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Dansa Metropolitana will fill theaters, civic centers, streets, squares and public spaces with dance. More than 190 activities around dance, with shows for all audiences, as well as conferences, workshops, face-to-face cinema and online cinema.

One of the great events in the educational field that also includes Futura. In this edition, individualized advice remains one of the main proposals. There will be 84 workshops for young people and families, sessions for teachers, information on all the post-compulsory studies that can be taken in Catalonia and much more.

This year, the kiosks of La Rambla will be the protagonists of the Arrival, which will begin at the end of La Rambla, at 6:00 p.m. In the act, the kings Belluga and Tòtil Tocatdelala will be accompanied by their usual entourage, and the press deliverers. The procession will go up La Rambla and the parade will end at the Palau de la Virreina with the battle of Taronjada and fireworks.

The popular imagery of Barcelona takes to the streets of the old town of Barcelona. Giants, big heads, the Eagle... You can also attend correfocs, castellers, sardana dances, gralles concerts, bastonaires, children's and youth dancing esbarts, a drummer meeting, and much more. During the Santa Eulàlia Festival, many museums and cultural spaces are also open for free.

The previous edition was held last November in a smaller format than usual, but this year, Llum BCN will once again shine brightly. Among the most outstanding international artists who will participate in the 2022 edition of Llum BCN we find Trevor Paglen, Ulf Langheinrich or Tundra, who will share experiences and ideas with the best national creators, such as Toni Arola, Mariona Benedito. Antoni Miralda or Jordi Canudas.

Today, when literary genres hybridize and fantasy and science fiction are present in criminal literature, we could ask the crime novel about the future. That is the leitmotif of this edition of BCNegra: the future. What will be here, tomorrow? The future is here. And now, what about the future?

The Chinese New Year is celebrated this year with a central and face-to-face act on the usual stage located next to the Arc de Triomf. Various performances will take place in the morning and in the afternoon. In addition, decentralized activities will be held throughout Barcelona. The great parade in the streets of the Eixample will not be held this year.

The main thematic axis of the 2022 edition of the BWW will be the autochthonous varieties (Spain has about 150 autochthonous varieties of grapes planted that constitute 25% of the total). The objective will be to give visibility and international projection to all historical varieties, majority or minority, for their contribution to creating a more sustainable wine-growing future and better adapted to climate change.

This year's edition begins on December 17 with Pitingo in the first of the Christmas concerts that are held in the Basilica of Santa María del Mar. In that same space they will also perform from December 18 to 22, Monica Green, Pastora Soler and Maria del Mar Bonet. The Christmas mini-cycle will close with Handel's Messiah on December 23. As of December 27, the Mil·leni Festival moves to the music halls.

Gaudí was not an isolated and misunderstood genius, and in this exhibition they try to demonstrate this by moving away from clichés and going through his entire career as a creator. In the exhibition you will see more than 650 elements from a hundred national and international collections.