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El gran inquisidor
Lluís Homar joins Piano Duo Brugalla & Stambolov to connect Dostoevsky’s text with Bach and Messiaen. Spoken theatre and live piano examine the tension between individual freedom and authority.
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La Mercè: Sardana Competition
Dance groups compete in front of the cathedral to music by Cobla La Principal del Llobregat. The programme also announces a participatory sardana after the competition, opening the tradition to the crowd.
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Rubió i Tudurí: Lessons in Landscape
Six themes introduce the ideas of architect and landscape designer Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí. The free exhibition links Barcelona’s gardens and public spaces to present-day questions about climate and city life.
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The Hillbilly Moon Explosion
The Swiss band bring their mix of rockabilly, surf, blues and punk to Razzmatazz 3. Choose this smaller-room concert for a guitar-driven night within the larger venue complex.
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Tot fent La bella Helena
Young theatre-makers try to revive a 1979 Teatre Lliure production in Miquel Mas Fiol’s Catalan-language play. Collective ambition meets nostalgia in a story about making work together.
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Terra i Gust
Seasonal food, workshops, talks and music take over Passeig dels Til·lers for La Mercè. Entry and food purchases are different: the programme lists small dishes and drinks with their own prices.
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Laura Marchal
Laura Marchal brings a voice rooted in flamenco to the close setting of Jamboree 3. Her music also draws on Andalusian song and other influences, with two separately timed evening performances.
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Jean-Luc Godard: La fraternitat de les metàfores
Film fragments, working notebooks and archival material trace Godard’s ways of thinking through images. La Virreina’s exhibition rewards a slower visit, allowing time for the audiovisual works as well as the documents.
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Espais esportius, memòria viva
Historic photographs reveal the sports facilities that helped shape Barcelona’s identity. The Olympic Museum exhibition looks beyond famous competitions to the spaces where the city’s sporting life developed.
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Leire Martínez at La Mercè
Leire Martínez presents her solo chapter on the outdoor Maria Cristina stage. The performance forms part of La Mercè’s music programme, making it an option for a festival evening without a club booking.
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Todos los Ángeles alzaron el vuelo
La Zaranda explores life at society’s margins through Eusebio Calonge’s writing and Paco de La Zaranda’s direction. Dark humour and poetry shape a production that seeks out voices often left unheard.
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Chinese games corner at La Mercè
The Institut Confuci invites families to discover Chinese language and traditions through games and workshops. The activities take place in Parc de l’Estació del Nord during the city’s festival.
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Diego Arjona: Me veo en Wallapop
Diego Arjona brings personal stand-up and audience interaction to Teatre Muntaner. The organiser recommends this late-night show for adults; improvisation means the audience helps shape the performance.
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Morodo & Okoumé Lions
Morodo returns to Barcelona with Okoumé Lions for a reggae-led evening at Apolo. The announced bill also includes a showcase by Jah Nattoh & Unity Sound, giving the night a broader musical arc.
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Djavan: Djavanear 50 Anys
Djavan revisits five decades of songwriting on his European anniversary tour. The Coliseum date places a Brazilian repertoire of well-known songs at the centre of an autumn theatre evening.
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Una força del passat
Works from the Fundació La Caixa collection explore how contemporary artists revisit earlier images, myths and forms. The exhibition treats quotation and reinterpretation as ways to think about the present.
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Award-Winning Architecture
Photographs, documents and audiovisual material trace the FAD architecture awards and their predecessors. The Oliva Artés exhibition offers a free way to connect Barcelona’s built environment with changing ideas of architectural quality.
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Sakho Prod: White Party
Wally B. Seck and Ram Dan bring Senegalese mbalax to Paral·lel 62, with an opening appearance by Abba NoStress. The organiser requests white clothing for this concert’s White Party theme.
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International Brigades and multilingualism
How did volunteers speaking different languages live and work together during the Spanish Civil War? This Montjuïc exhibition examines language learning and literacy through archives, memoirs and contemporary newspapers.
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Valeria Lynch
The Argentine singer returns to Razzmatazz with a big-band format. A concert-led Monday evening puts the focus on her voice and long career in a venue also known for its late-night programme.
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Saturday Classics at MEAM
MEAM combines a Saturday classical concert with museum admission. The recurring series lets visitors pair figurative art with live music; the performers and repertoire depend on the chosen date.
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Sara Hebe
Sara Hebe brings rap, electronic music, punk and cumbia to La (2) d’Apolo. Her European tour introduces a new phase of the Argentine artist’s work in a room built for close audience contact.
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Songe
Marcial Di Fonzo Bo brings Shakespeare, Lorca and references to Goya into a multilingual stage experiment. Young performers from the Académie Européenne – Angers explore the shifting boundary between dreams and public life.
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Hàlia o rumba boja d’un peixater
A fishmonger struggling with work and parenthood encounters an unexpected magical visitor. Cia. Dikanka uses music and magical realism to explore the small rebellions that interrupt everyday routine.