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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/

It’s that time of year again! As Barcelona’s winter continues to fling a surprising array of nastiness at us, we’re already getting the occasional day that lets us dream of spring. And spring in Barcelona means one thing: the Primavera Sound festival. This year’s festival takes place from the 27th to the 29th of May, at the Parc del Fòrum.

This is the line up so far. It’s pretty much final, though a few more acts will likely be named. The big names so far appear to be The Charlatans, The Fall, Gary Numan, Orbital, Pet Shop Boys, Pixies, Wilco and Wire.

Confirmed artists: A Sunny Day In Glasgow, The Almighty Defenders, The Antlers, Apse, Atlas Sound, Beach House, Beak>, Ben Frost, Best Coast, The Big Pink, Bigott, Bis, Biscuit, Black Lips, Black Math Horseman, The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, The Books, Boy 8-Bit, Broken Social Scene, Built To Spill, The Bundles, Camarón: La Leyenda Del Tiempo 30 Años Después (Kiko Veneno, Duquende and Chicuelo amongst others), The Charlatans performing “Some Friendly”, Circulatory System, The Clean, CocoRosie, Cohete, Cold Cave, Condo Fucks, Crocodiles, Delorean, Diplo, Dr. Dog, The Drums, Dum Dum Girls, Emilio José, Endless Boogie, Fake Blood, The Fall, The Field, Florence + The Machine, Fuck Buttons, Ganglians, Gary Numan, Grizzly Bear, Half Foot Outside, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, Japandroids, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Joker featuring Nomad, Junip, The King Khan & BBQ Show, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Les Savy Fav, Lidia Damunt, Liquid Liquid, Low perfoming “The Great Destroyer”, Major Lazer, Marc Almond, Matt & Kim, Mission of Burma, Moderat, Monotonix, Mujeres, Nana Grizol, The New Pornographers, No Age, Nueva Vulcano, Orbital, Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy), Panda Bear, Pavement, Pet Shop Boys, Pixies, Polvo, The Psychic Paramount, Real Estate, Roddy Frame, Scout Niblett, Seefeel, Shellac, Sian Alice Group, Sic Alps, Sleigh Bells, The Slits, The Smith Westerns, Spoon, Standstill, Sunny Day Real Estate, Superchunk, Surfer Blood, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Tortoise, Ui, The Wave Pictures, Wilco, Wild Beasts, Wild Honey, Wire, The XX, Yeasayer.

TICKETS:

Next Sunday 21st of February is the last day to buy the full festival ticket at the price of 140€ (+ booking fee). From Monday the 22nd of February these tickets will cost 150€ (+ booking fee). The sales points are: Ticketmaster network (Tick Tack Ticket), Servicaixa, Atrapalo.com Spain, Atrapalo.com Italy, Codetickets, the CD Drome shops, Seetickets UK, Fnac France and through PayPal on the festival webpage.

Access to San Miguel Primavera Club / San Miguel Primavera Sound
http://primaverasound.com/

LISTEN TO THE FESTIVAL’S LINE-UP ON PRIMAVERA RADIO
http://www.scannerfm.com/player/player_only_primavera_v0.2.html

Teatro Romea presents a slightly different version of “sleeping Beauty”, performed by Santa Coloma de Gramane Ballet and under the direction of David Campos. He aimed to modernize the classical ballet story, turning it into a more contemporary and cinematic act. To achieve this visual effect, the director has used multimedia projections and virtual sets, making the characters in the story more vivid than ever.
Showing Times: Tues- Fri (incl. 7 Dec.)- 9pm, Saturdays- 6.30pm; 9.30pm, Sundays and Holidays- 6.30pm
Tickets: Teatro Romea. Ticket Office: http://www.telentrada.com/  Ph.902 10 12 12

After triumphing in Madrid with over 300 performances and 200 000 spectators, the musical titled with the simple and open to interpretation letter “A” has been on stage in Barcelona for 2 months now. Created, directed and also acted by the one of the country’s favorite singers Nacho Cano, part of the famous 80s band Mecano, the musical tells the story of a child that enters a family’s life and without even speaking turns many lives around. The performance follows the child on a journey of seduction and revealing of a secret, able to make everyone’s lives much happier.
Watch trailer: click here
Performances: Wednesday- Sunday, 4pm; 6pm; 8pm; 10pm.

Location: Teatre Apolo. Av. Paralelo, 59

Price: 33€-54€

Web: http://www.aelmusicaldenachocano.com/
Tickets:  902 332 211 www.servicaixa.com

May 15th, 22,15h

Where: Poble Espanyol de Montjuïc. (Avda. Marqués de Comillas s/n.  Ph. 933256895 )

“The Tablao de Carmen pays tribute to the great flamenco dancer, Carmen Amaya, born in 1913 in the gypsy quarter of Somorrostro which then existed in what is today Barcelona’s Olympic Village. Carmen Amaya, made her debut in 1929 before king Alfonso XIII on the site which is today the Tablao de Carmen at the inaguration of Poble Espanyol de Montjuïc”

1ST FLAMENCO FESTIVAL CARMEN AMAYA
7th show belonging to the Festival. Will be with us the dancer CONCHA JAREÑO accompanied by the guitar of FLAVIO RODRIGUES.  All of them will be also accompanied by the artists of  TABLAO DE CARMEN.

Only performance at 22.15 h
Advance web sales: 15 euros
Ticket sales: 20 euros
Ticket office timetable: 20.30h till 22.00 h.

Bookings: http://www.tablaodecarmen.com/

Tue 16 – Wed 24 Sep 08

This is the 7th edition of the Asia Festival, this year is dedicated to India. During this time there will be more than fifty activities and shows in three different places: Ciutadella Park, Mercat de les Flors and CaixaForum.

More info

(Taken from www.casaasia.es)

Programme

Wed 10, Fri 12, Sat 13 & Sun 14 Sep 08

8pm (Exc. Sun at 5pm) at Gran Teatre del Liceu ( La Rambla, 51-59) 14,25 – 95,75€ Buy tickets

Pina Bausch is a german modern dance choreographer and a leading influence in the development of the Tanztheater style of dance. She is the artistic director and choreographer of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch company, based in Wuppertal in Germany. The company has a large repertoire of original pieces, and regularly tours throughout the world.

Her work is also known for infusing humor with sadness. Male-female interaction is a theme found throughout her work, which has been an inspiration for-and reached a wider audience through-the movie Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Her pieces are constructed of short units of dialogue and action, often of a surreal nature.

Pina Bausch was awarded in 2008 with the Goethe Prize of Frankfurt-am-Main.

Programme

Café Müller – Music: Henry Purcell

Spring’s Consagration – Music: Igor Stravinsky

- Coreography: Pina Bausch

(Taken from www.wikipedia.org, http://www.pinabausch.de/& )

Thu 24 – Sun 27 Jul

Barcelona is going to play host to the EuroGames Barcelona 2008, the European championship for gay, lesbian and transsexual sportsmen/women and their friends. An amazing event which will involve more 30,000 people and which for a few days will transform Barcelona into the authentic European capital of sport and gay and lesbian culture.

EuroGames Barcelona 2008 will consist of 28 sporting events together with a range of cultural and leisure activities based in and around the city. The event will make its mark on Barcelona for a few days as more than 5,000 sporting participants descend upon the city from all corners of Europe.

Sportive Disciplines: Aerobics, Badminton, Ballroom, dancing, Basketball, Beach volleyball, Bowling, Bowls – Pétanque, Canoeing, Cycling, Floorball, Football, Golf, Handball, Hockey, Rollerblading, Rugby, Running, Sailing, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Table tennis, Tennis, Track and field, Volleyball, Waterpolo, Wrestling.

Cultural Program: Ceremonies, forums, festivals, parties, tourism, etc. More info Buy tickets

EuroGames is sport, fun and culture. More info

Until Sat 2 Aug

Wed 25 Jun – Sat 2 Aug