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September 27-28
Festa al Cel
If you can tell the difference between an F18 and the Eurofighter, collected Airfix kits and don't get vertigo watching Sopwith Camels loop the loop, don't miss the 17th edition of Barcelona's hugely popular Festa al Cel airshow, at the Parc del Fòrum this weekend. 300,000 people went last year...

Main events are Sunday morning.

•Languages: English, Spanish and Catalan

September 19-24
La Mercé
Barcelona's "festa major", La Mercé, is named after its patron saint and includes music and dance as well as some spectacular traditions such as the castellers (human castles, pictured, right) and the correfoc (literally the firerun), at which dragons belch fire over the packed crowds and demons spray everyone with sparks.

The Mercé also includes a very popular 10km fun run across the city (September 21).

•We liked: Being sprayed with sparks... No, really: it was kind of, you know, kinky!
•Not so hot: Don't expect the official site to be up and running long in advance
•Languages: English (very limited), Spanish and Catalan

16-28 September
Festival Asia
The Casa Asia promotes this annual event, which includes cuisine, dance, music, theatre and a variety of different exhibitions.

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