Aphrodite is Minogue’s eleventh studio album and the Aphrodite – Les Folies World Tour will bring her to Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.

Kylie Minogue will be joined on stage by a cast of dancers, aerial performers and [...]]]> Australian singer Kylie Minogue will bring her ‘Aphrodite – Les Folies  Tour‘ to Barcelona next 12th of March.

Aphrodite is Minogue’s eleventh studio album and the Aphrodite – Les Folies World Tour will bring her to Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.

Kylie Minogue will be joined on stage by a cast of dancers, aerial performers and a live band.

Venue: Palau Sant Jordi (Pg. Olímpic, 5)
Date: 12.03.2011
Tickets: €40 – €165

Check also other Concerts in Barcelona.

11th of Setember:  Diada de Catalunya (Catalonia Festivity)

24th of Setember: La Merçè (Barcelona’s festivity)

Merçè is the female catalan name that corresponds with the [...]]]> The month of Setember is usually a very hard month as it comes just after summer holidays. In Barcelona, to make a softer and more pleasant return there are the 2 main festivities:

11th of Setember:  Diada de Catalunya (Catalonia Festivity)

24th of Setember: La Merçè (Barcelona’s festivity)

Merçè is the female catalan name that corresponds with the Patron Saint of the city. The festivity is celebrated for over a week and it holds a large number of activities for everyone.

A large number of events are organized for La Merçè Festivity:

• 10km run Solidarity race taking place on Sunday 26th and going through main Barcelona areas.

• Theatre performances, shows with fireworks and giants and heady characters are performed every day along the whole city.

• Museums in Barcelona are free on the 24th of September.

• Castellers (human towers) on the 26th of September at Plaça Sant Jaume.

• Piromusical (fireworks) the 26th at Av. Reina Maria Cristina (Plaça Espanya – Metro map):

• Concerts from the 23rd of September among the main groups are:

• Thrusday 23rd: Belle and Sebastian, Loquillo, Quimi Portet, La Pegatina, Groove Juice, Obrint Pas i Balkatalan Experience, Suckafish P. Jones, …

• Friday 24th: Goldfrapp, San Leon, Crystal Fighters, La Unión i El sueño de Morfeo, las Flores Azules, Black Baudelaire …

• Saturday 25th: Gespa, Susan’s Red Nipples i Toundra, Maika Makovski, I Blame Coco, Ash i Vinila Von Bismark & The Lucky Dados, Fundación Tony Manero
  

Institutions and political [...]]]> Catalonia Festivity is known as “Diada de Catalunya” and it is celebrated the 11th of Setember. With this festivity, Catalonia celebrates the the fall of Barcelona in the hands of the Bourbon troops under the Duke of Berwick during the War of Spanish Succession on September 11th, 1714, after fourteen months of siege.

Institutions and political parties traditionally made floral offerings to the monuments of Rafael Casanova (Ronda Sant Pere 51, metro Urquinaona, check Barcelona Metro map here) and Josep Moragues, both in Barcelona and the rest of Catalonia.

Since 2003, the main festivity is holded in Ciutadella Park (click here for Public transportation information in Barcelona). On this festivity, music, catalan personalities and thousands of citizens meet to celebrate and enjoy this very special date.

During the celebration, the most relevant icons: la Senyera (Catalan flag) can be usually seen everywhere and specially hanging from balconies and the Catalonian National anthem “Els Segadors” can be usually heard as it is commonly played to exalt the Catalan feeling.

First of all, we should start with a brief introduction to what Castellers are and the basic terminology. As this is a catalan tradition, all the terminology is in Catalan, although I will include the English transaction between brackets.

Basically a castell (castle) consists of a human tower with can have up to ten levels high. [...]]]>

First of all, we should start with a brief introduction to what Castellers are and the basic terminology. As this is a catalan tradition, all the terminology is in Catalan, although I will include the English transaction between brackets.

Basically a castell (castle) consists of a human tower with can have up to ten levels high. These castells (castle) are built during town festivals. At these festivals, different colles castelleres (teams) compete to build the most impressive castell. These colles castelleres dress up in traditional catalan costumes.

Barcelona’s colla castellera (team of castle builders) is Castellers de Barcelona and this year they celebrate their 40th anniversary. In order to celebrate such an important event, they have organized two diades castelleres (days where these castles are built, normally on a sunday).

First diada castellera:

Date: 20th of June
Venue: Plaça de Sant Jaume (city centre)
Time: 20h
Metro: Jaume I (L4 – yellow line)

Second diada castellera:

Date: 21st of June
Venue: Plaça de Sant Jaume (city centre)
Time: 12h
Metro: Jaume I (L4 – yellow line)

This is one of the most important catalan traditions so if you are in town on the 20th or 21st of June, I strongly recommend that you don’t miss it as it is a great event and you will definitely enjoy it.

For third year in a row, the Portuguese Consulate General in Barcelona is organizing a Portuguese Cultural week in Barcelona. This is a great oportunity to get to know all what Portugal has to offer.

This event is called “Portugal Convida” (Portugal invites you) and will take place from the 8th to the 14th of June. [...]]]>

For third year in a row, the Portuguese Consulate General in Barcelona is organizing a Portuguese Cultural week in Barcelona. This is a great oportunity to get to know all what Portugal has to offer.

This event is called “Portugal Convida” (Portugal invites you) and will take place from the 8th to the 14th of June. This year’s event includes cinema, wine tasting, live music, debates, …

Click here for details regarding events and timetable. The only problem is that the website is just in Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese, no English, although you can only use the Google translation tool to translate the website into English.

WILCO Thursday 4 June ( 21.00h) – L´Auditori from 42 to €50 SARA TAVARES Friday 5 June ( 21.00h) – L´Auditori Sala 2 €24 KEE MARCELLO BAND (Europe) featuring Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions) Thursday 10 June ( 21.00h) – Bikini €28 MANOS DE TOPO Thursday [...]]]>
The 20 Barcelona Guitar Festival is getting to its end, however there are still few performances in June:

WILCO
Thursday 4 June ( 21.00h) – L´Auditori
from 42 to €50
SARA TAVARES
Friday 5 June ( 21.00h) – L´Auditori Sala 2
€24
KEE MARCELLO BAND (Europe) featuring Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions)
Thursday 10 June ( 21.00h) – Bikini
€28
MANOS DE TOPO
Thursday 12 June ( 21.30h) – L´Auditori Sala 2
€16
VICENTE AMIGO
Thursday 18 June ( 21.00h) – Palau de la Música Catalana
from 20 to €48

Click here for full programme and further details.

* Many thanks to Robin Mitchell for this fantastic picture.