An unmissable date with the alternative music scene

Primavera Sound returns to Barcelona with renewed vigour. Already established as one of the world’s premier urban music festivals, every year this festival attracts thousands of music fans from around the world.

With a line-up of more than 250 groups, from 22nd to 26th May, this year’s festival features a new section devoted to more intimate concerts in bars and pubs, as well as free performances and morning concerts for children.

The festival has something for everyone. Are you going to miss it??

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20th anniversary of a ground-breaking festival

Sónar, the international festival of advanced music and new media art, launched in Barcelona in the early nineties. This year Sónar marks its 20th anniversary and will be bigger and better than ever, with Sónar by Day being held at the trade fair site, Fira Montjuïc and Sónar by Night at the usual venue, Fira Gran Vía L'Hospitalet.

Performers of the stature of Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Two Door Cinema Club and Jurassic 5 will be coming to Barcelona from 13th to 15th June to celebrate the event in real style.

We are expecting you at what promises to be an extraordinary celebration!

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A premier festival in an exceptional setting

Barcelona’s new music festival, the Jardins Palau Reial de Pedralbes Festival, launches among centuries-old pines, ponds with crystal-clear waters, pergolas designed by Gaudí and a transparent stage which allows splendid views of the floodlit Palau Reial de Pedralbes.

The inaugural festival features an exceptional line-up of long-established, leading names such as Josep Carreras, Julio Iglesias, the original members of Earth, Wind & Fire and Crosby Stills & Nash.

Let yourself be captivated by this new event! 20th June to 8th July.

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Barcelona’s summer festival

The magnificent open-air theatre on Montjuïc Hill will once again be the setting for the opening performance of the Grec Barcelona Festival, by the Australian circus troupe Circa and their show Opus.

From 30th June to 31st July, you’ll be able to enjoy a packed programme of more than 70 performances which will fill the city with all kinds of music, dance, circus and theatre brought to you by performers from Spain and around the world.

This year you can also enjoy Minigrec, with its programme of events specially designed for all the family.

Check the schedule and choose which show you want to see!

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The Gràcia festival attracts more than one and a half million people

Barcelona’s Gràcia district has its own distinctive personality. A former village that was absorbed by the city in the late 19th century. With its narrow streets and the Park Güell as its iconic landmark, Gràcia still retains the essence of a typical village which is expressed to the full between 15th and 21st August when it celebrates its popular festival. The "Festa Major de Gràcia" dates back more than 200 years and is the city’s only major celebration, in addition to its main festival, to have received the honorary designation of Festival of National Tourist Interest.

During the week-long celebrations, locals and visitors alike stroll through the streets and squares to enjoy the unique spectacle of light and colour, which is the result of the imagination and months of work carried out by the local residents. With a broad-ranging calendar of activities, concerts and cultural events, Gràcia showcases the best it has to offer with a blend of local and imported traditions.

This is certainly Barcelona’s busiest, most authentic, best-loved festival. Come and experience it for yourself!

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