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The Last Two Golden Nights in Salou

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Where
Salou, Town center and seafront
Getting there
~1h30 drive from Barcelona
Ages
All ages
Setting
Outdoors
Plan for
Drop-in, stay as long as kids last
Music
Live music, traditional Catalan folk performances
Fireworks
Grand castle of fireworks closes the festival on Aug 15; Nit del Foc fire run on Aug 8
Traditions
Street parades, gegants (giant figures), sardanes, fire runs
Eclipse
Total solar eclipse Aug 12 folded into the festa; totality at 8:29pm, viewing from the beaches

What you need to know

  • Two weeks of events means you can pick specific days around your family's schedule.
  • The August 12 total eclipse is on the festa program: Salou sits by the totality path and runs eclipse talks, kids' science workshops, beach yoga and beach viewing as festival acts.
  • The big fireworks finale on August 15 gives younger kids a clear endpoint; the Nit del Foc fire run comes the Saturday before, on August 8.

About

Les Nits Daurades is Salou's summer festa major, filling the town center and seafront with two weeks of free concerts, parades, traditional dances and family shows from August 1 to 15. The 2026 program mixes sardanes, street parades with gegants (giant figures), a children's fire run and the Nit del Foc with magic shows, inflatables, water games, storytelling and craft workshops for kids at the Estació del Carrilet. New this year, the town has folded the August 12 total solar eclipse into the festa, with talks, science workshops, beach yoga and viewing from the beaches. Everything closes on August 15 with the Santa Maria del Mar sea procession and the Gran Castell de Focs fireworks over the seafront.

Schedule

Fri, Aug 7
  • 8pmEclipse talk at the Torre Vella: a session on the total solar eclipse by eclipse expert Carlos García Gómez.
  • 8:30pmFestive parade with Salou's gegants, beasts and festival groups, from Plaça de les Comunitats Autònomes to the Fonts Cibernètiques.
  • 9pmMarxa Aquàtica, the town's open-water swim, sets off from the Espigó del Moll on Platja de Llevant.
Sat, Aug 8
  • 8pmSardanes with live cobla music on Passeig Jaume I, by the Espigó del Moll.
  • 9:30pmNit del Foc fire run from Passeig Jaume I to the Font Lluminosa; loud and sparky, best for older kids.
Free
Dates & times
Through 15 Aug
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Where it is

Town center and seafront
Salou, Tarragona, Spain

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