{"id":5299,"date":"2026-08-28T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:01:05","slug":"bears-sitges-week-2026-full-guide-3-to-13-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/28\/bears-sitges-week-2026-full-guide-3-to-13-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Sitges Week 2026: Full Guide, 3 to 13 September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every September, Sitges lives through one of its most international weeks: Bears Sitges Week 2026. From 3 to 13 September, more than 8,000 bears arrive from all over the world. They fill the streets, beaches and terraces of the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the community also celebrates its 25th anniversary. As a result, the programme includes some very special dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is Bears Sitges Week?<br>Bears Sitges Week is one of the biggest bear events in the world. For ten days, Sitges becomes a true &#8220;Bear Village&#8221;. You&#8217;ll find bear routes through the town&#8217;s bars, themed nights at the Bear-Village and parties by the sea. There are also calmer plans, such as exhibitions and visits to the town&#8217;s museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When is Bears Sitges Week 2026?<br>Bears Sitges Week 2026 takes place from 3 to 13 September. The Bear-Village, the heart of the festival, opens from 4 to 13 September. On top of that, 4, 5 and 6 September bring an early opening, with softer music out of respect for local residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moments you shouldn&#8217;t miss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>3 September: Official opening at Hotel Calipolis and the first Bear Route through the sponsor bars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 to 6 September: Early opening of the Bear-Village, with limited sound.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 September: Opening of the Bears Sitges Market and a special welcome night.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 September: Excursion to Platja del Home Mort and Meet &amp; Greet at Hotel Calipolis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 September: Bear Tea-Dance on the rooftop of Hotel MiM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 September: Bear Pool Party at a modernist villa in the hills of Sitges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 September: 25th anniversary gala dinner at Hotel Calipolis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 September: Grand final of the Mr. Bear Sitges 2026 contest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13 September: Sitges Drag Brunch and closing farewell party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended beaches during Bears Sitges Week<br>The organisers recommend three beach spots for enjoying the atmosphere during the day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Bassa Rodona beach, with the Pique Nique Chillout beach bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Balmins beach, next to the La Caleta beach bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La Fragata beach, with the Iguana beach bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staysitges.com\">Book with us\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every September, Sitges lives through one of its most international weeks: Bears Sitges Week 2026. From 3 to 13 September,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":5300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[970],"tags":[481,46,1029,523,20,118,563,5,1028,40,6,271,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5303,"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions\/5303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staysitges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}