Major Festival
The Festa Major is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of September and is dedicated to the Holy Mystery. The events currently run from Friday to Tuesday of the same week.
The events of the festival are many and very varied: liturgical events, cultural events and exhibitions, concerts, dances in the tent, sardanas, meeting of giants, shows for young and old, sports activities, fun activities such as the Madness and the Diana Florejada, castle of fireworks... It is worth noting the Ball of the Pabordes, declared Festive Patrimonial Element of National Interest: a traditional dance danced by four couples in the Plaza Mayor on Sunday afternoon and Monday evening following the music played live by a couplet.
In addition, every year a monograph is published on a topic related to the population and made by the inhabitants of the town on the occasion of the celebration of this festival.
Feast of the Scream
La Festa del Grito is celebrated on the Saturday around September 15 to commemorate the Independence of Mexico. Sant Joan de les Abadesses has maintained a close relationship with Mexico since the Sant Joan composer Jaume Nunó i Roca won, in 1854, the international competition to compose the music for Mexico's national anthem. On June 3, 1980, the deed of twinning was signed with San Luís Potosí, the town where Francisco González Bocanegra, the author of the lyrics to the Mexican national anthem, was born. With this twinning, the populations that had seen the birth of the two authors were united. Since then, several events have been organized that have helped to strengthen the ties between the two populations, such as the Festa del Grito which has been celebrated since 2005 and which has the collaboration of different Mexican entities and Catalan
Tag EVO
It is a mountain race organized by the Unió Excursionista Sant Joan that has been held since 1999 and which has the participation of a large number of runners and collaborators.
It is a tough test of about 22 km of route with a steep gradient that begins its route in the urban center of Sant Joan de les Abadesses and takes the participants to reach peaks such as Puig Estela (2019 m) and Taga (2040).
More information can be found at: www.uesantjoan.cat and www.taga2040.com
