It have been taking music out on to the streets
Sixteen groups have been performing in Barceloneta.
The Busker’s Festival, an international street music festival which is being held for the third time in Barcelona and has been around for over twenty years in Europe.
From Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 August, various locations around Barceloneta will fill to the sound of music. African percussion, reggae, ska, rumba, jazz fusion, tango, bossa-nova, funk and Latin jazz are some of the styles you’ll be able to listen to on the stages that have been put up for the festival.
In all there are 16 groups, with very different styles, who will be out playing on the streets in this corner of Barcelona, between 7 and 10 p.m., according to the organisers.
They include Barnouche, Cris Five, Diguena Voy Bogadé, La Pegatina, La Rumbé, Luz Verde, Jauja Frikestail, Skapatú and Iemanyá Chamito.
Last year the festival, part of the European circuit of street music festivals, attracted over 20,000 people with groups like Che Sudaka and Jaleo Real.
August 2, 2007
Güell park, designed by Antonio Gaudí is the most famous park in Barcelona, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It has been subject to all types of praise and criticism, including comments such as “outrageous modernism”, “surrealistic island”, “nightmare expressionist park”.
First conceived as a private estate, it became a public park in 1922. The main entrance to the park and the stairway leading to the Hundred Columns Room are structures where Gaudí clearly let his imagination run free.
July 15, 2007
The Metropolitan park of Collserola preserves a good example of the Mediterranean forests of pine and oak trees. Spectacular fields of rockrose, heather and broom can also be found on the sunny slopes.
Two of the most interesting sights are the Hermitage of Sant Medir and the Natural Reserve of Font Groga.
June 28, 2007
This is one of the city’s more exciting contemporary art spaces, both in term of its setting and what’s inside. It opened in 2002 in the Casaramona, an old modernista textile factory designed by Puig i Cadalfach that was used as police barracks in the ’30s. The vibrant edifice features a red brick facade and singular turret, to which the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki added a daring walkway, courtyard, and entrance.
Inside, after passing the huge abstract mural by Sol de Witt, the elevator whisks you up to three exhibition spaces, connected by exterior halls. These are changing constantly, meaning that three, normally very diverse, shows can be viewed at the same time. Some recent ones have included Rodin’s sculpture, a didactic show on Confucius, Turner’s Venice, and an installation by Cuban artist Jorge Pardo, who created a baroque setting for minimalist pieces from the CaixaForum’s permanent collection. The foundation puts on a lively calendar of related events and performances, the latter focusing on world music and modern dance.
May 24, 2007
The National Portrait Gallery celebrates the innovation and creativity of contemporary fashion photography. The show includes work by Corinne Day and Mario Sorrenti. Until 28 May.
Detail of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s The Skiff (La Yole), 1875. Copyright The National Gallery, London.
May 7, 2007
In the heart of the Born neighbourhood, just in front of the old market, this trendy café and bar is a common meeting point for groups of friends.
The interior is dominated by a huge mural painted by popular illustrator Jordi Labanda, though in fine weather the crowds try to grab the chairs out on the plaza first. Spacious and never too noisy, this is a good spot for getting a group together before heading out for a night in the bars of the Born.
April 25, 2007
No more parties! I feel awful tonite and I wanna die;) I wanted to go to the cinema with everybody but I `ll beter stay at home and hmm.. do some university stuff
April 19, 2007
In Barcelona’s Museo Picasso you can find a stunning, although sporadic, collection of the master’s work across five sprawling gothic palaces.
It is one of the symbols of Barcelona, bearing witness to the intense relationship between the artist and this city. Yet another massive injection of public money has gone to ensuring it stays that way.
April 10, 2007
