What can you do this weekend, near home? (from May 15 to 17) - Night of Museums + Tarraco Viva

There are weekends that go by quickly… and then there are those in May. Full squares, glasses of wine on the street, impromptu concerts, and people saying “I’ll just go out for a while”. The territory reaches that point in spring where everything seems a little more alive.

From May 15 to 17, 2026, Camp de Tarragona fills with historic festivals, music, heritage, and family activities. Plans that range from ancient Rome to vermouth concerts, including museums open at night and popular festivals with the scent of a village that still knows how to have fun.

🎆 FAIRS AND MAIN FESTIVALS 🔔

Festa del Trasto (Vimbodí i Poblet)

Vimbodí recovers the most popular spirit with the Festa del Trasto, a day that combines market, tradition, and festive atmosphere. The kind of festival that still preserves the charm of simple things and squares full of life.

Festa del Mercat a la Plaça (Amposta)

Amposta returns to the early 20th century with the Festa del Mercat a la Plaça, a historical reenactment that fills the old town with stalls, taverns, shows, period costumes, and Ebro culture. The city puts on the old hat—but with lots of party spirit—and turns the streets into a lively, popular, and very photogenic market.

III Miravet Fair (Miravet)

Miravet celebrates its third fair with a weekend mixing craftsmanship, local products, tradition, and cultural activities near the castle and the Ebro River. A perfect plan to get lost among stalls, discover trades, and end with a vermouth with views that seem like a medieval postcard.

Festa de la Germandat (Vandellòs)

Vandellòs celebrates a new edition of the Festa de la Germandat, an event that fills the town with popular activities, music, communal meals, and proposals for all ages. One of those festivals that truly make a town, with full streets, reunions, and a long weekend vibe that stretches without watching the clock.

🎨 CULTURAL ACTIVITIES 📖🔍

Tarraco Viva (Tarragona)

Tarragona looks back to Rome with Tarraco Viva, the festival that turns streets and monuments into lively history stages. Reenactments, lectures, and activities that prove the Romans still have a lot of fight left.

Night of the Museums (Various towns)

Culture extends hours with the Night of the Museums, a proposal that allows discovering exhibitions and heritage sites in a completely different atmosphere. Museums open at night, which sounds much better than what you remembered from school trips. Also, don’t miss the open-door days on May 17, in celebration of International Museum Day, at many museum sites in Tarragona. Check here everything you can visit.

Exhibition “Displaced: Rodoreda and Fenosa” (El Vendrell)

The Apel·les Fenosa Museum hosts “Displaced: Rodoreda and Fenosa”, an exhibition that connects literature and sculpture through experiences of exile and memory. A cultural proposal that mixes art, sensitivity, and history in a space that invites you to look at the works calmly and let yourself be carried by the silence of the museum.

🥘 GASTRONOMIC EVENTS 🍻🍷

Valls de Vins (Valls)

Valls toasts spring with a new edition of Valls de Vins, the festival that brings together wineries, gastronomy, and music in the city center. Wine, tapas, and long conversations in that atmosphere that makes it impossible to leave early.

🎵 CONCERTS AND SHOWS 🎭🎸

A Song to the Stars (Valls)

The Valls Cultural Center hosts “A Song to the Stars”, a musical proposal combining emotion, sensitivity, and shared culture. One of those shows that leave you with the feeling that music still knows how to touch important things.

Concert of “5 Lagartos” (Montferri)

Montferri switches to a musical vermouth mode with the concert of “5 Lagartos”. Live music, village atmosphere, and that May sun that turns any square into a small impromptu festival.

💡 Idea of the Week

“Espectadoret Kids” at JCA Cinemes Valls

If you’re looking for a calm plan for the little ones, on Fridays the JCA Cinemes Valls continue to offer Espectadoret Kids, children’s sessions designed for kids to discover cinema on the big screen. Popcorn, cartoons, and an afternoon without small screens for once.

And perhaps this is the charm of May weekends: that there are still spaces where culture happens on the street, in small theaters, in museums open at night, and in squares where someone ends up playing a guitar.

Between ancient Rome, vermouth concerts, and shared glasses of wine, the territory continues to show that popular culture is not just entertainment: it is a way to meet, recognize each other, and breathe a little slower.