Sitges has something for every taste. From bear events to tango parties, fireworks to beach parties.... there is never a shortage of something to do! We have listed the key events below in Sitges for 2012.

Three Kings Parade - January 5th.
January 6th is when Christmas is traditionally celebrated in Spain, and of course, like everything else, they celebrate it in style in Sitges. A parade lead by the arrival of the 3 Kings sets off from Plaza Fragata in front of the church, the night before.

The parade is focussed on the biblical story of the three wise men following the star to Bethlehem. The parade departs from Plaza Fragata, in front of the town's church, with the procession led by an inflated star and the Three Kings, or 'Tres Magi' – Balthazar, Gaspar and Melchior. As the Three Kings proceed through the town they are followed by a procession of decorated floats, musicians, military bands and people dressed in medieval costumes.

Sitges Gay Carnival
February 16 - 22, 2012 with Parades on the February 19th & 21st.
Carnival has to be Sitges' wildest party. Even though it is on in February it is still the hottest party in town! On the most popular days you will find more than 300,000 partygoers dancing on the major streets across the town. The busy months of July and August look positively dead! Gay boys and girls from the 4 corners of the world descend on our little town and party the week away!

Jueves Lardero or Fat Tuesday,marks the beginning of carnival with a huge celebration of local dishes and the arrival of the King of the Carnestoltes and ends with the Burial of a Sardine on Ash Wednesday. There's more to do than eat, though.

The busiest days are Sunday and Tuesday, when the local carnival parade makes its way down the Rua del Extermini in decorated carriages, sporting the campest razzle-dazzle type outfits you have ever seen. (The parades are themed, Rua de la Disbauxa -r the Debauchery Parade, on Sunday night and the Rua de l'Extermini - the Extermination Parade, on Tuesday night.

Tuesday, the final day of carnival, also sees some amazing drag shows. Think you have seen it all... you haven't! Some of Europe's top drag performers make their way to sitges to bitch-battle it out with each other to the great amusements of the revelers.

The Sitges Gay Carnival takes place 4 days before the regular Sitges Carnival begins. Jam packed with events it includes La noche rosa, Pink night, Noche de las Mantillas - where people wear traditional Spanish normally worn at weddings & funerals, Noche de las touristas, - the tourist night (great fun) and finally the Noche de las Viudas or the Widows night (probably because you've murdered your boyfriend for being bold).

54th. Barcelona to Sitges Vintage Car Rally
March 15th. 2012
Vintage cars travel along the old sea-side road from Barcelona to Sitges.
13:30 - Port d'Aiguadolç, Av.Balmins, Rafael Llopart, Jesús, Cap de la Vila, Parellades, Bonaire, Passeig de la Ribera
Exhibition: Plaza de la Fragata.15:00 - 18:00 Web site

In 1959, and thanks to the initiative of a group of Sitgetans united under Foment de Turisme de Sitges (Sitges Tourism Promotion), the Barcelona-Sitges International Vintage Car Rally was born. The Barcelona-Sitges Vintage Car Rally is a concentration of privately-owned vehicles made before 1900 and up to 1924. The competition winners are not just the fastest, but the ones with the most original automobiles and who also dress in accordance with the times of the car they are participating with.

8th. Sitges International Bear Meeting
April 26th to May 1st. 2012
The very popular Bears Week, Spring Edition event will take place from the 26th of April to the 1st of May and marks the traditional start of the Sitges Season. This year it will be joined by the Gay Spring Break Festival, so it will be quite a mixture of guys in Sitges!

Beach games and picnic - Excursion and official lunch - Games and parties at B.S.C. Disco - Bear route with happy hour - Foam Party at Sauna Sitges and much more.

60th. Corpus Christy Flower Festival
June 7th, 2012
They carpet the streets of Sitges with flowers. The town of Sitges celebrates Corpus Chisti every year with style! Sections of the major streets are closed to traffic for at least 24 hours.
Then intricate templates are drawn on the road. Neighbors from each street gather into the small hours of morning, plucking the petals off Carnation flowers. These petals are then placed on the patterns on the road.

San Juan - June 23rd
Midsummer in Catelunya is celebrated with a big bang, as fireworks fill the sky in a prelude to the national holiday of the Feast of John the Baptist. Ancient traditions observed the summer solstice as the most important event of the solar year and fire was celebrated as the symbol of abundance, purity and fertility. So too today, the solstice festivities have fire as their central focus. Each neighbourhood stages fireworks and all-night bonfires are fueled by collections of old furniture, but the biggest celebration is at Monjuice in Barcelona, with a fabulous firework display and a colossal bonfire. There are dances and celebrations in the squares, street parties, music and entertainment throughout the city, and in all the homes, traditional cake or 'coca' is eaten and sparkling wine (cava) is drunk. It's well worth a trip to Barcelona for this one, to watch the fireworks, then go on to the biggest gay beach party of the year!

Sitges Gay Pride 2012
July 5th to 9th. Parade July 7th. 2012
The event, which attracted more than 80,000 people over the weekend last year, will be even bigger and more spectacular in 2012. The main parade will take place on Saturday the 7th of July. The main parade will take place on Saturday the 7th of July.

The Gay Village will once again form the backdrop of the 5 day's of parties. Expect an even bigger line up of live acts and entertainment, more events, the return of an even bigger pool party and of course the Party in the Park…not to mention all of the events taking place in the gay bars, clubs and restaurants of the village. Gay Pride Sitges Web site

Fiesta Mayor
August 21st to 27th
August 23rd. 22:00 - Firework display
This carnival is worth seeing! 'Fiesta Mayor' means 'Main Carnival', and it really is! The total disrespect for safety is what makes it so exciting. Fire crackers are being lit left, right and center and aimed in every direction. The dragons which have fire crackers in their mouths even chase you! You'll see most people are wearing straw hats, that's to make sure their eyes don't get burned out. They duck when the dragons charge so that the hats protect their eyes. This fiesta is an amazing sight for sore eyes. Oops, bad pun.

Sitges International Bear Week 2012
September 03rd- 11th
Several thousand bears and their admirers descended upon Sitges this September. The annual September Bears Week has now become one of the best attended events of its kind in Europe. The dates for 2012 have been confirmed. The 9 day event will take place from the 3rd to the 11th of September. Organised bear fun, foam parties, saunas etc. 2000 Guys... Web site.

Santa Tecla
September 17th to 23rd, 2012
If you missed Fiesta Mayor, here's your chance to get a taste of it. Santa Tecla is a miniature Fiesta Mayor and there's a firework display as well..

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