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Second edition of this night experience that transports us to a winter night of the last century at Casa Batlló. The experience combines a story full of tenderness, amazing audiovisual proposals and scenery that will surprise you.

A 1.5 km long circular route and millions of points of light. Sets of Christmas lights, illuminated vegetation and creative light figures to create one of the best experiences this Christmas.

Manga Barcelona is the most important event in Barcelona dedicated to manga, anime, cosplay and Japanese culture in general. In addition to the exhibitors, Manga Barcelona organizes many activities. In the 30th edition of MANGA BARCELONA great surprises and very diverse activities await you. This year will be highlighted by the visit of great mangakas, among them, the author Naoki Urasawa, the guest of honor, who has also created the poster for this year's edition. His creativity has given rise to extraordinary works that have won major national and international awards. Mythical characters from his most important works (YAWARA!, MONSTER, Happy!, Billy Bat and 20th Century Boys) appear in the poster together with the Sagrada Familia.

Jules Verne 200 has had its world premiere in Barcelona, at the IDEAL Digital Arts Center. It is the most complete immersive exhibition that the IDEAL cultural center has organized to date: all the content is displayed in immersive rooms, in virtual reality and metaverse format, but also in traditional exhibition halls.

The most important architecture festival in the metropolitan area of Barcelona opens the doors of more than 200 buildings to promote a double reflection on what is important in architecture and what gives it value. The 15th edition of the festival will focus on the exploration of seven basic characteristics that should be deployed when designing a space: luminosity, solidity, location, orientation, beauty, functionality, comfort.

Dario Regattieri presents Forever Van Gogh, an immersive theatrical work of a genius of painting at the Teatro Apolo in Barcelona. It is a unique project with music by Ara Malikian, written and directed by the literary genius Ignasi Vidal. Forever Van Gogh fuses dance, music, theater and new technologies to offer a memorable experience based on the paintings of the Dutch painter.

Caribou, Dan Snaith's musical project, will celebrate the release of his new album Honey with a free pop-up party at Nitsa Club, part of Nitsa Club's 30th anniversary celebrations, in collaboration with Primavera Sound.

The Festival of La Barceloneta is celebrated around September 29, the day of San Miguel, and combines tradition and culture of the seaside neighborhood. Highlights include sardana auditions, singing habaneras on the beach, correfocs, and parades with the giants Pep Barceló and María la Nieta. The famous "pasacalle del cañón" is very popular among children, as a cannon shoots candy. In addition, the neighbors decorate some streets and organize activities such as music and dances. The festival is a reflection of the historical identity of La Barceloneta.

During the second half of September, Barcelona celebrates every year "La Mercè", that is, its Fiesta Mayor. A Fiesta Mayor that we could define as a festival of festivals, multitudinous and popular, which in one week brings together between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000,000 people in different public spaces of the city, to follow and enjoy the many cultural, artistic and festive activities. This year's town crier will be the illustrator, painter and sculptor Carme Solé Vendrell and the guest city will be Casablanca. If you want to participate in the race of La Mercè, remember that it is held a few days before the official start of the festival. Don't miss the International Pyrotechnic Festival, which promises to be a unique and dazzling spectacle involving the latest technology and, of course, the Piromusical, which this year will feature a soundtrack selected by Rosalía.

The Sitges Film Festival was born in 1968 under the name of the 1st International Week of Horror and Fantastic Cinema, and is considered the first fantastic film festival in the world. They are ten days of essential visit, not only for film lovers, but for the public who want to know the new trends and technologies applied to cinema, and the audiovisual world in general. At this year's edition we will be able to see the latest works by renowned filmmakers like Steven Soderbergh, Coralie Fargeat, Alexandre Aja and Asif Kapadia, among others, to be enjoyed at the theaters of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Genre fans will be able to delight in an impressive selection of horror, science fiction and fantastic films. This year promises to be unforgettable for fans.