Editing Terrassa (section)

== Culture ==

=== Music and theater ===

A lot of musicians and actors are based in Terrassa because of the large number of music schools, a long amateur theater tradition and the local seat of the [[Institut del Teatre]]. Since 1982, the Terrassa Jazz Festival has been especially outstanding, with guests like [[Stan Getz]], [[Chet Baker]], [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Tete Montoliu]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]].  Local bands and musicians such as [[Doctor Prats]], [[Lildami]] or [[Miki Núñez]] have also developed a national and international following.<ref>{{citation |language=ca |url=http://www.terrassadigital.cat/detall_actualitat/?id=25681#.VxEByPmLTIU |title=Els terrassencs Doctor Prats fan el seu primer concert en directe a Faktoria |trans-title=The Terrassan group Doctor Prats give their first live concert in Faktoria |work=terrassadigital.cat |access-date=19 March 2020 |archive-date=19 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919095800/http://www.terrassadigital.cat/detall_actualitat/?id=25681#.VxEByPmLTIU |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Traditional Catalan Culture ===
The city is also home to a lively catalan culture scene. Compared to other cities its size, like [[Sabadell]] or [[l'Hospitalet de Llobregat]] it houses a significant number of ''colles'' (groups) of different catalan cultural traditions. Most notably the [[Minyons de Terrassa]], one of the three ''colles castelleres'' ([[Castell|human tower groups]]) of the city, is considered among the best in the world and were the first to complete a 10-story human tower in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemeroteca - La Vanguardia - Home |url=https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1998/11/22/pagina-5/33869000/pdf.html |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com}}</ref> Alongside the Minyons, the city also houses two other ''colles castelleres'': the [[Castellers de Terrassa]] and the University's ''colla'', the [[Bergants del Campus Terrassa]]. 

The city is also home to a multitude of ''diables'' and ''bestiari de foc'' ([[Correfoc|fire-centric groups]]) such as the [[Diables de Terrassa]], [[Pàjara de Terrassa]], [[Drac de Terrassa]], [[Drac Baluk Asharot i Diables de Ca n'Aurell]], [[Bitxo del Torrent Mitger]], among many others. The ''bestiari'' (traditional catalan processional figures representing animals) extends also to non-fire figures such as the water-spewing [[Hipodragona]], [[Cuca Japonesa]] or the [[Papallona de Sant Pere]] or the purely processional figures like the [[Àliga de Terrassa]] or the [[Mulassa de Terrassa]]. 

In the realm of [[Processional giant|Gegants]], the city has a very prominent ''colla'' which manages over 3 pairs of processional giants, as well as a ''colla gegantera'' (processional giant group) from the [[Les Fonts]] district and the [[Gegants Bojos|Gegants Bojos de Terrassa]] group.

Several [[Sardana|Sardana-dancing groups]] as well as [[Esbart]] dancers, two [[Ball de bastons|Bastoners]] groups, [[Ball de Gitanes]] dancers and [[Trabucaire|Trabucaires]] also call the city home.

=== Mass media ===
Terrasa has a local newspaper, the ''{{ill|Diari de Terrassa|ca}}'', that is published daily from Tuesday to Saturday, as well as several radio stations: Ràdio Terrassa/[[Cadena SER]] Vallès on 828 AM and 89.4 FM, with more than 75 years of history behind it, being one of the pioneering radio stations in Catalonia and Spain; the municipal radio (Noucincpuntdos, 95.2 FM); and Radio Star de Terrassa, the city's cultural station, on 100.5 FM, which was founded in 1984 and is one of the historic local radios of Catalonia.

Also, the city has several local channels – TV20 Locàlia Vallès and Canal Terrassa, with an audience of more than 50,000 viewers. In addition, there is the free newspaper ''Terrassa Societat'', published monthly with a circulation of 50,000, and ''Terrassa Month'', published of Monday through Friday and also covering local events. Since 2005 the municipal digital newspaper e-newsterrassa.com, in Catalan, has been on line ''(as for 2013, this digital newspaper has been taken down)''. The municipal Web site www.terrassa.cat receives no fewer than 150,000 monthly visitors.