Festa Major
For colles castelleres (human-tower teams), colles geganteres (giants and big-heads), colles de diables (correfoc fire-run crews), press offices, Barri Gòtic and Born hospitality teams, and corporate teams hosting Catalan audiences that need colla shirts, pinsa tees, devil masks and pañuelos, plaza keepsakes and press kits ready for the strong days of La Mercè at Plaça de Catalunya, Avinguda Maria Cristina, Passeig de Gràcia, Barri Gòtic and Arc de Triomf, around 24 September 2026. EUR pricing with 21% IVA on B2B invoices through FACe and the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) of the Agencia Tributaria (AEAT), shipped from the Madrid hub to a central hotel or a colla’s local social.
La Mercè is the city’s festa major, scheduled around 24 September, the feast of the Mare de Déu de la Mercè, patron of Barcelona. Each year the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona programmes five days of concerts on the stages of Avinguda Maria Cristina and Plaça de Catalunya, castells from the main Catalan colles at Plaça de Sant Jaume, a correfoc run by the diables and bestiari de foc through the streets of Barri Gòtic and the Born, gegants and capgrossos in procession through the centre, and a closing piromusical fired from the Palau Nacional on Montjuïc. Attendance across the weekend is around one and a half million people, peaking on the correfoc night and the closing concert.
For colles castelleres, boards of gegants and bestiari, hospitality in the Barri Gòtic and the Born, municipal press offices and corporate teams hosting Catalan audiences, the merch brief is unusual. The colles renew each year the casteller shirts by posició colour (manilla, enxaneta, baix, acotxador) and the pinsa t-shirt for everyone taking part; the gegants colla personalises the dance-team shirts and the portakreua pañuelos; the diables colla kitting out its members with masks, red pañuelos and black t-shirts for the correfoc; and Catalan corporate teams need bilingual CAT/ES/EN press kits and named VIP kits for authorities and partners. The Catalan colour palette —sang i or (red and gold), senyera whites and blues, ochres of the Born and la Boqueria— drives the textile and decoration decisions.
Logistics in central Barcelona during La Mercè are restrictive. The Ramblas, Via Laietana and the Barri Gòtic close to traffic on the strong days; the Avinguda Maria Cristina and Plaça de Catalunya stages draw hundreds of thousands; and the correfoc reshapes central mobility into a single controlled direction under the Guàrdia Urbana. Most teams therefore schedule deliveries to a hotel near the centre, a colla local social in Sant Antoni, Gràcia or the Poble-sec, or a parking at Mercabarna in the early morning, and move the merch by trolley to the plaza or colla stage in the breaks between acts. It pays to plan the production schedule with healthy margin: the castellers shirts have to be ready for the first pinsa rehearsal.
The typical La Mercè rotation kit combines castellers shirts in combed cotton with the posició colour, contrast pinsa t-shirts for all participants, banderines and pañuelos with the colla name, devil masks in felt or leather with embroidery, black shirts and t-shirts for the rain of fire, numbered keepsakes for authorities, visiting press and sponsors, and CAT/ES/EN press bags for institutional and foreign press. The textile choice mixes combed cotton and linen for street wear, with a robust drape so the embroidery holds up to intensive wear and repeated washing.
Shirts and t-shirts for castellers in combed cotton with exact Pantone per function (manilla, enxaneta, baix, acotxador), contrast pinsa t-shirts for everyone taking part, banderines and pañuelos with the colla name. Sizes split by pinsa and packing by colla so each team receives a single named allocation.
Shirts and t-shirts for the gegants and bestiari dance teams, devil masks in felt or leather with embroidery, red pañuelos for the correfoc, black t-shirts for the rain of fire, and auxiliary pieces such as gloves and caps. Sizes by section and exact branding in the colours approved by each colla.
Embroidered polos and aprons for restaurants in the Gòtic, the Born and Sant Pere serving the festa major menu, bilingual CAT/ES/EN menu covers and table tents, branded bottles and pitchers for vermut and cava, and recurring gift items for clients who book the same Plaza del Pi or Plaza de Santa Maria table every year.
CAT/ES/EN press packs with a programme dossier and stage map, branded lanyards and badge holders, numbered keepsakes for municipal and Catalan-government authorities, international press teams and Catalan corporate delegations. Kits assembled by recipient tier and delivered by name to the hotel or the colla local social.
Artwork, quantities, Pantone reference by colla and the named consignee at each local social, hotel or office have to be locked before production starts. Central Barcelona restricts traffic during the strong days, so colla deliveries work best in the early morning before the pinsa rehearsal, or in the long pause between the correfoc and the piromusical. Most teams split the shipment between a buffer pallet in a central hotel or at Mercabarna, and named consignments to each colla local social. The 21% IVA is added on the B2B invoice and reported either through FACe (the e-invoicing platform of the Administración General del Estado) or the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) of the Agencia Tributaria (AEAT); EU intra-Community dispatches use the reverse-charge mechanism with a valid VIES NIF. Some promotional or printed items may fit the Spanish 10% reduced rate when they meet the corresponding category, which we confirm line by line on the quote.
La Mercè 2026 starts on Wednesday 23 September and runs through Sunday 27 September, five days around 24 September, the feast of the Mare de Déu de la Mercè, patron of Barcelona. The Institut de Cultura de Barcelona publishes the full programme with stages, schedule and pregadecín each year.
Yes, with planning. Central Barcelona restricts access during the strong days, so we usually deliver to a hotel near the centre, the colla local social in Sant Antoni, Gràcia or the Poble-sec, or a parking at Mercabarna before the rehearsal. For deliveries inside the local social we coordinate with the cap de colla and use the long pause between the correfoc and the piromusical.
Colles castelleres typically order 100–600 shirts and 100–400 pinsa t-shirts; gegants and bestiari colles 60–300 dance pieces and 100–500 auxiliary pieces; diables colles 80–400 masks and 100–500 black t-shirts; Gòtic and Born restaurants 25–80 staff polos and 100–400 hospitality pieces; and corporate teams with Catalan audiences 30–150 VIP kits. We size the run by named allocation and can split one order across several colles.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps colles castelleres, gegants and bestiari colles, central hospitality and event teams prepare their own merch for La Mercè in Barcelona. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, the Coordinadora de Colles Castelleres or any individual colla, gegants or diables.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier for colles castelleres, gegants and bestiari colles, central hospitality and event teams. This page helps participating companies prepare their own merch for La Mercè in Barcelona; it does not represent the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, the Coordinadora de Colles Castelleres or any individual colla, gegants or diables.
After the closing piromusical, the typical colla workflow combines a pick-up of returned-to-stock pieces at the cap de colla local, a per-section reconciliation against the named-consignee list at each pinsa rehearsal and correfoc, and a delivery report with photos of the standing points. The report feeds into the next Mercè order (shirts by posició, contrast pinsa t-shirt mix, devil masks and pañuelos) and supports the 21% IVA records the participating company keeps for the Agencia Tributaria (AEAT). For colles working with the sponsoring company on a long-term basis, we keep a master artwork library so the next cycle reuses approved Catalan designs.