Festivals
Sitges Corpus Christi
The night before Corpus, hundreds of locals cover the old-town streets with flower carpets that the procession walks over the next day. When it is, what to see and how to enjoy it.
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When it is
2026
Sunday 7 June
The big day of the carpets and the procession, within a programme that ran from 5 to 14 June.
2027
Sunday 30 May
That is the calendar date (Corpus depends on Easter). The Town Council has not published the programme yet.
Every year
Saturday night and Sunday
The carpets are laid on Saturday night and can be seen on Sunday until the procession passes in the afternoon.
Source: Sitges Town Council, “Sitges presenta el Corpus del 2026 amb 370.000 clavells”.
What to see
Sunday
Flower carpets
In 2026, 30 carpets covering about 3,000 m² of street, made by some 1,200 people. The Cap de la Vila carpet was made by the Escola Miquel Utrillo from a drawing by Pilarín Bayés.
Sunday · afternoon
The procession
About 500 people: giants, the Dragon, the Eagle, the Moixiganga, gralla players, pubilles and hereus and first-communion children.
Since 1918
Carnation show
In 2026 it was held in the gardens of the Hospital de Sant Joan, with 31 exhibitors (five schools) and about 1,200 carnations.
Friday
Pregó del Clavell
The festival opening. In 2026 it was on Friday 5 June at 10 pm at the Racó de la Calma.
All week
Balconies and façades
A contest encourages residents and groups to decorate balconies, windows and façades with flowers.
Sources: Sitges Town Council (Corpus 2026); Government of Catalonia (2023 declaration).
Corpus in figures
In 2026 the carpets used 370,000 carnations, mostly white and red, plus 2 tonnes of “pallofa” (husks), 500 m² of grass and 500 m² of cypress. Also St John’s wort, bougainvillea, African marigold, gerberas and statice. The grass comes from municipal gardening and the Terramar Golf Club.
In 2026 the first stretch of Carrer Major celebrated 75 years of carpet-making, and the Escola Miquel Utrillo its 50th anniversary.
Source: Sitges Town Council, “Sitges presenta el Corpus del 2026 amb 370.000 clavells”.
Practical information
Tip
Go in the morning
The carpets are complete from early Sunday; in the afternoon the procession walks over them.
Respect
Don’t step on them
Only the procession walks on the carpets. Walk around them and leave room for people taking photos.
Getting here
Train or car
The centre gets crowded: the Rodalies station is a few minutes’ walk away. Coming by car? See where to park.
Programme and news on sitgescorpus.cat and sitges.cat.
Source: Sitges Town Council. Accessed 13/10/2026.
A little history
The first written reference to Corpus in Sitges dates from 1358, and the procession through the streets is documented in 1647. Flower carpets appeared in the last third of the 19th century and, since the 1950s, they have been designed and laid the night before Corpus.
The National Carnation Show began in 1918. Sitges Corpus was declared of national artistic interest in 1952, of national tourist interest in 1965 and, in 2023, the Government of Catalonia declared it a Heritage Festival of National Interest.
Source: Government of Catalonia, press release of 25/04/2023.