The Ateneus Awards gala, which has been held since 1989 by the Federation of Athenaeums of Catalonia (FAC), took place in the marquee that the Raluy Circus has set up at the Moll de la Fusta in Barcelona. This year is the first time that the Honorary Award has been given and it has born with the aim of giving value to entities, institutions or people related in some way to the world of athenaeum and who have stood out in their work in the community, civic, cultural or artistic.

In addition to La Cubana, awards were also presented in five categories: the Associative Communication Award, the Artistic Creativity Award, the Youth Award, Proposa!, the Networking Award and the Participation Promotion Award.