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BARCELONA
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Contents
August 2013
;08 Nonstop
activities at the
city’s museums
08
Feature
14
Food and drink
20
Shopping
The best August days out
for kids
22
Around town
24
Arts
26
Nightlife
29
Listings
The city’s best terraces.
La Mercader: a great
reason to visit Sarrià
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The Mas i Mas Festival: a
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Get out your diaries! We present just a handful of the
cultural highlights of the month ahead.
Thursday 01
JOAN GAMPER
TROPHY
FC Barcelona plays
Neymar’s old team
Santos in the 48th
Joan Gamper friendly.
p.36
Saturday 03 Wednesday 07
MAGIC NIGHTS AT
CASA BATLLÓ
Casa Batlló is
magical by day – by
night it is out of this
world.
p.37
Friday 09
THEY CALL IT
COPLA
Theatre and the
traditional song
form copla unite at
Teatre Gaudí.
p. 35
Saturday 17
SUMMER NIGHTS
AT THE PEDRERA
Live jazz with the
city’s rooftops as a
backdrop – the
perfect night out.
p.46
Sunday 18
PERSEPOLIS AT
GANDULES
Marjane Satrapi’s
animated
masterpiece at the
CCCB.
p. 38
Thursday 15
CLASSICAL
GUITAR
The classical guitar
takes centre stage
at the Museu de la
Música.
p.45
Wednesday 00
GRACIA’S FESTA
MAJOR
Stroll through the
district’s decorated
streets as it throws
its annual party.
p.46.
Wednesday 28 Saturday 31
HOMAGE TO BEBO
VALDÉS
Javier Colina
commemorates
Valdés’s concerts
at Jamboree.
p. 49
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MAS I MAS
FESTIVAL CLOSING
CONCERT
Andrea Motis and
Joan Chamorro: a
jazz masterclass.
p.49
ORIOL MALET
The Hot
Seat
Antonio
Baños
His name is Antonio and he’s for Catalan
independence. He argues his case in a straight-talking
new book. By Ada Castells
In La rebel·lió catalana (The
Catalan rebellion) you tackle the
independence question with
plenty of humour.
I don’t want to be proindependence if I can’t laugh. You
have to be upbeat and combative
to take on all the melodrama of
centralism. Liberation is a joyful
process, especially if you’re
escaping a Bourbon monarchy.
But you want liberation from other
things too.
I’m talking about a total
transformation. Achieving
independence just so the same
centre-right parties can govern is
ridiculous. We can’t carry on the
same old way, politically or
socially.
Even so, you seem optimistic.
Very much so, even if we ultimately
fail. A people allowing itself to die
out is unforgiveable. We have
already moved forward thanks to
this process, even if it’s only in our
awareness of ourselves.The great
thing is that you have to involve
people who aren’t natural allies.
Some left-wing people act as
though they live in Sant Tropez
because their country isn’t an
issue for them. They worry about
the indigenous peoples of
Chiapas. But what about the
indigenous Catalans? No:
because they think anything
Catalan is connected to Jordi Pujol
[Catalonia’s centre-right president,
1980 to 2003].
And what’s the next step?
I just describe what’s happening.
Independence is no longer the
province of weirdoes. People take
it seriously and there will be a
referendum or a declaration, I don’t
know – a point of no return.
250
pages; La rebel·lió catalana.
Notícia d’una república
independent (La Butxaca).
BARCELONA
WITH KIDS
For kids, August in Barcelona can be a drag... or a funpacked whirl of activities. We’ve put together a grab bag
of ideas to help you enjoy the hottest month of the year
in proper style. By Maria Junyent
POBLE ESPANYOL
Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, 13;
€6.25-€11;
www.poble-espanyol.com
The Poble Espanyol brings together
reproductions of buildings from all
over Spain, but it’s more than an
architectural curiosity. You can sign
up for one of their many workshops –
from gardening to pottery – or take
part in their family gymkhana, a
treasure hunt with clues that will
send you out to discover all the
village’s secret nooks and crannies.
MIBA. THE BARCELONA
MUSEUM OF INVENTIONS AND
IDEAS
C/Ciutat, 7; €6-€8. Free for under4s;
www.mibamuseum.com
Even though the MIBA was originally
designed for adults, you won’t be able
drag your kids away. Wacky ideas
and ingenious inventions suggest a
future where anything is possible.
And at the Minimiba, 5-12 year-olds
can submit their own ideas: every
month three of the best are turned
into prototypes by a team of builders.
COLLSEROLA PARK
Collserola Natural Park. Free.
www.parcnaturalcollserola.cat/en
On the hills behind Barcelona, the
heavily forested Serra de Collserola
Natural Park is easily accessible by
public transport. Kids will appreciate
the freedom to run on tracks and
paths through a beautiful, natural
environment – plus the views over the
city are simply stunning. Visit the
website for maps and information
about facilities.
TORRE DE LES AIGÜES
C/Roger de Llúria. 56. €1.55
www.bcn.cat/parcsijardins
In 1870, the Torre de les Aigües
provided water to some of the first
houses to be built in the Eixample
district. Now, more than a century
later and converted into a small park
with a swimming pool, it provides fun
for young and old alike. As
temperatures soar in August, the
Torre de les Aigües is a welcoming
oasis: relief from the heat and
unlimited opportunities for
splashing, paddling and generally
getting wet.
TIBIDABO
TIBIDABO
Plaça Tibidabo, 3-4. €28.50. Under
120 cm: €10.30. Under 90 cm:
free. www.tibidabo.cat
If there’s one thing kids love it’s a
funfair – and the same usually goes
for their parents. The amusement
park perched at the top of Tibidabo
has an otherworldly charm, a
hundred years of history and the
added attraction of a great, green
hilltop location high above Barcelona.
With rides for all ages, Tibidabo is a
day out the whole family will
remember.
BARCELONA URBAN JUNGLE
Parc del Fòrum. €11-€27,
depending on age and circuit
chosen.
www.barcelonaboscurba.com
This urban adventure park – the first
of its kind in Barcelona – is designed
to deliver a monster dose of adrenalin.
Zip lines, nets, rope swings, bungee
jumps, bridges and walkways rigged
on platforms up to six metres above
the ground – over 50 attractions on
the park’s different circuits, designed
for kids, families and adrenalin
junkies of all ages.
MUSEU EGIPCI
C/València, 284. €6-€8. Under-5s
free.
www.museuegipci.com
At Barcelona’s Egyptian museum,
kids can become archaeologists for a
day and delve into the world’s
favourite ancient civilisation. The
museum’s small but complete
collection is first class, and unique
within Spain. Learn all about
pharaohs, mummies, the secrets of
the pyramids and the eternally
fascinating mysteries of Egypt.
GOLONDRINAS
Portal de La Pau. €5-€13.50,
depending on age and route.
www.lasgolondrinas.com
Take in Barcelona’s skyline from the
sea, on board one of the emblematic
wooden boats that have been sailing
round the port since 1888, the year of
Barcelona’s universal exhibition.
There’s the classic 35-minute tour of
the port itself, or a longer excursion in
a catamaran that heads out of the
port and up the coast past
Barceloneta and the Vila Olímpica.
MUSEU DE LA XOCOLATA
Weigh anchor all hands! Prepare to
make sail!
BOTANICAL GARDENS
C/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2. Free
www.jardibotanic.bcn.es
The Botanic Gardens are a haven of
peace, biological diversity and shade,
a relaxing space to marvel at species
from all over the world. It’s true that
during the summer months, many of
the specimens are at their driest and
dustiest, but they’re fascinating at
any time of year. Visitors follow
meandering paths to discover the
different geographical regions
represented within the gardens. The
city’s natural science museum
organises family activities to help you
discover the amazing world of nature.
THE CHOCOLATE MUSEUM
C/Comerç, 36. €7. Free for under7s. Workshops extra.
www.museuxocolata.cat
A chocolate-smeared mouth is a
classic image of childhood. What kid
could resist an entire museum
dedicated to chocolate? Barcelona has
its very own, run by the provincial
guild of cake-makers, telling the
story of chocolate from its earliest
origins all the way to its current
status as the ultimate feel-good treat.
But let’s be honest: no chocolatethemed attraction would be complete
without a chance to get your hands on
the stuff and taste it. Check the
extensive range of workshops
available on their website.
THE AQUARIUM
Moll d’Espanya del Port Vell. €20. 5 10 year-olds, €15. 3-4 year-olds, €5.
www.aquariumbcn.com
Barcelona’s Aquarium is home to
more than 11,000 animals
representing 450 species – you’d
expect nothing less from the world’s
largest Mediterranean-themed
marine attraction. Fish of frankly
mindboggling shapes and colours
and an 80m long underwater tunnel
with sharks and rays. Check the
website for details of activities, which
include swimming with sharks, and
the chance to spend the night in the
tunnel – and become an expert marine
biologist.
PARC DE LA CIUTADELLA
Passeig Picasso, 21. Free
A perfect day. It’s August and the
sun’s shining. Pack up a picnic. Grab
OUTSIDE
BARCELONA!
PORT AVENTURA
Autopista Vilaseca Salou km
2. €13-€45. Port Aventura
Aquatic Park, €15-€28.
www.portaventura.cat
Catalonia’s biggest theme park
is located down the coast in
Salou. With six themed zones
and the most spectacular rides
you can imagine, there’s enough
adrenaline-fuelled fun to keep
you busy from sunup to
sundown.
LABERINT DE BLAT DE
MORO
Masia l’Esperança,
Castellserà, Lleida.
€3-€21.80.
www.castellsdelleida.com
Are you brave enough to walk
into a gigantic labyrinth, with a
surface area of 3 hectares and
2km of corridors? At Castellserà
you can find out. They organise
day and night-time visits, with a
range of ticket options, some
including dinner and visits to
castles on the Ruta dels Castells.
PARC OLÍMPIC DEL SEGRE
Crta. Circumvalació, s/n. La
Seu d’Urgell. Family ticket
€52 per person.
The Segre Olympic Park’s
facilities make an ideal active
day trip for adventure-loving
families. The family ticket offers
an intense day of extreme
sports. Start the morning with a
whitewater rafting session to get
your pulse racing, replenish
your strength over lunch with
views of the mountainous Cadí
ridge, before rounding out the
day with a gentle 800m kayak
course. The minimum
recommended age for
participants is 9.
AQUÀRIUM
your bikes and a ball to kick around.
Head down to the Ciutdella Park. Eat
ice cream. Row a boat round the pond.
A siesta in the shade. The ideal day
out, easy to organise and as
photogenic as an advert. And the
Ciutadella isn’t just a park: inside its
fences you’ll find a century and a half
of history in its artworks, plants and
buildings.
MUSEU BLAU
Plaça Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5.
€2.70-€7.
www.museublau.bcn.cat
The Museu Blau remains open all
August, and you can take advantage
of their programme of summer
workshops until 11 Sep. The Pangeica
workshop on Thursdays and Fridays
offers the chance to analyze real
samples of objects (skulls, plants and
animal skins) to help understand our
natural environment. On Sundays in
August the special ‘Discover the
Museu Blau’ workshop offers a
guided tour of the Planeta Vida
exhibition (in Spanish or Catalan).
Both activities are recommended for
children over 7. But that’s not all –
younger children (0-6) can have a
hands-on sensory experience at the
Saturdays in August at 11am, they
are showing two classics of Japanese
children’s animation by the master of
the genre Hayao Miyazaki (in
Catalan). They also have a children’s
animation programme on Tuesday
afternoons at 5.30pm (in Catalan).
‘Niu de la Ciencia’ exhibit, designed to
spark their curiosity and interest in
science.
CAIXAFÒRUM
Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8.
€2-€4 per session. Tue-Sun in Aug
at 5.30pm.
www.obrasocial.lacaixa.es/
caixaforumbarcelona
CaixaForum isn’t just a cool and calm
escape from the summer heat – on
COSMOCAIXA
C/ Isaac Newton, 26. Mon-Sun,
10am-8pm. €2-€4. Under-16s, free.
Barcelona’s science museum never
rests: check the Cosmocaixa website
for all kinds of interesting workshops
throughout August. On the 24th, you
can enjoy a night of star-gazing: an
evening al fresco dedicated to
learning how to identify stars and
planets with the naked eye.
IMAX PORT VELL
Moll d’Espanya s/n. Consult
programmes. €9.75.
To step inside the IMAX cinema is to
dive into an amazing new world of
mummies, enchanted castles and the
depths of the oceans. With its
advanced projection system, it brings
dreams to life in thrilling threedimensions.
COSMOCAIXA
Food &
Drink
Edited by Ricard Martín
[email protected]
Terrace culture
The city’s changing terrace life: hotels and chefs offer
every style, price range and cuisine at hidden gems or
spots with spectacular views. By Ricard Martín
The 2013 terrace season is upon us:
big-name chefs offer attractive new
options, and hotels take the battle to
the streets.
Edible poetry
Dos Palillos (Elisabets, 9. T. 93 304 05
13) recently opened its terrace, which
has immediately become one of the
most original in Barcelona. According
to Albert Raurich, Michelin-starred
chef, ‘it’s a very special place, tucked
away, and it only appears at night,’ –
except Saturdays. Raurich has decided
to recreate haikus – three-line Japanese
poems – as food. ‘We offer a set menu
of five or six edible haikus, each made
up of two or three tasting dishes.’ A
creative gem, inspired by Japan.
Top floor, top secret, top value.
Mey Hoffman runs the terrace at La
Seca (Flassaders, 40. T. 93 295 65 09) a
contemporary arts centre located in
what was once Barcelona’s royal mint.
Many get no further than the bar at
street level – to reach the terrace, you
need to hop in the lift. At affordable
prices – including small draught beers
for €1.60 – Hofmann has created a
menu based around flat-bread coques
(we recommend la italiana, with
mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and
artichoke), cold dishes including
DOS TORRES
LA SECA
CLARIS
Food & Drink
burrata, which arrives from Brescia
twice a week, served with pesto, and
hot tapas including Galician-style
octopus with potatoes.
Rolling to Arola.
On the other hand, it’s no secret that
one of the city’s best restaurant
terraces is Arola (Marina, 19. T. 93 483
80 90) at the Hotel Arts, with its
seaside backdrop framed by designer
greenery.
This year Sergi Arola has a novel
proposition: ‘For €20 we’ll deliver a
bike to a diner’s house, so they can
cycle to the restaurant and home
again.’ For €12 you can enjoy a tapas
trilogy of patatas bravas, marinated
sardines, and a mussel and brown
crab salad. With live blues and funk
every Thursday night.
Uptown mansion
Dos Torres (Via Augusta, 300. T. 93
206 64 80), a mansion in an upscale
residential district, boasts a leafy
200m2 garden and a menu of fresh
dishes from gazpacho with a twist and
creamy burrata to steak tartare and
red tuna with samfaina sauce. Al
fresco feasting for around €35
including drinks.
The pioneer
If there’s one place in Barcelona that
has pioneered the notion of a hotel
terrace, it’s Claris (Pau Claris, 150. T.
93 487 62 62), with sophisticated
cocktails and an atmosphere to
match. It’s been twenty years since it
first opened and by now Claris is a
classic.
Ice-cream and sushi
The terrace at Omm (Rosselló, 265. T.
93 445 40 00), possibly the coolest
hotel in the city, is open to nonresidents every night from 7pm until
1am. It has impressive views of
Passeig de Gràcia, a sushi bar and a
menu featuring the most tempting
tasting dishes from the Roca brother’s
Michelin-starred restaurant, as well
as Jordi Roca’s signature ice creams.
Casa Varela
José Varela was already helping his
parents at the legendary La Xarxa at
the age of 15, and he has built on their
reputation. After the bold move of
renaming and modernizing the
original – a traditional seafood
restaurant – he is now in a position to
reap the benefits, wisely hanging on
to many of the time-honoured
classics, while also cooking up a
range of new ideas. The backbone of
the menu is still made up of favourites
like smashed eggs with Iberian ham,
ensalada rusa, and cecina (cured beef)
from León, which is exquisite.
Another traditional dish gaining in
popularity is the bacallà amb cigrons
i col blanca, salt cod with chick peas
and white cabbage. ‘It’s been on the
menu since my parents’ days,’ José
states proudly.
Highlights among the dishes of the
day include the Andalucian gazpacho
with crudités, the wafers with foie
gras and onion confit, or the artichoke
slivers fried with rosemary. Excellent
wine list.
–Marcelo Aparicio
MARIA DIAS
Pl. Molina, 4
T. 93 415 41 68. Around €30
THE BILL
Casa Varela
(FOR 1)
1 pa amb tomàquet
2.80
1/2 cecina de Lleó
4.10
1 salt cod with chickpeas
17.65
1 canya pastry
3.60
1 glass white wine
3.50
1 decaffeinated coffee
1.40
TOTAL (INC VAT)
33.05 €
Rigattoni alla matriciana
THE DISH
MARIA DIAS
Food & Drink
IIIII
Let us give thanks for
rigatoni with cured pork
cheek, tomatoes – Italian
ones, obviously – and
pecorino cheese. The
sauces they conjure out of
these tomatoes at
Magazzino are spectacular.
IL MAGAZZINO
Rosselló, 253.
T. 93 611 56 67/ 10 €
Hot
tables!
Edited by Marcelo Aparicio
Our themed selection
of Barcelona’s best
restaurants.
By Marcelo Aparicio
Traditional
Alba Granados
Alba París’s younger sister is all elegant
simplicity: cuisine with Basque roots
and a focus on quality meat and the
freshest fish. It’s not cheap, but it’s worth
every penny.
Enric Granados, 34. T. 93 454 61 16.
Provença ( FGC). €30-€35
Can Culleretes
Barcelona’s oldest restaurant, and one
of the oldest in Spain, is still going
strong. The Agut-Manubens family
serve good Catalan cooking at
reasonable prices, notably their
cannelloni with cod, their roast gilt-head
bream and their escudella (a hearty
Catalan stew). It’s practically impossible
to leave feeling hungry.
Quintana, 5. T. 93 317 64 85.
Liceu (L3). €20-€35
Lluís de les Moles
A set lunch menu with a difference, on a
side street off Plaça Catalunya. With so
many dishes to choose from it feels like
eating à la carte. Warning: it’s only
available at midday, and drinks are not
included. Their timbal of potato and
botifarra negra (black sausage) is a
classic.
De les Moles, 25. T. 93 317 58 66.
Catalunya (L1, L3), Urquinaona ( L4).
€20-€25.
Pa i Oli
A tavern with a great selection of dishes
that are excellent value for money.
Always packed, with friendly staff. A
great place to try traditional Catalan
dishes including offal.
Riera de Sant Miquel, 21. T. 93 218 96
33. €12-€15.
Maritime
flavours
Cala Blanca
After twenty years running the
restaurant at the venerable Poble Nou
venue Casino L’Aliança, Blanca Dordal
struck out on her own. The result is Cala
Blanca, a Catalan seafood restaurant of
the old school. It’s “only” been open since
2004, but you’d think it had been around
forever. The set lunch is priced at €24.
Definitely a place that is well worth
knowing.
(Dr. Trueta, 211). M: Llacuna (L4).
T. 93 221 07 79. €20-€35.
Can Maño
A true Barceloneta fisherman’s tavern,
where no sooner has the fresh fish been
brought through the door than it’s
cooked and on its way to the table, fried
or a la plancha with parsley, garlic and
olive oil. €10 a head will feed you, €20
gets you a feast.
(Baluard, 12 ). M: Barceloneta (L4).
T. 93 319 30 82. €20-€35.
Can Solé
Open since 1903, this is one of the city’s
most well-established seafood
restaurants, with a mouth-watering
menu of rice and fideua noodle dishes.
Their speciality is arròs caldos – rice in a
rich stock – and their take on a classic
dish made with Norwegian king crab is
sublime.
(Sant Carles, 4). M: Barceloneta (L4).
T. 93 221 58 15. From €35-€60.
Casa Darío
Casa Darío is a prime example of what a
great Galician restaurant should look
like. The menu is packed with the best
Galician products, prepared simply and
with great care and respect. You’ll find
top-notch seafood and the finest cuts of
beef, but also unassuming, rural dishes
like Tudela lettuce hearts, which make
for a simple but unbeatable salad.
Consell de Cent, 256. T. 93 453 31 35.
Universitat ( L1-L2). €35-€60
Menjar i beure
Shopping
MARIA DIAS
Edited by Eugenia Sendra
[email protected]
Family secrets
A new reason to love Sarrià. It’s called Mercader
and it’s an oasis of select labels and great taste.
By Laia Beltran
Mercè R. Montserrat has spent half a
lifetime in the fashion trade. She
worked in boutiques in the Zona Alta
– Barcelona’s quietest and most
exclusive neighbourhoods at the top
of the city – until the time came to
strike out on her own. She wanted to
start her own business and the
economic crisis wasn’t about to put
her off. La Mercader opened four
years ago: it’s put down roots and
built up a loyal clientele – not easy in
the current climate. But Mercè works
hard. A glance at the display confirms
it. You sense that you’re going to find
something special. ‘We follow trends,’
she admits, ‘but we avoid the more
commercial pieces and the labels
everyone’s wearing. When I go to
shows in Paris, I’m looking for clothes
and accessories that are different.’
You won’t find MC by Marlene
Birger in many shops in Barcelona –
it’s a Danish label with just the right
amount of sophistication, and a nice
balance between smartness and fun.
For all these reasons it’s become a
cornerstone of La Mercader’s style.
You’ll also find French labels such as
Laurence Dolingé (we love their
striped tops) and Fine Collection
(specialists in knitted jerseys and
basic Ts). The Italian touch is
provided by Ottod’ame, with their
eclectic summer collection. And
although Mercè prefers international
labels, she also makes space for homegrown designers, with Giallow’s
multi-purpose XXL totes, Livob’s
triangular bikinis and Roberta’s
leather sandals.
Mercè is creative, which is why a
visit to La Mercader always turns up
unexpected finds – she has the knack
of surprising her customers, both
regulars and passers-by.
LA MERCADER
Pedró de la Creu, 20.
T. 93 280 55 60
Shopping
Around
Town
Edited by Eugènia Sendra
[email protected]
Summer Festes!
What better time than summer for a street party?
The districts of Sants and Gràcia celebrate their
Festa Major. By Maria Junyent
Every district in Barcelona has a Festa
Major that commemorates its patron
saint, and take to the streets for music,
dancing and celebration. Two of the
very best take place in August, in the
historic districts of Sants and Gràcia.
These are not polished, professional
civic occasions, they’re genuinely
grass-roots festivals, organized by
local people after months of
preparation, and they’re open to
everyone, young and old, residents and
visitors alike.
Gràcia throws a party
Gràcia’s Festa Major dates back to the
mid-nineteenth century, and is a
highlight of Barcelona’s summer
agenda. For a whole week the district is
transformed, as streets, squares and
balconies are dressed up for the
festivities, with neighbourhood
associations competing to win prizes
for the most spectacular and original
creations. Giant papier-mâché figures
and imaginative themed decorations,
usually made from recycled materials,
attract admiring crowds – as do the
many café terraces and outdoor feasts.
There’s live music until late into the
night, and during the day there’s a full
programme of activities for children –
from creative workshops to outdoor
games and chocolate treats. From
August 15th to 21st, Gràcia is all-party
all the time.
Sants strikes back
Just as August seems to be winding
down, the Festa Major de Sants
reignites the fuse. As in Gràcia, local
residents decorate the streets, and
you’ll find all the ingredients of a
traditional Catalan festival –
fireworks, parades, human towers, live
bands, disco sound systems,
traditional sea shanties and rum,
barbecues, local activism, cart races –
and everybody in the district is out on
the streets.
Arts
Edited by Josep Lambies
[email protected]
August with rhythm
The eleventh Mas i Mas festival takes over August,
with a concert every day. By Maria Junyent
In 2003, the Mas i Mas Group – one
of the city’s most active live music
promoters, and owners of some of
Barcelona’s best-known venues – set
themselves a challenge: to take
August, the quietest month on the
city’s cultural calendar, and turn its
reputation around, at least as far as
live music was concerned. Their
weapon would be the Mas i Mas
festival, which this year enters its
eleventh year having surpassed all its
objectives. From August 1st to the
31st, Monday through Sunday, there
isn’t a single gap in the festival
programme. But that’s not all: there
are at least four concerts a day, in
different musical styles and in a wide
variety of venues. And best of all,
ticket prices are well within most
budgets.
A day in the life of Mas i Mas
Let’s say it’s Saturday 24th and you
wake up with a hankering for some live
music. You could opt for a night of jazz
at Jamboree in the Plaça Reial, with
saxophonist Peter King backed by his
quartet. Or perhaps something more
classical appeals? At the city’s history
museum (the MUHBA), Oscar Alabau
and Marc Heredia are standing by to
receive you in the entrance hall, cello
and piano at the ready. Maybe the
summer breezes have put you in the
mood for Latin rhythms? Make your
way to the Palau de la Música, where
Sandra Rehder and Euclydes Mattos
will set your toes tapping with the
sounds of bossanova, boleros and
tango. Although, this being the Iberian
peninsular, perhaps some flamenco
would hit the spot. At Tarantos you’ll
FESTIVAL MAS I MAS
Various venues
Until 11 Sep
www.masimas.com
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) produced
an endlessly fascinating body of
work. He addresses the human
condition, caught between the
mundane and the spiritual, placing
special emphasis on his materials. His
art combines a sense of tradition with
innovative abstraction, the result of
his tireless, even obsessive
experimentation, a facet brought to
the fore in ‘Tapies: From within.’
Vicent Todolí, ex-director of the
Tate Modern and curator of the
exhibition, wanted to assemble a
retrospective that would challenge
preconceived ideas about Tapies’s
work. To do this he based his selection
solely on artworks that were kept at
the artist’s own house or in the Tàpies
Foundation. The exhibition is built
around two distinct areas of work:
large-scale mural projects, and dayto-day objects and simple, ‘poor’
materials. Due to the sheer volume of
artworks on display, the exhibition is
divided between two spaces, the
Foundation and the MNAC. The result
is a two-part exhibition that seeks a
new perspective on Tàpies, not
without its contradictions, but always
fascinating.
TÀPIES: FROM WITHIN
Fundació Antoni Tàpies / Museu
Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
(MNAC)
Until 3 Nov
Arts
Mas i Mas 2013
This year the Mas i Mas Festival
features almost 400 concerts at
different venues across the city, from
jazz cellar Jamboree to Moog
nightclub, and including the Palau de
la Musica, which will host 30-minute
micro-concerts, and Tarantos, one of
the city’s best-known flamenco
venues. The festival will also
incorporate Sala Apolo for the first
time, with four concerts over the
course of the month, including a
performance by jazz collective The
Sun Ra Arkestra (Wed 21st, 9.30pm).
Another festival venue is the history
museum, with classical concerts that
commemorate Barcelona’s historic
Associació Música da Camera, a
chamber music association that
existed between 1913 and the
outbreak of the Civil War in 1936.
Like any good festival promoter,
Mas i Mas know the importance of
the opening and closing concerts.
Musical phenomenon and platinumselling vocalist Imany headlined the
inaugural concert on July 26th,
supported by soul princess Sarah Pi.
August’s events will be kicked off by
veteran saxophonist Lou Donaldson,
one of jazz’s living legends,
accompanied by his quartet at
Jamboree. For the grand finale, the
frighteningly young and talented
Andrea Motis will take the stage
with Joan Chamorro and friends at
the Palau de la Música. In the
meantime, have a glance at the
programme, which lists more than
160 concerts spread over eight
venues, with more than 500
musicians.
Exhibitions
The inner life of
Antoni Tàpies
FUNDACIÓ TÀPIES
find the full spectacle of song, dance
and the rhythms of the cajón. And if
it’s nightclubbing that tickles your
fancy, there’s music late into the night
at Moog with Djs Mr Almax, Gus and
Omar León.
Nightlife
TEJERINA
Edited by Ricard Martín
[email protected]
Late night line
Nasty Mondays do it again with Midnight Call, their
new funk and hip hop sessions. By Ricard Martin
Time Out has its own club night. And
not just any old club night. We like an
original concept with a lot going on.
So in association with Nasty
Mondays, the golden boys of
Barcelona’s club scene, we’ll be
celebrating Midnight Call by Time
Out Barcelona on the last Thursday
of the month at Sala Apolo. Midnight
Call will also be a weekly club night,
replacing Cupcake on Thursdays.
According to Max, the Nasty Monday
in charge, ‘Cupcake was an ironic
eighties disco.’ The idea behind the
rethink is to ‘take things in a more
authentic direction.’
Upstairs, downstairs
Every Thursday night Midnight Call
will take over Sala Apolo and La [2]:
the first will be reverberating to funk
and disco with a definite seventies
vibe. ‘It’s going to be old-school funk
and disco all the way,’ says Max, who
bigs up his partner at the decks,
Simøne, an electronic music producer
and long term collaborator at Nasty
Mondays – ‘great DJ, he’s done
remixes for Daft Punk.’
La [2] will have more of an eighties
feel with a focus on early hip hop. The
vibe is ‘streetwise rap, but with a lot of
variety.’ There’s one important detail in
the small print: ‘on the last Thursday
of every month, both parties meet up in
Sala Apolo,’ explains Max. Hence the
tagline: 70 featuring 80. It’s one more
step in the expansion of the Nasty
empire: ‘We want every one of our club
nights to have its own crowd and its
own identity.’
MIDNIGHT CALL
Sala Apolo & La [2]
Every Thursday at 12.30am.
€14 with one drink (last Thursday
of the month: free with that week’s
Time Out)
Listings
August 2013
[email protected]
‘Persepolis’ at Gràcia’s Festa
Mas i Mas
the CCCB
Major
closing concert
WEDNESDAY 7
The acclaimed
animated film by
Iranian artist
Marjane Satrapi, at
the CCCB
SUNDAY 18
Sunday afternoon
beer in Gràcia takes
on a whole new
meaning during the
Festa Major
SATURDAY 31
Who better than
local talents Andrea
Motis and Joan
Chamorro to end the
Mas i Mas Festival
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Arxiu Fotogràfic de
Barcelona
(Pl. Pons & Clerch, 2). M: Arc de
Triomf (L1) & Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256
34 20. Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Closed Sun
and public holidays.
FREE Postwar Barcelona: A
photographic report, 1939-1945.
Until 28 Sep. More than 100 images that
show daily life during Barcelona’s first
years under the Franco dictatorship.
Arxiu Històric de la
Ciutat de Barcelona
(Santa Llúcia, 1). M: Jaume I (L4) &
Urquinaona (L1, L4). T. 93 31 81 195.
Mon-Fri 9am-8.30pm; Sun 9am-1pm.
24 Jun-26 Sept: closed Sat.
FREE Dipping into the Archive:
Postwar Barcelona. The city under
mayor Miquel Mateu i Pla (1939-1945)
Until 31 Oct.
CaixaForum
(Av. Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 6-8).
M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 476 86
00. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm. Wed 10am11pm; Sat, Sun 10am-9pm. Adults €4.
Under 16s free.
Windows on the world. Until 31
Aug. Short films showing the reality of
daily life in developing countries.
What to think. What to desire.
What to do. Until 8 Sep. Works from
the “La Caixa” Foundation’s
contemporary art collection.
Japonism. The fascination for
Japanese art Until 15 Sep. The
nineteenth-century art movement of
Japonism lefts its mark on Spain,
especially in Catalonia, where it
influenced the work of great artists
such as Marià Fortuny, Pablo Picasso
and Joan Miró.
Art, two points. Until 6 Jan. A
major exhibition presented jointly by
the MACBA and the CaixaForum that
proposes an unconventional vision of
the history of art from the end of the 19th
century to the present day, rethinking
our perceptions of contemporary art.
Castell de Montjuïc
(Ctra. de Montjuïc, 66). M: Espanya
(L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 256 44 45. Apr-Sep
9am–9pm.
FREE Montjuïc, the construction
of a castle. Permanent exhibition,
telling the story of Montjuïc and its
castle.
FREE Sculpture by Carles Berga.
Permanent exhibition.
FREE Catalonia in transition. Until
28 Feb
Centre de Cultura
Contemporània de
Barcelona
(Montalegre, 5). M: Catalunya (L1,
L3). T. 93 306 41 00. Tue-Sun & public
hols 11am-8pm; closed Mon. €6.
Reduced entry for pensioners and
students on Wed (except public holidays):
€4. Free for under 16s & unemployed,
Thur 8-10pm & Sun 3-8pm.
Pasolini Roma Until 15 Sep.
Filmmaker and writer Pier Paolo
Pasolini’s relationship with Rome.
CosmoCaixa
(Isaac Newton, 26). M: Av. Tibidabo
(FGC). T. 93 212 60 50. Tue-Sun 10am8pm. €4 (permanent and temporary
exhibitions). Under 16s free; first Sun of
month: free.
Barcelona’s science museum has over
50,000 m2 of exhibitions and activities
for all the family: the Flooded Forest, the
Geological Wall, the Hall of Matter, the
Planetarium, the Bubble Planetarium,
the Science Plaza, the Touch, touch!
exhibition, and more.
Microvida. Beyond the human
eye. An incredible journey into the
hidden world of microscopic life forms,
focusing on the scientific and
technological advances that have made
it possible to explore these miniature
worlds.
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
(Aragó, 255). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2, L3, L4). T. 93 487 03 15. Tue-Sun
10am-7pm. €7. Students and
pensioners, €5.60.
Tàpies from within Until 3 Nov.
Almost 140 works, drawn from Antoni
Tàpies’s own studio and the Tàpies
Foundation’s collection, cover a period
from 1945 until 2011. These pieces
demonstrate the artist’s inexhaustible
appetite for experimentation, and the
development of his own iconography, a
vocabulary of signs, materials and
everyday objects.
Fundació Francisco
Godia
(Diputació, 250). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2, L3, L4) & Provença (FGC). T. 93
272 31 80. Mon-Sun 10am-8pm; closed
Tue. €7. Reduced €4.
Permanent exhibition. Specialising
in Medieval art, ceramics, modern and
contemporary painting, the exhibition
includes works by Ramon Casas,
Santiago Rusiñol, Isidre Nonell, Pablo
Picasso, Joan Miró and Miquel Barceló.
Fundació Joan Miró
(Parc de Montjuïc, s/n). M: Espanya
(L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 443 94 70. Tue-Sat
10am-8pm; Thu 10am-9.30pm; Sun &
public holidays 10am-2.30pm. Closed
Mondays. €11. Temporary exhibition:
€7. Espai 13: €2.50.
Permanent exhibition The most
significant public collection of Joan
Miró’s work, housed in Josep Lluís Sert’s
Mediterranean-inspired building.
Joan Miró. Printmaking. Until 24
Sep. A selection of Joan Miró’s prints,
from the 1930s, when he first began to
explore printmaking techniques, to the
1960s.
Espai 13. The examined soul.
Samuel Labadie. 12 Jul-1 Sep.
Vestibule. Jaume Blassi. Los
verdes. Until 8 Sep. Photography.
Fundació Suñol
(Passeig de Gràcia, 98). M: Diagonal
(L3, L5). T. 93 496 10 32. Mon-Fri
11am-2pm & 4-8pm; Sat 4-8pm. €6.
Reduced: €3.
Continuum. The fifth
anniversary of the Josep Suñol
collection Until 11 Jan 2014. 30
works by artists including Miquel
Barceló, Andy Warhol, Robert Llimós,
Isidre Manils and Zush.
Picasso: “La tauromaquia”.
Graphic works. Until 7 Sep. Picasso’s
series of 26 aquatints depicting the
world of bullfighting, which he created
in 1959 to illustrate texts by José
Delgado.
Carmen Díaz. “Aperturas” Nivell
Zero (Rosselló, 240) 27 Jun - 7 Sept.
Jardí Botànic
(Doctor Font i Quer, s/n). M: Espanya
(L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 256 41 60. April,
May & Sept: daily, 10am-8pm.
Jardí Botànic (MCNB - Museu de
Ciències Naturals de Barcelona)
Permanent collection of plants from
Mediterranean climate zones all over the
world.
The vegetable kingdom. Paul den
Hollander Mon-Sat 11am-2pm; Sun,
11am-2pm, 4-6pm. Until 2 Feb.
Photographer Paul den Hollander finds
inspiration in the world of nature,
museum collections and gardens.
La Pedrera
(Provença, 261-265). M: Provença
(FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). T. 902 400
973. www.lapedrera.com. Mon-Sun
9am-6.30pm (last admission 7.30pm)
€16.50. Reduced: €14.85.
FREE Exhibition Hall Chema
Madoz. Ars combinatoria Mon-Sun,
10am-8pm. Until 28 Jul. Chema Madoz
is one of the most important names in
contemporary Spanish photography.
The show features over 70 photographs,
from the 1980s to the artist’s most recent
work.
MACBA. Museu d’Art
Contemporani
(Plaça dels Àngels, 1). M: Universitat
(L1, L2) & Sant Antoni (L2). T. 93 412
08 10. Mon-Fri 11am-7.30pm; Sat
10am-9pm; Sun, public holidays 10am3pm. 25 Jun-24 Sep: Mon-Fri 11am8pm; Fri, 11am-10pm; Sat
10am-10pm; Sun, public holidays,
10am-3pm. Closed Tues, except public
holidays. Whole museum ticket: €9
(reduced €7). Single exhibition ticket:
€6.50 (reduced €5).
Art, two points. Until 6 Jan. A major
exhibition presented jointly by the
MACBA and the CaixaForum that
proposes an unconventional vision of
the history of art from the end of the 19th
century to the present day, rethinking
our perceptions of contemporary art.
MEAM: Museu Europeu
d’Art Modern
(Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4).
T. 93 319 56 93. Tue-Sun, 10am-8pm. 7
€. Reduced 5 €.
Permanent exhibition. In the
Born district, the Palau Gomis houses a
collection of more than 200 paintings
and 30 sculptures by figurative artists
of many different nationalities.
MIBA. Museu d’Idees i
Invents de Barcelona
(Ciutat, 7). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93
332 79 30. Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, 4-7pm;
Sat, Sun 11am-7pm; Sun, public
holidays 10am-2pm. €8. Reduced €6.
Permanent exhibition. The
MIBA’s permanent exhibition features
a wide range of objects and displays
that explore the fascinating world of
creativity and inventing.
MUHBA El Call
MUHBA Refugi 307
(Nou de la Rambla, 169). M: Paral·lel
(L2, L3). T. 93 256 21 22. Sat & Sun
10am-2pm, by appointment. Public
holidays, closed. €3.40.
Permanent exhibition. In 400
metres of underground passageways,
visitors can relive the sufferings of a
city that was subjected to a new form
of warfare during the Civil War:
indiscriminate bombing of the civilian
population.
MUHBA Santa Caterina
(Pl. de Joan Capri). T. 93 256 21 22.
Mon-Sat 10am-2pm Closed Sun and
public holidays.
FREE Permanent collection.
Inside the renovated Santa Caterina
Market, this exhibition revisits the
most significant events in Barcelona’s
history, from the bronze age to the most
recent examples of contemporary
architecture.
(Placeta de Manuel Ribé). M: Liceu
(L3) & Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 21 22.
Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, 4-7pm. Sat, Sun
11am-7pm. Public holidays and
Mondays before a public
holiday (10am-2pm).
Otherwise closed Mon.
Planeta
MUHBA Vil·la
eu
€2.20.
Vida at the Msus
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Salomó ben
Joana. Casa
Blau explore the
of
Adret (1235-1310).
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Verdaguer
The Triumph of an
earth through iences.
Orthodoxy. Permanent
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exhibition. Salomó ben
(Carretera de l’Església,
explore!
Adret, also known as the
104. Vallvidrera). T. 93
Rashba, was a Catalan
256 21 22. Sat, Sun 10amJewish leader and Rabbi at the
2pm. Tue-Fri, groups by appt
main synagogue of Barcelona, and
only. Closed Mon.
served three kings as adviser on Jewish
FREE MUHBA Vil·la Joana. Casa
Affairs.
Verdaguer Permanent exhibition.
The poet Jacint Verdaguer, one of the
key figures in the revival of Catalan as
MUHBA Museu
a literary language, spent the last years
d’Història de Barcelona of his life in this 19th century villa.
(Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93
256 21 22. Tues-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun
10am-8pm (Sun free after 3pm). Sun
and Mon before public holidays 10am2pm. Otherwise closed Mon. €7. Under16s free. Sunday afternoon, free.
Beneath the Plaça del Rei, in the Gothic
Quarter, a remarkable archaeological
journey allows visitors to discover the
Roman town of Barcino.
MUHBA Park Güell
(Olot, s/n. Casa de la Guarda). T. 93
256 21 22. 1 Apr-30 Sep: Mon-Sun
10am-8pm. €2.20. (Sun free after
3pm.)
Museu Blau
(Pl. de Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc
del Fòrum). M: El Maresme/Fòrum
(L4). T. 93 256 60 02. Tue-Fri, 10am7pm. Sat & Sun, 10am-8pm. Closed
Mon. 6 €. Reduced: €2.70. Museum &
Botanical Gardens €7. Reduced: €5.
FREE Entrance hall. Animalàrium
Animal sculptures by Miquel Aparici,
made from recycled materials.
Planeta Vida Permanent exhibition.
The history of life and its evolution on
our planet.
Museu de Badalona
(Pl. Assemblea de Catalunya, 1).
Badalona. M: Pep Ventura (L2). T. 93
384 17 50. Tue-Sat 10am-2pm, 5-8pm;
Sun & public holidays 10am-2pm. €6.
Baetulo, a Roman City
Permanent exhibition. Visit the
underground remains of the Roman
baths and the Decumanus Maximus.
Museu de Montserrat
(Abadia de Montserrat. 08199
Montserrat). Monistrol de Montserrat.
T. 93 877 77 45. Mon-Sun 10am5.30pm. €7. Reduced: €4.
Museu de Montserrat Permanent
Exhibition. Paintings by El Greco,
Caravaggio, Tiepolo, Monet, Sisley,
Degas, Pissarro, Miró, Dalí, Picasso, Le
Corbusier, Chagall and Braque.
Francesc Esteve, ‘Looking back
on memory.’ Until 1 Oct. Documentary
photography from the fifties and
sixties in Catalonia.
Joan Furriols, ‘The meaning of a
vacuum’ Until 1 Oct. Small-format
sculptures. Philosophical and
existential work between figuration
and abstraction.
Museu de l’Eròtica
(La Rambla, 96). M: Catalunya (L1,
L3). T. 93 318 98 65. Mon-Sun 10am10pm. Adults €9. Reduced: €8.
Permanent Exhibition. Discover
the weirdest and most way-out secrets of
human sexuality. Includes the show “The
Hottest Guinness”.
Museu de la Moto de
Barcelona
(Carrer de la Palla, 10). T. 933 186
584. Tue-Sat 10am-2pm, 4pm-8pm;
Sun 10am-2pm. Closed Mon. €6.
Reduced: €4.
The Montjuïc International
24 hour race. Until 31 Aug. The story
of the popular road race that was held
on Montjuïc for 32 years, from 1955 to
1986.
The history of the motorbike
in Catalonia. Permanent exhibition.
The story of motorbikes in Catalonia,
told through 36 of the most
representative models, from the earliest
examples to those ridden by
champions.
Museu de la Música
(L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
(L1) & Marina (L1). T. 93 256 36 50.
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 10am-8pm.
Closed Tues. €4. Reduced: €3. Free
admission Sun afternoon.
The sound of light. Mompou &
Gaudí Until 3 Jun. An exhibition and
audiovisual concert illustrates the
parallels between the music of Frederic
Mompou (1893-1987) and the
architecture of Antoni Gaudí (18521926) .
Museu de la Xocolata
(Comerç, 36 - Antic Convent de Sant
Agustí). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). T.93
268 78 78 . Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun
10am-3pm. €5. Group ticket: 4 €.
Chocolate Museum Permanent
exhibition. The story of chocolate, its
earliest origins, its arrival in Europe in
the 19th century and a special focus on the
history of Barcelona and Catalonia. The
museum features many sculptures in
chocolate, from Gaudí’s Casa Batlló to
characters from Pixar’s latest movie.
Museu del Futbol Club
Barcelona
(Aristides Maillol, s/n. Estadi FCB.
Gates 7 or 9). M: Les Corts (L3). T. 902
18 99 00. 2 Apr-7 Oct: Mon-Sat 10am8pm; Sun, public holidays 10am2.30pm. 8 Oct-1 Apr: Mon-Sat
10am-6.30pm; Sun, public holidays
10am-2.30pm. Camp Nou Tour
available until one hour before museum
closing time. €23. Children: €17. Under
6 and FCB members, free.
Camp Nou Experience
Permanent Exhibition. Discover 100
years of the club’s history, visit
different areas of the Camp Nou and
relive the club’s greatest achievements
in the multimedia zone.
Museu del Mamut
(C/ Montcada, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). T.
93 268 85 20. Mon-Sun 10am-9pm.
€7.50. Reduced: €5. Children (6-15
years old): €3.50.
Mammoth museum Permanent
exhibition. Remains of mammoths and
other Ice Age animals.
Museu del Modernisme
Català
(Balmes, 48). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2, L3, L4). T. 93 272 28 96. Mon-Sat
10am-8pm; Sun, public holidays 10am2pm. €10.
Permanent exhibition. 350
works by 42 of the most important
artists of the Catalan Modernisme
movement, located in a one-time textile
factory in the heart of Barcelona.
Museu Egipci
(València, 284). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2, L3, L4). T. 93 488 01 88. MonSun 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-2pm. 8 Jan21 Jun, 12 Sept-30 Nov: closed 2-4pm.
(except Easter week and public
holidays). Adults €11. Reduced €8.
Permanent exhibition. Almost
a thousand exhibits that provide
fascinating insight into daily life and
customs in Ancient Egypt.
Tutankhamen: The story of a
great discovery. Until 30 Sep. Do you
know the story of Tutankhamen?
Marking the 90th anniversary of the
great archaeological find, the museum
pays homage to the last pharaoh of the
18th Dynasty.
Museu Frederic Marès
(Plaça de Sant Iu, 5). M: Liceu (L3) &
Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 35 00. Tue-Sat
10am-7pm; Sun, public holidays 11am8pm. Closed Mon except public
holidays. €4.20.
Located in what was once the Royal
Palace of the Counts of Barcelona, the
Marès museum houses an
extraordinary collection of the day-today objects and artworks that Frederic
Marès collected over his lifetime.
Museu Nacional d’Art
de Catalunya
(Parc de Montjuïc). M: Espanya (L1,
L3, FGC). T. 93 622 03 60. Tue-Sat
10am-6pm, Sun, public holidays
10am-3pm. €12. Sat afternoon, from
3pm: free. Temporary exhibitions:
consult museum website.
Permanent exhibition: The
world’s most important collections of
Romanesque art and the unique
Catalan Modernista style.
Tàpies. From within. Until 3
Nov. 100 works from the collections of
Tàpies’s studio and the Antoni Tàpies
Foundation, ranging from works
painted in the 1940s to others finished
months before his death.
Fortuny’s ‘The Battle of
Tetuan’. From the trenches to the
museum. Until 15 Sep. Exhibition
centred on ‘The Battle of Tetuan’, one
of Fortuny’s most iconic works and
one of the museum’s most popular
paintings.
Modernista interiors: Gaspar
Homar and Juan Busquets Until 31
Dec. A selection from the museum’s
collection of the work by these two
artists, including furniture and other
projects, exhibited in Room 56.
Museu Olímpic i de
l’Esport Joan Antoni
Samaranch
(Av. de l’Estadi Olímpic, 60). M:
Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 292 53
79. Apr- Sep. Tues-Sat 10am-8pm;
Sun, public holidays 10am-2.30pm.
Oct-Mar: Tues-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun,
public holidays 10am-2.30pm; €5.10.
Students: €2.60. Under-14s and over65s: free.
Synchronised swimming
2003-2013. A decade of art and
success Until 1 Sep. An exhibition
about the world of synchronised
swimming to mark the world
swimming championships.
Museu Picasso
(Montcada, 15-23). M: Jaume I (L4).
T. 93 256 30 00. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm;
closed Mon (except public holidays). €11
(combined ticket for museum +
temporary exhibition). Temporary
exhibition only: €6.
Permanent exhibition. Housed in
five Catalan Gothic palaces dating from
the eighth to the fourteenth century, the
Picasso Museum’s collection comprises
more than 3,800 works from different
periods in Picasso’s life, most from his
student years and youth.
The Museu Picasso, 50 years in
Barcelona. Origins. Until 1 Sep.
Exhibition to mark the 50th
anniversary of the Museu Picasso.
I, Picasso. Self portraits Until 20
Oct. The first major exhibition to focus
solely on Picasso’s self-portraits.
Palau Robert
(Pg. de Gràcia, 107). M: Diagonal
(L3, L5). T. 93 238 80 91. Mon-Sat
10am–7pm. Sun, public holidays
10am-2.30pm.
FREE Sala 1: Ramon Casanova i
Danés 1892/2008. The madman
of the Hispano Until 1 Sep. The story
of entrepreneur Ramon Casanova i
Danès and the evolution of metal
working, from the traditional forge to
modern techniques, at the turn of the
19th century.
FREE Sala 2: Unsung Heroes Until
31 Aug. Photographer Katharina
Mouratidi’s portraits of 29 winners of
the Right Livelihood Prize, which
recognizes people and organisations
that have found solutions to problems
of the modern age, and are known as
the alternative Nobel Prizes.
FREE Sala 3: Barcelona Prêt-àPorter, 1958-2008. 50 years of the
fashion industry. Until 30 March
2014. More than 250 garments from
Antoni de Montpalau’s collection,
illustrating the history of the fashion
industry.
FREE Local agriculture. Until 15
Sep. An exhibition on local or ‘periurban’ agriculture, food production
within or close to major cities, which
highlights its economic and social
value, as well as its effect on the
landscape.
FREE Jardí Pla: Tortosa and the
banks of the Ebro Until 31 Aug. The
historical, cultural and architectural
heritage of the city of Tortosa, on the
banks of the Ebro river.
Pis-museu Casa Bloc
(DHUB-Casa Bloc. C. d’Almirall
Pròixida, 1-3-5). M: Torras i Bages
(L1). Guided visit by appt. T. 93 256 34
63. Tue-Fri 10am-1pm; Sat, Sun
3-5.30pm. Casa Bloc (1932-1939) is an
outstanding example of worker’s
accommodation built during the
Second Spanish Republic. A symbol of
rational social housing in Barcelona.
Reial Monestir de Santa
Maria de Pedralbes
(Baixada del Monestir, 9). M: Reina
Elisenda (FGC). T. 93 256 34 34. TuesFri, public holidays 10am-2pm; Sat &
Sun, 10am-5pm. €5. Reduced: €3.10.
Murals under the magnifying
glass. Paintings from the Sant
Miquel Chapel. Until 31 Dec.
Virreina Centre de la
Imatge
(La Rambla, 99). M: Liceu (L3). T. 93
316 10 00. Tues-Sun and public
holidays, 12pm-8pm.
FREE This is not a love song. Until
29 September. An exhibition that
traces the evolution of the relationship
between pop music and video-making
from the 1960s to the present day.
Theatre
El Molino
(Vilà i Vilà, 99). T. 93 205 51 11.
www.elmolinobcn.com. M: Paral·lel (L2,
L3). Advance: www.elmolinobcn.com.
Closed August 5-31.
El Molino lifts your spirits 1 &
2 August. 6.30pm. €35. A vision of El
Molino’s notorious past, with sequins,
feathers and plenty of humour.
El Molino Burlesque Fever 2
August. 9.30pm. €35. The aesthetic
and sensuality of the world of drag and
cabaret lives on.
Teatre Gaudí Barcelona
(Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 120). T.
93 603 51 52. www.
teatregaudibarcelona.com. M: Sagrada
Família (L2, L5) & Sant Pau/Dos de
Maig (L5). Ticket offices open one hour
before performances start. Advance:
www.ticketmaster.es
Le llaman copla (They call it
copla) 16 August - 29 September.
Friday, Saturday 10.30pm. Sunday
6pm. €20. Musical show in Spanish. A
musical hit in Madrid and Barcelona
that showcases the best of the
traditional Spanish song form known
as ‘la copla.’ A chance to hear the best
copla, flamenco and cuplé performed
live by singers and a band.
Totes les parelles ho fan (Every
couple does it) 21 Aug-29 Sept. WedSun 8.30pm €20. In Catalan. Hilarious
farce, in which four very different
characters muddle through one fix
after another, only to discover that, in a
city like Barcelona, the problem these
days isn’t that we don’t speak to each
other – it’s that we don’t listen.
INFORMATION
AND SALES
Day by day
masimas.com/festival. Elegance and
Information and sales:
Summer nights at La Pedrera.
La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M:
Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5).
Thu, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at
10.30pm). €27. La Pedrera by night:
live jazz on the roof and great views.
Thursday 1
Al fresco
Barcelona Urban Forest
Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum,
s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8
- €19 (prices vary on age and circuit).
High-adrenaline exercise in an urban
adventure park.
Classical music
Mas i Mas Festival: 30 minutes of
music at the Museu d’Història de la
Ciutat MUHBA (Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I
(L4). 6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm €10
(advance: €7). More info: www.
masimas.com/festival. Beatriz Jiménez,
Albert Deprius and Ricardo Estrada
perform pieces of Catalan Lyrical
Theatre.
Ekaterina Záytseva. Masters of
the Spanish guitar Església de Santa
Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas, 16). M:
Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). 9pm. €21.
Swimming
15th FINA World Swimming
Championships 2013 Various
venues on Montjuïc: Palau Sant Jordi,
Bernat Picornell Swimming Pool. 19
Jul – 4 Aug. More info: www.bcn2013.
com. One of the biggest events on the
world swimming calendar.
Flamenco
Mas i Mas Festival: 30 minutes
of music at the Palau with Niño
Josele & Joan Díaz Palau de la
Música Catalana. Sala d’Assaig de
l’Orfeó Català (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 6.30,
7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance: €7). The
magic of flamenco meets the mystery
of jazz.
Jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Lou Donaldson
Quartet Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M:
Liceu (L3). 1, 2 Aug. 8.pm & 10pm.
€25 (online: €20). More info: www.
sophistication define the style of a
saxophonist who blends soul, funk & jazz.
Friday 2
Blues
Friday blues at Palau Gomis.
August Tharrats Trio MEAM: Museu
Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra de
Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm. €11.
Reduced: €9. Enjoy a night of blues in
a striking 18th-century palace.
Cinema & music
Open air cinema and music at Sala
Montjuïc: Leslie Helpert & Albert
Vila Quartet, The Music of Billie
Holiday + Citizen Kane Fossat de
Santa Eulàlia (Castell de Montjuïc).
Mon, Wed, Fri 8.30pm (concert) &
10pm (film). €6. Until 7 Aug. More
info: www.bcn.cat/grec. Original
language with subtitles. Great films at
the city’s coolest cinema.
Mecal Air: Shorts in the open air.
Poble Espanyol (Av. de Francesc Ferrer
i Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1, L3,
FGC). Fri, 8pm-12am. Until 30 Aug.
€6.50. Barcelona’s open air short film
festival returns to the Poble Espanyol.
Football
48th Estrella Damm Joan
Gamper Trophy. FC Barcelona Santos Camp Nou (Aristides Maillol,
s/n). Time tbc.
Flamenco
“Flamenco stars at El
Cordobés” Tablao Flamenco Cordobés
(La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41
(show + 1 drink). With contemporary
flamenco stars.: Karime Amaya,
Susana Casas, Maria del Mar Montero.
Jazz
of music at the Palau with Jazz
Noire Palau de la Música Catalana.
Sala d’Assaig de l’Orfeó Català (Palau
de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona
(L1, L4). 6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm €10
(advance: €7). Saxophonist Dani Nel·lo
Sunday 4
Blues
See Thu 1 Aug.
Mas i Mas Festival: Mike Sánchez
& Barcelona Big Blues Band
Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3).
8pm, 10pm €18 (Web: €15). More info:
www.masimas.com/festival.
Guided tour
Cinema
The rooftops of Santa Maria del
Mar (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1). M:
Jaume I (L4). Thu- Sun: 11am & 5pm
(English), 11.45am, 12.30am, 5.45pm,
6.30pm & 7.15pm (Spanish / Catalan)
. €5 (general). €4 (reduced). More info
and reservations: Itinera Plus. Tel. 93
343 56 33. A spectacular perspective
on the medieval city from the roof of
Santa Maria del Mar.
MODiband: Short animated films.
FGC). 12.30pm. More info: www.poble
espanyol.com
and his trio perform his own work and
jazz classics.
Saturday 3
Classical music
The art of the guitar. “Aranjuez”
Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa
Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3).
9pm. €21. Spanish guitar concert.
Swimming
15th FINA World Swimming
Championships 2013. Various
venues on Montjuïc. More info: www.
bcn2013.com. See Thu 1 Aug.
Flamenco
Great Flamenco Gala Palau de
la Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau
(L1, L4). 9.30pm. €30-€45. A show
that brings the exhilarating world of
flamenco to life in a riveting display of
music, rhythm, emotion and dance.
Jazz
music at the Palau with Jazz Noire
See Fri 2 Aug.
Tour
Magic nights at Casa Batlló
Casa Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43).
M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4).
Tue-Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sept.
More info: www.casabatllo.cat. Discover
Gaudí’s architectural masterpiece by
night.
Songwriters
30 minutes of music at the Palau:
The Mediterranean beyond Palau
de la Música Catalana. Sala d’Assaig
de l’Orfeó Català (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4).
6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance:
€7). Rusó Sala, guitar and voice,
Caterinangela Fadda, guitar.
Guided tour
FREE Guided tour of Poble Nou
Cemetery Guided tour of Montjuïc
Cemetery Cementiri de Montjuïc
(Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58). 11am
(Catalan) & 11.15am (Spanish).
Guided tour of the cemetery on
Montjuïc: stories of some of the
famous names buried here, as well as
striking works of funerary art.
Monday 5
Cinema & music
Montjuïc: Hopp’s Trio + Donnie
Darko. Jazz & swing concert + film
projection. See Fri 2 Aug.
Classical music
music at the Museu d’Història de
la Ciutat. MUHBA (Pl. del Rei). M:
Jaume I (L4). 6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm
€10 (advance: €7). More info: www.
masimas.com/festival. Vesko Stambolov,
one of Bulgaria’s most active pianists..
Flamenco
Cordobés” See Fri 2 Aug.
Pop-rock-reggae
30 minutes of music at the
Palau: Joan Vinyals and Jean
Paul Dupeyron Palau de la Música
Catalana. Sala d’Assaig de l’Orfeó
Català (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M:
Urquinaona (L1, L4). 6.30, 7.30 &
8.30pm €10 (advance: €7). Concert:
original compositions and covers of
Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Peter Gabriel.
Tuesday 6
Classical music
la Ciutat, Maria Ivànovitx MUHBA
(Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4). 6.30,
7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance: €7).
More info: www.masimas.com/festival.
The Serbian soloist showcases the power
and sensitivity of the piano.
Concertanti Ensemble Barcelona.
Baroque music. Església de Santa
Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas, 16).
M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I (L4). 8pm.
€20. Music by Baroque composers:
Vivaldi, Handel, Corelli and Telemann.
Cinema
FREE Gandules 2013: Dans la
Maison France, 2012. Centre de
Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
(Montalegre, 5). Metro: Catalunya (L1,
L3). 10pm. Open-air cinema. 107 min.
French with Spanish subtitles.
Flamenco
Opera and Flamenco Palau de la
Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de
la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1,
L4). 9.30pm.. €30-€45. Innovative
concept uniting the Spanish traditions
of opera, zarzuela and flamenco.
Flamenco jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Carlos Torijano
& Aupaquartet Trio Jamboree (Pl.
Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm, 10pm
€10 (Web: €8). More information:
www.masimas.com/festival.
Wednesday 7
Cinema
FREE Gandules 2013: Persepolis
France, 2007. Centre de Cultura
Contemporània de Barcelona
French with Spanish subtitles.
Cinema and music
Montjuïc: Chino & The Big Bet +
Surprise movie. See Fri 2 Aug.
Classical music
Pedro J. González. Masters of
M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). 9pm. €21.
Flamenco
“Flamenco stars at El Cordobés”
See Fri 2 Aug.
Funk
Mas i Mas Festival: Los Fulanos
Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu
(L3). 9pm. €10 (Web: €8). More
information: www.masimas.com/
festival. Spectacular live show by the
heirs of great Latin music: Ray Barretto,
Joe Bataan and Joe Cuba.
Tango
Five tangos and a zamba Palau de
la Música Catalana. Sala d’Assaig de
l’Orfeó Català (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 6.30,
7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance: €7).
Works by Ariel Ramírez, Astor
Piazzolla, Elàdia Blázquez and
Francisco Canaro.
Tour and concert
Classical guitar at la Museu de la
Música. The greatest collection
in the world Museu de la Música
(L’Auditori. Lepant 150). M: Glòries
(L1) & Marina (L1). Tue-Sun, 3.30pm
& 4pm. Guided tour & concert.
Discover the secrets of classical guitar
in an enchanting concert with music
by Albéniz and Tàrrega.
Thursday 8
Cinema
FREE Open air cinema on the
beach: Arrugas Platja de Sant
Sebastià. Thu, 9pm-12am. Until 29
Plaça Reial, 6 / + 34 93 317 30 75 / [email protected]
Carrer dels Escudellers, 8
Tel.: +34 93 115 71 56
Email: [email protected]
Aug. More info: www.cinemalliure.com.
Spanish with English subtitles. Free
screenings of the best features and
short films from Spanish film festivals.
FREE Gandules 2013: In the
Loop UK, 2009 Centre de Cultura
English with Spanish subtitles.
Classical music
Mas i Mas Festival: Erik Truffaz
Quartet Sala Apolo (Nou de la
Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2-L3).
9.30pm. €20 (ticket office). €15 (web).
Erik Truffaz presents ‘El tiempo de la
revolución’, consolidating his place as the
European jazz musician most faithful to
the style of the legendary Blue Note label.
Tour
See Sat 3 Aug.
The art of the guitar. “Carmen”
9pm. €21. Spanish guitar concert in
the cloister of the Santa Anna Church
with pieces by Albéniz, Granados,
Rodrigo & Tàrrega.
Saturday 10
Al fresco
Jazz
Classical music
Mas i Mas Festival: 20 years of
the De Diego Brothers! Jamboree (Pl.
Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm, 10pm
Jazz tribute.
Pedro J. González. Masters of
Friday 9
Blues
See Thu 1 Aug.
Traditional festivities
August Tharrats Trio. See Fri 2 Aug.
FREE Traditional Catalan
festivities. Human towers and
Giants (Plaça de la Catedral). Sat
7.30pm. Experience Catalan folk
culture up close.
Cinema
Flamenco
€6.50.
Great Flamenco Gala See Sat
3 Aug.
Classical music
Amor Brujo Palau de la Música
Catalana. Sala d’Assaig de l’Orfeó
Català (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M:
Urquinaona (L1, L4). 6.30, 7.30 &
8.30pm €10 (advance: €7). Intimate
concert dedicated to the work of Isaac
Albéniz, Francisco Tàrrega, Manuel de
Falla and Paco de Lucía.
Jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Ronald Baker
Quartet Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M:
Liceu (L3). 9 & 10 Aug. 8pm, 10pm
€15 (Web: €12). More information:
www.masimas.com/festival. One of
the greatest trumpeters of the North
American contemporary jazz scene.
Jazz
See Thu 1 Aug.
Reggae
Reggae Festival: Trash & Ready.
Poble Espanyol (Av. de Francesc
Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya
(L1, L3, FGC). From 6pm. €32. More
information: www.poble-espanyol.com.
With the Pirats Sound Systema, The
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Carrer dels Escudellers, 10
Tel.: + 34 93 301 75 15
Email: [email protected]
Ptge. Madoz, 6 / +34 93 318 27 44 / [email protected]
Skatalites, Black Uhuru, Soja and DJ
Marcus Reggaeland.
Tour and concert
Classical guitar at la Museu de
la Música. The greatest collection
in the world. See Wed 7 Aug.
Sunday 11
Cinema
FGC). 12.30pm. More information:
www.poble-espanyol.com.
Songwriters
Duet Palau de la Música Catalana.
Sala d’Assaig de l’Orfeó Català (Palau
(L1, L4). 6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm €10
(advance: €7). Intimate concert with
the music of Stevie Wonder, Richard
Rodgers and Cole Porter.
Jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Charles Davis,
Jimmy Wormworth, Putter Smith,
Mike Kanan and Jordi Rossy
(L3). 8pm, 10pm €12 (Web: €10).
More information: www.masimas.com/
festival. No true aficionado will want
to miss this exclusive date with some
genuine jazz masters.
Guided tour
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de
Barcelona (Montalegre, 5). Metro:
Catalunya (L1, L3). 10pm. Open-air
cinema. 100 min. Original languages,
with subtitles in Spanish.
Flamenco
Cordobés” See Fri 2 Aug.
Tuesday 13
Classical music
9pm. €21. Spanish guitar concert with
music by Albéniz, Granados, Rodrigo
and Tàrrega in the cloister of the Santa
Anna Church.
Concertanti Ensemble Barcelona.
Baroque music. Església de Santa
M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I (L4). 8pm.
€20. Music by the best-known Baroque
composers: Vivaldi, Handel, Corelli and
Telemann.
Flamenco
Opera and Flamenco.
See Tue 6 Aug.
Tour
Magic nights at Casa Batlló.
See Sat 3 Aug.
Tour and concert
FREE Guided tour of Montjuïc
Cemetery. See Sun 4 Aug.
in the world. See Wed 7 Aug.
Monday 12
Classical music
Wednesday 14
Al fresco
la Ciutat. Daniel Ligorio MUHBA
7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance: €7).
American composer George Gershwin’s
Barcelona Urban Forest. (Plaça
del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/
Fòrum (L4). €8 - €19 See Thu 1 Aug.
piano works are the centrepiece of this
magnificent concert by Daniel Ligorio.
Cinema
FREE Gandules 2013: Tulpan
Kazakhstan and Germany, 2008.
Cinema
FREE Gandules 2013: Les Bureaux
de Dieu (God’s offices), UK 2008.
cinema. 122 min. English with Spanish
subtitles.
Miu
València, 249
Tel.: +34 93 193 23 00
[email protected]
Taverna Miu
Enric Granados, 23
Tel.: +34 93 116 61 67
[email protected]
Classical music
Classical music
Night at CaixaForum: Verdi/
Wagner bicentenary concert (Av.
Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M:
Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 8pm, 10pm
€6. Piano / voice recital.
9pm. €21. Spanish guitar concert
featuring the music of Albéniz,
Granados, Rodrigo and Tàrrega and
performed in the cloister of the Santa
Anna Church.
Xavier Coll. Masters of the
Spanish guitar Església de Santa
Flamenco
(La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3)
& Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm.
€41 (show + 1 drink). El Cordobés is
the place for authentic flamenco. The
show includes guest performances by
flamenco stars: Alfonso Losa, Junco
and Iván Alcalà..
World Music
Street party
FREE Festa Major de Gràcia Gràcia
district. All day. 15-21 Aug. More
information: www.festamajordegracia.
cat. The most popular of Barcelona’s
August festivals. Live music, dancing
and a street party until 2am.
Flamenco
Opera and Flamenco.
See Tue 6 Aug.
Jazz
30 minutes of music at the
Palau: Mû and Sasha Agranov
See Thu 1 Aug.
Palau de la Música Catalana. Sala
d’Assaig de l’Orfeó Català
Tour and concert
(Palau de la Música, 4-6).
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Tue-Sun, 3.30pm & 4pm.
Guided tour & concert.
Tour
Discover the secrets of classical
Magic nights at Casa Batlló. See guitar and get swept up in the music
Sat 3 Aug.
of Albéniz and Tàrrega.
Thursday 15
Cinema
Friday 16
Al fresco
Barcelona Urban Forest.
Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum,
s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8
- €19 (depends on age and circuit). Get
some high-adrenaline exercise in an
urban adventure park.
beach: Pa negre (Black bread)
Platja de Sant Sebastià. Thu
9pm-12am. Until 29 Aug. More
information: www.cinemalliure.com.
Free cinema programme. Shown in
Catalan with English subtitles.
FREE Gandules 2013: Kynodontas
(Dogtooth). Greece 2009. Centre de
Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Original language, Spanish subtitles.
Classical music
Xavier Coll. Masters of the
Spanish guitar Església de Santa
Spanish guitar concert.
Street party
& 4pm. Guided tour & concert See Thu
15 Aug.
cat. See Thu 15 Aug.
Sunday 18
City
Saturday 17
Street party
Circuit Festival Various venues.
8 - 18 Aug More information: www.
circuitfestival.net. Barcelona’s biggest
international gay and lesbian culture
and leisure festival offers a long list of
activities.
August festivals. Live music, dancing
and a street party until 2am.
Jazz
See Thu 1 Aug.
Tour and concert
in the world. Museu de la Música
Cinema
FGC). 12.30pm. More info: www.pobleespanyol.com
Classical music
of music al Museu d’Història de la
Ciutat, Schönberg Sextet MUHBA
7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance: €7).
Esport-Futbol
Guided tour
Partit de lliga. FC Barcelona Llevant Camp Nou (Aristides Maillol,
s/n). Time tbc.
FREE Guided Tour of Poble Nou
Cemetery. See Sun 4 Aug.
Street party
FREE Festa Major de Gràcia.
See Thu 15 Aug.
Jazz, pop
Mas i Mas Festival: Dick Them Trio
+ Violeta Curry: Whitney Houston
tribute Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M:
Liceu (L3). 8pm, 10pm €12 (Web:
€10). More info: www.masimas.com/
festival. The trio led by bassist Dick
Them join forces with singer Violetta
Curry to perform the hits of Whitney
Houston.
Tour and concert
in the world. Museu de la Música
& 4pm. Guided tour & concert See Thu
15 Aug.
Monday 19
City
Tuesday 20
Classical music
The art of the guitar. “Flamenco
& Classic” Parròquia de Santa Anna
(Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1,
L3). 9pm. €21. Spanish guitar concert
of authentic flamenco classics.
Cinema
FREE Gandules 2013: Les herbes
folles (Wild grass) France, 2009.
cinema.113 min. French with subtitles
in Spanish.
Street party
See Thu 15 Aug.
Flamenco
Oleándole. See 19 Aug.
Jazz
Circuit Festival 8 - 18 Aug. www.
circuitfestival.net. See Sun 18 Aug.
Jazz concerts at Milano Cocktail
Bar. See Mon 19 Aug.
Classical music
Tour
of music at the Museu d’Història
de la Ciutat, Schönberg Sextet.
MUHBA (Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4).
6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance:
€7). More info: www.masimas.com/
festival See Sun 18 Aug.
Magic nights at Casa Batlló.
See Sat 3 Aug.
Street party
See Thu 15 Aug.
Jazz
Bar Milano Cocktail Bar (Ronda
Universitat, 35). M: Catalunya (L1,
L3). 8.30pm (double session). Cover
charge: €8. Live jazz, blues and swing
concerts with artists from Spain and
around the world.
Wednesday 21
Cinema
FREE Gandules 2013: Departures
Japan, 2009 Centre de Cultura
Original language with subtitles in
Spanish.
Street party
August festivals. Lots of live music,
dancing in the streets and a party
atmosphere until 2am.
Jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Sun Ra
Arkestra Sala Apolo (Nou de la
Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2-L3). h.
9.30pm. €30 (ticket offices). €25 (web).
An intergalactic journey into jazz with the
Sun Ra Arkestra.
Gospel
Spiritual sensation. Five in Gospel
d’Assaig de l’Orfeó Català (Palau de la
Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4).
6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance:
€7). One of Spain’s best-established
gospel groups, singing classics from
the North American gospel tradition.
Thursday 22
Cinema
FREE Gandules 2013: Arrugas
Spain, 2011. Centre de Cultura
L3). 10pm. Open-air cinema. 90 min. In
Spanish.
Flamenco
(La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41
(show + one drink). With stars of the
contemporary flamenco scene. Invited
artists: Alfonso Losa, Junco and Iván
Alcalà.
La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M:
Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5).
Thu, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at
10.30pm). €27. See Thu 1 Aug.
Guided tour
The rooftops of Santa Maria
del Mar (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1).
M: Jaume I (L4). €5 (general). €4
(reduced). More info and reservations:
Itinera Plus. Tel. 93 343 56 33. See
Fri 2 Aug.
Friday 23
Al fresco
Barcelona Urban Forest See Thu
1 Aug
Blues
August Tharrats Trio. MEAM:
Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra
de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm.
€11. Reduced: €9. Enjoy a night of blues
in a striking 18th-century palace.
Cinema
€6.50. Barcelona’s open air short film
festival returns to the Poble Espanyol
with themed screenings.
Tour and concert
Classical guitar at the Museu
de la Música. The greatest
collection in the world. Museu de la
Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M:
Glòries (L1) & Marina (L1). Tue-Sun
3.30 & 4pm. Guided visit and concert.
See Thu 15 Aug.
Street party
FREE Festa Major de Sants Sants
district. All day. 23 - 30 Aug. More
information: www.bcn.cat/santsmontjuic. Popular festival in Sants
with concerts and activities.
Saturday 24
Street party
information: www.bcn.cat/santsmontjuic. See 23 Aug.
Guided tour
The rooftops of Santa Maria del
Mar See Fri 2 Aug.
FGC). 12.30pm. More information:
www.poble-espanyol.com
Football
League fixture. RCD Espanyol
- València CF Estadi Cornellà - El
Prat (Avda. del Baix Llobregat, 100).
Cornellà de Llobregat. Time tbc.
Tour
Magic nights at Casa Batlló See
Sat 3 Aug.
Monday 26
Street party
information: www.bcn.cat/santsmontjuic. See 23 Aug.
Jazz
Bar Milano Cocktail Bar (Ronda
Universitat, 35). M: Catalunya (L1,
L3). 8.30pm (double session). Cover
charge: €8.
Tuesday 27
Tour
Casa Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43).
M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4).
Tues-Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sept.
More information: www.casabatllo.
cat. Discover Gaudí’s architectural
masterpiece by night.
Wednesday 28
Cinema
beach: Film chosen by popular
vote Platja de Sant Sebastià. Thu,
9pm-12am. Until 29 Aug. More
information: www.cinemalliure.com.
Free cinema in original language.
Football
Sunday 25
Cinema
Spanish Supercup. FC
Barcelona - At. de Madrid Camp
Nou (Aristides Maillol, s/n). 11pm.
Street party
information: www.bcn.cat/santsmontjuic. Popular festival in the Sants
neighbourhood. See 23 Aug.
Flamenco
Alba Carmona and Marta Robles
d’Assaig de l’Orfeó Català (Palau de la
Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4).
6.30, 7.30 & 8.30pm €10 (advance:
€7). Flamenco and Mediterranean,
Sephardic, Turkish and Portuguese
music.
Jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Bebo
Valdés. From the Vanguard to
the Jamboree Jamboree (Pl. Reial,
17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm, 10pm €15
(Web: €10). More information: www.
masimas.com/festival. The San Miguel
Mas i Mas Festival pays homage to
Bebo Valdés with the help of Javier
Colina, who brings his repertoire to the
Jamboree.
Thursday 29
Jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Jerry González
& The Jamboree Big Latin Band
(L3). 8pm, 10pm €20(Web: €15).
More information: www.masimas.com/
festival.
Tour and concert
in the world. See Thu 15 Aug.
Friday 30
Al fresco
See Thu 1 Aug.
Blues
August Tharrats Trio
See Fri 2 Aug.
Jazz
Mas i Mas Festival: Laika Fatien
(L3). 8pm, 10pm €20 (Web: €15).
More information: www.masimas.
com/festival. Laika Fatien, one of the
warmest and most sensual female
voices in jazz pays homage to Billy
Holiday.
Rock
Festival En Vivo Parc del Fòrum (Pl.
Fòrum, 1). M: El Maresme-Fòrum
(L4). 30 & 31 Aug, from 5pm. €32.
Spanish and international rock, with
Within Temptation, The Offspring,
The Toy Dolls, Shikari Sound System,
Celtos Cortos, Mägo de Oz, among
others.
Saturday 31
Traditional festivities
FREE Traditional Catalan
festivities. Human towers and
Sardanas (Plaça de la Catedral). Sat
7.30pm. Experience Catalan folk
culture up close with a display of
human castle building and Sardanas,
the traditional dance.
Jazz
San Miguel Mas i Mas Festival:
Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro
Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau
(L1, L4). 9pm. De 15 a €30. More
information: www.masimas.com/
festival. Andrea Motis and Joan
Chamorro have been one the
revelations on the Spanish jazz scene
in recent years. The closing concert of
the Mas i Mas Festival is a celebration
of jazz at the Palau de la Música
Catalana.
Rock
Festival En Vivo Parc del Fòrum (Pl.
Fòrum, 1). M: El Maresme-Fòrum
(L4). 30 & 31 Aug, from 5pm. €32
See Fri 30 Aug.
INFORMATION
AND SALES
Sights
Architecture
Basílica de la Sagrada Familia
The Basilica of the Holy Family
(Mallorca, 401). M: Sagrada Família
(L2,L5). 93 20 804 14 9am-8pm.
€13.50. Guided visit / audio guide, €18.
Barcelona’s most iconic architectural
monument, began by Antoni Gaudí in
1891 and remains unfinished. Ticket
sales help fund ongoing construction of
Spain’s most visited tourist attraction.
Casa Batlló
(Pg. de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de
Gràcia (L3,L4). 93 216 03 06. 9am9pm. €20.35. Late-night visit, €29. Last
admission: 8pm. One of Gaudí’s most
emblematic works. Visits include the
first floor, originally the residence of
the Batlló family, the roof terrace with
its decorated chimneys (and the scaly
spine of the dragon St George defeated),
the light well, and the stunning
entrance hall and the main staircase.
La Pedrera
(Provença, 261-265). M: Diagonal
(L3,L5). 902 400 973. 9am-8pm. Last
admission: 7.30pm. €16.50. Reduced:
€14.85. Many Barcelona residents
consider this Gaudí’s masterpiece. In
fact, some of its apartments are still
private homes. The roof terrace is one
of Catalan Modernisme’s hidden gems.
Palau Güell
(Nou de la Rambla, 3-5). M: Drassanes
(L3) & Barceloneta (L4). 93 472 57 75.
Tues-Sun 10am-8pm. Last admission:
7.30pm. €12. Reduced: €8. Built by
Gaudí in the late 19th century, this
palace belonged to his principal patron.
As at the Pedrera, a visit to the roof
terrace is highly recommended. The
whole house is a fascinating
introduction to Gaudí’s revolutionary
use of materials and space.
Leisure
Poble Espanyol
(Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M:
Espanya L1-L3). T. 935 086 300. Mon
9am-8pm; Tue-Thu 9am-2am; Fri
9am-4am; Sat 9am-5am; Sun 9ammidnight. €11. €6.25.
Open-air museum on Montjuïc
mountain that features reproductions
of streets, squares and buildings found
around Spain.
Imax Port Vell
(Moll d’Espanya). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Barceloneta (L4). 93 225 11 11. Times
& programme; www.imaxportvell.com.
€9.75. Put on your glasses and take a
seat for the most exciting virtual reality
experience that the latest 3-D
technology can provide, in Barcelona’s
best-equipped large-format cinema.
Gaudí Experiència
(Larrard, 41). M: Lesseps (L3). 93 285
44 40. 10am-8pm. €9. Reduced: €7.50.
An interactive voyage with 4-D
technology through the creative
universe of the genius of Modernist
architecture, Antoni Gaudí. A new way
to discover Gaudí and his work.
Tibidabo Funfair
(Plaça del Tibidabo, 3-4). T. 93 211 79
42. Times and info: www.tibidabo.cat.
€28.50 (under 120cm, €10.50). With
over 100 years of history, Tibidabo is
one of the oldest funfairs in the world,
featuring classic rides, old favourites
and brand-new attractions to guarantee
an exciting day out.
PortAventura theme park
(Av. Alcalde Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila
Seca (Tarragona)). Train: Port
Aventura. T. 977 779 000. Times and
prices: www.portaventura.es. Located
south of Barcelona, between Vila-seca
and Salou, PortAventura boasts six
themed zones (Mediterranean, Far
West, Mexico, China, Polynesia &
SésamoAventura) that occupy 119
hectares, with 30 attractions, 100 live
processions every day, 75 places to eat
and 27 craft and souvenir shops.
Barcelona Zoo
(Parc de la Ciutadella, s/n). M: Arc de
Triomf (L1) & Ciutadella/Vila
Olímpica (L4). T. 93 225 67 80. Until
15 May 10am-7pm. 16 May-15 Sep
10am-8pm. €19.60. Children (3-12):
€11.80. Barcelona Zoo in Ciutadella
Park has a 100-year history and is one
of the city’s best-loved attractions. At
present it houses 315 species and more
than 2,000 animals.

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