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Tourist and holiday information for Spain including concerts, gigs & shows. Sant Joan - Midsummer's Eve
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June 23
Sant Joan - Midsummer's Eve
Fiesta all day and party all night for the longest day of the year in Barcelona. Bonfires on the beaches, fireworks throughout the city and generally one big party. The custom is to drink lots of Cava and eat a traditional cake like 'coca de St Joan' a dry cake with candied fruit of various kinds on top.Fireworks parades, concerts all the fun of the fair.Festa de Sant Joan (Midsummer's Eve)
Other events in June in Spain In Blanes, the world-famous week-long International Fireworks Competition takes place. Blanes Tourist Office: +34 972 33 03 48. Email: otblanes@ddgi.es
Fiestas and Catalan holidays
Spain has a tradition of celebrating Saints days with special fiestas and Catalunya has several of it's own special holidays.
January 1 Any Nou (New Years Day)
January 6 Reis Mags (Epiphany)
March 19 Sant Josep (Local Holiday)
April 6 Divendres Sant (Good Friday)
April 8 (Easter Sunday)
April 9 Dilluns de Pasqua (Easter Monday)
April 23 Sant Jordi (Feast of St George, Patron Saint)
May 1 Festa del Treball (Labour Day)
June 24 Sant Joan (St John's 'Midsummer's ' Eve)
August 15 Assumpció (Assumption Day)
September 11 Diada de Catalunya (National Day)
September 24 Fiesta de La Mercč (Our Lady of Mercy)
October 12 Dia de la Hispanitat (Day of the Spanish Speaking Nations)
November 1 Tot Sants (All Saints Day)
December 6 Dia de la Constitució (Constitution Day)
December 8 Immaculada Concepció (Immaculate Conception)
December 25 Nadal (Christmas Day)
December 26 Sant Esteve (Boxing Day)
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