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In About Barcelona we have information of things that are happening in the city, events, fairs, congresses, or popular events that will take place together with Festivals and Concerts, Sporting Events and Art Exhibitions. Also information on interesting places to vist and what we like to call our favourite places, museums and outdoor sculptures. And if you are interested, we can provide your Barcelona Accommodation for your stay during the events, congresses or Festivals you are willing to participate.
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Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
In 2010 and for the first time the Grec and Sonar Festivals will come together for a very special night with a joint production, on June Thursday 17th, bringing to Barcelona the Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda.
In the Teatre Grec in the Montjuic Mountain, the Classic place of the Grec Festival, Ryoji Ikeda will present two different shows on a single night. The first, “Spectra [Barcelona]”, is a large-scale installation, located in the amphitheatre, which will use an immense white light as sculptural material. This installation is similar to one organized by Ikeda...
Ryoji Ikeda
In 2010 and for the first time the Grec and Sonar Festivals will come together for a very special night with a joint production, on June Thursday 17th, bringing to Barcelona the Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda.
In the Teatre Grec in the Montjuic Mountain, the Classic place of the Grec Festival, Ryoji Ikeda will present two different shows on a single night. The first, “Spectra [Barcelona]”, is a large-scale installation, located in the amphitheatre, which will use an immense white light as sculptural material. This installation is similar to one organized by Ikeda...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
The English group Roxy Music will be performing in Barcelona during the Sonar 2010 Festival. The group formed in 1971 by art school graduate Bryan Ferry, the group's vocalist and chief songwriter, Phil Manzanera on the guitars, Andy Mackay playing saxophone and oboe, Paul Thompson on the drums and percussion and Brian Eno with the synthesizer and "treatments" attained popular and critical success in the UK and Europe during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1983 Ferry dissolved the band and they devoted themselves to their solo careers.
In 2001 Ferry, Manzanera, Mackay, and Thompson...
Roxy Music at Sonar 2010
The English group Roxy Music will be performing in Barcelona during the Sonar 2010 Festival. The group formed in 1971 by art school graduate Bryan Ferry, the group's vocalist and chief songwriter, Phil Manzanera on the guitars, Andy Mackay playing saxophone and oboe, Paul Thompson on the drums and percussion and Brian Eno with the synthesizer and "treatments" attained popular and critical success in the UK and Europe during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1983 Ferry dissolved the band and they devoted themselves to their solo careers.
In 2001 Ferry, Manzanera, Mackay, and Thompson...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
The 17th International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art Sonar 2010 will take place, for the first time simultaneously in the cities of Barcelona and A Coruña (Sonar Galicia) coinciding with the Xacobeo (Compostela’s Jubilee). The Sonar Festival confirmed dates are 17, 18 and 19 June, and presents a line-up that will be, to a large extent, shared by the two cities. In both cities the Sonar’s diverse artistic offer will split between the Sonar by Day activities (in Barcelona, the CCCB and MACBA venues) with a music line-up, and a multimedia and audiovisual...
Sonar 2010 Barcelona
The 17th International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art Sonar 2010 will take place, for the first time simultaneously in the cities of Barcelona and A Coruña (Sonar Galicia) coinciding with the Xacobeo (Compostela’s Jubilee). The Sonar Festival confirmed dates are 17, 18 and 19 June, and presents a line-up that will be, to a large extent, shared by the two cities. In both cities the Sonar’s diverse artistic offer will split between the Sonar by Day activities (in Barcelona, the CCCB and MACBA venues) with a music line-up, and a multimedia and audiovisual...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
In June is time for the Sonar Festival with the Sónar by Day (CCCB, MACBA) from Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th June, and the Sónar by Night (Fira Gran Via M2) Friday 19th & Saturday 20th June 2009.
Two of the main attractions already announced are Grace Jones and Orbital.
Grace Jones, the Jamaican-born artist, muse of the 1980s, singer, model, actress and an icon of modernity far beyond mere music, returns, after almost twenty years of recording silence with an excellent new album, "Hurricane," produced by well renowned names including Sly & Robbie, Tricky and...
Sonar Festival 2009 Barcelona
In June is time for the Sonar Festival with the Sónar by Day (CCCB, MACBA) from Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th June, and the Sónar by Night (Fira Gran Via M2) Friday 19th & Saturday 20th June 2009.
Two of the main attractions already announced are Grace Jones and Orbital.
Grace Jones, the Jamaican-born artist, muse of the 1980s, singer, model, actress and an icon of modernity far beyond mere music, returns, after almost twenty years of recording silence with an excellent new album, "Hurricane," produced by well renowned names including Sly & Robbie, Tricky and...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
Advanced music and multimedia art, June 2008
As every other year in June in Barcelona is time for the Sonar Festival. The Sonar is a carefully curated electronic music festival and multimedia showcases.
Sonar is considered in European electronic panorama a festival of reference for artists of last generation, electronic professionals and a place were to see the most influential companies of the sector of music and arts.
The combination of concerts, DJs sessions, audio-visual areas of artistic experimentation and projections has called up the attention of the most demanding European...
Sonar Festival in Barcelona 2008
Advanced music and multimedia art, June 2008
As every other year in June in Barcelona is time for the Sonar Festival. The Sonar is a carefully curated electronic music festival and multimedia showcases.
Sonar is considered in European electronic panorama a festival of reference for artists of last generation, electronic professionals and a place were to see the most influential companies of the sector of music and arts.
The combination of concerts, DJs sessions, audio-visual areas of artistic experimentation and projections has called up the attention of the most demanding European...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
Advanced music and multimedia art, June 2007
L’Auditori in Barcelona will be the stage of one of the most special and exclusive moments at Sónar 2007. As part of the programming on Friday the 15th of June, there will be an experiment which will place electronic sound in contact with classical methodologies and which will bring together musicians from these two traditionally far removed areas once again, in the setting of two unprecedented concerts. Like last year's concert by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, the piano will be the main feature of this year's joint project between...
Sonar 2007 in Barcelona
Advanced music and multimedia art, June 2007
L’Auditori in Barcelona will be the stage of one of the most special and exclusive moments at Sónar 2007. As part of the programming on Friday the 15th of June, there will be an experiment which will place electronic sound in contact with classical methodologies and which will bring together musicians from these two traditionally far removed areas once again, in the setting of two unprecedented concerts. Like last year's concert by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, the piano will be the main feature of this year's joint project between...
