Events

Total success at the Travessia Golf de Roses 2026: 42 boats and a fantastic sea breeze!

Yesterday, Roses Bay once again experienced one of those festive and competitive days that stay in the memory. The Travessia Golf de Roses 2026 brought together a spectacular fleet of 42 boats, filling the sea with colour, speed and a great variety of disciplines: from dinghy sailing and catamarans to cruisers, wingfoil and all the different windsurfing categories (funboard, windsurfer and raceboard).

The wind did not disappoint. A steady sea breeze of between 15 and 16 knots provided ideal sailing conditions both for the most experienced racers and for those looking to enjoy the crossing in an unbeatable setting. This edition maintained the two courses that have already been used in recent editions: Riuet - GEN: The traditional point-to-point crossing from Riuet beach to the club’s facilitie…

Nits de Circ reaches its sixth edition with a show that will bring the best flying trapeze artists in the world to Roses

Roses is once again hosting the Nits de Circ festival for another summer, which will bring the world's leading circus figures to the Ciutadella. A total of six performances will be held, from Tuesday 18 August to Sunday 23 August, featuring spectacular acrobatics, juggling and balancing acts under the stars by 29 international artists. Tickets are now on sale.

Taking advantage of the annual break that some of the largest traveling circuses take in the middle of their tour, Circus Arts Foundation, proposes a show that brings together under the same open-air arena a selection of the main figures of the world's great circuses . The headliners of prestigious circuses such as Arlette Gruss, Bouglione, Knie or Krone will occupy the arena under the stars. …

The City Council is finalizing preparations for the Festa Major and already has the program for the new Barraquetes space ready

Next Friday, August 7, Roses begins the celebration of its Festa Major, with a program that will last until the 16th and that will once again combine tradition and new proposals to offer activities aimed at all audiences. Music, popular culture, shows, sports and family activities will fill the streets and squares of the municipality for ten days, which will also feature two outstanding novelties: a theatrical opening speech and the creation of the Barraquetes children's space.

The celebration will begin on Friday, August 7th with an opening ceremony that this year will surprise everyone. The Roses Theatre Group will be in charge of officially opening the Festa Major with a theatrical opening speech , an innovative proposal created especially for the occasion that will turn the facade of the City Hall, in Plaça de Catalunya, into a vertical stage. Throughout the …

The Golf de Roses Crossing is back!

On 1 August, we celebrate one of the most beautiful events in our bay. This crossing is unique because it brings together all the club’s disciplines on the same racecourse. From dinghy sailing and catamarans to cruising boats, windsurfing and foiling, the Bay of Roses becomes an incredible mosaic of sails and colours. Year after year, participation continues to grow thanks to this open and spect…

The Festa Major magazine reviews 30 years of Optimist and recovers the origins of family theater in Roses

This year's Roses Festival Magazine offers a monograph on the 30-year history of Optimist, an organization founded in 1996 and which, over the course of three decades, has brought a stable program of high-level children's and family theater to Roses. It will be available to the public, free of charge, from tomorrow, Thursday, July 23, at the Town Hall, the Tourist Office and the Municipal Library.

The magazine of the Roses Festival has become over the years a document of collective memory , which reviews the history of the town from antiquity to its most recent history. In the issue that has just been published, the magazine takes a journey through the origins of family theatre in Roses, and highlights the work that the Optimist association has developed throughout its thirty years of…

Roses proposes discovering its heritage with immersive activities, games and night visits for all audiences

Taking advantage of the summer holidays and the arrival of the tourist season, the Roses Culture Area is once again offering this summer a wide program of activities to discover, or rediscover, its two heritage emblems: the Citadel of Roses and the Castell de la Trinitat. The program is aimed at all types of public and offers, from classic guided tours, to immersive activities with 3D technology, family games, or night experiences under the moonlight.

This summer the heritage spaces of Roses will once again become the setting for an extensive range of activities designed for audiences of all ages to discover the history and heritage of the municipality in a participatory and immersive way. All activities are offered in different languages ​​to facilitate access for both the local public and the numerous visitors who choose Roses as a touris…

The promenade is filled with free activities to enjoy the summer with the family, right on the beach

The City Council is once again offering a family entertainment programme on the beach for summer evenings during the months of July and August. Foam parties, discomobiles, zumba and children's shows alternate on different days of the week on the stages located along the Santa Margarita promenade, to become meeting points for leisure and entertainment and to make young and old enjoy themselves.

The stage located in the area of ​​the Hotel Montecarlo hosts the fun Discomóbils with foam party , which take place every Thursday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. The Zumba classes , led by Zumbamics , are held on the same stage every Friday from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. These sessions are open to all ages and levels and invite the public to practice physical activity outdoors in a participa…

The Roses barracks will be filled with music and dancing on the nights of the Festa Major with a free program

This morning the mayor of Roses and councilor for Culture and Festivities, Sílvia Ripoll, presented the concert lineup for the 2026 Festa Major. As every year, the program will take place at the Càmping Bahia site, which will host six days of free concerts, from August 11 to 16, with leading artists such as Els Catarres and Miki Núñez, the best tribute bands, DJ sessions and an afternoon dedicated to family audiences.

The program will start on Tuesday, August 11th with a night headlined by Els Catarres , one of the most emblematic bands of Catalan pop, responsible for hits like Jenifer, and a great youth reference thanks to their festive energy and direct connection with the audience. The evening will begin and end with DJ Lia Jensen 's sessions , in charge of warming up the engines and keeping the …

The fishermen of Roses celebrate the feast of Sant Pere with suquet, habaneras, dancing and a light show

This morning the celebration of the Feast of Saint Peter, patron saint of fishermen, took place, organized by the Fishermen's Brotherhood of Roses and the City Council. This year's program aimed to highlight the memory and maritime culture of Roses with various activities and maintaining the fish stew, the habaneras and the popular revetlla dance as protagonists.

The party took place on the commercial dock of the port, starting with a song of habaneras that gave way to the preparation and traditional tasting of fish stew prepared by the Fishermen's Brotherhood. The day will culminate tonight with a dance by the La Montecarlo orchestra (starting at 10 p.m.) and, at 10:30 p.m., the performance of a light show.   In addition to today's central events, last W…

ILCA 6 CATALAN CHAMPIONS!

Two weekends, 11 races and all the excitement of sailing in the Bay of Roses! The Catalan Championship has come to an end with an outstanding level of competition and changing conditions: from the Tramuntana wind during the first weekend to the sea breeze during the second. Overall Podiums: Women: 1st Cristina Guillén (CN Cambrils), 2nd Nerea Obeso (CN L'Escala), 3rd Laura Molina (CN Arenys de M…

The Sant Pere Festival reclaims the maritime memory with cinema, habaneras and the traditional suquet

The Roses Fishermen's Guild and Roses City Council will celebrate a new edition of the Festival of Sant Pere, patron saint of fishermen, on July 1st and 3rd. The program highlights the memory and maritime culture of Roses with various activities and maintaining the fish suquet, the habaneras and the popular revetlla dance as protagonists.

The celebration will begin on Wednesday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m., at the Teatre Municipal de Roses, with the screening of the documentary Aiguallum Lamparo , a short film dedicated to the last spider web in Roses. The session will be completed with a subsequent round table that will allow us to delve deeper into the history and evolution of the local fishing world, as well as pay tribute to the peo…

Roses incorporates DJ sessions on the beach into the celebration of Sant Joan's Eve

Roses will once again celebrate the Sant Joan festival on June 23rd with a program that will merge tradition, popular culture and fun, and this year includes a new proposal: a DJ session on the beach of La Perola. Another novelty will be the reception of the Canigó Flame, which this year is more open to citizen participation by moving it to the street. The night will also feature the traditional parade and lighting of the bonfire, the Fireworks Castle and dancing on the promenade.

The program will begin around 8 p.m., when the traditional arrival of the Canigó Flame is scheduled, a ritual that evokes the common identity and brotherhood between all Catalan-speaking territories, and which represents the culmination of the summer solstice. This year, the ceremony of receiving the flame and reading the manifesto will be modified and will take place publicly in Plaça Catalunya…

Marina Day'26

Participants enjoyed a guided tour along the coastline of the Cap de Creus Natural Park aboard the catamaran Magic, led by the guided-tour company Terramar. We learned fascinating facts and interesting details about the natural surroundings that many of us did not know. Upon returning to the port, and before enjoying the special menus prepared by the port restaurants Bitàkora and Sódemar, which …

INTERNATIONAL DUEL MARKS THE RETURN OF LA RUTA DE LA TRAMUNTANA TO ROSES