El Born Events - May 2027

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May 2027 spreads four events across three weeks: the Sant Ponç herb fair and Dresden's Beethoven both on the 11th, Corpus and the dancing egg on the 27th, and the monthly fair on 29–30 May.

Calendar Data

Download May 2027 as an iCal file — every date on this page.

EAT & DRINK

Fira de Sant Ponç

📅 Tuesday 11 May 2027

📍 Location: Carrer de l'Hospital, Raval

The herbalists have taken Carrer de l'Hospital on 11 May since 1817 — honey, jam, dried herbs and flowers, and the one day of the year the walk from the Born to the Raval is worth making for the smell alone.

BUY & BROWSE

Fet al Born

📅 Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 May 2027, 11am–8pm (the last weekend of May)

📍 Location: Passeig del Born

Late spring on the Passeig: the workshops out with ceramics and textiles, and free demonstrations through the afternoon.

Note: Born Comerç runs Fet al Born on the last weekend of every month — that is the organiser's rule and it is the programme: no annual list of dates is published. 29–30 May is the last weekend of May 2027. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'; the organiser prints none.

WATCH & LISTEN

Beethoven, Symphonies No. 8 and No. 9 — Staatskapelle Dresden, Daniele Gatti

📅 Tuesday 11 May 2027, 8pm

📍 Location: Palau de la Música Catalana, Concert Hall

The season's Ninth, with the Orfeó Català and the Palau's own Cor de Cambra, on the Dresden orchestra's visit — and the Eighth is in the programme too, plus a Widmann premiere, so the night is not just the finale.

LEARN & DO

Corpus Christi and l'ou com balla

📅 Thursday 27 May 2027

📍 Location: Cathedral cloister, Casa de l'Ardiaca, Museu Frederic Marès and Palau del Lloctinent

At Corpus the city sets an empty eggshell on a fountain jet and lets it dance; the cathedral cloister and the Casa de l'Ardiaca are the classic stages, both a short walk from the Passeig.

Note: In some courtyards the egg keeps dancing until Sunday 30 May.

Culture in el born

With it's historic and cultural traditions going back hundreds of years El Born, the Height of Barcelona, offers many sites of interest to the culture lover.

Of course merely walking the streets rich in history such as the Passeig del Born is itself an amazing cultural experience.  And the nightlife and bar scene is a form of modern culture.  But for the more traditional experience don't miss the many small art galleries in the district.
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