The Festival Pedralbes of Barcelona is a summer outdoor music festival held in an unique place: the gardens of Palau Reial de Pedralbes. This is a place full of history where romance, excitement and mystery can be found. The Festival of Pedralbes always looks for great names of the international and national scene for its main stage and, on most days, offers us a previous concert in the enchanting scenery Village, where you can enjoy the music of emerging artists. This year's edition of the Pedralbes Festival features artists such as the singer Mariah Carey, Woody Allen, who returns to Barcelona, Kraftwerk, who brings us his 3D show, Gary Clark Jr. for rock and blues lovers, and the Beach Boys, who continue surfing the waves around the world.
Casa Amatller + chocolate tasting
This unique building of Passeig de Gràcia was the residence of the chocolatier entrepeneur Antoni Amatller Costa (1851-1910), who traveled throughout Europe visiting chocolate factories and inherited the family business from his father and uncle before turning 25. Now, in addition to visiting the Casa Amatller you can taste its legendary chocolate at the end of your visit. A visit in which you will see knights and dragons and other mythical characters on the facade, and in which you can explore with an audio guide the majestic doors of the stately bedrooms with allegorical sculptures, the dining room, the dressing rooms and bathrooms, the music room and a room next to the kitchen.
Fifteenth edition of the World Press Photo the exhibition of the photographs which have received this prestigious international award for photojournalism. This photo exhibition, held at the CCCB, presents the award winning images of the 2019 edition. The exhibition is considered worldwide as the most important in the field of photojournalism and is known for the quality of their photographs, as well as the debate and criticism generated by each exposed work. The winning picture this year is "Crying Girl on the Border" by John Moore (USA).
The creative cluster Palo Alto Barcelona will host during the months of April, May and June three free sessions of silent films, made in collaboration with the director and scriptwriter David Trueba (Madrid, 1969) and musicalized by the collective Visual Phonic. For this first edition of MUT Palo Alto, the filmmaker has selected three great films from the 20s of the 20th century: "Sherlock, Jr.", by Buster Keaton; "The Freshman", by Harold Lloyd, and "The enemy of the blondes", by Alfred Hitchcock. After the session there will be vermouth for all attendees.
Art Photo Bcn is a photography festival specialized in promoting the inclusion of new creative values in the professional artistic circuit. In this festival they propose a multiple event with a double objective: to make known and strengthen the work of emerging photographers and galleries, and to make available to the public of Barcelona the most current photography. The main section of the 6th edition of the festival will be the emerging photography fair again, but Art Photo Bcn offers attendees other sections. Most festival activities will take place from May 3 to 5 at the Center Arts Santa Mònica.
In addition to show all kinds of products, materials and novelties related to the disciplines of 'Do it Yourself' (DIY), the Handmade Festival Barcelona offers to the visitors more than 300 activities and experiences to promote entertainment with a social vocation. Thread the needle, fold the paper, tighten the screw, cut the wood and savor a sweet or savory top.
Poblenou Urban District organizes the 7th edition of the Open Day, an open day with a program of multidisciplinary activities for all audiences. Activities around art, gastronomy, innovation and music thanks to the more than 80 associated cultural and commercial spaces. The Open Day represents a unique opportunity to see some spaces that are closed to the public and to learn about new disciplines of the business and socio-cultural fabric of Poblenou, one of the most creative quarters in Barcelona.
