Sabadell Celebrates its Main Festival with a Weekend Packed with Sports and Cultural Activities

The city hosts numerous tournaments, workshops, concerts, and shows throughout Friday and Saturday of the main festival.

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Sabadell's Main Festival officially kicks off this Friday with an intensive program of activities running through Saturday, including numerous sports and cultural events for all ages.

Throughout Friday and Saturday, Sabadell will offer a wide range of events, from sports competitions to cultural performances. Activities will begin early in the morning and continue until the early hours.
Friday's sports program will feature tournaments in padel, pickleball, football, tennis, squash, futsal, and volleyball at various city venues such as Cercle Sabadellès 1856, Club Natació Sabadell, Complex Esportiu de Sant Oleguer, and Pavelló del Sud. There will also be open days for air rifle shooting and open classes for skating and inline hockey.
Culture and entertainment will play a prominent role with offerings like the 'Buscafites' treasure hunt, Aquadynamic and Zumba masterclasses, inline hockey workshops, inclusive yoga, storytelling, giant puppet parades, children's castells workshops, and Aikido demonstrations. The Museu d’Història de Sabadell will host activities on medieval life and the muse and Romans.
The afternoon and evening will be filled with shows, parades, concerts, and dances. Highlights include the Main Festival parade, 'castells de vigília' (vigil towers), electronic music concerts, and various musical styles at Eix Macià and Espai Barraques. There will also be 'correfocs' (fire runs), Latin American and Peruvian dances, and Argentine tango sessions.
Other activities include the Classic Car Meet, diving taster sessions, the 'El CE Sabadell s’apropa a la Festa' initiative, a popular 'Botifarra amb seques' (sausage with beans) meal, an 'espeleogimcana' (caving-themed challenge), and a photographic studio. The program is rounded off with theater and dance performances in Plaça Frederic Mompou and other city locations.