Fira de Santa Llúcia
Fira de Santa Llúcia - 2024
Dear friends, welcome another year to the Fira de Santa Llúcia. After a whole year, it's great to meet again and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere with you.
This year the Fair starts on November 29th, almost a month before Christmas, so you will have time to choose and search among all the stands that you will find distributed in corridors that are wider than ever for your comfort.
As you all know is the oldest fair dedicated to Nativity scenes and Christmas traditions. This year we celebrate the 238th anniversary from the first confirmed date of the Fair of St.Llúcia, 1786.
All the artisans of the fair have been preparing a lot of new things to offer. Also, La Fira and his association have been working on activities for the children, which will be increased compared to last year both in terms of the quality of the acts and the days and schedule.
On Saturday, December 14, we celebrate the 31th Day of Christmas Traditions and Customs in Catalonia, with many activities and performances, including the awarding of this year's "Firaire d'Honor" certificate that will be given to l'Àliga de Barcelona, which is part of the city's "Bestiari Històric" and which this year celebrates its 650 years of history; the figure of l'Àliga dates back to the 14th century, where it is already documented.
You will find these activities in detail on this website, a place where you can find everything you need to make your visit easier and also a place where you can find more about the history of the fair, its artisans, activities, nativity scene exhibitions, photos and much more.
You Will find the Fair at Avinguda de la Catedral, Barcelona, as every year; with a total of 215 stands, it is the only fair in the world where you will find 180 stands for the sale of strictly Christmas products, such as nativity scenes and figures, moss, Christmas trees, accessories for your home and many others. You can also enjoy 35 stands dedicated to crafts and gift items, such as textile accessories, ceramics, jewelry, leather, etc.
And remember, December 25 is Christmas but if you want to start living the Christmas spirit with us, November 29 the fair of Santa Llúcia arrives and will remain open until December 23.
Albert Deulofeu
Association Fira de Santa Llúcia
238th anniversary of the Fair of Santa Llúcia
This year we celebrate the 238th anniversary of the Fair of Santa Llúcia, 1786-2024; we know it is much older, but the first appointments are documented in 1786. With the motivation to improve the fair year after year, both the Association of Saint Fair and the City Council have worked together to offer you the best of all christmas fairs. This year the fair will open its doors next 29th november until 23th december. We have increased the activities that we offer for you and your childrens. From 30th november to 15th december all activities are confirmed.
Note also that right next to the fair, in Plaça de Sant Jaume, on the ground floor of Barcelona City Hall, you can visit a nativity scene of more than 35 square meters, made by the Associació de Pessebristes de Barcelona, with figures of up to 40cm height. More information in the section of exhibitions of Nativity Scenes.
We hope you enjoy.
Increase of exhibitors at the fair
In the year 2023, a total of 210 stands or exhibitors took part in the fair. This year the fair has increased the number of exhibitors. We will go from 210 last year to 215; by sectors, you will find 90 stands within the sector of nativity scenes and figures, 90 in the area of trees, moss and herbs and 35 in the craft and gifts sector. The Fair of St. Llúcia, with the increment of stands in this year, will continue offering you another year the widest range of Christmas products that can be found, with a wide varietay of products.
"Diada" 2024 and awarding of this year's "Firaire d'Honor".
On Saturday, December 14, we celebrate the 31th Day of Christmas Traditions and Customs in Catalonia, with many activities and performances, including the awarding of this year's "Firaire d'Honor" certificate that will be given to l'Àliga de Barcelona, which is part of the city's "Bestiari Històric" and which this year celebrates its 650 years of history; the figure of l'Àliga dates back to the 14th century, where it is already documented.
Fifteenth anniversary of the Fair's website
Hello Friends! Welcome to the website of Fira de Santa Llúcia, where we are celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of this website, which we hope will be yours too.
We continue working to make it as complete as possible and we ask for your collaboration to complete the photographic archive on the web. If you have photos of the Fira, whether old ones or more current, you can send them to this address: lafira@firadesantallucia.cat. If you know the year and/or who the photographer was, please tell us. After uploading they will be resized to 800x600 px and 72 ppi for use on the website. If you prefer to resize them yourself before uploading, please remember that the minimum size is 800x600 px and 72 ppi.
Activities at the fair - 2024
Provisional Schedule on November 18th
As every year, we are prepairing different activities such as the Tió Gegant de la Fira de Santa Llúcia:
Activity for children under 12. Activity that this year will also be adapted to the security regulations of the moment to guarantee a completely safe activity.
Giant "Tió" of de Santa Llúcia
Provisional Schedule on November 18th
Please, confirm dates and schedules calling to the information point's phone:
647 146 688
Activity for children under 12.
Days of operation of Giant Tió:
Els dies 30 de novembre i 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 i 15 de desembre d’11 a 13:30 h i de 16:30 a 19:30 h.
Els dia 14 de desembre de 16:30 a 19:30 h.
31th Day of celebration of Christmas Traditions and Customs in Catalonia
Provisional Schedule on November 18th
Please, confirm dates and schedules calling to the information point's phone:
647 146 688
Within the framework of the Fira de Santa Llúcia in Barcelona, the “Associació de Firaires de Santa Llúcia“ has been developing the “Diada de les Tradicions i Costums Nadalencs a Catalunya” for 31 years to collect all the winter samples related to festivals and traditions and make them known to anyone in a great Popular Festival that will be held in Pla de la Catedral on December 14, 2024.
Schedule of the activites of 31th Day of Christmas Traditions and Customs in Catalonia:
11:00 h - Presentation of activities
11:05 h - Begin of the celebration with a Tribute Dance
11:10 h - Performance by the Esbart Catalá de Dansaires dancers (young and child section) with Dances for winter and the Christmas season.
11:50h - Sacs de Gemecs: Enric Morató and his band will play Christmas carols with their "sacs de gemecs" (a type of bagpipe).
12:15 h - Awarding of this year's "Firaire d'Honor" certificate that will be given to l'Àliga de Barcelona, which is part of the city's "Bestiari Històric" and which this year celebrates its 650 years of history; the figure of l'Àliga dates back to the 14th century, where it is already documented.
12:30 h - Christmas puppets: "Christmas Stories" by the company Titelles Sebastià Vergés.
13:15 h - Christmas, swing and dance: Christmas dances with entertainment for everyone.
From 16:30 to 19:30 - Giant Tió: Activity for children under 12 years old, in order to make the giant "Tió" shit. Each children will take home a treat and a document with an explanation of Christmas traditions. In 2023, this "Tió" will celebrate 30 years since his first activity in the city of Barcelona, in front of the old Can Jorba, on Avinguda del Portal de l'Àngel.
Other activities out of the Diada:
On December 16, at 11:45 a.m. Parade of the traditional Carassa de Nadal de Barcelona accompanied by the group "La Pessigolla de la Plaça Nova", throwing candies throughout the fair.
TALLER DE CULTURA
99th COMPETITION OF NATIVITY SCENES OF ASSOCIACIÓ DE PESSEBRISTES DE BARCELONA
Dear all.
The calendar does not stop and little by little we are approaching the celebration of Christmas, a time in which, among other events, we find the Nativity Contest that the Associació de Pessebristes de Barcelona organizes year after year.
This year is the 99th edition and taking advantage of the technological advances that telematics offers us, the presentation of the works will be done virtually.
Therefore, all those individual creators, schools, parishes or entities that are interested in participating in this new and special edition of the contest, please contact us through our email address: concurspessebresbarcelona@gmail.com
We will send you the bases and the format in which you will have to present your nativity scenes and dioramas so that the jury that is constituted can make a fair and equitable evaluation of your creations.
Greetings to all!
Associació de Pessebristes de Barcelona
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