The Backpackers Hostel Blog

Until Sun 31 Aug

at C/ Sants, 79  HowToGo

This year, twelve streets are presented to the Streets Decorations Contest.  During eight days, from Sunday to Saturday, there will be concerts, activities for the children, dances, sardanas, Havanan, foods, play, baths of foam and a long list of activities:

Mon 25 Aug: the prizes of the contest of decorations of the streets will be delivered and a dance of sardanas will be performed.

Tue 22 Aug:  Haze-Colors flamenco-fusion group

Wed 27 Aug: In the morning there will be a great childlike festival and the spectacle of animation Pugeu to the furgo, of the company of animation Vatua l’ Pot. In the afternoon the action of the Correfoc Childlike of the Guspires of Sants and when the night with the Correfoc of the Festa arrive Major of Sants 2008 in charge of the Diables of Sants. In the afternoon, you will be able to enjoy a new action of Pig the Cèlio, the Mut i the Noi of Ferreries that will present its spectacle is Not pot viure!.

Thu 28 Aug: Dani Thin, urban singer-songwriter

Fri 29 Aug: Moroccan group Amarg Fusion of Mediterranean music

Sat 30 Aug: The park will become a trail of circus with the company Circ Pànic

Sun 31 Aug: from 12hrs The Diada will be celebrated Castellera

Sun 6 Sep the Municipal Band, under the direction of Savior Brotons, will offer a concert.

(Taken from http://w3.bcn.es)

Botanic Garden of Barcelona (C/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2. Parc de Montjuïc) Tel. 93 426 49 35

Nov to Jan: from Mon to Sun 10am to 5pm
Feb, Mar & Oct: from Mon to Sun 10am to 6pm
Apr, May & Sep: from Mon to Sun 10am to 7pm
Jun, Jul & Aug: from Mon to Sun 10am to 8pm
Jan 1 & Dec 25: Closed
Admission: Normal: € 3,50

More info about special activities

The Botanical Garden of Barcelona collections contain representative samples of the plants that grow in the Mediterranean climate, a climate characterized by important seasonal variations, with hot, dry summers and mild winters, whilst rainfall is concentrated mainly in spring and summer.

The Mediterranean basin is not the only region in the world with a Mediterranean climate; indeed, there are several others, situated between latitude of 30º and 40º in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. These regions are: California, central Chile, southern South Africa and south and southwest Australia.

Itinerary

For more information see the Agenda

(Taken from www.jardibotanic.bcn.es)

Always

May -Sep: Thu to Sunday from 9pm - 11pm
Oct- Apr: Fri & Sat from 7pm - 8:30pm.

at Font Màgica - Fonts de Montjuïc (Pl Carles Buïgas, 1-Sants-Montjuïc) Free admission

The Magic Fountain is one of the city’s most important landmarks. Carles Buigas was asked to design it for the International Exhibition of 1929. He had the innovative idea of giving the water movement and adding light, colour and sound.

He created the fountain as if it was a river at the foot of the Palau Nacional with raging waters racing down the mountain to reach the Magic Fountain before “dying” in the sea on Avinguda Maria Cristina.

Montjuïc’s Magic Fountain has a new show based on cinema music. The light and water of the fountain will “dance” to the rhythm of film soundtracks like ‘Chariots of Fire’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Jungle Book’

(Taken from http://w3.bcn.es & www.youtube.com).

Until Sat 13 Sep

Mon to Fri, from 10am - 9pm; Sat from 10am - 2pm at Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (Pl Nova, 5 - Ciutat Vella)   Free admission

The theme of the exhibition “Mirage City: Baghdad, from Wright to Venturi”, that is presented at the College of Architects of Catalonia, is the major architectural projects of King Faisal II’s 1950s Iraq.

The initiative to recover these projects came from Pedro Araza, a professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and Spain’s ambassador in Baghdad, Ignacio Rupérez.

Architects of the standing of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Josep Lluís Sert and Ricard Bofill were commissioned to produce the designs. (Taken from http://w3.bcn.es)

Dance.
From The Arts Series. 1898. Color lithograph. 60 x 38 cm

Mucha’s art aspires to beauty. His elaborate compositions bring theatrical and allegorical elements into play in order to create a mystical atmosphere closely linked to Symbolist poetry. (Taken from http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es & vr.theatre.ntu.edu.tw)

Fri 19 Sep

12hrs at Sala Razzmatazz (Almogavers, 122) 12 - 15€ Buy tickets

Lykke Li is a Swedish indie singer. She moved to New York for three months when she was 19, where she recorded her album, before returning to Sweden.

She released her first album, Youth Novels on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on February 4, 2008 and it received a wider European release in June, 2008. It was released in the United States on 6 May 2008. The album was released in the Republic of Ireland on June 6, 2008 and June 9 in the UK.

On April 22, 2008, Lykke Li and two band members performed “I’m Good, I’m Gone” in the back of a black cab in London for the Black Cab Sessions website. (Taken from www.wikipedia.org).

Wed 17 Sep 08

9:30pm at Palau Sant Jordi 25-60€ Buy tickets

Gloria Estefan is a Cuban American singer and songwriter. she is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 15.5 million of those alone in the United States. She has won five Grammy Awards becoming among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.

She will be awarded by the Latin Grammy Award Recording Association as the “Person of the Year” in the ceremony to be aired on November 2008, the award will be given to her for her long career of more than 20 years and her worldwide success, she’s also the first female singer to receive this prestigious award.

Gloria will be presenting her new album “90 Millas”. Some of the legendary artists joining her on this album include Carlos Santana, José Feliciano, Arturo Sandoval, Andy Garcia, Chocolate, India, Cachao, Papo Lucca, Johnny Pacheco, Generoso, and many more…

(Taken from www.wikipedia.org, www.actualidadmusical.com & www.90millas.com)

Thu 11 Sep 08

8:30pm at L’Auditori, Hall 1 Pau (Pablo) Casals (Lepant 150) 22 - 42€ Buy tickets

Shaila Durcal is a Spanish singer-songwriter best known for being the daughter of singing legend Rocio Durcal. She is presenting her third work “Tanto amor” after the success of “Recordando”, that was number 1 in Spain with two platinum discs and a nomination for the Latin Grammys in the best female pop category.

“Tanto amor” will mark a before and after in the career of this young artist, as it displays a significant step forward in her music. (Taken from www.auditori.org & www.shailadurcal.es)

Wed 10 Sep 08

10pm at L’Auditori, Hall 3 Tete Montoliu ( Lepant, 150)  Free admission

This is a free activity organized by the Barcelona City Council as collaboration in the celebration of the “Twenty-five night.

The white night at TV3″ to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first broadcast. An overview of the musical creativity of the city will be offered through four bands selected by Emergents +aprop.

Performers

Versatile (pop psicodèlic)

Ruido Blanco (pop)

Son3 (latin jazz)

Just4Fun (funk groove)

Wed 10 Sep 08

“Balmoral” was a mythical and exclusive bar of Madrid. To inaugurate this new phase in their career, Loquillo surprises us with his better CD, that is a fusion of his recognized passion for the rock and roll, his admiration for composers and his weakness for the better crooner’s work. (Taken from www.auditori.org)