Palounge: From Monday, 2nd of August till Sunday 29th, from 21 to 22h, the Plaça del Palau will offer nights of Cuban music (Monday), tango (Tuesday), sogwriting music (Wednesday), rumba (Thursday), Brazilian sounds (Friday) and Celtic (Sunday).
Free access.
To check the program, click here.
ORGANIC : Junta de Comerç, 11 08001 Barcelona
The Organic Restaurant in the Raval has quickly established itself as a popular hangout for local vegetarians. In addition to serving healthy, organic food, the restaurant sports other little luxuries,…
Ph. 93 301 6837
Price range: 11 to 20 €
FRESCO: Various branches throughout the city. Please see the restaurant website for exact addresses www-frescco.com
If you are a) very hungry b) vegetarian c) in a rush or d) a student, then you will be happy here. If you are a very hungry veggie student…
Ph. 93 317 33 31
Barrio Gotico
Price range: 21 to 30 €
VEGETALIA : Escudellers, 54 Plaça George Orwell
Vegetalia, one of the leading Spanish producers of organic vegetarian food and products has opened its very first bar/restaurant and store right in the heart of Barcelona. The bar/restaurant offers a relaxed,…
Ph. 933 024 330
Barrio Gotico
Price range: Less than 10 €
JUICY JONES: Two locations: Cardenal Casañas, 7 (Off Las Ramblas) Hospital, 74 (Between Las Ramblas and Rambla del Raval) Ciutat Vella
This funky, hip vegan restaurant offers international and Indian vegetarian and vegan dishes made from all natural ingredients. If vegan or vegetarian dishes are not your fancy, Juicy Jones, as…
Ph. 667 042 313
Barrio Gotico
Price range: 11 to 20 €
BIOCENTER: Pintor Fortuny, 25 Barcelona 08001
Being one of the very first organic restaurants in Barcelona, Biocenter remains one of the best places in town for vegetarian cuisine. With a warm and welcoming feel, Biocenter…
Ph. 667 042 313
Barrio Gotico
Price Range: 11 to 20 €
Last July it became possible to see the metropolitan area of Barcelona from the air. The flight is arranged by a service named BCNSkytours and leaves from the heliport located at the Moll de Barcelona, immediately after crossing the Puente Europa (Europa Bridge).
This is a treat for people who do not suffer from a fear of heights. The trip lasts about ten minutes and costs 70 Euros per person. Each helicopter can accommodate up to five passengers and reaches an altitude of 500 metres above sea level. It is the perfect distance to escape the city noise while still enjoying clear visibility from the air.
Jazz
Barcelona has a flourishing jazz community comprised of local talent as well as musicians from NY, London, and elsewhere abroad. Jazz can be found through out the city very night at Jamboree in Plaza Real. Monday night is their Jam Session, 3€. Make sure if you’re going, you get there early (10:30pm) before it gets too packed. The Jazz Room isn’t quite as centrally located, but it’s always worth the trip (Cova del Drac C/Vallmajor, 33; FCG Muntaner). Bel Luna on Rambla Cataluña just above Plaza Cataluña is a jazz restaurant with live music nightly. Dos Trece in El Raval has live music downstairs with a jazz jam session Tuesday night (c/Carme 12am). The Harlem Jazz Club doesn’t stick strictly to its name. On c/Comtessa de Sobriadiel, 8, near the often sketchy Plaza George Orwell, has great music every night, but it isn’t always jazz, with no cover charge during the week.
Rock and Concerts
Big concerts in Barcelona from Clapton to Madonna are held in the Palau de San Jordi on Montjuic. ServiCaixa and Telentrada or visit FNAC for tickets. Razzmatazz (Almogavers 122, tel:93 320 82 00) has medium sized shows for the likes of Anni DiFranco. Bikini (Deu i Mata, 105 behind L’Illa mall), Luz de Gas, and its neighbor Sala B (Muntaner 246, 244) have live music of variety of sorts most nights around 12, later transforming into discoteques, as does La Boite on Av. Diagonal, 477. Irish pubs such as George & the Dragon (c/Diputación with Paseo de Gracia), Irish Winds in Port Olympic, and the Filharmonic (Mallorca, 204) tend to have live rock music almost ever night usually without a cover charge where you can enjoy a pint or 3 with your live music in a smaller setting.
Wonderful panoramic views
All of our walks are located in National Parks located less than an hour drive from Barcelona. All routes are graded easy technical level, an approximate maximum and minimum time is given according to the customers requests, physical condition, and it may be modified if so advised by weather conditions. We customize route.
Parks & Walks:
More info: www.scenicwalkingbcn.com
| Free outdoor jazz & classical concerts in BCN parks |
Event dates: June to end August 2010
Event location: Various parks in Barcelona
“Música als Parcs.” From the last week of June until the end of August every year you can enjoy free outdoor concerts in many of Barcelona’s parks. The concerts are called “Music in the Parks” and are organized by the Barcelona City Council. The program of summer concerts in parks was started more than ten years ago with the aim of bringing high quality music for everyone during the summer nights. All concerts are free and intended for all audiences.
The first concert of 2010 Musica als Parcs is with Sant Adreu Jazz Band – the youngest big band in Europe on – Wednesday 2nd June at 20.00 in the Jardins del Teatre Grec
The auditorium of the Botanical Gardens of Caixa Girona, situated in an exceptional location next to the sea, host the Jardins de Cap Roig Festival for another year running. The festival was created by Caixa Girona Foundation, with the intention of creating a summer festival that showcases different stylistic genres on the Center of the Costa Brava.
Dance, world music, opera, jazz and classical music form the basis of the festival program, which seeks to offer rigor, quality, originality and creativity, in addition to its diversity. These qualities underlie performances that are aimed at a wide public audience. Great figures from the world of theatre have brought, and will continue to bring, their art to the Cap Roig auditorium, a benchmark amongst summer festivals.
Well consolidated and endorsed by a public audience that fills the auditorium year after year, the Jardins de Cap Roig Festival has become a meeting point where the complicity between artists and spectators create singular and special nights.
30 july Rosana
31 july Diana Krall
01 august Sinéad O’Connor
02 august Roger Hodgson
03 august Antonio Orozco
04 august Marlango
05 august Julio Iglesias
06 august Julio Iglesias
07 august Ainhoa Arteta with the Vallès Symphony Orchestra
08 august The Little Magic Flute
10 august Macaco
12 august Boeing Boeing
13 august Diego ‘El Cigala’
14 august Pasión Vega
15 august Stars of the New York City Ballet
16 august Charles Aznavour
17 august Charles Aznavour
More info: www.festival.caproig.cat
Large venues: discovering the city
Sunday 1st August 2009 to Wednesday 1st September 2010
Although the Mas i Mas Group was originally founded on the idea of providing regular live music in small venues, in early 2000 it felt it necessary to export part of their musical activity to larger venues, in an effort to publicize a host of artists who triumphed in our venues and bring our work to new audiences as well as expand the group’s business to the artistic promotion sector. This was, among others, one of the triggers that lead us to consider an annual festival in the city of Barcelona during the month of August.
The highlight this year will be a free concert in Plaça Reial as a tribute to the Jamboree club which celebrate 50 years of music in 2010. The festival takes place in various venues in Barcelona. The Palau de la Musica chamber music room will host three Latin and jazz concerts daily during the festival. La Pedrera takes part with three classical concerts a day (not on the roof though). Tarantos flamenco bar will have six flamenco sessions a day. And there will be concerts and sessions at Moog, The Auditori, Luz de Gas and Jamboree.
More info: www.masimas.com
An “intercambio” is means “exchange.” You are exchanging your language for Spanish with a Spanish person, who wants to practise English or German or another language by talking to you. In return you get to practise your Spanish on them. There is no cost involved except time. It’s usually good fun and a great way of meeting locals. intercambio evenings are organized by various bars and you can find intercambio partners online.
image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace
