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Girona and Consell de Cent
This street junction becomes a neighbourhood gathering place during fairs such as Cor de Vi.
The Barcelona edit
New to our Barcelona selection
Recently added recommendations, not a claim that these venues just opened. Explore the latest additions to our address book and use their neighbourhoods and linked venues to build a fresh route.
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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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Palo Alto
A creative complex on Carrer dels Pellaires hosts the design, food and music gathering Palo Market Fest.
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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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La Casa Elizalde
Exhibitions, small performances and workshops bring cultural life into an Eixample community space.
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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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Moco Museum Barcelona
A ticketed museum on Carrer de Montcada offers another art stop in the Born.
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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.
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Foto Colectania
Photography exhibitions and conversations occupy this Passeig de Picasso gallery.
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Jardins de saló
Fifteen architects and landscape designers reinterpret miniature gardens as 3D-printed ceramic works and living planters. The installations create a route through the Botanic Garden where design and plant life meet.
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La noche y el día
A blocked novelist, his pragmatic partner and an arriving plumber unsettle one another’s assumptions. This contemporary comedy at Sala Pangolí connects creative frustration with the work of maintaining a relationship.
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KBr Barcelona Photo Center
Fundación MAPFRE’s photography centre combines exhibition rooms, a bookshop and spaces for talks and learning near the waterfront.
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Lucas Lauriente Stand Up
The Argentine comedian brings his solo show to Teatre Borràs. His Barcelona date offers a Sunday evening of observational stand-up for audiences interested in the Spanish-language comedy circuit.
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Hikikomori
Sala Pangolí presents a play examining withdrawal and loneliness among young people. Social pressure, online connection and the fear of failure shape a story about struggling to find a place in the world.
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La Capella
Emerging artists and experimental projects shape the programme at this free Raval exhibition space.
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Lúa Coderch at Can Framis
Lúa Coderch uses sculpture, action and audiovisual work to examine imagination and the act of seeing. The Can Framis installation asks how new perspectives might emerge when familiar visions are exhausted.
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Edu Mutante: Saludos cordiales
Impressions and stand-up meet in Edu Mutante’s comedy show. Personal stories and recognisable public voices give the performer several ways to pull the audience into the conversation.
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Filmoteca de Catalunya
Film programmes, a cinema library and related cultural activity give this Raval institution several ways in.
EventConcerts
Cómplices íntimos
Cómplices revisit their catalogue in a theatre-scale concert designed around a closer connection with listeners. The programme also leaves room for songs associated with Teo Cardalda’s earlier musical work.
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Burundanga
Jordi Galceran’s farce follows a young woman whose attempt to discover her boyfriend’s secrets produces much larger complications. Eixample Teatre stages the chain of misunderstandings as an evening comedy.