaça de Catalunya, and the esplanade by Arts Santa Mònica at the port end, where the prizes were handed out in 2025.

Do we need Spanish to enjoy it?

No. It is a costume parade to watch from the street, so there is nothing to follow in any language. MEXCAT, the Mexican cultural association behind it, publishes its announcements and contest rules in Spanish.

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Day of the Dead Catrinas Parade on La Rambla

When: Dates to be announced
Ages: All ages
Price: Free to watch, €4 per child

Day of the Dead Catrinas Parade on La Rambla

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Where

Ciutat Vella, Teatre Poliorama

Ages

All ages

Duration

1 hour

Setting

Outdoors

Plan for

1 to 2 hours

2025 route

Teatre Poliorama (La Rambla 115) to the Santa Mònica esplanade (La Rambla 7)

What you need to know

Free to watch from the sidewalk; in 2025 the parade left Teatre Poliorama at noon and reached the Santa Mònica esplanade at 1pm
Kids can march in costume, with a prize for the best children's catrina, judged on originality, makeup and costume
Joining the contest costs €4 per child (€8 per adult), and families can also walk along in costume without entering

About

Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) is the Mexican holiday when families remember relatives who have died, with flower-covered altars, candles and sugar skulls. It is about memory, not a scary night. The Mexican cultural association MEXCAT marks it here with a parade of catrinas, elegant skeleton ladies in big flowered hats, down La Rambla toward the sea. The painted faces are worth seeing up close.

Free to watch, €4 per child to enter the contest

Dates to be announced

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Where it is

Teatre Poliorama

La Rambla, 115, 08002 Barcelona

Getting there

Metro: Plaça Catalunya L1/L3/L7 (6 min walk), Liceu L3 (6 min walk), Universitat L1/L2 (8 min walk)
Train: Barcelona-Passeig de Gràcia 34/R2/R2N/R2S/R11/R13 (16 min walk)
Bus: La Rambla - Pl Catalunya 55/59/63/100/H16 (2 min walk), Pl. Catalunya - Pelai 24/55/59/63/100 (4 min walk), Pl Catalunya - Portal de l'Àngel 55/59/63/67/100 (4 min walk)
Notes: The Liceu and Drassanes metro stops (L3) sit along the route, handy for catching the prize-giving at the Santa Mònica end.