Concerts & Live Music

Sardanes a la Fresca (Open-Air Sardana Dances)

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📅 20 Jun–22 Aug 2026 · Roses

On summer Saturday nights a live cobla band plays in the town square and locals link hands to dance the sardana, Catalonia's traditional circle dance. It is a relaxed, free open-air evening where visitors are welcome to watch or join in. (First date listed: Cobla Els Rossinyolets, 20 June.)

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When
20 Jun 2026 – 22 Aug 2026
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Where
Placa de les Botxes · Roses
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Price
Free
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Happens
every Saturday 22:00, 13 June - 26 Sep 2026 (weekly)
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Great for visitorsGood for expats

Turn up at Plaça de les Botxes on a summer Saturday around ten at night and you'll find a cobla, the small wind-and-brass band that plays sardana music, setting up under the warm evening air. The dance itself is simple to watch and trickier to join: people drop their bags in the middle of the ring, link hands, and step through a careful sequence of short and long beats that everyone seems to know by heart.

There's no stage spectacle here, just neighbours and a few curious visitors forming circles that grow as the night goes on. It costs nothing, nobody minds if you only watch, and if you fancy a go, slip in between two dancers and follow the feet. The series runs through the summer, with Cobla Els Rossinyolets opening on 20 June.

Source: https://www.rosescultura.cat/ca/programacio/c/4733-cobla-els-rossinyolets.html

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