How do we get up there with kids?

Take the FGC S1 or S2 from Plaça Catalunya to Peu del Funicular, about 15 minutes, then ride the Vallvidrera funicular to the top. The square outside the civic center is a five-minute walk from the upper station. The funicular runs past midnight, but check the last FGC train back to town before you go. Driving works too, but parking in the village is tight on festa nights.

Will my kids join the folk dancing?

Yes. Calcetes Tradis play traditional circle dances from around Catalonia for the whole square to join, and nobody expects you to know the steps. Kids drift in and out, and the square has room to run around the edges.

Do we need to bring dinner?

Plan on it. The festa runs its paella contest at lunch on Saturday, so for dinner bring a picnic or eat in the village before you head up to the square.

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A Film Festival for Kids, Judged by Kids

Name: Folk Dancing Under the Lights at Vallvidrera's Festa Major
Start: 2026-09-19
End: 2026-09-19
Location: Plaça del Centre Cívic de Vallvidrera

Various venues

When: Sat-Sun Nov 7-22
Ages: 3-12
Price: Low-cost

Folk Dancing Under the Lights at Vallvidrera's Festa Major photo 1

Folk Dancing Under the Lights at Vallvidrera's Festa Major photo 2

Folk Dancing Under the Lights at Vallvidrera's Festa Major photo 3

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FestivalSarrià-Sant Gervasi163 families interested

Where

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Plaça del Centre Cívic de Vallvidrera

Ages

All ages

Setting

Outdoors

Plan for

Saturday from 5:30pm, stay as late as the kids last

Music

Folk dancing, then funk and DJs

Getting there

FGC to Peu del Funicular, then the Vallvidrera funicular up

Saturday night

Folk dancing 5:30pm, funk and DJs 7:30pm, free

What you need to know

Saturday night is the family night: folk dancing anyone can join at 5:30pm, then funk and DJs under the string lights from 7:30pm, all free in the civic-center square
The funicular is half the fun: FGC to Peu del Funicular, then the Vallvidrera funicular up the hill, and the square is a short walk from the top station
Tower climb needs a spot: the 9:30am Collserola climb is capped at 200 (€7), sign up at elMercat by Friday or try half an hour before the start

About

Vallvidrera, the village on the Collserola ridge above the city, caps its festa major with a Saturday night in the square outside the civic center. Calcetes Tradis lead folk dances from around Catalonia that kids pick up as fast as grown-ups, then the Funky Inspectors and DJ Raw take over with vinyl and funk under the string lights. Take the funicular up and make an evening of it.

Schedule

Fri, Sep 18

5:30pm
Family badge-making workshop
design and take home your own pin, free, in the civic-center square
6pm
Eufòria Kids
karaoke on the square for kids who want to sing with their friends, free
10pm
Big festa dance
with Joan Garriga and the Mariatxi Galàctic, rumba and cumbia, late for small kids

Sat, Sep 19

9:30am
Climb to the Collserola tower
31st edition, from Plaça Pep Ventura by the funicular, €7, 200 places
10am
Paella contest
in the square, communal paella at 1:30pm, €3 per person, sign up at elMercat until Sep 18
5:30pm
Folk dancing with Calcetes Tradis
circle dances from around Catalonia, kids welcome, free
7:30pm
Funky Inspectors and DJ Raw
vinyl and funk under the lights to stretch the night out, free