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.
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.
| 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
In a exceptional location, close to Hotel Arts, in front of the beach of Barceloneta, you can find the new Opium Mar a playful and multipurposal space that perfectly combines the own advantages of a day-restaurant with the greatest terrace of Barcelona next to the sea, with the concept of leisure that presently offers the restaurant-bar-discotheque for the nights. Opium Mar is the latest luxurious lounge to open along the Barceloneta seafront. Check out the special theme parties that take place here, and the up-for-it party atmosphere of the regular club nights. Resident DJs include Gigi El Amoros, Al Muñoz and Frank Morin.
More info: www.opiummar.com
This summer from the 17th until the 19th of June get electrified with one of the most important world advanced music and multimedia art festival. This year don’t miss performances by The Chemical Brothers, Roxy Music, Air, LCD Soundsystem, Plastikman, Jónsi, Dizzee Rascal, 2manydjs, Booka Shade, Hot Chip, Fuck Buttons, Aeroplane, King Midas Sound, Broadcast, The Sugarhill Gang, Matthew Herbert’s One Club, Flying Lotus, Pete Tong, Joy Orbison, Zomby, New Young Pony Club, Roska, Necro Deathmort, Mary Anne Hobbs, David M, John Talabot, Bradien, Speech Debelle, Emilio José, Uffie, Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu, Hudson Mohawke, Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & Riton), Nosaj Thing Visual Show, Delorean, The Pinker Tones, Noaipre, Sandwell District, bRUNA, Bomba Estéreo, Cora Novoa, Cluster, Mike Slott, Aufgang, bcn216 + Tristan Perich, Bflecha, The Slew featuring Kid Koala, Caspa feat. MC Rod Azlan, Eclair Fifi & John Computer, Machinedrum, Cabo San Roque & Orquestra Mecànica de la França Xica, American Men, The Blessings, Elektro Guzzi, Zigmat, dp-S, Lesley Flanigan, Post War Years, bcn216 + Cristian Vogel, Ricard Marxer & Oscar Sol: Japó, Robot Koch, Larytta, Round Table Knights, Goldielocks, Tim and Puma Mimi.
Sonar Festival Tickets
Tickets are on sale now.
Nine-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys performs at the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona as she tours her latest album, The Element of Freedom. A classically trained pianist and gifted songwriter, she is also blessed with a strong, soulful voice.
Some of Keys’ earliest compositions featured on her 2001 debut album, Songs in A Minor, which was released when she was just 19. A deep, melodic collection of R&B and hip-hop-inspired material, the album sold massively and paved the way for her continuing success.
| when: | 2 Jun 2010 |
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| where: | Palau Sant Jordi |
| cost: | €35-€157 |
| time: | 9.30pm |
Purchasing entry tickets
Niu is a community that supports and helps artists flourish. Going beyond simply hosting exhibitions, concerts and workshops, the space offers creative services to companies and artists alike. They employ dancers, DJs, graffiti artists and others for parties and festivals and even help artists build their websites and create press releases.
The gallery’s extensive network is made up of artists specializing in contemporary art, photography, graffiti, dance, visual art and music. Sebastian Murra Ramirez, aka MU!, an artist from Colombia will exhibit digital illustrations in Life in Abstract, at Niu until April 30th. The colorful, emotional pieces present abstract forms, encouraging viewers to make their own interpretations. Niu is also hosting a threeday workshop run by the talented electronic music producer, Tony Blunt, starting April 17th. Music Production: recording, mixing and mastering will teach students about the three pillars of the profession. May brings Cristina Dolç’s photography exhibition Preguem disculpin… from the 2nd to the 23rd. Whether an artist or aficionado, all are welcome to stop by the Poble Nou collective’s space.
Niu: espai artístic contemporani. C/ Almogàvers, 208 (Poble Nou)
Open: Tue-Sun after 5pm
Free entry
Ph. 93 356 88 11
More info:www.niubcn.com
FunDub 2009 :: ecos de una ciudad :: Barcelona from FunDub on Vimeo.
The Flamenco Festival of Ciutat Vella is a chance to enjoy the voices, dances, and guitars of both famous flamenco artists and emerging talents. The shows will take place from May 19 to 22 at the CCCB and Mercat de les Flors and is ideal for those who want to experience some of Spain´s most traditional dance and music. http://www.flamencociutatvella.com/
image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace
