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Nothing is impossible - Mago PopA show full of emotion, fun and surprises, which takes place with great sensitivity and sense of rhythm. Antonio Díaz, The Mago Pop, again demonstrates that when he is on stage, nothing is impossible. After taking his magic to more than 150 countries with his programs on the DMAX channel, he became the highest grossing illusionist in Europe. Even Stephen Hawking himself was impressed with one of his games. "I don't understand how he can do what he does," he said.

Magic Nights in Casa BatllóThe Magic Nights at the Casa Batlló in its 10th edition offers different types of live music (pop, rock, jazz, blues, flamenco ... in the booking calendar the musical style is indicated and the band or artist who perform every day) and drinks outdoors on the terrace in one of the most emblematic modernist buildings of Barcelona.

Cruïlla XXS: less is moreThis year's Summer Cruïlla Festival could not be held, but the organizers have not limited themselves to preparing for the 2021 edition, but have worked hard to give us a Cruïlla this year. Another Cruïlla, adapted to the circumstances. They have called it Cruïlla XXS, and it is based on the philosophy less is more, although it seems contradictory: less poster, more artists; fewer people, closer; fewer stages, more spaces; fewer hours, more days.

Grec Festival of BarcelonaEl Grec de Barcelona is a festival of theater, dance, music, circus and cinema, with a long tradition (this year marks the 44th edition). It is not only the main cultural attraction of the Barcelona summer, but also a reference in the European calendar of festivals. This year's Grec has been reinvented to face an edition that is being held in difficult conditions. Local creation will be the protagonist, although they will not lose sight of international talent. In addition, they have opened the door to new stage formats and new ways of reaching the public, and there will be a single price for all shows. Everything will be carried out following strict security measures that will be constantly audited. This year's opening will be a tribute to health and other workers in essential areas who have fought on the front line in the difficult moments of the pandemic.

Encants Vells - La Fira de BellcaireThe most important outdoor market in Barcelona has returned, but it has returned, of course, in de-escalation mode. New schedule and new access conditions.

Two CaixaForum exhibitions and one from the CCCB, which were already open to the public before the great cancellation and confinement, can now be visited again or in the coming days. And it is official that Formula 1 will start engines on July 3 in Austria and will arrive in Barcelona on August 14.

Festival Primera PersonaThe Primera Persona festival receives that name because it brings together creators from different artistic disciplines who base their work on their own life experience. There are two days of live autobiography: tragicomic monologues, pop music, theater and narrative. In a normal situation, the CCCB would be holding the ninth edition of the Primera Persona festival, but this year we will have to wait. While we are in standby mode, they have prepared an appetizer of their life stories, which they will broadcast online: a First Person Indoors. In this special edition they will have two exceptional guests: the New Yorker journalist Jia Tolentino and the writer and novelist Rachel Cusk.

DocsBarcelona FestivalThe Barcelona International Documentary Film Festival, known as DocsBarcelona, ​​is a film festival dedicated to the documentary genre. It is made up of competitive international sections and non-competitive sections. This festival brings together professionals from all over the world every year and offers conferences of interest to the documentary sector. DocsBarcelona maintains its sections and activities in an online edition that reaches all of Spain through FILMIN. The programming of this 23rd edition in the midst of the state of alarm, is made up of 35 documentaries from 22 countries, and includes the latest works of Ai Weiwei (Alive), Helena Třeštíková (Forman vs. Forman) and Anders Østergaard (Winter Journey).

Primavera Sound was postponed to August this year and Sónar Barcelona and Sónar + D had kept the dates ... until a few days ago, when the organization announced the cancellation of the festival and the congress in 2020. Also recently the Primavera Sound has decided to cancel. Thus, the two great music festivals in Barcelona will not be held this year.

The Gran Teatre del Liceu sings the "Nessun Dorma" to open the way to hopeThe creative director Igor Cortadellas has created a spectacular and sensitive multi-screen video that includes the participation of the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of the Gran Teatro del Liceu, the choir director Conxita Garcia, the tenor from the Canary Islands Jorge de León and the musical direction of the maestro Josep Pons. For the creation of this work, many hours of videoconference with the 142 participating artists were necessary. The result: a beautiful and communal experiment that also becomes a tribute to the bright Barcelona.