Walking Events
Upcoming and past walking events. Submit your event here.
Song of the Path
Song of the Path depicts moments of being in landscape and following a route. Come and saunter through colourful lavender fields, admire spring blossom, follow a river and traverse a rocky outcrop.
Take part in a live walkshop or attend an Artist’s talk.
39 Steps Writers’ Showcase
39 Steps Writers’ Showcase event introduces new writing from 19 authors in our micro-flash fiction writing competition and includes readings of their prose. Run in conjunction with Sampson Low Publishers, with a special prize given by Caroline Gannon, the walk · listen · create writing competition attracted scores of entries. Challenged to write a story
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By the light of the Moon
Women walking, The city, At night, is a performance series in the form of collective walks between women. It was began by Eléonore Ozanne in Seville, Spain in September 2022 on the night of the ‘Harvest Moon’ and is growing to a global action. This year the Harvest Moon falls on 6 and 7 October. Eleonore returns
WALC Café – Slowness, encounter, and transformation
Hosted by Clara Gari of Nau Côclea. Join us for the online presentation of the upcoming Grand Tour 2025!This year’s route will take us from the Maresme to the Pyrenees, through the Montseny, Les Guilleries, and Osona, weaving a collective journey of artistic creation and shared walking, with more artists than ever. As always, the
•The World Wide Wander 2025 In-Person Walkshop in Guarujá
Join Babak Fakhamzadeh for an in-person Street Wisdom Walkshop happening as part of this year’s big annual day of wonder and wandering, the World Wide Wander 2025.
•Summer Interactive Listening Walk: Preston Park, Brighton
Join us for a lovely Summer walk with a difference: we’ll be exploring Brighton’s Preston Park past and present using a range of creative listening tools that are fun and accessible for people of all abilities.
Grand Tour 2025
FEATURED ARTISTS AND EXPERIENCES
The program is still under construction but this are some of the participations that we can already confirm:
• Christina Schultz, a visual artist and performer is our main artist in residency this year. She will offer a creative interpretation of the Grand Tour Library. More about her work here.
• In Sant Adrià de Besòs, we will complete the exploration started in 2024 on Barcelona’s migrant neighborhoods. Writer Javier Pérez de Andújar, born in the area and known for his literary works on its history and identity, will join us (Wikipedia).
• Possible participation of poets from El Pou del Petroli and musicians from Badalona (Pont del Petroli Edicions).
• A visit to Camping Masnou, Spain’s first-ever camping site.
• In Sant Pol de Mar, we will attend the Fira Alternativa and take part in Alba Sauleda’s closing project, the “Dream’s Mailbox,” from her Grand Tour 2024 residency (Fira Alternativa | Instagram @sauledaalba).
• In Sant Esteve de Palautordera, we will stay at Can Bonamic artist residence and participate in a voice and sound project with Neus Borrell (Can Bonamic | Instagram @neus.borrell).
• In Sant Hilari Sacalm, we will share time and rest at the Excéntrica artist hotel (Instagram).
• In Saderra (Osona), we will spend a day dedicated to music, dance, spirituality, yoga, and Hindu cuisine with Projecte Mauna (Website).
• In Ribes de Freser, we will collaborate with the artists of La Cremallera, blending music and theater (La Cremallera).
A MULTISENSORY PERFORMANCE TO CONCLUDE
The Grand Tour 2025 will end with a multisensory performance, blending visual arts, music, participatory choreography, and olfactory experiences. Directed by cellist, singer, and performer Frances Bartlett, the event is inspired by Blanca Garí’s book El poder del objeto (The Power of the Object) (Editorial Siruela).
Instagram Frances Bartlett: @bartlettfrances
This event will symbolically mark the end of our journey, exploring the memory and transformation of walking through art.
JOIN THE GRAND TOUR 2025!
If you are looking for a unique experience of artistic exploration, nature, and community, the Grand Tour 2025 is waiting for you. You can walk the entire route or just join for a few days.
Get ready to walk through historical landscapes, discover new horizons, and share this journey with creators from different disciplines.
In about a month, we will publish the stage guide on our website elgrandtour.net, where you will find details on where we are going, how many kilometers we will walk, and which artists will participate each day.
More information will be available soon on our platforms. See you on the path!
•Politics of Walking: Grief, Solidarity, and Resistance
The recent protests in Serbia and Greece in part started as the expression of collected grief over, oddly for both, railway disasters. The resulting marches not only represented deep discontent with the actions of the respective governments, they were also expressions of solidarity and resistance.
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