Every Sant Jordi is unique. This one will be the one of pollen, as, added to the wind, it has been, books aside, one of the protagonists of the day. Although the streets are always filled with books and roses and Casa Batlló once again dresses its facade for the occasion, the circumstances change: the weather –sun is expected for much of the day–, the authors signing, or even the sections where stalls are set up can change. This 2026, for example, the traditional and iconic image of La Rambla full of stalls will not take place due to construction work and, instead, will be replaced by a new literary axis that will start at Portal de l’Àngel and extend through Plaza Nova and Plaza de la Catedral and up to Via Laietana.

A band of gremlins has ravaged Barcelona tonight. The Scots Mogwai, who decided to call themselves that after the mogwais or “evil spirits” from Joe Dante’s 1984 film, have performed at Razzmatazz on the tour celebrating their thirty years of existence.