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The International Vintage Car Rally Barcelona-Sitges, which this year reaches its 65th edition, began its journey in 1959. It is planned as a race although, of course, the important thing is to participate and aesthetics is valued more than speed : both the driver and the occupants must wear period costumes.

The new edition of Futura will pay special attention to the incorporation of students into the labor market. The event will bring together 50 exhibitors, including public and private universities, business schools and training centers that will present their offer of titles for the 2022-23 academic year. The 17th edition of Futura returns with the aim of continuing to promote specialization among post-university students and contributing to improving their rate of job placement.

The Americana is an essential festival where you can see films that usually do not reach our screens. The festival will begin at the Phenomena theater on March 7 and will continue at the Cinemes Girona and at the Zumzeig from March 8 to 12. The inaugural film will come to Americana after having won the Golden Lion for best film at the last Venice festival, we are talking about Beauty and Pain, nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature. The star guest will be director Todd Solondz, who is coming to Barcelona to present a complete retrospective of his filmography at the Filmoteca from February 28 to March 15.

Fourth edition of the Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival, the first festival organized by the three great musical institutions of Barcelona. The Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival will offer concerts in the three aforementioned venues with big names of the national and international scene, master classes of various instruments, and free concerts in different spaces of Barcelona.

The popular imagery of Barcelona takes to the streets of the old town of Barcelona. Giants, bigheaded, the Eagle.... You can also attend correfocs, castellers, sardana dancing, concerts of gralles, bastonaires, esbarts dancers for children and youth, a meeting of drummers, and much more. During the Santa Eulàlia Festival, many museums and cultural spaces are also open free of charge, and there is an open day at the Barcelona City Hall.

Mummies from Egypt explores, through a collection of objects from the British Museum, the idea of mummification and analyzes the testimony of six people who lived in ancient Egypt. The exhibition features six mummies from people who lived between 800 and 150 BC. C. in Egypt and reveals, from a pioneering non-invasive technology, the discoveries made in these mummies.

The 12th edition of the festival focuses on how the climate crisis has changed our relationship with energy. The proposals for this edition propose new energetically self-sufficient post-carbon urban icons, such as the work Another Moon by the Korean collective Kimchi and Chips, in which a "second moon", drawn by lasers powered solely by solar energy, will float over the Central Park of Poblenou ; or We Harvest Wind by the Dutchman Thijs Biersteker, an interactive kinetic sculpture powered by wind forces that summons the air.

ISE brings us every year the leading companies in the industry of systems integration and audiovisual, with special attention to sectors such as education, retail or events. At ISE, new technologies are presented and a conference program is offered. In addition, you can attend keynote sessions (keynotes) where you can learn about new services, products and software.

The 2023 Festival Tradicionàrius will start as usual at 8:30 pm with the parade from Plaça de la Vila at the CAT. The percussion group Kabum and the grallers of the Col-lectiu Guirigrall will be in charge of animating the event. Then, in the auditorium of the CAT Tradicionàrius, will take place the inaugural concert, Jordi Fàbregas DO.

The Three Kings Parade is the most anticipated children's event of the year. On the night of January 5, a great parade is organized through the streets of Barcelona with the Three Kings of the Orient, who are accompanied by a large retinue of pages, letter carriers, floats and troupes of artistic companies, and other groups. Lights, color, fun, excitement without limits and... tons of candy.