Corpus Christi festivities in Catalonia 2024

The Corpus Christi festival has been one of the most important in Europe for seven centuries. The festival was instituted by the Church around 1246 and, beyond being a religious festival, the celebration of Corpus Christi was from its very medieval origins, and although it is in many places, a citizen festival.

When are the Corpus Christi festivities celebrated in Catalonia in 2024?

Corpus Christi in 2024 is celebrated on Thursday, May 30, this festival moves every year since it is always celebrated 60 days after Easter Sunday. The Corpus Christi festivities are celebrated for four days, from Thursday to Corpus Christi Sunday, which in 2024 will be June 2.

Corpus Christi marks the peak of spring and brings all the festive potential in Catalonia to the streets. In an explosion of flowers, carpets and bowers fill the street for the passage of processions and all kinds of traditional manifestations. Towns and cities such as Sallent, Arbúcies or La Garriga are transformed with the decoration of the streets, squares and facades. A visual spectacle, unique!

The Corpus Christi celebration in Barcelona lasts four days from Thursday to Sunday. The main event, the celebration of the procession, which since 1990 has been held on Sunday. One of the highlights of the festival is the egg as it dances, a Barcelona tradition that distinguishes the city during the days of the Corpus Christi festival.

For Corpus Christi in Berga , Patum is celebrated, at least since 1454, a festival declared by UNESCO to be a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The current structure is documented in 1725, remaining with slight variations to this day. The current characteristics, the spaces, the music and the elements, were established at the end of the 19th century and remain perfectly current. A party that will make you vibrate and feel inexplicably.

Reconnect with the festive heritage of Catalonia with the Corpus Christi Festival!