SITGES 2010 

SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. With a solid experience, the Sitges Festival is a stimulating universe of encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world. The Festival is governed by a Foundation, made up of representatives from the Sitges Town Council, the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalonia’s autonomous government) and other institutions, associations and public and private companies.

Most of its resources come from the sponsors, companies and collaborating institutions that consider their alliance to the Festival to be an excellent platform for widening their scope and branding

www.sitgesfilmfestival.com

Barcelona Tattoo Expo

1st, 2nd & 3rd October

In La Farga de L’Hospitalet

The 13th Edition of the Barcelona Tattoo Show is almost here.

This year will be full of novelties such as a New contest for new Tattoo Artist, more shows and expositions, more spectacles, seminars for Tattoo professionals, music, fashion and of course, tatoos in their purest form. In addition to that, dont miss the official presentation of our guest artist Miss Tattoo. Each afternoon will be presenting the II Lady Pin-Up Contest. Are you going to miss it??

Click here for further details

Les festes de la Mercé

Thursday 23rd September to Sunday 26th September 2010

La Mercè Festival 2010 Barcelona takes place from Thursday 23rd September to Monday 27th September in 2010. The Merce is the biggest festival of the year in Barcelona.

You can see the top Merce events, highlights, practical info and links *here 

*Please take note that details of 2010 programme will be available at the beginning of September

Festa Major starts in Sants district of  Barcelona it is absolutely worth visiting.  Many of the main activities take place in “Parque de la España Industrial” and 13 streets in Sants will be decorated by the residents with many entertaining themes. The Catalan actress Amparo Moreno open the festival on Saturday 21 August 21 at 20.00 in the evening at the “Parque de la España Industrial.” There will be many chances to see festivals traditions like correfocs – fireruns, castellers – human tower building, Gegants and capgrossos  - giants and other Catalan festival traditions. A highlight of the Sants Festa Major is the Sants Festival cycling race, called the Cursa Ciclista ‘Memorial Antoni Andrés Sancho‘  which takes place for the 29th time in 2010 on streets of Sants from 10:30 on Sunday 29 August 2010. A new running event premieres in 2010 called “El 2000 de SantsCursa atlètica de la Festa Major 2010” which is a 2k run (2 circuits of 1000 metres) also takes place on Sunday 29th August 2010 from 09:00. And finish the festival with a pyromusical evening on Sunday 29 August.

Check the Festa Major website for programme of all activities www.festamajordesants.cat

From: www.barcelonayellow.com

Mecal Air (cortos, música y barbacoa) is a series of summer outdoor short films, music and barbeque evenings organised by “The International Short Film Festival of Barcelona” called MECAL, and Poble Espanyol.  It takes place on Friday evenings ifrom June to mid-September from 20.00 to 24.00 in the evening on the Baluard Plaça of Poble Espanyol, the Spanish village on Montjuic in Barcelona, where you can enjoy nighttime views of Barcelona. Mecal Air presents  selection of themed short films and music. You can also try the outdoor barbeque and there is a naturally a bar.
Admission is 5 euros or 2 euros if you print and bring this MECAL AIR flyer.  Food/Drink not included in admission price

Event date:  Friday evenings from Friday 4th June to Friday 10th September 2010
Event location: Baluard Plaça of Poble Espanyol, Barcelona

More info: www.poble-espanyol.com

Taken from www.barcelonayellow.com

The Neighborhood Festival of Gracia, celebrated during the last half of August, is an incredibly well-organized and artsy local fiesta. Gràcia’s residents spend months planning parades, concerts, floats, arts & crafts activities and more. During the day, events are held in the area’s brightly decorated streets and squares. Acrobats build amazing human towers; performers dress up as giants and devils to express Catalan folklore.

At night, the Festa Major de Gracia inspires live music, dancing, fireworks and general partying outdoors. Best of all, it’s not just for those who live there: the whole city heads to Gràcia to join in the fun!

where – Gracia
more info – click here

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.

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