Vilanova i la Geltrú’s Festa Major de les Neus, the town’s annual festival honouring its patron saint, is listed by the Diputació de Barcelona, Barcelona Provincial Council, as running from Saturday 18 July to Thursday 6 August 2026. Residents and visitors can expect activities in streets and squares across the town, while the most traditional dates are the eve of the feast day, 4 August, and 5 August itself.

The [official Festa Major website](https://festamajorvng.cat/) is publishing festival updates and has a 2026 graphic identity. The Ajuntament de Vilanova i la Geltrú, the town council, says the programme and poster are normally presented at the beginning of July.

Fire parades, dance and human towers

According to the [Ajuntament’s Festa Major page](https://www.vilanova.cat/festa_major), the programme includes traditional popular dances, family street activities, processions, casteller performances and concerts. Castellers are groups that build human towers, a longstanding Catalan cultural tradition.

The council also lists the convit a la festa, or invitation to the festival, and the 12 morterets, ceremonial mortar blasts, among the regular events. A correfoc, a fire-run procession involving performers and pyrotechnics, is also part of the festival’s usual programme.

  • 18 July 2026: opening date listed by the Diputació de Barcelona.
  • 4 and 5 August: the dates identified by the town council as the festival’s most traditional days.
  • 6 August 2026: closing date listed by the Diputació de Barcelona.

Pabordia applications open in June

The festival is organised by the Pabordia, a group of local organisers known as pabordes and pabordesses. The official festival website says applications to join the Pabordia for 2027 are open from 12 to 29 June.

People interested in applying can follow the process through the [Festa Major de Vilanova i la Geltrú website](https://festamajorvng.cat/). The council says photographs and video may be taken at programmed events and shared through the Ajuntament, Festa Major and Pabordia channels for promotion and information purposes.

Primary sources: Ajuntament de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Ajuntament de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Ajuntament de Vilanova i la Geltrú. Reported by Source Text Link, festamajorvng.cat, Diputació de Barcelona, Redaccio, admin, catalunya.com, Diari Catalunya.