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FESTES DE LA MERCE 19th - 24th September 2008

Barcelona's biggest annual festival celebrates La Mercè, the Patron Saint of Barcelona, who according to legend did a good job in removing a tiresome plague of locusts that once visited the city.  They never came back so she is still protecting us! To honour her La Mercè festival has over 500 big and small activities, parades, concerts, firework displays, air shows, a 10km run and lots more events happening through out the city. The main ones are.-
The Festival of Music - concerts in the streets and parks all over Barcelona, including the BAM music festival .
The Festival of Tradition - Castellers competitions (human towers), capgrossos and gegant parades (dwarves with big heads and giants) and an entire menagerie of festive animals. The Festival of Fire -All types of sparks, from the pyrotechnical fireworks and music show to the correfoc (literally a fire-run).
Fira del Llibre – Street book fair which starts during the Merce until 7th October. Passeig de Gracia from Plaza Catalunya to Arago
The Festival in the Sky - 30th September
The biggest event of the the Air festival is the acrobatic airshow featuring jets, balloons and gliders and more at the Parc del Forum.
Festival Solar- Parc de la Ciutadella. The purpose is to raise awareness of environmental issues and renewable energy.  http://www.festivalsolar.org/

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