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Sant Jordi 2026: Barcelona Decentralizes Stalls and Relocates La Rambla

The Catalan Book Chamber announces a diverse Sant Jordi celebration aiming to match last year's sales, with 425 stalls across the Catalan capital.

Generic image of a cultural celebration with people and confetti.
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Generic image of a cultural celebration with people and confetti.

The Sant Jordi celebration in Barcelona for 2026 is being prepared with optimism, featuring a diversified offering of books and roses and the relocation of La Rambla stalls due to ongoing works, as announced by the Catalan Book Chamber.

The Catalan Book Chamber, which brings together the main guilds of the sector, has presented the outlook for Sant Jordi 2026, anticipating a day with a more varied offering than ever. The goal is, at a minimum, to match last year's figures, when two million copies of 75,000 different titles were sold.
In Barcelona, the main novelty will be the relocation of the stalls from La Rambla, currently under construction, to Portal de l'Àngel, Plaça Nova, and Plaça de la Catedral, extending to Via Laietana. This measure aims to avoid crowds and bring the celebration closer to citizens, maintaining a dozen spaces across seven city districts.
In total, the Catalan capital will host 425 stalls, of which 364 will be for books (257 with author signings) and 61 for flowers. Additionally, 130 bookstore stalls will be located in front of their establishments. Areas such as Passeig de Sant Joan and Passeig de Lluís Companys, specializing in comics and children's and young adult literature, are consolidating and growing, as is the offering in Les Corts. New grouping zones will also be created in El Guinardó and Sants-Montjuïc to decentralize the celebration.
Passeig de Gràcia, which will concentrate most of the book stalls, will implement the self-protection plan (PAU) for the second consecutive year. This protocol for events with large public attendance includes the fixed presence of medical personnel and firefighters.
The celebration events will begin on Wednesday, April 22, with the reading proclamation by British writer Ali Smith, taking place at 6:00 PM in the Saló de Cent of the Barcelona City Council. On Thursday, April 23, Sant Jordi day, the traditional breakfast will be held in the courtyard of the Palau de la Virreina, with the participation of authors, publishers, booksellers, politicians, and journalists, under the umbrella of the Unesco City of Literature program.
The celebration will also be intensely experienced throughout Catalonia. In Girona, stalls will move to Avinguda Sant Francesc due to works in Plaça de Catalunya. Other towns such as Olot (Passeig d'en Blay), Banyoles (Plaça Major and Carrer d'Àngel Guimerà), Vic (Plaça Major), Manresa (Passeig de Pere III), Lleida (Rambla de Ferran and Avinguda de Francesc Macià), Balaguer (Mercadal historic center), Tàrrega (Carrer del Carme and Plaça del Carme), Tarragona (Rambla de Tarragona), Reus (Plaça del Mercadal), Valls (El Pati, Carrer de la Cort, Plaça dels Alls, Carrer de Jaume Mercadé and Plaça de l'1 d'Octubre), Tortosa (Plaça de l'Àngel, Plaça d'Agustí Querol, Carrer de la Rosa and Plaça de la Cinta) and Amposta (Plaça de l'Ajuntament) will also have their dedicated spaces for the celebration. The Book Chamber estimates that all the stalls in Catalonia combined would form a line almost 4 kilometers long.

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