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  Sant Medir Festival

  Every March, the children of Barcelona enjoy one of the "sweetest" festivals of the city. The streets and squares of the charming district of Gràcia become a festival of sweets, bands and horse carriages. This is the Sant Medir Festival and according to tradition originates from the Saint who lived in the year 303 in Barcelona under the Roman rule of Diocletian, who intensely persecuted Christians. According to legend, Sant Medir's beans grew immediately after they were planted and for this he was taken prisoner. A hermitage was built where the Saint lived to mark the starting point of the pilgrimage. In 1830, a baker from the district of Gràcia made a pilgrimage to the hermitage on his Saint's Day to thank the Saint for a honoured promise. Today, this pilgrimage has become a popular tradition with the participation of "colles" from the districts of Gràcia, Sarrià and Sants. Each year,

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  Jamboree

  It dates back to over half a century and can boast that it offers live music 356 days a year. The Sala Jamboree is the Barcelona temple of jazz par excellence, where great legends and young promises of jazz have played. Figures like Bill Coleman, Kenny Drew, Chet Baker, Ponny Poindexter, Art Farmer, Lou Bennet, Stéphan Grappelli, Kenny Clarke, Cecil Taylor, Elvin Jones, Steve Grossman and Al FosGordon have all been on stage.
  
  All styles are represented, from vanguard to Dixieland passing through bop, fusion, vocal jazz, mainstream, nu-jazz, tango-jazz, flamenco jazz and Latin jazz, without forgetting other Afroamerican styles such as blues and gospel.
  
  This venue is a cultural benchmark of Barcelona, which won the Gold Medal of the city.

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  Pantalla Pavelló Film Series

  These summer nights in Barcelona fill once again with cinema through Pantalla Pavelló, a cycle projecting films directly onto the travertine of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion. The built environment and its boundaries become a stage for reflection on architecture, the city, and its inhabitants. An experience inviting contemplation of the cities we desire and the society we wish to build.
  
  6/7 - Los Tarantos by Francesc Rovira-Beleta
  3/8 - Costa Brava (Family Album) by Marta Balletbò-Coll
  7/9 - Sis dies corrents by Bong Joon-ho

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  Dansa Metropolitana

  Quinzena Metropolitana the dance festival which will display all styles and genres to a potential audience of 5 million people. The festival will take place all over the metropolitan area of Barcelona, covering the municipalities of Barcelona, Badalona, Santa Coloma, L'Hospitalet, Cornellà, Espluges and others. Programmed in theaters, but also in streets, squares and subway stations, dance at its finest now has a festival that includes classic and contemporary dance, hip hop, jazz, traditional dance and any other style.

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  Museu Endins

  Come and see the collections and the restoration workshops with the professionals that look after them! On the 7th March, seventeen museums of Barcelona will open the areas that are normally restricted to the public, to show the work done by professionals who work there. Take a close look at the collections and discover a new way of viewing works of art, in the company of guides, curators, and directors.

  Advance booking is essential.

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  Sant Jordi 2026

  This is one of the most keenly anticipated and widely celebrated Catalan public holidays. According to the traditional tale, Sant Jordi (Saint George) killed the dragon that used to live in Montblanc where it terrorized the local population, thus saving the king's daughter from certain death. Legend has it that a beautiful rose bush sprang up in the spot where the dragon's blood was spilled. From the 18th century onward, the Sant Jordi festival became widely identified as a Catalan 'fiesta' which these days arouses great popular, civic and cultural passion. On Sant Jordi's Day, lovers exchange a rose and a book and every town and city in Catalonia is filled with stalls set up to sell both.
  
  

  
  

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  Grec Festival de Barcelona

  The Grec Festival of Barcelona is one of the city's major cultural highlights of the summer, turning Barcelona each year into an open stage for contemporary performing arts. This year, the festival celebrates its 50th edition, marking half a century of consolidating itself as a leading platform for creation, innovation and cultural dialogue. With its epicentre at the Teatre Grec de Montjuïc, the festival presents a diverse programme including theatre, dance, music, circus and hybrid performances, featuring local, national and international creators.

  Grec champions contemporary creation, dialogue between disciplines and the reinterpretation of great classical narratives from a modern perspective. Beyond Montjuïc, the festival spreads across various venues and cultural spaces throughout the city, strengthening the connection between culture and place. With an open, critical and plural outlook, the Grec Festival invites audiences to experience Barcelona's summer nights through culture, reflection and shared emotion.

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  Barcelona Cultural District

  10 districts, 34 venues, five disciplines. The Barcelona Cultural District is a circuit of professional performances but also a program of artistic community project creation. Culture is brought to your doorstep but citizens themselves can also become active cultural agents. Music, theater, dance, circus and audiovisual displays by a wide variety of artists (professionals and amateurs alike) invade city spaces. Other free of charge activities also take place at the same time, such as workshops and talks.

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  Planeta Titella 16th Puppet Festival at Poble Espanyol

  Planeta Titella, the 16th edition of the Puppet Festival at Poble Espanyol, transforms the venue into a large open-air stage devoted to the art of visual theatre. Over two days, 11 companies present 51 performances across 12 different spaces, with a programme featuring giant and string puppets, object theatre, Chinese shadows and roaming shows.
  The programme combines tradition and contemporary approaches, with indoor and street performances that explore new stage languages and highlight the expressive power of puppetry. The festival also includes a public vote to recognise the best show, consolidating its position as a key event in the cultural calendar dedicated to family performing arts.

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  Festival de Jazz de Barcelona 2026

  The Barcelona Jazz Festival, Now in its 60th year, has become one of the world's leading jazz festivals as a result of its carefully curated roster of talents and an attractive line-up that is always full of new initiatives. This year, it will be bringing more than 50 concerts and activities, including master classes, talks and meetings with the performers, so you can enjoy the finest in jazz and great music.
  
  This year's venues, the Palau de la Música Catalana, L'Auditori and the Sala Paral·lel 62, will be bringing you performers of the calibre of Van Morrison, Andrea Motis and Pat Metheny.