St. John's Night

June 23 and 24

The Night of San Juan, the verbena, the night of the firecrackers, the bonfires and the coca (of San Juan), a Christian holiday of pagan origin with bonfires, fireworks and firecrackers. Although celebrated the night of 23rd to 24th of June, it is associated with the summer solstice (June 21) and pagan rites, with bonfires, sought to increase the power of the sun on its way to the winter solstice. The fire, in turn, was serving as a purifying function in people who watched it. If you see a fire, stop and look at it Gratuito / Gratuïta / Free

St. John's Night

Pride Barcelona

From June 28 to July 9

Barcelona hosts every summer and since 2008, the main celebration of gay pride of the Mediterranean to which more than 250,000 people attend every year. The Pride Barcelona is an event both festive and demanding in favor of the rights of the collective LGTBI (this year's edition revolves around the LGTBIfobia in the world of sports) and offers a careful selection of activities: lectures, seminars, films, exhibitions, shows ... and during the night, nightclubs, discos and saunas of the city celebrate special celebrations.

Sala Montjuïc

From June 30 to August 4

The open-air cinema Sala Montjuïc is one of the benchmarks of Barcelona's summer cultural program. One of the keys of the proposal is the combination of original version cinema in big screen, live music and the possibility of dining outdoors in an environment like the moat of the Castle of Montjuïc. "La próxima piel" by Isaki Lacuesta and Isa Campo, will inaugurate this year's edition. The program is completed with a selection of recent international successes such as "La La Land" or "The Hateful Eight", classics, and a cinema-concert experience with Buster Keaton's "The Machinist of the General" and musicians of the Orchestra Simfònica del Vallès.

Sala Montjuïc


Nits amb Ritme

From June 23 to July 28 (dates confirmed by the time)

Every Friday in the summer the Casa de les Punxes offers a musical performance of jazz, fusion-jazz and other rhythms on the roof of this emblematic modernist building. The price of the entrance includes the free visit to the roof and its towers, the live musical performance, a glass of cava and two "montaditos". Nits amb Ritme begins his walk the verbena of San Juan with the group of Mariana Amaral Bossa nova - samba - jazz at 21:30h.

Nits amb Ritme

Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus

Until September 25

This exhibition pays tribute to Allan Sekula, a photographer who had a close relationship with the post-Olympic Barcelona, ​​a city that fascinated him as a case study. The maritime condition of Barcelona made the artist include it in the story of a globalization where appear cities such as Los Angeles, Athens, Bilbao, Rotterdam or Tokyo.

Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus

 
 

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