Editing Lleida (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Auditori Municipal Enric Granados.jpg|thumb|[[Auditori Enric Granados]]]]
[[File:Llotja. Lleida.jpg|thumb|[[La Llotja de Lleida]]]]
[[File:Lleida-26-1 museu morera.jpg|thumb|[[Museu d'Art Jaume Morera]]]]
Lleida was the [[Capital of Catalan Culture]] in 2007.

===Theatre and music venues===
[[Auditori Enric Granados|Enric Granados Auditorium]] is the city's concert hall and main music institution and conservatory. It is named after the composer [[Enric Granados]], who was born in the city. [[CaixaForum Lleida]] (formerly known as ''Centre Cultural de la Fundació La Caixa'') includes a concert hall. [[Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador]] is the town's main theatre; it includes a concert venue, [[Cafè del Teatre]]. A theatre and congress centre, [[La Llotja de Lleida]], opened in 2010.

===Music festivals===
There are two important music festivals in Lleida; MÚSIQUES DISPERSES Folk Festival in March,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musiquesdisperses.com|title=MUD. Festival Músiques Disperses|website=www.musiquesdisperses.com}}</ref> and the jazz festival JAZZ TARDOR in November. Concerts are also a regular fixture of the two local feasts, Sant Anastasi in May, and Sant Miquel in September.

===Film===
[[CaixaForum Lleida]] is the usual venue for film-related events and screenings. A [[Latin-American]] film festival is held yearly in the town ([[Lleida Latin-American Film Festival|''Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Lleida'']]), and an animation film festival called ''[[Animac]]'' is held every May.

===Art and museums===
The [[Lleida Museum]] opened in 2008 and displays historical artefacts and works of art from various periods. The [[Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs]], a historically relevant building, exhibits both ancient and contemporary art. The [[Centre d'Art La Panera]] is a contemporary art institution. The [[Museu d'Art Jaume Morera]] displays art from the 20th and 21st centuries (as well as artwork by its namesake).

The city has a number of small municipal galleries, such as the Sala Municipal d'Exposicions de Sant Joan and the Sala Manel Garcia Sarramona. There are also several institutions dedicated to local artists, such as the Sala Leandre Cristòfol, containing artwork by the sculptor and painter [[Leandre Cristòfol]] (1908–1998); and the Sala Coma Estadella, dedicated to the sculptor and painter [[Albert Coma Estadella]] (1933–1991).

Private art galleries include the Espai Cavallers. The private foundation CaixaForum Lleida and the [[Public Library of Lleida]] also offer regular exhibits. The now defunct [[Petite Galerie (Lleida)|Petite Galerie]] was an innovative and influential gallery in the 1970s.

The [[Escola Municipal de Belles Arts, Lleida|Escola Municipal de Belles Arts]] provides higher education in the arts.

===Traditional culture===
[[File:Els Gegants de Lleida.JPG|thumb|The Giants of Lleida in front of the Paeria]]
Traditional celebrations include the main annual town festivity: ''Festa Major''; ''Fira de Sant Miquel'' and ''[[L’Aplec del Caragol]]'' ([[escargot]]-eating festival, the biggest in the world of this sort, held at the Camps Elisis since 1980).

The latter is a gastronomical festivity focused on escargot cooking and is celebrated yearly at the end of May. "L'Aplec" gathers thousands of people around the table to taste the most traditional dishes from Lleida.

Due to its strong popularity, it was declared a traditional festivity of national interest in 2002 by the Generalitat of Catalonia and two years later it was also declared as such by the Spanish Government.

The main traditional celebrations in Lleida are chaired by the twelve emblematic "Gegants de la Paeria" (Giants of the Town Hall), the two oldest made in 1840.

===Nightlife===
Lleida has a bar and clubbing area, informally known as ''Els Vins''. The oldest part of the quarter, known as ''Els Vins Vells'', has been largely replaced by ''Els Vins Nous'', an architecturally newer and more upscale area. Most big clubs in Lleida are located outside the town and are not easily accessible without a car,{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} though on Saturday nights there is a bus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atmlleida.cat/en/busnit|title=BusNit|website=www.atmlleida.cat|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>