The second B-Estival to be held at the Poble Espanyol featuring jazz greats Al Jarreau and George Benson, Yousou N'Dour, John Mayall and Alpha Blondy.

International hot air ballon meeting of 50 balloon teams competing over four days. Watch the balloons at dawn and dusk competing, also many exhibitions, workshops and music events. Don't miss the 'Night Glow' on 15th July at 10.00pm - a spectacular of balloons, music, lights and fireworks.

Celebrations to mark the longest day lead into a very long night. Bonfires on the beaches, fireworks throughout the city and generally one big party.

Festivals in Catalunya are often celebrated by a region or city and sometimes, as with the Festa Major de Gràcia, specific to a neighbourhood (barrio) within a city. Gràcia celebrates with street decorations, parades of traditional gegants (giants) and the correfoc, which involves locals dressing as demons and devils letting off fireworks in the streets.

This week long festival at the end of September is the biggest and best of the year. There's regional food and wine in abundance at the Maremagnum complex near the port, street theatre, free outdoor concerts, parades of the gegants (Giants), the city's biggest correfoc and firework displays on the beach every evening. You'll need a holiday to get over this one.