Every Saturday, in summer, from 8th July to 26th August, Solsona is full of music, with festivities at 10.30 pm at night in the Plaça del Camp square.
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Archives for Solsona
Music Festival of the International Academy of Music of Solsona (el Solsonès)
Concerts of chamber music held in some of the most emblematic churches in the comarca (local district) and at different sites in the historic centre of Solsona.
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“La Mare” Festival – Solsona (Parc de la Mare de la Font) (el Solsonès)
A day of music, immersion and nature; three elements that combine to bring the territory closer to people from here and also from all around. The event also includes spaces dedicated to the visual arts and gastronomy, with the latter offering local products to those attending._
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Series of Summer Concerts – Solsona (el Solsonès)
Every summer, the town of Solsona fills with music and a wide range of cultural events in which music is the main protagonist. One of these events is the Series of Summer Concerts.
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Festival of Corpus Christi – Solsona (el Solsonès)
The celebration of Corpus Christi at Solsona has become a mini-Festa Major, as some of the most traditional features of local festivities are now celebrated in it, including the participation of giants (traditional local folklore figures). The central acts of this festival are: the wheel of fire, which takes place on the evening before the event; the parade of the blunderbuss bearers; the procession presided over by the Bishop of Solsona; the carpet made of flowers and coloured sawdust in the Plaça de Palau square; and the exhibition of the traditional dancing involving giants, accompanied by the Cobla Juvenil Ciutat
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Passos de Gegant Race – Solsona
A trail-running sporting event that unites various municipalities in the “comarca” (local district) of El Solsonès. A route that is characterized by its scenic, historical and cultural wealth.
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Popular Walk of Solsona (el Solsonès)
A walk that has been organised by the Centre Excursionista del Solsonès (Solsonès Hiking Centre) since 1993, with two itineraries with different distances and variations in altitude for participants to choose between.
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Sant Isidre Fair – Solsona (el Solsonès)
Multi-sector fair with spaces dedicated to livestock and agricultural machinery, craft shows, exhibitions of horse shoeing and sheep shearing, a gathering of lace-makers, exhibitions of photography, painting and sculpture, etc.
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“Caramelles” (religious songs) – Solsona and various other municipalities in El Solsonès
The Caramella singers take to the street and sing and parade, accompanied by the blunderbuss bearers. In the other municipalities, they tour the different parishes, singing and performing the “ball pla” and “ball de cascavells”, among other dances.
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POTATO AND TRUFFLE FAIR OF CATALONIA AND WINE FESTIVAL
A fair dedicated to the “trumfo” (which is the local name for the potato in El Solsonès) and the truffle. This fair takes place over a weekend during which producers and pickers offer these two products, which are so typical of the “comarca” (local district), directly to their consumers. In addition, and coinciding with the fair, there will be a Wine Festival, with the participation of a wine producer from each denomination of origin, tastings of products from El Solsonès, and a number of transversal tastings through which people can learn about the most characteristic features of each DO.
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