Overview

• The citywide festival runs 23–28 September with over 100 concerts, about 80 street-arts shows and 55 popular-culture activities across multiple districts.
• Today’s Cabalgata is scheduled 18:00–21:00 from Carrer Pelai to Plaça Sant Jaume via Plaça Catalunya and Via Laietana, with parking bans, traffic cuts and advice to use public transport.
• Actress Emma Vilarasau opened the festivities with a political speech on housing, tourism, the Catalan language and Gaza, stating, “Mi deseo es que de una vez haya un castigo a Israel.”
• The musical program highlights gender parity and local talent, and Manchester participates as guest city with visiting artists and two bestiary figures, the Giganta Bee and the Bestia Bee.
• The closing piromusical on 28 September will feature a soundtrack curated by Estopa, who will premiere a new rumba catalana song with The Tyets.