This 2024 discover the magic of the decorated streets in the Festa Major de Gràcia. There are 23 streets with different themes that will participate in the contest that will take place at the big summer party in Barcelona. So, the countdown has already begun to welcome the most creative and colorful party. It should be noted that it is one of the most anticipated of the city.
This year’s festivities of Gràcia will take place from August 15 to 21, which brings with it an extensive program of activities and concerts. This means that more than twenty streets decorated in the Festa Major will be adorned to participate in the traditional contest that will choose which will be the winner of 2024.
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The awards ceremony is usually held on August 17, this time the edition will be held two days later, in order to avoid the overcrowding of visitors and thus improve the coexistence of the neighborhood.
Streets decorated in the Festa Major de Gràcia 2024
Get to know the streets decorated for this year’s Festa Major 2024 and the themes of the decorations:
- Street of the Royal City: ‘Escola republicana’, is a tribute to the bookmobiles and schools that operated during the Republic.
- Calle de Berga: in this street decorated for the Fiesta Mayor you can enjoy a recreation of the seabed.
- Fraternitat de Baix Street: ‘Papiroflèxia’, a design formed by geometric and organic shapes through the technique of paper work.
- Fraternitat de Dalt Street: ‘Arcade FraternGame’ will delight you as they realized a design inspired by the video games of the 80’s and 90’s.
- Joan Blanques de Baix Street: ‘Sant Medir a l’agost’, where the other Gràcia’s festival is remembered.
- Calle de Jesús: ‘Discodèlia’, which will recreate the disco in times of psychedelia.
- Carrer de Joan Blanques de Baix de Tot: this is a Dutch landscape, known as ‘Holland JBdbDt’.
- Pearl Street: this street will take you to a Far West town full of vindication.
- Llibertat Street: you can enjoy a tribute to the wine culture, known as ‘Celler Llibertat’.
- Mozart Street: inspired by Studio Ghibli’s Japan, this is the ‘MozartZaki’.
- Plaza del Poble Romaní: astreet that nostalgically evokes the old discotheques of Paral-lel.
- Plaza de la Vila de Gràcia: a tribute to ‘Rhapsody in blue’ and the blue tone of the Greek flag.
Other streets to visit and enjoy
- Plaza Rovira i Trias: a trip to the United States with a large wedding chapel depicted in Las Vegas style.
- Providència Street: in ‘ProviVegas’ you will enjoy a decoration that will transport you to Las Vegas.
- Puigmartí Street: immerse yourself in the culture of Ancient Egypt and the universe.
- Sant Antoni Crossing: make an astral crossing, with an illuminated design in the world of astrology.
- Calle de Verdi: when you visit the Calle de Verdi ‘La carpa’ a tribute to the tents that were installed in Gràcia during the festival, ranging from the nineteenth century until the 70s.
- Placeta de Sant Miquel: pays homage to the artist Joan Miró.
- Plaza del Nord: it is a street inspired by marine life.
- Lluís Vives Street: you will be able to contemplate a reflection on the reality and the state of the seas.
- Tordera Street: this street is one of the streets decorated in the Fiesta Mayor that will recreate a bank of jellyfish.
- Calle del Perill: it is inspired by the idyllic landscapes of Hansel and Gretel.
Streets decorated in the Festa Major de Gràcia 2024
It is noteworthy that these streets will be decorated with their best clothes will welcome the thousands of visitors who will walk through the neighborhood. This will be until the end of the festivities, which will be on August 19, a contest this year will be announced which is the best. That is, it will be a recognition that last year that moved to the street Progrés with its assembly ‘Formigues’. Also, Progrés climbed from the third position of 2022 with the initiative aimed at insects that is inspired by the protagonists of a film called ‘Bugs’. It will be a major festival with a quiet night, in which the organizers of the festival have announced that, due to the increase in visitors that has been seen in recent years. An edition that will be a “quiet night” without concerts. On August 18 during the night of the streets decorated in the Fiesta Mayor, these activities of live and amplified music will not advance. This in order to improve coexistence and reduce the influx of people in this strip concentrated in the squares and in some streets of the neighborhood in order to enjoy the musical activities.
