Upcoming events
Festivals, council meetings, concerts and public activities scheduled in the city, translated to English.
Festa Major de Llafranc 2026
What it is
Llafranc — one of the three coves that belong to Palafrugell — holds its festa major from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August 2026. The patron is Santa Rosa, and the parish church that carries her name sits a street back from the seafront.
What is programmed
The opening act published by the council is the Santa Rosa concert with the Coral Nit de Juny, Thursday 27 August at 21:30. The rest of the four days runs on the neighbourhood association's own programme, which the town's culture office publishes at cultura.palafrugell.cat rather than in the printed August agenda — check it before travelling, because individual acts move.
Two fixed points nearby that weekend, both free and both listed in the municipal agenda:
- Sardanes on Plaça Nova, Friday 28 August at 20:00, with the Cobla Ciutat de Girona.
- Sardanes at the Port Bo in Calella, Saturday 29 August at 18:30, with the Cobla Baix Empordà — the "ballada dins el mar", danced standing in the shallows.
Getting there
Llafranc is about 4 km from Palafrugell town. In August the cove's own car parks fill by mid-morning; the bus from the Palafrugell station on Carrer Lluís Companys and the camí de ronda from Calella (about 25 minutes on foot) are both easier than driving in.
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56th Calella de Palafrugell mini-marathon
The race
The 56th Mini-Marató de Calella de Palafrugell, run as the Memorial Jordi Moner and Gran Premi Sports 77 Intersport, is on Sunday 30 August 2026. The course is 8.8 km cross-country along the coast.
- Mini-marathon: start 09:00 from Avinguda Joan Pericot, in front of the Hotel Alga; finish on the Passeig del Canadell. Time limit 1 h 30 min. Open to all ages; under-14s must be accompanied.
- Popular walk: staggered start between 07:30 and 08:30, same route, free pace, 2 h 15 min limit.
Entry
12 € in advance, 15 € on the day at the start. Rules and registration at capalafrugell.cat. Every finisher gets a commemorative shirt, there are refreshment points on the route and a feed at the finish, trophies for the first three men and women, and a prize draw among the numbers.
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Swim Out Costa Brava 2026 — 11th edition
What it is
The swing festival Swim Out Costa Brava returns to Llafranc for its 11th edition, 3–6 September 2026, based at the Casa Albatros: lindy hop and solo jazz classes, live music, competitions, exhibitions and a small market.
Teachers and bands
The 2026 teaching line-up is Laura Glaess & Remy Kouakou Kouame, Helena Kanini Kiiru & Tyedric Hill, Alice Mei & Francesc Bujosa, Marie N'diaye & Felipe Braga, and Ariadna Beltran & Simon Bressanelli. The night parties run 3–5 September with the British Shirt Tail Stompers, regulars here, and the Madrid band Sentimental Gentlemen, who play the festival for the first time.
Free of charge, no experience needed
New this year, through the "Viu el teu barri" neighbourhood programme, two free open beginners' classes in solo jazz:
- Saturday 5 September, 11:30, Local Social de la Sauleda.
- Sunday 6 September, 11:30, Local Social de Mas Mascort.
Tickets for the rest are sold through the festival's own site.
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30th Cantada d'Havaneres de Tamariu
What it is
The 30th Cantada d'Havaneres de Tamariu is on Saturday 5 September 2026 at 19:00, on Tamariu beach. Havaneres are the songs Catalan sailors brought back from Cuba; they are sung outdoors, at the water, and drunk to with cremat — rum burned with sugar, lemon peel and coffee beans.
Five local groups sing this year: Àmfora, Arjau, Els Cremats, Peix Fregit and Port Bo. Lluís Poch presents. Free.
The rest of the day
A craft market runs all day along the Passeig del Mar, and from 19:00 the Associació de Veïns i Amics de Tamariu hands out the cremat.
This is the last cantada of the season in the municipality — Calella's, the best known on the coast, is held at the start of July.
Getting there
Tamariu is the smallest of Palafrugell's three coves, about 5 km from the town, and its parking is very limited; in early September the sensible approach is the bus or the camí de ronda.
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32nd Costa Brava Jazz Festival
The programme
The 32nd Festival de Jazz Costa Brava plays the Teatre Municipal de Palafrugell (TeMePé) in October 2026:
- Saturday 10 October, 20:00 — THE LAST LIVIN' SOULS
- Sunday 11 October, 20:00 — GISELE JACKSON AND THE SHU SHU'S
Tickets are sold through cultura.palafrugell.cat and at the TeMePé box office. The theatre is on Carrer Santa Margarida, 1, in the middle of the town.
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Les Trobades de Cap Roig 2026 — "El sentit de la natura"
What it is
Les Trobades de Cap Roig return to the botanical garden above Calella from 15 to 18 October 2026, under the title El sentit de la natura — the meaning of nature. Writers, scientists, philosophers and artists are brought together to look at the subject from both the sciences and the humanities, in a world reshaped by environmental, technological and cultural change.
The meetings are organised by the Escola Europea d'Humanitats with La Maleta de Portbou and the collaboration of Palafrugell town council.
Practical
The full programme is published by Fundació "la Caixa" at fundacionlacaixa.org/ca/jardins-cap-roig-trobades. The gardens are at Camí del Rus, in Calella de Palafrugell; parking near the entrance is limited even out of season.