Christmas Festival at Plaza de Catalunya

The Plaza de Catalunya, in the heart of Barcelona, becomes as usual in recent years, a stage where there will be activities for all ages. There will be family proposals, concerts, street arts and shows.

This Christmas, you can see 25 cultural projects of various artistic disciplines, of which 14 are premieres in Barcelona. The events are grouped into 4 categories and each category will be deployed mainly at one time of the day:

• Music
• Theater
• Dance
• Street circus

Mornings with the family, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.

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In the morning we will be able to see the show Estaciones de Navidad, created by four well-known Catalan companies: Cuatro manos, Escarlata, Companyia Ortiga, Xavier Bobés and Les Pinyes. The show consists of four small-format stage pieces that are performed simultaneously in a small space and will be repeated several times during the morning. The morning program will close with a concert by Ambauka.

• Christmas Seasons: from December 21 to 24, and from December 27 to 30, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
• Peti qui peti (Ambauka): from December 21 to 24, and from December 27 to 30, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

Circus and dance evenings, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

In this time slot, dance and circus will be the protagonists. Plaza Catalunya will be filled with international figures performing for the first time in Barcelona, such as Luuk Brantjes or the companies Adhok and La Migration; and renowned Catalan companies, such as Bucraá Circus or Circ Pistolet; and local companies, such as Elelei or Big Bouncers, which will offer lighthearted and participatory proposals.

PLAY! by Ual-la

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PLAY! is an invitation to permanent play and creative exploration without limits. In this show, the artists put in relation disparate elements, without concrete sense. With balls, chalk, notebooks, combs and plastic bags, this duo mixes genres such as hip-hop, spoken word and bossa nova. Music and comedy for all audiences.

• Days: from December 20 to 24, and from December 27 to 30.
• Hours: from 5:00 pm to 5:15 pm and from 6:00 pm to 6:15 pm.

The dogs, by Led Silhouette + Marcos Morau

Under the artistic direction of Marcos Morau, the Navarrese dance company Led Silhouette uses the body and movement as engines to explore the limits of human endurance. Los Perros is an energetic and transformative piece, a passionate dance based on repetition and catharsis: dance to exhaustion, bark until the last breath, that is, live until you drop.

• Days: from December 20 to 21.
• Hours: from 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm.

Immortels: Le Nid, by Adhok

This theater and dance show for all audiences shows us the passage from childhood to the first stage of adulthood, when we leave behind the protective nest of the family. A group of young people between twenty and thirty years old stage their concerns in a nest, a poetic space conducive to metaphor, under the optics of humor, poetry and hope.

• Days: December 20, 21, 27 and 28.
• Hours: from 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm.

A peu de carrer, by Circ Pistolet

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A peu de carrer is the proposal of Circ Pistolet, a group with more than fifteen years of experience. A lively and itinerant show starting and ending at Plaça de Catalunya, in which humor and acrobatics will be fundamental parts.

• Days: December 22nd.
• Hours: from 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm.

Too Much, by Elelei Company

Too much is a multidisciplinary and participative show that, through dance, theater and acrobatics, questions the roles of power that hide behind good intentions. A fresh and funny show, intense and human, to the rhythm of swing, drum'n'bass and a ledzeppelinian guitar.

• Days: December 22nd.
• Hours: from 6:15 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The great end, by Bucraá Circus

The great end is a tragicomedy that explains the reunion of two clowns who had to separate as a result of the outbreak of a civil war in the middle of a performance. Now, after more than thirty years, they meet again and decide to finish their performance. A tribute to the clown's profession, an endearing and exciting show for all audiences.

• Days: December 23rd and 24th.
• Hours: from 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm.

Into Thin Air, by Panama Pictures

The Dutch company Panama Pictures proposes a show between circus, dance and performance. Trapped on an inclined staircase, three performers float in space. One moment they are about to slip and the next they regain their balance. Until gravity breaks and their bodies are dragged upwards.

• Days: December 23rd and 24th.
• Hours: from 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm.

SILVER, from Col-lectiu Big Bouncers

A proposal to explore concepts such as contagion, affectation, expansion and transformation of what we perceive. A fresh and participative piece that will focus on the body and movement.

• Days: December 27th and 28th.
• Hours: from 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm.

Landscape(s)#1, by Compagnie La Migration

The company La Migration arrives for the first time in Barcelona with Landscape(s)#1, a circus proposal that invites to reflect on the relationship between the human being and the landscape. This show combines acrobatics, music and visual arts, using a kinetic structure called "double rotating wire" that merges with the natural scenery.

• Days: December 27 and 28.
• Hours: 6:15 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

L O N E, by Luuk Brantjes

L O N E is a contemporary solo circus piece that explores the fine line between being alone and feeling alone. Luuk Brantjes, an international circus figure, challenges the limits of the scale, an intense, demanding and spectacular acrobatic discipline. A unique opportunity to see this exceptional artist.

• Days: December 29th and 30th.
• Hours: from 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm.

Moving mountains, by Alberto Velasco

After his passage through the GREC Festival 2017 with Dance to Death, Alberto Velasco invokes, in this dance and theater performance, the first emotion of what we now call folklore from a non-normative body, queer identity and a contemporary consciousness.

• Days: December 29th and 30th.
• Hours: from 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm.

Music, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

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In the musical offer of this year's edition of the Christmas Festival in Plaza Catalunya there will be a generous selection of Catalan artists or residents in Catalonia, along with female voices and varied styles that will capture the attention of all audiences. From the stage will come modern rhythms, groove and electronica, jazz, folk and even traditional lullabies.

• Arraitz, from Alidé Sans: powerful and soulful voice from the Aran Valley, presents his project Arraïtz, which means root in the Aranese variant of Occitan (December 20, 21, 27 and 28, from 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm).
• El patio - Version EXIT, by Juan Carlos Panduro: after presenting El patio (work in progress) last season, Juan Carlos Panduro returns to Barcelona to offer us the second part of this interdisciplinary piece of poetry and circus (December 20-23 and December 26-30, 7:45-8:00 pm).
• Lo Puro, by Hirahi Afonso: Hirahi Afonso's fingers create melodies that fuse tradition and modernity with an instrument he has mastered since he was five years old: the timple (December 22 and 23, from 7:00 to 7:45 p.m.).
• Udolç, by Alba Careta and Henrio: a musical journey in which Alba Careta, trumpeter and jazz singer, and Henrio, singer-songwriter and producer, bring us the oral tradition with a selection of lullabies kept in the Càntut archive (December 24, 27, from 7:00 to 7:45 pm).
• Carla Collado: intimacy and critical thinking. An excellent opportunity to discover this delicate and forceful proposal, with a poetic but vindictive message (December 25 and 26, from 7pm to 7:45pm).
• Carlos Sarduy & The Groove Messengers: a musical journey through the soul of groove. A great opportunity to enjoy this multifaceted artist who has worked with great names such as Chucho Valdés, Steve Coleman or Concha Buika (December 28 from 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm).
• Crisàlide, by Sergi Carbonell: six intimate and reflective songs in quartet format. Carbonell will offer us a poetic universe of delicate sounds that merge with love lyrics (December 29 and 30, from 7:00 to 7:45 pm).

Spectacular evenings, starting at 8:00 p.m.

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At 8:00 pm it will be the turn of Animal Religion. Acrobatics and their show Natal. Trapeze, singing, dance and electronic music will be the stars of Christmas nights. Music and circus to explore a sky full of stars.

Days: every day except December 24.

Parallel activities

The fair of responsible consumption and social and solidarity economy.

10th edition of the responsible consumption fair, where you will find handicraft products, clothing and textile accessories, culture, books, packaged food, cosmetics, toys and other gift products.

Hours and days

From December 19 to 29 (except January 25 and 26), from 11:00 am to 8:30 pm (on 19 and 20, it will open at 4:00 pm; and on 24, it will close at 6:00 pm).