Carnaval de Sitges

• Location: Sitges, Catalonia, Spain

• Category: Community Carnival

• Dates/Time: Week before Ash Wednesday

• Duration: ~7 days

• Attendance: Up to 250,000 over the week

• Venue: Streets of Sitges, seafront promenade

• Organizer: Sitges City Council + local cultural groups

• Established: 19th-century origins; revitalized and expanded post-Franco dictatorship

• Symbolic or Satirical Content: Low

• Cultural or Ritual Roots: No (more celebratory than myth-based)

• Global or Migrant Influence: Low (primarily a local tradition)

Participation Tips

• Participation Type: Participatory

• Participation Level (Scale): 5/5 (Full participation encouraged—dressing up, dancing, engaging in night events)

• Requires Costume to Join: No, but encouraged

• Family-Friendly: Partially (Day events: yes. Nightlife: adults only)

• LGBTQ+ Inclusive: Yes