What’s the last week of October in Catalonia?

Above is the last week of October with multiple activities, whether alone or accompanied by family and friends. The cultural and leisure agendas of the country have heated motors for the Castanyada or Halloween. With each event, we offer various proposals to make the most of the week’s cap: the 48h Open House Barcelona, ​​the Barcelona Asian Author Film Festival or the Fira de Santa Úrsula de Valls are some proposals.

The 48h Open House returns to Barcelona

The architecture festival 48h Open House returns to Barcelona. This weekend, more than 200 emblematic buildings of Badalona, ​​Sant Adrià de Besòs, El Prat de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sitges and Vilassar de Dalt will open their doors to the public. Some of them can be visited for the first time, such as the EDAR Besòs water treatment plant, the TMB Cotxeres ZAL or the Sant Pau facility. In addition to the guided visits, the cities participating in the 13th edition of the festival will have activities and 7 itineraries.

Asian Film Festival Barcelona

At the end of the coming week, the Cinemes Girona, Phenomena, CaixaForum, Filmoteca and Zumzeig host the Asian Film Festival Barcelona, ​​the Asian film festival of the author. It will screen a hundred films representative of experimental and independent cinema of new Asian cinema, with the participation of filmographies from around twenty countries in Asia and the Pacific.

The Ballad of Santa Maria del Mar

2024 has been the date of the celebration of the 600 years of giants to Barcelona and to the world. The celebration continues with the Ballada de Santa Maria del Mar, a unique trobada that brings the guests to a tour of the neighborhood of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and la Ribera to finish entering the basilica, with the solemn ballada davant l ‘altar. The hosts are King Salomó and the Queen of Sheba. The giants of the City, the Tarragona, the Vilanova i la Geltrú, the Reus, the Àliga de la Ciutat and the Cavallets Cotoners will participate.

Fair of Santa Úrsula de Valls

Valls (Alt Camp) celebrates the Santa Úrsula fair this weekend. One of the most notable events is the long-awaited castle day, which will include the participation of the city’s two colles, the Old and the Young. It will be from 12:00 p.m. Blat square.

Tast of Tardor d’Scala Dei

This is a new edition of the traditional Tast of Tardor that is celebrated at Scala Dei (Priorat), an event of the mon del vi that will last a few days after the end of the festival. The event is complete with a popular trust.

Camp Jungle Fair

The Camp Jungle (Baix Camp) this week’s cap is a new edition of the Fira de la Selva del Camp, which becomes both a program focused on the art of the land, full of purposes focused on promoting local products, the values ​​of Camp de Tarragona and, now, the jungle Indian-incràsia.

Lleida Wine Festival

Lleida celebrates this dissabte i diumenge 12th Lleida Wine Festival to the Plaça de la Llotja. In fact, the festival will include the participation of 20 cellars and a culinary tasting area, with various activities such as guided tours and live music.

‘An eina of massive construction’

The Teatre Lliure de Gràcia opened this weekend and throughout the entire season the exhibition that celebrates the 30th anniversary of Pallassos Sense Fronteres. Amb the title A massive construction einathe exhibition pays homage to more than 500 expeditions which, since 1993, has been part of the organization with the will to share dreams with the most needed people of the planet and of our home.

The exhibition is divided into two countriesone of which is la tristesa, a reinterpretation of the installation Pluja de sang, by Frederic Amat, which dominates the main scale, modified by some masks expressly designed by the artist and that the public will be able to take home. The second space is joy, a photographic exhibition at the theater bar with large format images of different expeditions.