Is this less crowded than Gràcia's festival?

Yes, significantly. Sants runs right after Gràcia and has the same format, but it's far more neighborhood-focused and much less touristy. You can move around and see things without getting stuck in a wall of people. If you went to Gràcia and found it overwhelming, Sants is the better bet.

What should we go for if we have young kids?

The kids' programming and the gegants parades are the main draws. The decorated streets are fun to walk around and spot, and there's usually food and activities set up on the main streets. The adult correfoc on Saturday, August 29 gets loud and intense once it sets off from Plaça d'Osca at 9:30pm, so the correfoc infantil earlier that evening is the one for young kids: sparks without the full chaos.

How do we get there by metro?

Plaça de Sants (L1 red line or L5 blue line) drops you right in the middle of the decorated streets. Sants Estació (L3 green line or L5 blue line) is about a 10-minute walk away and handy if you're coming in by train. From either stop the neighborhood is easy to walk once you're in.

Festa Major Season: Barcelona's Neighborhood Street Festivals, 7 of 8

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Festa Major de Sarrià 2026

Name: Three Last Kid Moments Before Sants Packs Up
Start: 2026-08-22
End: 2026-08-30T23:59:59
Location: Sants (decorated streets)

When: Through Oct 12
Ages: All ages
Price: Free

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Where

Sants-Montjuïc, Sants (decorated streets)

Ages

All ages

Setting

Outdoors

Plan for

Drop-in, stay as long as kids last

Land at

Plaça de Sants metro (L1/L5); the 11 decorated streets fan out from there

What to expect

Decorated streets, giant figures, human towers, kids' activities

Crowd level

Less touristy than Gràcia, more local and relaxed

What you need to know

A funfair on two ramblas, rides and game stalls fill Rambla del Brasil and Rambla de Badal through the final weekend, liveliest from late afternoon
Kids' workshops throughout, hands-on activities beyond just watching parades pass by
Eleven streets and squares competing in 2026, with themes kids will spot fast, including Ratatouille, The Lorax, Hollywood, a mad laboratory and the old Montjuïc race circuit

About

Festa Major de Sants is the neighborhood's answer to Gràcia: eleven streets and squares turned by their own neighbors into walk-through worlds. Around them the festa runs the full Catalan repertoire, gegants, castellers, sardanes, community meals and a proper kids' program, ending with a child-scale fire run and fireworks over the park. It stays smaller and more local than Gràcia's festival, which makes it easier with kids.

Schedule

Sat, Aug 22

7pm
Opening cercavila
gegants and colles set off from Cotxeres de Sants down carrer de Sants to Parc de l'Espanya Industrial
7:30pm
Gegants de Sants dance and a castellers' pilar
at the park, right before the opening speech
8pm
Pregó and opening traca
Parc de l'Espanya Industrial, the festa officially begins at 8:15pm

Sun, Aug 23

10:30am
All-ages water fight
at Plaça de la Farga, bring a change of clothes
12pm
Gegants and bastoners matinal
on carrer de Papin
5pm
Bouncy castles and a screen-printing workshop
on carrer Finlàndia, celebrating the street's 45th year
7pm
Ambauka family concert
free, at Plaça de Can Climent by the bus station

Mon, Aug 24

7:30pm
Street prizes announced
at Espanya Industrial, the commissions march in to hear the jury's verdict

Sat, Aug 29

6pm
Diada castellera and pilar caminat
Castellers de Sants at Plaça de Bonet i Muixí, then a walking pilar to Espanya Industrial at 6:30pm
6:30pm
Correfoc infantil
the child-scale fire run from the jardins de Can Mantega, with a kids' devils workshop from 18:00

Sun, Aug 30

10pm
Closing piromusical
fireworks and music over Parc de l'Espanya Industrial

Free

Dates

Aug 22 – 30, 2026

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Where it is

Sants (decorated streets)

Plaça de Sants, 08014 Barcelona

Getting there

Metro: Plaça de Sants L1/L5 (1 min walk), Mercat Nou L1 (5 min walk), Hostafrancs L1 (7 min walk)
Bus: Sants - Premià (3 min walk), Sants - Gayarre (4 min walk), Sants Estació - Pl Joan Peiró - Final de trajecte (5 min walk)

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