The Sants Tradicat fills Sants street this Saturday with its sixth edition

The sixth edition of Sants Tradicat occupies Sants street this Saturday with cuisine, crafts, and activities for all ages. Traffic will be closed for much of the day.

Sants street hosts this Saturday the sixth edition of Sants Tradicat, the autumn trade fair of the neighbourhood. The fair brings together stalls of Catalan cuisine and crafts from other places, along with a programme of roaming activities spread across two stages.

The first stage is located at the height of Alcolea street. There, the day begins at 11:30 AM with Esbart Renaixença and Catalan dances, and the central event with speeches takes place at 1:00 PM. In the afternoon, the Castellers de Sants raise a pillar at 5:00 PM, and the habaneras by A Tota Vela close the programme at 7:00 PM, with ron cremat.

On Arizala street, the other stage starts at 11:00 AM with a singing festival by the SYD Artist Academy. Afterward, the Unió Musical de Sants performs at 4:30 PM and Picantillo Nick Funk Xperience at 5:30 PM, with the day ending with a performance by Metal Academy at 7:00 PM.

In addition to the stages, there are activities throughout the neighbourhood. The batukada del Triangle de Sants departs from Torns street between 11:00 AM and 12:30 PM, and the Bastoners de la Colla Nova de Castelldefels make a roaming tour from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. The Magna association brings its drums and fire from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

For the little ones, there are giant wooden games at number 230 on Sants street, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and puppet theatre at number 73, from 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM. At number 70, the Llet Nostra project presents the cow Voltaire from 10:00 AM to 7:30 PM. The cultural association Tinkus Tiataco displays traditional costumes and performs dance exhibitions in two slots, from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

The traffic closure affects residents from early on. According to the programme, Sants street will remain closed to traffic from 7:00 AM to 11:30 PM, for setup, takedown, and subsequent cleaning. On the same day, Creu Coberta street will be closed from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM due to the municipal programme “We Open Streets”, which closes this road to traffic every weekend.