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ContentsNovember 2013

14 OutletsLast season’s stock at bargain prices!

08 FeatureThe best outlets in the city.

14 Food and drinkYoung chefs making their mark.

20 ShoppingColmillo de Morsa brings together young fashion talents.

22 Around townGaudí’s Torre Bellesguard.

24 ArtsThe Voll-Damm Barcelona Jazz Festival is here!

26 NightlifeThe city’s newest nightclub.

29 Listings

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ART FAIRForty painters display their work in two squares: Plaça del Pi and Plaça Sant Josep Oriol. See p.37

INTERNATIONAL GT OPENThe roar of engines you hear in the distance is the Montmeló bike racing. See p.41

TUBS & TUBESFamily concert at the Auditori: tubas and other ‘tubes’ play music from around the world.See p.44.

DANSA ARA CYCLEAndrés Corchero performs today in La Pedrera’s programme of contemporary dance. See p.36

MIDNIGHT CALLGet to Sala Apolo for funk, disco and the best music of the ’70s and ’80s with an electronic edge. See p.43.

CURSA DE LA DONABarcelona’s Women’s Race raises breast cancer awareness. See p.42

45th BCN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVALIsraeli double bassist Avishai Cohen plays live.See p.47

WILLIAM TELLThe Gran Teatre Liceu offers a version of Rossini’s opera suitable for the whole family. See p.48

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTHThe Swedish singer-songwriter is a highlight of the Voll-Damm Jazz Festival. See p.49

Monthly plannerGet out your diaries! We present just a handful of the cultural highlights of the month ahead.


The Hot Seat

How did you end up in Barcelona?I’d been told that there was a great course at La Massana [Barcelona’s Art and Design School], and when I saw the old La Llotja building, I thought it was so beautiful that I stayed here for six months making lithographs. I fell in love with the city. I was a painter, but I soon realised it was hard to make a living from art.You went from artistic ideals to the reality of corporate commissions. I was a fi gurative artist by nature, and all the art here was abstract. I became a designer to pay the rent. I didn’t know you could make as living as an illustrator, but I got published in Germany, and Coca-Cola Australia commissioned a poster.Is it essential to have a readily identifi able style?It’s been very useful. But you have to be careful: sometimes clients just ask for more of the same. Luckily, I have clients who let me evolve.Your work has obvious links to

surrealism and magic realism. As a Colombian artist, was this inevitable?To a certain extent, yes, it’s all there, in our literature, our music and the children’s stories we grew up with. It’s in our genes. But I know others with different styles.If Colombia is colour, what is Barcelona?Sophisticated design, beautiful Modernista façades… Walking through the streets is a lesson in the history of design.Even near La Rambla, where you live?The architecture is beautiful, but it’s sad to see everything being turned into apartment hotels, and the old antiques shops converted into shops with neon lights. That depresses me.

39 years old. Painter & designer. Resident in BCN for 14 years.

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Catalina EstradaFor the Colombian designer, walking through Barcelona is a lesson in the history of design. By J. Bianciotto


Who said you can’t buy gold for the price of silver? In these straitened times, Barcelona has seen an explosion of outlets, offering top brands at discount prices. This is our guide to the most spectacular bargains. By: Marta Comas Photos: Maria Dias

HOME & DECORATIONSOLO OCASIONESWashing machines, refrigerators, dryers, dishwashers. This outlet specialises in white goods at jaw-dropping prices. Some items have small dents or scratches: the worse the mark, the bigger the discount. The price range is wide, but, to give an example, washing machines and fridges start from €150. All their appliances come with a standard two-year guarantee.Enamorats, 8

93 420 07 74

OUTLET DEL DESCANSIt’s two o’clock in the morning and the squeaking of your neighbours’ mattress is driving you round the bend. The solution? Send them to Outlet del Descans. The upstairs off enders will have no excuse – these outlets are all over Barcelona, and they work with top Spanish brands (Flex, Pikolin, Star) with discounts

between 10% and 70%.Aragó, 114 93 513 35 70València, 619 93 566 43 40 Gran de Sant Andreu, 237

93 346 79 41 www.outletdeldescans.com

GROUPE SEB FACTORY OUTLET Every electrical appliance you could possibly need to equip your home, at rock-bottom prices. They’re all from recognised brands such as Krups, Lagostina, Moulinex, Rowenta and Tefal. Irons, vacuum cleaners, toasters and liquidisers fi ll the display racks, with discounts from 20% to 70%.Av. Rio de Janeiro, 42 (Heron City)

93 353 04 25

LA MALLORQUINA OUTLETThis multi-brand chain has overstocks from previous seasons in their outlet, with discounts from 30% to 60%. Sheets and covers are their speciality. Gran Via, 669 bis 93 265 74 07 www.lamallorquina.com

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OUTLETPC Need a new PC? A printer, a hard drive, a scanner or a monitor? If you’re not looking for a specifi c model, and are happy to take what you fi nd, drop in at Outlet PC. Discounts can go as high as 50%, with new items on off er weekly. Ronda de Sant Antoni, 64

93 317 04 46 www.outlet-pc.es

MATERNITY & CHILDRENS’ CLOTHESBABY MARKET (PRENATAL OUTLET)Baby market has everything you need to kit your kids out from head to toe. Sizes range from 0 to 8 years, and you’ll also fi nd maternity clothes and a childcare section. All their stock comes from Prenatal’s previous seasons, with huge discounts that start at 30% and can reach 90%. Pi, 3 (Galeries Maldà)

93 302 10 95www.prenatal.es

EL PALACIO DEL BEBÉ OUTLET&MARKET You’ve been asked to be godparents and off ered to buy a pushchair – now you’ve seen the prices, you’re probably reeling. All is not lost: chances are you can still fi nd a bargain at Palacio del Bebé. Only part of the shop boasts outlet prices, but you’ll fi nd pushchairs and buggies up to 40% off . Gran Via, 643

93 317 93 52 www.palaciodelbebe.com

BÓBOLI OUT Children grow fast, and dressing them isn’t cheap, which is why a spot like this can come in so handy. Spanish kids label Bóboli makes comfortable, functional designs for day-to-day wear and special occasions alike. At their outlet, discounts on past seasons’ stock go from 40% up to 60%.

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Creu Coberta, 127 93 332 61 24 València, 654 93 265 34 05 www.boboli.es

CLOTHESMANGO 2 Fans of Isak Andic’s fashion empire will find bargains all year round at Mango 2. They discount 40% of the previous season’s price, and that includes bags and accessories as well. New stock arrives on a daily basis, so if you don’t strike lucky today, try again tomorrow. And during the sales, prices are even lower!Girona, 37

93 412 29 35www.mango.com

ETXART & PANNO STORE FACTORYInvited to a formal dinner? A wedding? This shop is for all the Cinderellas out there who don’t want to spend a fortune on a dress they’ll likely wear only once. The shop offers discounts of between 50% and 80% on the original price, which means you’ll find dresses from €50, and with a little luck, you can get shoes and a bag to match.Girona, 40 93 232 80 45www.etxartpanno.com

BURBERRY FACTORY SHOPFashion classics have their outlets too. British label Burberry offers a fair sample of last season’s collection in this large store with women’s, men’s and children’s departments, and discounts from 50% to 70%. Their speciality is definitely jackets, which you’ll find in every imaginable cut, texture and colour. If you fancy a classic Burberry raincoat, they’ve got them from €200.València, 640 93 247 61 78http.es.burberry.com

MONTANA Montana offers current-season sample items from well-known labels such as Custo, Miss Sixty, Ed Hardy

and Nolita: marked prices represent a discount of 50% on the original. As they’re samples, each item is a one-off, and sizes are always women’s 38 and 40 or men’s 42 .Girona, 41 93 317 73 87 París, 207 93 368 48 37Rec, 58 93 319 61 85Calvet, 58 93 200 40 60www.elchollomarcas.com

BODYSTOX To complete your outfit at outlet prices, you’ll need underwear too. The range of products stocked here is as wide as the range of labels: you’ll find socks, pyjamas, underpants, bras, slips and boxer shorts, as well as kids’ underwear.Av. Rio de Janeiro, 42 (Heron City)

93 354 72 50

SKUNKFUNK OUTLETUrban fashion that’s colourful, ecological and adaptable – that’s


Basque label Skunkfunk, which has an outlet in Barcelona’s city centre. The top floor stocks last season’s items with markdowns from 25% to 30%, but as the season fades into history, the price goes down too. On the lower floor, where you’ll find older items, the discounts are even juicier.Ronda de Sant Pere, 31

93 412 02 23 www.skunkfunk.com

ALMA-ZEN (DESIGUAL OUTLET)The fresh, original style of Barcelona label Desigual converts fashion lovers into fans wherever it travels. But it’s only at their two outlets – in Barcelona and outside town, at La Roca Shopping Village – that you’ll find discounts of 30% to 70%. New stock comes in on Wednesdays and Thursdays.Diputació, 313

93 272 00 66www.desigual.com

LEISUREOUTLET D’ESPORTSWhat used to be a specialist ski shop has become a multi-sport outlet, although the ski department is still the biggest and the most popular. Discounts go as high as 50%, and they also have a second-hand ski section.Berlín, 24

93 321 70 56 www.outletdesports.es

BIKELANDEverything on two wheels: city bikes, road bikes and, their speciality, BMX and dirt bikes. Another strength is technical bikewear, with discounts that can reach up to 80%.Diputació, 369

93 546 03 62 www.bikelandsl.com

LA GENERAL SURFERA OUTLET Barcelona’s surf fashion connoisseurs will undoubtedly know La General Surfera’s main shop (Balmes, 313) but may not have heard of their outlet nearby, where the previous season’s stock is on sale at half price.Brusi, 41

93 241 23 83www.lageneralsurfera.es

OUTLET MOTOWelcome to biker heaven, where you’ll find every imaginable motorcycle accessory with discounts of up to 85%. Not only can you get the previous season’s helmets, jackets and gloves from popular brands – HJC, AGV, Arai, Hebo – but you can also get amazing deals on the current season’s goods with discounts between 30% and 40%.Pallars, 65 93 502 51 44 www.outletmoto.com

OUTLET MUSICALThis unusual outlet has become a Mecca for the city’s musicians,

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thanks to its competitive prices and range of stock: guitars, basses, keyboards, drum kits, wind and string instruments, and professional sound equipment, with discounts of up to 85%. These low-cost models are those that have been discontinued, but all come with standard guarantees. The outlet is especially recommended if you’re looking for top or mid-range instruments (you’ll find discounts of around 60% in these categories).Sepúlveda, 102 93 237 16 00 www.outletmusical.net

ACCESSORIESVERMONT OUTLET & QUEROL OUTLET Finding a good pair of shoes that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg isn’t easy. So it’s worth knowing about these two outlets in the Heron City shopping centre that offer quality men’s, women’s and children’s

footwear with prices slashed by up to a whopping 70%.Av. Rio de Janeiro, 42 (Heron City)Vermont Outlet 93 354 10 80www.vermont.com.esQuerol Outlet

607 63 41 50www.querol.net

ÒPTIQUES TUTUSAUS Spectacles are high-fashion accessories these days. At Tutusaus’s outlets you’ll find an assortment of styles from previous seasons, including sunglasses, with prices up to 60% lower. They also offers lenses plus frames (from labels like DKNY and Carolina Herrera) for only €99, and if you’re happy with a non-designer brand, you can get yourself a pair for €79.Urgell, 264 93 410 78 93Còrsega, 671 93 456 22 01 Escudellers, 35-39

92 317 33 53www.opticastutusaus.com

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Restaurant GUTInternational Mediterranean and

vegetarian cuisine with organic products.Speciality: Thai mussels

Perill, 13 Tel. 931 866 360Closed Sunday lunchtime

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Three aces In the shadow of the big-name chefs with their Michelin stars and international reputations, three young cooks are making their mark. By Ricard Martín

Among chefs, a 33-year-old is a promising youngster. But a handful of genuinely youthful cooks are doing amazing things in Barcelona – and they’re not even out of their twenties. Antonio Romero Grandma’s cooking, simmering stockpots and all, has never looked as contemporary as it at Suculent. Antonio Romero, 26, from Nules in Valencia, was commissioned by tapas maestro and co-owner Carles Abellán to update the spirit of the classic Barcelona eating house. The young chef completed his culinary studies in Lleida, and in 2009 worked a stage at

El Bullí. When El Bullí was closed he worked with Juan Mari Arzak and in Valence (France), at the triple-starred Pic. That’s when he got the call from Abellán – and earlier this year he reached the finals of the Chef of the Year contest at the Girona Forum.

Sergio Humada At 28, this San Sebastián native is resident chef at Via Veneto, the Catalan temple to haute cuisine with a history going back almost 50 years. Humada is the son of Basque chef Juan Mari Humada, who among many other achievements won a Michelin star and became one of the fathers of

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modern Basque cuisine, a pioneer of pintxo-style tapas. His son has worked at Can Fabas, Mugaritz, and Celler de Can Roca. After travelling all over Spain, he touched down at the Hotel Alma in Barcelona, and found the freedom to develop his highly personal style. ‘When I’m allowed to do what I want, my Basque side comes out. Fish dishes, confits ... my cooking is based on a few ingredients carefully put together. And most of all, it’s to be enjoyed. I like giving everything an unexpected twist, to get the exact flavour I’m looking for.’ J. M. Rodríguez GuerolaTo have achieved as much as this young chef by the age of 28 is no mean feat. Guerola is bright, creative and 100% Catalan. Born in Sants – a Barcelona neighbourhood that boasts many a traditional cake shop – his fi rst contact with the world of baking was making torrijas at his grandparents’ weekend cottage. But it was as a 16-year-old working at

Miramar under Paco Pérez that he acquired a real passion for patisserie. There followed stages at Hofmann, Balaguer, Torreblanca and Fauchon, but he acknowledges Pérez as his mentor. La Pastisseria Barcelona, which he runs with his father, should be garnering the same media attention as a newly Michelin-starred restaurant. Guerola puts his philosophy into practice without contraints: ‘Lightness of touch, individual portions, always focusing on high-quality produce, a reasonable price point, and well-defi ned fl avours.’

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Tamarit, 91 T. 93 325 26 59. Around €20

The brains behind this new bodega is Albert Adrià, who only has to cross the road to enter his flagship restaurant / tapas experience Tickets. The Adrià name is a synonym for gastronomic innovation, and this bodega is no exception, while also remaining true to the dishes and flavours that reigned supreme in Barcelona eateries at the beginning of the 20th century, whether smoked, salted, pickled or charcoal-grilled. We started out with a delectable cruixent d’arròs (crunchy sheets of fried rice) followed by small and compact Tarragona white prawns and olives from Cala Montjoi – two bombs of flavour, one stuffed with anchovies, that would set the mealiest of mouths a-watering. To round out the meal we tried two of the latest menu additions. The bocadillo de calamares (a squid mini-baguette) is a take on the classic Madrileño snack, and could hold its head high in the Spanish capital, while the Gos de Tura is a Catalan version of the hot dog. –Daniel Vázquez Sallés

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A scrumptious salad made of fresh crunchy leaves, walnuts, hazelnuts and pine nuts, with papaya, mango and quince – and cheese too. –M.A

CAFÈ LES PUNXESDiagonal, 357 T. 666 616 776. Price: € 4.20

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Traditional CatalanAlba GranadosAlba París’s younger sister is all elegant simplicity: food with Basque roots and a focus on quality meat and fresh fish. It’s not cheap, but it’s worth every cent.Enric Granados, 34. 93 454 61 16. Provença (FGC). €30-€35.

Can CulleretesBarcelona’s oldest restaurant is still going strong. The Agut-Manubens family serve good Catalan cuisine at reasonable prices. Try their cannelloni with cod, roast gilt-head bream and escudella (a hearty Catalan stew). Quintana, 5. 93 317 64 85. Liceu (L3). €20-€35.

Lluís de les MolesA set lunch menu with a difference, on a side street off Plaça Catalunya. With so many dishes to choose from it feels like eating à la carte. Warning: it’s only available at midday, and drinks are not included. The potato and botifarra negra (black pudding) timbal is a classic.De les oles, 25. 93 317 58 66. Catalunya (L1, L3), Urquinaona (L4). €20-€25.

Pa i OliA traditional tavern offering great value for money. Always packed, with friendly staff. if you want traditional Catalan fare – including more intimidating offal dishes – this is the spot.Riera de Sant Miquel, 21. 93 218 96 33. Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC). €15-€20

SeafoodCala BlancaA Catalan seafood restaurant of the old school that’s ‘only’ been open since 2004: you’d think it had been around forever. The all-inclusive €24 set lunch is excellent value. A useful place to know. –R.M.DR.M. Trueta, 211. 93 221 07 79. Llacuna (L4). €20-€35.

Can MañoBarceloneta fisherman’s tavern where fresh fish is delivered, cooked and served in short order, fried or grilled with parsley, garlic and olive oil. Fill your boots for €20. Baluard, 12. 93 319 30 82. Barceloneta ( L4). €20-€35.

Can SoléOpen since 1903, this is one of the city’s best-established seafood restaurants, with a mouth-watering menu of rice and fideua noodle dishes. Their speciality is arròs caldos – rice in a rich stock: their own sublime take on this classic dish is made with Norwegian king crab. –R.M. Sant Carles, 4. 93 221 50 12. Barceloneta (L4). €35-€60.

Casa DaríoCasa Darío is a prime example of what a great Galician restaurant should look like. The menu is packed with the best Galician products, prepared simply and with respect. You’ll find top-notch seafood and the finest cuts of beef, but also unassuming, rural dishes like Tudela lettuce hearts, served as a simple but unbeatable salad. Consell de Cent, 256. 93 453 31 35. Universitat ( L1-L2). €35-€60.

CavamarThis is one of the select few restaurants with a terrace right on Barceloneta beach. Outstanding fish and rice dishes – especially those featuring lobster – and fantastic tataki, from Ibizan chef Jordi Mancheño. –M.A.Vila Joiosa, 52-54. 93 225 71 64. Barceloneta ( L4). €20-€35

Hot tables!Edited by Marcelo Aparicio

Our themed selection of the city’s best restaurants. By Marcelo Aparicio

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A perfect launch padBarcelona fashion label Colmillo de Morsa opens a new space in Gràcia, which is also a launch pad for some outstanding young designers. By Laia Beltran

Talent, drive, ambition, tenacity, self-confi dence: just a few of the qualities you need to launch an independent fashion label. And they’re qualities possessed in spades by designers Elisabet Vallecillo and Javier Blanco, who have turned their ready-to-wear label Colmillo de Morsa into something of a cult. Their rise has been short but spectacular: they’ve shown three collections at Madrid’s Ego Fashion Week, scooped a prize at the infl uential Who’s Next show in Paris, and secured points of sale in Moscow and Taipei. Their latest project is their recently opened boutique-studio-showroom in Gràcia. Palacio de Crystal, their autumn/winter collection, evokes Victorian conservatives of iron and

glass – hence the interplay of cut-outs and transparent fabrics in shorts, tops and skirts with architectural outlines: sober, geometrical and conceptual.

But Colmillo de Morsa isn’t a boutique consecrated to their own label. Instead it’s a space open to an impressive range of talented young designers, with whom they share tastes, interests and a particular take on fashion. In record time they’ve brought together a fascinating group of clothes, jewellery, accessory and shoe designers. If you want to fi nd out what’s cooking in Barcelona’s fashion world, a trip to Colmillo de Morsa is a must.

COLMILLO DE MORSAVic, 15. T. 93 415 90 73

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Whether its the intense colour, the tassels or the perfect fi nishing, we’re in love with Curium’s handmade leather bags. (€126)

Irreverent, ironic, fun. Ahida Aguirre’s screen printed kittens on unisex T-shirts. (€24)

The jewelled applications of the neck of this white Victor Von Schwarz shirt make it unique. (€224)

La Jara’s jewellery is exquisite. This gilded bracelet is decorated with Japanese beadwork. (€80)

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Gaudí’s latest hitThe Torre Bellesguard, Gaudí’s Modernista castle on the slopes of Tibidabdo, is open to the public for the first time. By Eugènia Sendra

Martin the Humane, the last king of the House of Barcelona, took up residence at the foot of Tibidabo in 1409, following the counsel of scholar and humanist Bernat Metge. Half a century later, on the same site, Antoni Gaudí built the Torre Bellesguard, a building that was commissioned by Jaume Figueras, his friend and a noted figure in the Catalan Renaixença. Now the hillside refuge opens its doors: the Guilera family, current owners of this Modernista masterpiece, have decided to share part of their private treasure, conscious of its contemporary relevance. At Bellesguard we get a sense of Gaudí working with complete freedom, inspired by medieval castles, and using Gothic Revival elements to

design a building based on straight lines, broken by the volumes of the slate cladding of the façade and the small balconies decorated with stained glass. The architect included religious symbols and allusions to Catalanism, one of the elements that a newly-created research group is studying.

As well as an unaccompanied visit with an audio guide, there are guided tours to the attic spaces, including access to the roof terrace. Here, as well as the tower crowned by Gaudí’s cross (and an evocative dragon’s face), visitors can enjoy stunning city views.

TORRE BELLESGUARD Bellesguard, 6-9.Mon-Sat 11am & noon. €16

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BCN and all that jazzThe Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is back! By M. Salicrú & M. Junyent

The Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival celebrates its 45th year from 19 Oct to 1 Dec, filling venues all over the city with music and jazz-related activities of all description. The programme is packed with treats: we’ve already seen Chucho Valdés and his Afro-Cuban Messengers, and the star-studded all-female trio of Geri Allen at the piano, Esperanza Spalding on bass and Terri Lynn Carlington on drums, but there’s plenty more to

come. There’s Israeli double bassist Avishai Cohen’s new project, a string quartet, who will be performing at BARTS on 22 Nov, and veteran jazz drummer Jack Dejohnette’s group with clarinettist Don Byron (15 Nov at BARTS). There’s also a show from folk singer The Tallest Man on Earth, (Fri 29 Nov at BARTS), and an homage to Gershwin performed by pianist Alfredo Rodríguez and the Vallès Symphonic Orchestra (Fri 23 Nov at the Palau de la Música). These

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Art Before the horizon

Many artists have painted the horizon, each facing a horizon that is always the same, but is also their own. The Joan Miró Foundation presents ‘Before the Horizon,’ a selection of 60 works from some of the greatest artists of the 19th and 20th centuries – Arnold Böcklin, Claude Monet, David Hockney, Antoni Tàpies, René Magritte, and Miró himself, among many others – all with the horizon as a common element. The title ‘Before the Horizon’ is a reference to Devant le temps. Histoire de l’art et anachronisme des images, Georges Didi-Huberman’s study of anachronism in the history of art. Drawing on Didi-Huberman’s ideas, the exhibition displays the works in the form of anachronic conversations between pictorial, photographic and sculptural representations of the horizon, from the Romantics and the Impressionists down to the present day. The point of departure is three large-format works, one by Modest Urgell – Miró’s teacher – one by Joan Miró, and a third by contemporary Catalan artist Perejaume, a disciple of both, who completes the conversation from his own postmodern perspective. –M.Junyent

FUNDACIÓ JOAN MIRÓUntil 16 Feb www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org

are just the highlights of a festival that will close with the first ever performance by a brand-new Big Band led by young singer and saxophonist Andrea Motis and Joan Chamorro. Catch the closing concert on Sunday, 1 Dec at the Auditori.

Beyond the concertsAs well as the huge number of concerts on the festival programme, there’s also an impressive list of associated events. The Liceu conservatory is offering master classes with outstanding jazz musicians: guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, saxophonist Miguel Zenón and vocalist Luciana Souza.The Gran Hotel Havana, on Gran Via, will become one of the festival’s principal venues. On Sunday mornings you’ll find jazz activities for the whole family, in the company of the San Andreu Jazz Band. On Friday evenings throughout November you can enjoy a cocktail to the rhythm of live swing, and on 7 Nov, there’s a blues dinner with music provided by Erwin Seerutton and the Setzània vocal group. Check the websites of the municipal libraries at Vallcarca and Pentitents, where experts from different backgrounds will be giving talks on their vision of jazz.

A quarter of a century of jazzThis year will mark the 25th anniversary of a festival that has been run from the beginning by Barcelona-based music promoters The Project. ‘Jazz has been this company’s business from the very start,’ says Tito Ramoneda, co-director of The Project, who made their debut as promoters in 1988, putting on Chet Baker at Sala Zeleste. Since then autumn in Barcelona has been synonymous with jazz, and the city has hosted some of the biggest names on the international scene.

45TH INT’L JAZZ FESTIVALUntil 1 Decwww.theproject.es/en/festivals

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3 letters, 2 roomsJuan Arnau shuts down Row14, but opens Ker Club, in the centre of Barcelona. By Ricard Martín

Juan Arnau, club promoter and entrepreneur – possibly the one you could accuse of having an ideology – has always defended dancing and going out as essential therapy. The nightclub business is in his blood: his grandparents opened a dance hall in Aragón shortly after the Civil War, which his father turned into a disco, and which he helped to turn into one of the biggest techno clubs in Europe.

The importance of room 2His flagship, Row14, is closing its doors, but will live on as a club night around Spain and Europe. Arnau predicts that his new venture, Ker, will be ‘a little different to what we’re used to in Barcelona’. Rather than a disco with a cocktail bar, it will be ‘a luxury cocktail bar with a dance floor’. The main room holds 1,300, and a second room, a cocktail bar with a DJ booth, is

the big draw. Arnau says of star DJs like Laurent Garnier and Carl Cox, ‘when they get to this level, they want to do something special. Carl Cox wants to play house instead of techno, he doesn’t always want to have to be the festival version of Carl Cox.’ And in this cocktail bar with room for 200, that will be a regular possibility.

The main room will play more ‘commercial’ music – note the quotes: Arnau is clear that Ker isn’t for youngsters who want to pogo and take off their tops. ‘This club is for the over-25s, those who grew up with electronic dance music and don’t want to go back to rock, but who want to hear more sophisticated sounds, with roots in soul and funk.’

KER CLUB Tarragona, 141 Fri & Sat from 11pm. €20

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WEDNESDAY 6Andrés Corchero opens this cycle of contemporary dance at La Pedrera.

SUNDAY 10Barcelona’s 6K women’s race, raising awareness of the fight against breast cancer.

FRIDAY 22Israeli double bassist and composer Avishai Cohen plays at BARTS.


Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona

(Pl. Pons & Clerch, 2). M: Arc de Triomf (L1) & Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 34 20. Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Closed Sun and public holidays.

FREE Entorn 1900 7 Nov – Jan. Travel through photos to a time when the city was incorporating small towns to extend its limits to the mountains.

Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona

(Santa Llúcia, 1). M: Jaume I (L4) & Urquinaona (L1, L4). T. 93 31 81 195. Mon-Fri 9am-8.30pm; Sat 9am-1pm.

FREE Archives 1714: The balance of power and the weight of Catalonia. Barcelona sentenced, 1713-1714 8 Nov – Apr.

CaixaForum (Av. Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 6-8).

M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 476 86 00. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm. Wed 10am-11pm; Sat, Sun 10am-9pm. Adults €4. Under 16s free.

Pissarro Until 26 Jan Sixty oil paintings trace the artistic career of Camille Pissarro, one of the founders of Impressionism.

Art, two points. Barcelona’s contemporary art collections Until 29 Dec. A major exhibition of works from the collections of the ”la Caixa” Foundation and the city’s contemporary art museum (MACBA), which examines the relationships between different artworks, historical periods and themes.

FREE Inventions. Ideas that change lives. 9 Oct - 23 Feb. Some of the most revolutionary new inventions find real-world applications in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Can Framis. Fundació Vila Casas

(Roc Boronat, 116-126). M: Glòries (L1), Poblenou (L4) & Llacuna (L4). T.

93 320 87 36. Tue-Sat 11am-6pm; Sun 11am-2pm. €5. €2 reduced.

Permanent exhibition. Housed in a former cotton mill in Poble Nou’s 22@ district, Can Framis showcases contemporary painting from the Vila Casas Foundation’s collection,

Finalists in the 2013 Painting Prize Until 15 Dec. A chance to see new works selected for this prize.

Javier Garcés, 2012 Sculpture Prize winner. Bodies and things. Until 15 Dec.

Castell de Montjuïc (Ctra. de Montjuïc, 66). M: Espanya

(L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 256 44 45. Apr-Sep 9am–9pm.

FREE Montjuïc, the construction of a castle. Permanent exhibition, telling the story of Montjuïc and its castle.

FREE Doble Creu. Sculpture by Carles Berga. Permanent exhibition.

FREE Catalonia in transition. Until 28 Feb An exhibition that looks back on the lead-up to the general election of 1977 until the Catalan Parliament in 1980.

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

(Montalegre, 5). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). T. 93 306 41 00. Tue-Sun & public hols 11am-8pm. Closed non-holiday Mondays. €6. Reduced entry for pensioners and students on Wed (except public holidays): €4. Free for under 16s & unemployed.

Espriu: I looked upon this land 30 Oct - 24 Feb. The life and work of Catalan writer Salvador Espriu, and his relevance to contemporary Catalan culture.

CosmoCaixa (Isaac Newton, 26). M: Av. Tibidabo

(FGC). T. 93 212 60 50. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm. €4 (permanent and temporary exhibitions). Under 16s free; first Sun of month: free.

Permanent exhibition. The city’s science museum has over 50,000 m2 of exhibition and activity space, with the Flooded Forest, the Geological Wall, the Hall of Matter, the Planetarium, the Bubble Planetarium, the Science Plaza, the Touch, touch! exhibition, and more.

Exhibitions Information and sales:

Tourist Information Points and www.barcelonaturisme.cat


Microvida. Beyond the human eye. An incredible journey into the hidden world of microscopic life forms, focusing on scientific and technological advances that have made it possible to explore these miniature worlds.

Disseny Hub Barcelona(Plaça de les Glòries, 37-38). M:

Glòries (L1). T. 93 256 34 63. Tue-Sun, 10am-8pm. More information: www.museudeldisseny.bcn.cat.

Disseny Hub Barcelona Guided tour in Catalan, Spanish and English, Sun., 11am & 12.30am. €3. Visit this future location of Barcelona’s design museum.

El Born Centre Cultural(Plaça Comercial, 12). M: Jaume I

(L4) & Barceloneta (L4). T. 93 256 68 51. Tues-Sun and public holidays, 10am-8pm. Mon closed except public holidays. Free until 29 Sep. From 1 Oct: €6 (exhibition spaces and archaeological remains). Reduced: €4. Under 16s free. Sun 3pm-8pm free. First Sun every month free, 10am-8pm. More info: www.elborncentrecultural.com.

El Born Centre Cultural Under one of the city’s most striking markets lie remains from the early 1700s. The market, the archaeological remains of the siege and fall of the city in 1714, and the accompanying exhibitions make up this new institution that looks back on three centuries of history.

Sala Villarroel Barcelona 1700. From stones to people. Permanent exhibition. Eighteenth century Barcelona society was dynamic and forward-thinking, but also scarred by the wars between 1691 and 1714.

Sala Casanova Until it is achieved. The siege of 1714 Until 11 Sep 2014. Exhibition on the Catalan War of 1713-1714, the epilogue to the War of the Spanish Succession, and a re-creation of the final battle of the 11th of September 1714.

Espais VolART-Fundació Vila Casas

(Ausiàs March, 22). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). T. 93 481 79 85. Tue-Fri 5-8.30pm; Sat 11am-2pm, 5-8.30pm; Sun 11am-2pm. €1; reduced: 50¢.

Espai Volart 2 Luís Marsans. The apparent image 19 Sep-15 Dec.

Sketches, drawings and paintings by this Catalan artist.

Espai Volart 2 Xavier Valls. Sotto Voce 19 Sep-15 Dec. Major works by Xavier Valls, a Catalan painter resident in Paris.

Espai Volart Carla Tarruella. ‘They call me loneliness’ Until 15 Dec. Some 20 works by the artist Carla Tarruella that were painted between 2008 and 2013.

Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Aragó, 255). M: Passeig de Gràcia

(L2, L3, L4). T. 93 487 03 15. Tue-Sun 10am-7pm. €7. Students and pensioners, €5.60.

Tàpies from within Until 3 Nov. Almost 140 works from Antoni Tàpies’s own studio and the Tàpies Foundation’s collection, covering a period from 1945 until 2011.

Antoni Tàpies. Collection 6. 15 Nov - 9 Feb. A new selection of works from the foundation’s collection.

Fundació Francisco Godia

(Diputació, 250). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4) & Provença (FGC). T. 93 272 31 80. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-3pmñ closed Tue. €7. Reduced €4.

Permanent exhibition. Specialising in Medieval art, ceramics, modern and contemporary painting, with works by Ramon Casas, Santiago Rusiñol, Isidre Nonell, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Miquel Barceló.

Fundació Joan Miró (Parc de Montjuïc, s/n). M: Espanya

(L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 443 94 70. Tue-Sat 10am-8pm; Thu 10am-9.30pm; Sun & public holidays 10am-2.30pm. Closed Mondays. €11. Temporary exhibition: €7. Espai 13: €2.50.

Before the horizon Until 16 Feb. An exhibition that explores the horizon as a recurring element in the history of modern painting from the 19th century to the present day. Including works by Monet, Ruscha, Andre, Hockney, Chagall, Chillida, Klee, Tàpies, Miró and Magritte.

Espai 13 ‘She corrects habits laughing.’ Oriol Vilanova Until 8 Dec.

Photography in the vestibule. Pere Formiguera Until 19 Jan.

Nadala 2013. Eulàlia Valldosera 28 Nov - 13 Jan.


Fundació Suñol (Passeig de Gràcia, 98). M: Diagonal

(L3, L5). T. 93 496 10 32. Mon-Fri 11am-2pm & 4-8pm; Sat 4-8pm. €6. Reduced: €3.

Continuum. The Josep Suñol collection Until 11 Jan 2014. Thirty works by artists including Miquel Barceló, Andy Warhol, Robert Llimós, Isidre Manils and Zush.

Joan Rom E.R.T. Until 25 Jan. Overview of Joan Rom’s artistic praxis, with a selection of works in 2 and 3 dimensions made in organic materials.

Bruno Ollé. “Hoy es siempre todavía” Until 28 Dec. Ollé explores, constructs and draws, with restlessness to change and decontextualise his surroundings.

Jardí Botànic (Doctor Font i Quer, s/n). M: Espanya

(L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 256 41 60. Every day, 10am-8pm.

Jardí Botànic (MCNB - Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona) Permanent collection of plants from Mediterranean climate zones all over the world.

The vegetable kingdom. Paul den Hollander Mon-Sat 11am-2pm; Sun, 11am-2pm, 4-6pm. Until 2 Feb. Photographer Paul den Hollander finds inspiration in the world of nature.

MACBA. Museu d’Art Contemporani

(Plaça dels Àngels, 1). M: Universitat (L1, L2) & Sant Antoni (L2). T. 93 412 08 10. Mon-Fri 11am-7.30pm; Sat 10am-9pm; Sun, public holidays 10am-3pm. 25 Jun-24 Sep: Mon-Fri 11am-8pm; Fri, 11am-10pm; Sat 10am-10pm; Sun, public holidays, 10am-3pm. Closed Tues, except public holidays. Whole museum ticket: €9 (reduced €7). Single exhibition ticket: €6.50 (reduced €5).

Art, two points. Until 6 Jan. A major exhibition featuring more than 350 works by 80 artists, drawing on the contemporary art collections of the MACBA and the ”La Caixa” Foundation to make up a journey through the history of art from the late 19th century to the present day.

MEAM: Museu Europeu d’Art Modern

(Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 319 56 93. Tue-Sun, 10am-8pm. €7. Reduced €5.

21st-century contemporary art A collection of more than 200 paintings and 30 sculptures by figurative artists.

MIBA. Museu d’Idees i Invents de Barcelona

(Ciutat, 7). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 332 79 30. Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, 4-7pm; Sat, Sun 11am-7pm; Sun, public holidays 10am-2pm. €8. Reduced €6.

Permanent exhibition The fascinating world of creativity and inventing.

MUHBA El Call (Placeta de Manuel Ribé). M: Liceu

(L3) & Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 21 22. Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, 4-7pm. Sat, Sun

11am-7pm. Public holidays (11am-2pm), closed Mon.

€2.20. Salomó ben Adret

(1235-1310). The Triumph of an Orthodoxy. Permanent exhibition. Ben Adret

was a Catalan Jewish leader and rabbi at the

main synagogue of Barcelona, and served three

kings as adviser on Jewish Affairs.

MUHBA Museu d’Història de Barcelona

(Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 21 22. Tues-Sat 10ñ7pm; Sun 10am-8pm (Sun free after 3pm). Sun and Mon before public holidays 10am-2pm. Otherwise closed Mon. €7. Under-16s free. Sunday afternoon, free.

Archaeological tour Beneath the Plaça del Rei, in the Gothic quarter, this tour allows visitors to discover the Roman colony of Barcino.

Casa Padellàs MUHBA Laboratory: Collecting the city Until Dec 31.

MUHBA Park Güell (Olot, s/n. Casa de la Guarda). T. 93

The Fundació

Suñol dedicates

an entire exhibition to

Joan Rom. In his E.R.T.

show, old and organic

materials find a new

and poetic use.


256 21 22. 1 Apr-30 Sep: Mon-Sun 10am-8pm. €2.20. (Sun free after 3pm.) 5 Aug-30 Sep: special promotion, two tickets for the price of one.

Permanent exhibition

MUHBA Refugi 307 (Nou de la Rambla, 169). M: Paral·lel

(L2, L3). T. 93 256 21 22. Sat & Sun 10am-2pm, by appointment. Public holidays, closed. €3.40.

Permanent exhibition In 400 metres of underground passageways, visitors can relive the experience of city during the Civil War.

MUHBA Santa Caterina (Pl. de Joan Capri). T. 93 256 21 22.

Mon-Sat 10am-2pm Closed Sun and public holidays.

FREE Permanent collection. This exhibition revisits the most significant events in Barcelona’s history, from the bronze age to the most recent examples of contemporary architecture.

MUHBA Vil·la Joana. Casa Verdaguer

(Carretera de l’Església, 104. Vallvidrera). T. 93 256 21 22. Sat, Sun 10am-2pm. Tue-Fri, groups by appt only. Closed Mon.

FREE MUHBA Vil·la Joana. Casa Verdaguer Permanent exhibition, The poet Jacint Verdaguer, a key figure in the revival of Catalan as a literary language, spent the last years of his life in this 19th-century villa.

Museu Blau (Pl. de Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc

del Fòrum). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). T. 93 256 60 02. Tue-Fri, 10am-7pm. Sat & Sun, 10am-8pm. Closed Mon. 6 €. Reduced: €2.70. Museum & Botanical Gardens €7. Reduced: €5.

Planeta Vida Permanent exhibition. The history of life and its evolution on our planet.

FREE M. Ardan, a great 19th-century traveller Until Feb. This great traveller and explorer was also a master of disciplines including photography, botany, zoology, literature and drawing.

Museu de Badalona (Pl. Assemblea de Catalunya, 1).

Badalona. M: Pep Ventura (L2). T. 93

384 17 50. Tue-Sat 10am-2pm, 5-8pm; Sun & public holidays 10am-2pm. €6.

Baetulo, a Roman City Permanent exhibition. Visit the underground remains of the Roman baths and the Decumanus Maximus.

FREE Post Mortem. Funeral rites from the 19th to the mid-20th century. Until 12 Jan. Tue-Sat 5-8pm. Sunday 10am-2pm.

Museu de Montserrat (Abadia de Montserrat. 08199

Montserrat). Monistrol de Montserrat. T. 93 877 77 45. Mon-Sun 10am-5.30pm. €7. Reduced: €4.

Permanent exhibition Paintings by El Greco, Caravaggio, Tiepolo, Monet, Degas, Miró, Dalí, Picasso and more.

Museu de l’Eròtica(La Rambla, 96). M: Catalunya (L1,

L3). T. 93 318 98 65. Mon-Sun 10am-10pm. Adults €9. Reduced: €8.

Permanent exhibition The world of eroticism and its representation in art is explored through the 800 pieces that make up the museum’s collection.

Sculptures by Antonio “Totó” Sibio Exhibition of erotic sculptures.

Museu de la Moto de Barcelona

(Carrer de la Palla, 10). T. 933 186 584. Tue-Sat 10am-2pm, 4pm-8pm; Sun 10am-2pm. Closed Mon. €6. Reduced: €4.

The history of the motorbike in Catalonia. Permanent exhibition. The 36 most representative models on two wheels.

Unique and unusual motorbikes. Prototypes that were never mass-produced.

Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries

(L1) & Marina (L1). T. 93 256 36 50. Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 10am-8pm. Closed Tues. €4. Reduced: €3. Free admission Sun afternoon.

Permanent exhibition A journey through different periods in the history of music in different cultures.

Classical guitar. The greatest collection in the world Until 31 Dec. Tue-Sun, 3.30pm & 4pm. €15. Reduced: €13. With examples from the 17th century to the present day, the museum’s


collection of classical guitars is unique. Discover them on a guided tour that includes a concert with works by Albéniz and Tàrrega.

Museu de la Xocolata(Comerç, 36 - Antic Convent de Sant

Agustí). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). T.93 268 78 78 . Mon-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 10am-3pm. €5. Group ticket: 4 €.

Permanent exhibition The story of chocolate, from its earliest origins to its arrival in Europe in the 19th century, with a special focus on its use in Barcelona and Catalonia.

Museu del Futbol Club Barcelona

(Aristides Maillol, s/n. Estadi FCB. Gates 7 or 9). M: Les Corts (L3). T. 902 18 99 00. 2 Apr-7 Oct: Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun, public hols 10am-2.30pm. 8 Oct-1 Apr: Mon-Sat 10am-6.30pm; Sun, public hols 10am-2.30pm. Camp Nou Tour available until one hour before museum closing time. €23. Children: €17. Under 6 and FCB members, free.

Camp Nou Experience Permanent exhibition. Discover 100 years of the club’s history.

Museu del Mamut (C/ Montcada, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93

268 85 20. Mon-Sun 10am-8pm. €7.50. Reduced: €5. Kids (ages 6-15): €3.50.

Permanent exhibition See the remains of mammoths and other Ice Age animals.

Museu del Modernisme Català

(Balmes, 48). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). T. 93 272 28 96. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun, public hols 10am-2pm. €10.

Permanent exhibition 350 works by 42 of the most important artists of Catalan modernisme.

Museu Egipci (València, 284). M: Passeig de Gràcia

(L2, L3, L4). T. 93 488 01 88. Mon-Sun 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-2pm. 8 Jan-21 Jun, 12 Sept-30 Nov: closed 2-4pm. (except Easter week and public holidays). Adults €11. Reduced €8.

Permanent exhibition Almost a thousand exhibits that provide an

insight into daily life and customs in Ancient Egypt.

Tutankhamen: The story of a great discovery Until Dec. Marking the 90th anniversary of the great archaeological find, the museum pays homage to the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.

Museu Frederic Marès (Plaça de Sant Iu, 5). M: Liceu (L3) &

Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 35 00. Tue-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun, public hols 11am-8pm. Closed Mon except public hols. €4.20.

Permanent exhibition The extraordinary collection of day-to-day objects and artworks that Frederic Marès amassed over his lifetime.

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

(Parc de Montjuïc). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 622 03 60. Tue-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun, public hols 10am-3pm. €12. Sat from 3pm: free. Temporary exhibitions: see museum website.

Permanent exhibition The world’s most important collections of Romanesque art and the unique Catalan modernista style.

Tàpies. From within Until 3 Nov. 100 works from the artist’s own studio and the Antoni Tàpies Foundation’s collection, from works painted in the 1940s to others finished months before his death.

Modernista interiors: Gaspar Homar and Juan Busquets Until 31 Dec. A selection from the museum’s collection that showcases furniture and interior design work.

Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch

(Av. de l’Estadi Olímpic, 60). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 292 53 79. Apr- Sep. Tues-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun, public hols 10am-2.30pm. Oct-Mar: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun, public hols 10am-2.30pm; €5.10. Students: €2.60. Under-14s and over-65s: free.

Permanent exhibition Experience Olympic sport as never before.

Barcelona Olympic Foundation’s 5th Internacional Prize. Works on paper 12 Sep – Dec.


Museu Picasso (Montcada, 15-23). M: Jaume I (L4). T.

93 256 30 00. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm; closed Mon (except public hols). €11 (ticket for museum + temporary exhibition). Temporary exhibition only: €6.

Permanent exhibition Housed in five Catalan Gothic palaces dating from the 8th to the 14th century, the collection comprises more than 3,800 works from different periods in Picasso’s life, most from his student years and youth.

The Museu Picasso, 50 years in Barcelona. The collection. Until 24 Nov. Exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Museu Picasso.

A journey through blue. “La Vida” 11 Oct - 19 Jan. An exhibition that traces the connections between the key work of Picasso’s blue period, ‘La Vida,’ the drawings that relate to this work, and the image hidden under the painting ‘Terrats de Barcelona.’

Palau Robert (Pg. de Gràcia, 107). M: Diagonal (L3,

L5). T. 93 238 80 91. Mon-Sat 10am–7pm. Sun, public hols 10am-2.30pm.

FREE Sala 1 & 2: Pencils... and action. Roser Capdevila at the drawing board Until 23 Mar. A Catalan illustrator with an international reputation.

FREE Sala 3: Barcelona Prêt-à-Porter, 1958-2008. 50 years of the fashion industry. Until 30 Mar. More than 250 garments from Antoni de Montpalau’s collection, illustrating the history of the fashion industry.

FREE Sala 4: Closer Until 17 Nov. Problems and possible solutions in areas such as drinking water, education, health and food.

FREE Garden. Catalonia in transition. Until 24 Nov. Exploring the Catalan experience of the years of ‘la transición,’ as the Franco regime gave way to the first years of democracy.

Pis-museu Casa Bloc (DHUB-Casa Bloc. C. d’Almirall

Pròixida, 1-3-5). M: Torras i Bages (L1). Guided visit by appt. T. 93 256 34 63. Tue-Fri 10am-1pm; Sat, Thu 3-5.30pm. €3.

Permanent exhibition Casa Bloc (1932-1939) is an outstanding example of worker’s accommodation built during the Second Spanish Republic. A symbol of rational social housing in Barcelona.

Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes

(Baixada del Monestir, 9). M: Reina Elisenda (FGC). T. 93 256 34 34. Tues-Fri, public holidays 10am-2pm; Sat & Sun, 10am-5pm. €7. Reduced: €4.

Permanent exhibition Considered one of the best examples of Catalan Gothic, the tour includes the church and the monastery, paintings from the Sant Miquel chapel and the artistic legacy preserved by the monastic community.

Murals under the magnifying glass. Paintings from the Sant Miquel Chapel. Until 31 Dec.

TheatreEl Molino

(Vilà i Vilà, 99). www.elmolinobcn.com. M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Advance: www.elmolinobcn.com.

Life is a cabaret Thu 9.30pm. Fri, Sat 6.30 & 9.30pm. €33 . It’s cabaret time at El Molino.

Teatre Gaudí Barcelona(Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 120). T. 93

603 51 52. www.teatregaudibarcelona.com. M: Sagrada Família (L2, L5) & Sant Pau/Dos de Maig (L5). Advance: www.ticketmaster.es

Divorci Wed-Sat, 9.30pm. Sun 6pm. 1 Nov - Jan. €20. In Catalan.

Mgogoro Tue, Wed, 8.30pm. 22 Oct – 13 Nov. €20. In Catalan.

Teatre Lliure: Montjuïc (Pg. Santa Madrona, 40-46). T. 93

289 27 70. www.teatrelliure.cat. M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) & Poble Sec (L3).

À la ville de... Barcelona Dir: Joan Ollé. Wed - Fri 8.30pm, Sat 5.30pm & 9pm, Sun 6pm. 10 Oct - 3 Nov. €22 - €29. In Catalan. Homage to Barcelona that re-creates its many different incarnations.

Sin noticias de Gurb (No word from Gurb) 12 Nov. 9pm. €15. In Spanish.

Afterplay by Brian Friel. Dir: Imma Colomer. For ticket prices and times see website. 30 Oct - 17 Nov. In Catalan.

Marry Me a Little by Stephen Sondheim. Dir: Toni Martin. Wed-Fri 9pm. Sat 6pm, 9.30pm. Sun, 6.30pm. 27 Nov – 22 Dec. €18-€22. In Catalan. Musical.


Teatre Lliure: Gràcia (Montseny, 47). T. 93 238 76 25.

www.teatrelliure.com. M: Fontana (L3) & Joanic (L4).

El policia de las ratas (Police Rat) by Roberto Bolaño. Adapt. and dir: Àlex Rigola. Wed - Fri 8.30pm. Sat 5.30pm & 9pm. Sun 6pm. 31 O ct - 24 Nov. €22 - €29. In Spanish.

Ivan i els gossos (Ivan and the dogs) by Hattie Naylor. Dir: Pau Carrió. 22 Nov. 11pm. €15. In Catalan.

Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC)

(Pl. de les Arts, 1). T. 93 306 57 00. www.tnc.cat. M: Glòries (L1) & Monumental (L2).

La Capitana. A homage to Carmen Amaya Wed-Sat, 8pm. Sun, 6pm. Until 10 Nov.

A requiem for Salvador Espriu Fri & Sat 8pm. Sun, 6pm. 15-17 Nov.

Terra de ningú (No man’s land) by Harold Pinter. Dir: Xavier Albertí. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 6pm. Until 24 Nov. In Catalan.

Teatre Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). T. 93 317 75 99.

teatrepoliorama.com. M: Catalunya (L1, L3). Advance: 902 33 22 11 & www.ticketmaster.es.

Tricicle. ‘Bits’ Wed - Fri 9pm, Sat, Sun 6.30pm. 16 Oct - Mar. €20 - €32. Physical theatre. In Catalan.

Teatre Victòria(Avinguda Paral·lel, 65-67). T. 93 329

91 89. www.teatrevitoria.com. M: Paral·lel (L2-L3).

La família irreal. The musical Minoria Absoluta & Dagoll Dagom Company. Wed & Thu 8.30pm, Fri 9.30pm, Sat 6pm & 9.30pm, Sun 6pm. 17 Oct - 6 Jan. €23-€37. In Catalan.

DanceMercat de les Flors

(Lleida, 59). T. 93 426 18 75. www.mercatflors.cat. M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) & Poble Sec (L3).

Festival Sâlmon. Aerites Dance Company. “Planites (viators-errants)” 2 & 3 Nov. 9pm. €6. Greek contemporary dance company.

Festival Sâlmon. Eugénie Rebetez. ‘Encore’ 2 & 3 Nov. 7pm. €6.

Els Àustries. A commemoration of the Tercentenary of 1714 8 Nov.

Barcelona Butoh Festival. Yoshito Ohno. “Time Wind” 8-10 Nov. 8.30pm (Sun, 6pm). €16

Jone San Martín, Sandra Marín, Iratxe Ansa. “Sculpting the vacuum” 28 Nov - 1 Dec. 8.30pm (Sun, 6pm). €16.

“El més petit de tots” Festival. Aabendans (Denmark). “Again” 16 Nov. 12 pm & 6pm. €8. Dance performance (ages 1-4).

“El més petit de tots” Festival. Rachel Davies (UK). “The light garden” 23 & 24 Nov. 12 pm & 6pm. (Sun, 11am, 12pm & 6pm). €8. Dance performance (ages 1.5- 5 ).

Graner Fàbrica de Creació

(Jane Addams, 14-16).T. 93 426 18 75 www.granerbcn.cat. M: Espanya (L1-L3-FGC) + Ildefons Cerdà (FGC)

Festival Sâlmon. Jurij Konjar & Dani Espasa. “J.S. Bach Goldberg variations” 1 Nov. 7pm. €6.

“El més petit de tots” Festival. Theâtre de la Guimbarde (Belgium). “Bach in the sand” 10 Nov. 11am & 12pm. €8. Dance performance for the whole family.

“El més petit de tots” Festival. “Concert for babies” 16 de novembre. 11am, 12pm & 6pm. €8. Dance performance for the whole family (ages 0-5).

Festival “El més petit de tots”. “Mine, yours, playing at movement” 17 Nov. Dance performance (ages 0-2).

La Pedrera(Provença, 261-265) .T. 902 400 973

www.lapedrera.com) M: Diagonal (L3, L5)

Cicle Dansa Ara 2013 6, 13, 20 & 28 Nov. 8pm. €6. La Pedrera opens its doors and extends an invitation to young dancers and choreographers.

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Friday 1 Al fresco

Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - €19 (prices vary depending on age and circuit chosen). Urban adventure park.

Classical music Morning concerts at the Palau.

Catalan and Spanish music Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 12pm. €25. The music of Falla, Albéniz, Granados, Toldrà and other composers.

Classical guitar at the Museu de la Música. The greatest collection in the world. Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1) & Marina (L1). Tue-Sun 3.30 & 4pm. Guided visit and concert. €15. Reduced €13. Discover all the secrets of the classical guitar and enjoy live music by Albéniz and Tàrrega.

Flamenco Great Flamenco Gala Palau de la

Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9.30pm. €20-€48. The exhilarating world of flamenco in an atmospheric show that combines music, rhythm and movement.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Laia Badrenas & Clau de Funk Harlem Jazz Club (Comtessa de Sobradiel, 8). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €12. Playing their original material and covers of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, James Brown, Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse.

Tour The rooftops of Santa Maria del

Mar (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). Mon-Sun, 1pm. Sat & Sun, 11am, 12am, 6pm & 7pm

(Catalan, Spanish, English) Mon- Sun: 2pm, 3pm, 4pm & 5pm (English). €5 (general). €4 (reduced). More info and reservations: Itinera Plus. 93 343 56 33. Discover a spectacular perspective on the medieval city from the roof of Santa Maria del Mar.

Saturday 2Al fresco FREE Plaça Sant Josep Oriol Art Fair (Plaça Sant Josep Oriol i del Pi, s/n). Sat, 11am-8pm. Sun 11am-2pm. More than 40 artists exhibit their work in two medieval squares, the Plaça del Pi and Plaça Sant Josep Oriol.

Classical music Masters of the Spanish Guitar.

Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €28-€32. Works by Giuliani, Scarlatti and Granados, among others.

Classical Saturdays at Palau Gomis MEAM: Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm. €16. (includes museum entrance).

Flamenco “Flamenco stars at El Cordobés”

Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41 (incl. 1 drink).

Hip-hopMala Rodriguez Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 8.30pm €18 (on the door). €16 (advance). The biggest name in Spanish hip hop and rap presents her fifth album, Bruja.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Ignasi Terraza Trio / “Imagining Miró” Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €15 & €20. Terraza reimagines the painter Joan Miró through music.

Jamboree Jazz Festival: René Marie Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8 & 10pm. €20 (on the door). €15 (website). One of the most original contemporary US jazz vocalists.

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Folk traditionsFREE Sardanas (Plaça de la Catedral). M: Jaume I (L4). Sat, 6pm. Traditional Catalan dancing.

Sunday 3 Al fresco FREE Plaça Sant Josep Oriol Art Fair (Plaça Sant Josep Oriol i del Pi, s/n). Sat, 11am-8pm. Sun 11am-2pm. See 2 Nov.

Classical music Classical guitar at the Museu de

la Música. The greatest collection in the world. Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1) & Marina (L1). Tue-Sun 3.30 & 4pm. Guided visit and concert. €15. Reduced €13. See 1 Nov.

Football League fixture. FC Barcelona -

RCD Espanyol Camp Nou (Aristides Maillol, s/n). Times TBA.

Flamenco Opera and Flamenco Palau de la

Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4) . 9.30pm. €30-€45. The Spanish traditions of opera, zarzuela and flamenco in one show.

JazzSara Pi Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 9.30pm. Home-grown jazz phenomenon Sara Pi presents new work “Wake up”.

MetalOrphaned Land La [2] d’Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 111). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 7pm. €20. Israeli progressive metal band with their new album “All is One”.

PopMúsiques Sensibles: Candela and Los Supremos Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 12pm. Playing electronic pop with sharply-honed, humorous lyrics.

Tour FREE Guided tour of Poble Nou Cemetery Cementiri de Poblenou (Av.

Icària, s/n). M: Llacuna (L4). 10.30am (Catalan) & 12.30pm (Spanish).

Monday 4 Classical music

Classical guitar at the Museu de la Música. The greatest collection in the world. Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1) & Marina (L1). Tue-Sun 3.30 & 4pm. Guided visit and concert. €15. Reduced €13. See 1 Nov.

FlamencoFlamenco at Sala Tarantos Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30, 9.30 & 10.30pm. €10 (on the door). €8 (website). A key venue for rising Catalan flamenco musicians, and flamenco fans.

JazzWTF Jam Session Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). Mon, 8pm. €5 (on the door). €4 (website). A unique jam session with musicians from all over the world playing jazz, hip hop, reggae, and more.

Punk-rockIceage La [2]d’Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 111). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 8pm. €18 (on the door). €15 (advance). Danish band presents ‘You’re Nothing’.

RockNasty Mondays Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Midnight until late. €15 (on the door). €14 (advance). An excuse to dance, sing and shout on a Monday night with rock, pop, indie, garage and electro rock.


Mar (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). Mon-Sun 1pm. Sat & Sun, 11am, 12am, 6pm & 7pm (Catalan, Spanish, English) Mon-Sun: 2pm, 3pm, 4pm & 5pm (English). €5 (general). €4 (reduced). More info and to book: Itinera Plus. 93 343 56 33. See 1 Nov.

Tuesday 5 Classical music

The art of the guitar: “Flamenco and Classical” Parròquia de Santa


Anna (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. With music by Albéniz, Granados, Rodrigo and Tàrrega in the church cloister.

The Liceu Orchestra and the Midsummer Night’s Dream L’Auditori Sala 1 (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1). 8.30pm €23-€51. The Symphony Orchestra and Choir perform works by Mendelssohn, Debussy & Parera Fons.

Deprop Festival. Berlinist & Cinema en curs & Sara López La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). €12. 6pm. Live music accompanied by projections.

Flamenco Show at the Palacio del

Flamenco Palacio del Flamenco (Balmes, 139). M: Diagonal (L3, L5) 7.15, 8.30 & 10.40pm..

IndieCrappy Tuesdays Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3).

midnight €14 (on the door). €13 (advance). Indie pop and electronic club night with a young and up-for-it crowd.

Wednesday 6 Al fresco

Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - €19 (prices vary depending on age and circuit chosen). See 1 Nov.

Classical music Ensemble Concertanti

Barcelona. Baroque music Església de Santa Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas, 16). M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I (L4). 6, 12, 15 & 29 Nov. 9pm. €20. The best-known Baroque music: Vivaldi, Haendel, Corelli and Telemann.

Masters of the Spanish Guitar. Àlex Garrobé Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €28-€32. Works by Tàrrega, Sainz de la Maza and Coste, among others.



Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41 (incl. 1 drink). With stars of contemporary flamenco.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Kurt Rosenwinkel New Quartet Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €28-€34. One of the most influential musicians of contemporary jazz presents his new album.

Tour The Gaudí Crypt at the Colònia

Güell (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de Cervelló). M: Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat from Pl. Espanya (FGC: S33, S8, S4). 10am-7pm. Sun, 10am-3pm. €9 (ticket price includes audio guide). €7.50 (reduced). Discover Gaudí’s hidden treasure.

Thursday 7Classical music

Classical guitar at the Museu de la Música. The greatest collection in the world. Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). See 1 Nov.


Flamenco Palacio del Flamenco (Balmes, 139). M: Diagonal (L3, L5) 7.15, 8.30 & 10.40pm.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Alexander Abreu & Havana D’Primera BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €18-€28. Timba, intense Cuban music, at its best.

Jamboree Jazz Festival: Gregory Porter Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8 & 10pm. 7 & 8 Nov. €30. Porter’s revolutionary voice and ‘Liquid Spirit’.

Disco-PopMidnight Call Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Wed 12.30am. €14 (on the door). €13

(advance). ’70s & ’80s disco club night, with a hint of ’80s pop.

Friday 8Classical music

The art of the guitar: “Flamenco and Classical” Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. See 5 Nov.

Opera and Flamenco Teatre Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 7pm. €30-€45. See 3 Nov.


Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41 (incl. 1 drink). See 6 Nov.

PopDavid de María BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €20-€30. Presenting his new album, ‘Otras vidas’.

Dun Can Dhu Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4) . 9pm. €20-€45. The duo play their folk-tinged rock and promote their new album, ‘El Duelo’.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Lu’s Quartet Harlem Jazz Club (Comtessa de Sobradiel, 8). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm. €12. A great rising talent on the local funk and soul scene.

Jamboree Jazz Festival: Gregory Porter Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8 & 10pm. 7 & 8 Nov. €30. See 7 Nov.

RockJosh Ritter + Tift Merritt La [2] d’Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 111). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 7.45pm. €22 (on the door). €18 (advance).

Saturday 9Classical music

The art of the guitar: “Flamenco and Classical” Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. See 5 Nov.


Singer-songwriterRaimon / Salvador Espriu L’Auditori Sala 1 (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1). 9pm. €25. Singer-songwriter Raimon sets the words of poet Salvador Espriu to music.

SportInternational GT Open Circuit de Catalunya (Carretera de Granollers at Parets Km 2) Montmeló. 9 & 10 Nov. Times and details at www.circuitcat.com.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: The Cat Empire Sala Razzmatazz (Almogàvers, 122-Pamplona, 88). M: Bogatell (L4) & Marina (L1). €25 (on the door). €20 (advance). Australian group brings a mix of jazz, ska, punk, rock, gypsy and Latin rhythms with their new album, ‘Steal the light’.

KidsConcert “The landscape collector” CaixaForum (Av. Francesc Ferrer i

Guàrdia, 6-8). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). Sat, 5.30pm & Sun, 12pm. €6. Musical spectacle with jugglers, shadow puppets, songs and plenty of other surprises as six musicians play works by Ravel, Debussy and Schönberg. 5 yrs and over.

PopElena Gadel Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 9.30pm The singer and actress presents a selection of songs from her next album.


Sunday 10Blues Barcelona Big Blues Band & Miriam Swanson Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8 & 10pm. €12 (on the door). €10 (website). An energetic, danceable big band sound, but with a bluesy feel.


Classical musicBarcelona Municipal Band / Nit macabra L’Auditori Sala 1 (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1). 6pm. €14. A programme of energetic, mysterious and powerful music including Puccini, Mussorgsky and Berlioz among others.

Symphonic Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu at the Palau. Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4) . 6pm. €22. Works by Dvorák & Mozart.

SportBCN Women’s race Plaça d’Espanya (sortida). 8am. More info: www.carreradelamujer.com.

International GT Open Circuit de Catalunya (Carretera de Granollers at Parets Km 2). Montmeló. 9 & 10 Nov. Times and details at www.circuitcat.com


Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9.30pm. €20-€48. See 1 Nov.

Football League fixture. RCD Espanyol -

Sevilla Estadi Cornellà - El Prat (Av. del Baix Llobregat, 100). Cornellà de Llobregat. Time TBC.

KidsConcert “The landscape collector” CaixaForum (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). Sat, 5.30pm & Sun, 12pm. €6. See 9 Nov.


Tour FREE Guided tour of Montjuïc Cemetery Cementiri de Montjuïc (Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58). 11am (Catalan) & 11.15am (Spanish). Guided tour to discover the stories of some of the famous names buried here, as well as striking works of funerary art.

Monday 11 FlamencoFlamenco at Sala Tarantos Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30, 9.30 & 10.30pm. €10 (on the door). €8 (website). See 4 Nov.

JazzWTF Jam Session Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). Mon, 8pm. €5 (on the door). €4 (website). See 4 Nov.

RockNasty Mondays Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Midnight until late. €15 (on the door). €14 (advance). See 4 Nov.

Tour The Gaudí Crypt at the Colònia Güell (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de Cervelló). M: Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat from Pl. Espanya (FGC: S33, S8, S4). 10am-7pm. Sun, 10am-3pm. €9 (ticket price includes audio guide). €7.50 (reduced). See 6 Nov.

Tuesday 12 Classical music45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Chris Thile Conservatori del Liceu (Nou de la Rambla, 88). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €12. Bach’s sonatas transcribed for mandolin by one of the great contemporary virtuosos.

Ensemble Concertanti Barcelona. Baroque music Església de Santa Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas, 16). M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I (L4). 6, 12, 15 & 29 Nov. 9pm. €20. See 6 Nov.


Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla,

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35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41 (incl. 1 drink). See 6 Nov.

IndieCrappy Tuesdays Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 12.00am €14 (on the door). €13 (advance). See 5 Nov.

MetalAmorphis Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 7.30pm. €28 (on the door). €24 (advance). Finnish heavy metal band return with their new album, ‘Circle’.


Mar (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). See 1 Nov.


Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). See 1 Nov.

Bolero45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Martirio & Raúl Rodriguez Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €30-€36. A highly personal concert pays tribute to Chavela Vargas.

Classical music Classical guitar at the Museu de la

Música. The greatest collection in the world. Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1) & Marina (L1). Tue-Sun 3.30 & 4pm. Guided visit and concert. €15. Reduced €13. See 1 Nov.

Flamenco Opera and Flamenco Teatre

Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 7pm. €30-€45. See 3 Nov.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Miguel Zenón Quartet Conservatori del Liceu (Nou de la

Rambla, 88). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €22. The much-anticipated return of one of the kings of contemporary jazz, with his album ‘Oye! Live in Puerto Rico’.

Tord Gustavsen Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8 & 10pm. €15 (on the door). €12 (website). Influential improvised jazz pianist and composer.


Güell (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de Cervelló). M: Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat from Pl. Espanya (FGC: S33, S8, S4). See 6 Nov.

Thursday 14 Classical music

The art of the guitar: “Bcn duo de guitarra. Carmen” Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21.



Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: ACS: Allen, Carrington & Spalding Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €18-€48. Possibly the finest all-female jazz trio of all time.

45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival:Kroke Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €24 & €30. A blend of klezmer, jazz and classical influences make this Polish group unique and unclassifiable.

Disco-PopMidnight Call Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Wed 12.30am. €14 (on the door). €13 (advance). See 7 Nov.




Friday 15Classical musicBenefit concert “Musical doctors against cancer” Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 9pm. €12.42-€63.93. 200 choristers and 80 musicians play world-famous works including Verdi’s ‘La Donna e Mobile’ de Verdi and Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’.

Ensemble Concertanti Barcelona. Baroque music Església de Santa Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas, 16). See 6 Nov.

Electronic musicFront 242 + Interfront + Artista convidat Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 7.30pm. €30 (on the door). €20 (advance). Legends of Electronic Body Music look back on their 30-year career.

Flamenco Great Flamenco

Gala Teatre Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 7pm. €30-€45. See 1 Nov.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Jack DeJohnette Group & Don Byron BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €25-€36 €. Trio led by legendary drummer DeJohnette plus special guest.

45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Leslie Helpert Harlem Jazz Club (Comtessa de Sobradiel, 8). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €12. The US jazz vocalist pays homage to Billie Holiday.

PopAriel Rot Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) R Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €22. The Argentinean singer presents his album ‘Huesuda’.

Saturday 16 Al fresco FREE Plaça Sant Josep Oriol Art Fair (Plaça Sant Josep Oriol i del Pi, s/n). Sat, 11am-8pm. Sun 11am-2pm. See 2 Nov.

Classical music The art of the guitar: “Bcn duo

de guitarra. Carmen” Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21.

Music at the Museu del Modernisme: Evelio Tieles (violin) Museu del Modernisme Català (Balmes, 48). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 7pm. €15 (includes museum visit). Works by Telemann, Vivaldi, Txaikovski & more.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Christian McBride Trio Conservatori del Liceu (Nou de la Rambla, 88). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €30. The influential double bass player and his trio present ‘Out Here’.

KidsTubs i tubes L’Auditori Sala 2

(Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2) &

Marina (L1). 10.30, 12pm & 5.30pm. €10. Family concert with dances from around the world and music from different periods.

OperaAgrippina / Georg Friedrich

Händel Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm (Sun, 5pm). 16, 18, 21, 24, 26 & 29 Nov. €8.50-€141.75. Händel’s opera, a politically incorrect comedy about how to gain and hang on to power.

RockRosendo Sala Razzmatazz (Almogàvers, 122-Pamplona, 88). M: Bogatell (L4) & Marina (L1). 8.30pm €22. One of Spain’s best-known rockers presents his new album, ‘Vergüenza torera’.

Sunday 17 Classical music Edita Gruberova Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 5pm. €8.50-€133.75 €. One of today’s most spectacular classical voices, the soprano Edita Gruberova, gives a recital of works by Schubert, Strauss & Rachmaninoff.

American

double bassist

Christian McBride

presents his new work,

‘Out Here’ at the Liceu

as part of the Voll-

Damm Barcelona

International Jazz

Festival.


“Musical residencies”. Pau Codina (cello) La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3-L5). 6pm. €12. Classical music performed by talented young Catalan musicians, accompanied by international artists.

Flamenco Opera and Flamenco Palau de la

Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la Música, 4-6). See 3 Nov.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Luciana Souza Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 8pm. De €26-€32. The most exquisite voice in contemporary jazz in a duo with equally gifted guitarist Romero Lubambo.

KidsConcert “The landscape collector” CaixaForum (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). Sat, 5.30pm & Sun, 12pm. €6. See 9 Nov.

Monday 18 Classical music

Classical guitar at the Museu de la Música. The greatest collection in the world. Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). See 1 Nov.

FlamencoFlamenco at Sala Tarantos Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 17). See 4 Nov.



Tuesday 19 Classical music




Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41 (incl. 1 drink). See 6 Nov.

IndieCrappy Tuesdays Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 12.00am €14 (on the door). €13 (advance). See 5 Nov.

MetalAirbourne Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 8pm. €28 (on the door). €25 (advance). Australian hard rock band live at Apolo.

Opera Agrippina / Georg Friedrich

Händel Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm (Sun, 5pm). 16, 18, 21, 24, 26 & 29 Nov. €8.50-€141.75. See 16 Nov.


Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - €19 (prices vary depending on age and circuit chosen). See 1 Nov.

Classical music Classical guitar at the Museu de

la Música. The greatest collection in the world. Museu de la Música (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1) & Marina (L1). See 1 Nov.

Flamenco Great Flamenco Gala Teatre

Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). See 15 Nov.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Spike Wilner Trio feat. Melissa Aldana Conservatori del Liceu (Nou de la Rambla, 88). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €22. Pianist Spike Wilner and the new sensation, saxophonist Melissa Aldana, in what promises to be a unique concert.

Jamboree Jazz Festival: Lee Konitz Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8 & 10pm. 20 & 21 Nov. €25 (on the door). €20 (website). The first of two historic concerts with legendary saxophonist and composer Lee Konitz, who will be accompanied by pianist Dan Tepfer.



Thursday 21 Classical musicGerhard Quartet Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 8.30pm €13. Works by Ravel & Arriaga.

FlamencoFlamenco at Sala Tarantos Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30, 9.30 & 10.30pm. €10 (on the door). €8 (website). See 4 Nov.

Fusion45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Marinah & Los Argonautas BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €18 & €25. A new adventure for ex-members of ‘Ojos de Brujo’.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Samantha de Siena Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €15. London native, resident in Barcelona, presents her second album, ‘Lifting the Veil’.

Jamboree Jazz Festival: Lee Konitz Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8 & 10pm. 20 & 21 Nov. €25 (on the door). €20 (website). See 20 Nov.

MetalSatyricone Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 12am. €29 (on the door). €24 (advance). Norwegian black metal band presents ‘Satyricon’.



Händel Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). See 16 Nov.

Friday 22Classical musicMusical tasting menu: Youkalis El Born Centre Cultural. Sala Moragues (Plaça Comercial, 12). M: Jaume I (L4) & Barceloneta (L4). 9pm. €5. Live music in a historic space.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Avishai Cohen with Strings BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €25-€36. The lyrical world of this Israeli double bassist and composer.



Saturday 23Flamenco

“Flamenco stars at El Cordobés” Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41 (incl. 1 drink). See 6 Nov.

PopBlaumut / “El turista” Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 9.30pm. €18. The Catalan group plays songs from their latest album which mixes pop and folk with plenty of personality.

Sunday 24Blues Giorcelli & Dani Boy Milano Cocktail Bar (Ronda Universitat, 35). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 8.30pm & 9.30pm (double session). Cover charge: €8. Live jazz in a cocktail bar at the centre of Barcelona.


Sport90 Jean Bouin (running race) (Avinguda Rius i Taulet). 8.30am. Two circuits: 5 & 10 km. The Jean Bouin was first held in 1920, and 90 years on, the oldest running race in Spain still attracts athletes from across the country.

Football League fixture. FC Barcelona -

Granada Camp Nou (Aristides Maillol, s/n). Time TBA.


Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9.30pm. €20-€48. See 1 Nov.

KidsWilliam Tell Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). Sat 11am. Sun, 12pm. 24 & 30 Nov. An exciting adaptation of Rossini’s opera for the whole family.

Monday 25FlamencoFlamenco at Sala Tarantos Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30, 9.30 & 10.30pm. €10 (on the door). €8 (website). See 4 Nov.

Electronic musicOneohtrix Point Never CaixaForum (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 10pm. €4. Concert by a US musician who is one the most exciting to emerge on the experimental scene in recent years.

PopPink Tones Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 8pm. €30 (on the door). €25 (advance). A three-hour show that traces the career of psychedelic rock legends Pink Floyd.

Rock15th Millenium Festival: Mark Lanegan BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €25-€30. The US singer is joined by his quartet and British multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood.

Tuesday 26Classical music

The art of the guitar: “Bcn duo de guitarra. Carmen” Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. .



Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: John Grant BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €20-€23.The fascinating voice of John Grant, presenting ‘Pale Green Ghosts’.

45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet Conservatori del Liceu (Nou de la Rambla, 88). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €30. The trumpeter and his quartet present ‘Ten Freedom Summers’.

Wednesday 27Classical music L’Atlàntida / Concert Memorial Pau Casals / music by Manuel de Falla Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm (Sun, 5pm). 8pm. 27 & 28 Nov. €8.50-€90.50. Verdaguer’s epic poem ‘L’Atlàntida’ inspired this magnum opus by de Falla, performed by the LiceuSymphonic Orchestra and Choir.

Flamenco45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Kejaleo Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €15. Kejaleo again prove that jazz can have ‘duende’ and flamenco can have swing.

Great Flamenco Gala Teatre Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 7pm. €30-€45. See 15 Nov.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Daniel Humair Quartet Institut Français (Moià, 8). M: Diagonal


(L5) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €25. A pillar of modern European jazz fronts a unique quartet.



Thursday 28Disco-PopMidnight Call Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). See 7 Nov.

FlamencoFlamenco at Sala Tarantos Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30, 9.30 & 10.30pm. €10 (on the door). €8 (website). See 4 Nov.

PopDaughter Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9pm. €20. London trio promote their album ‘If You Leave’, and go deeper into atmospheric pop.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Jamie Cullum + Kat Edmonson BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 8pm. €36-€60. The English jazz-pop singer presents his new album.

Friday 29Classical musicThe OBC and Holst’s planet suite L’Auditori Sala 1 (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1). Fri, 8.30pm . Sat, 7pm. 29 & 30 Nov. €23-€51.

Flamenco45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: Ginesa Ortega Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €18. Connections between jazz, tango and flamenco.

Festival de flamenc: Remedios Amaya + Capullo de Jerez Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 8pm. €25 (on the door). €20

(advance). An intense and wide-ranging flamenco festival line-up.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: La Locomotora Negra Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4) . 9pm. €20-€48. The legendary band plays the ‘Great American Songbook’.


Händel Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). See 16 Nov.

Pop-Rock45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: The Tallest Man on Earth BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). 9.15pm. €28-€33. Swedish singer Kristian Matsson plays his high-voltage repertoire, always hitting the mark.

Saturday 30Classical music


FunkVermouth Time Milano Cocktail Bar (Ronda Universitat, 35). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 8.30pm & 9.30pm (double session). Cover charge: €8. Live groove and funk.

Jazz45th Barcelona International Jazz Festival: David Mengual Slow Quartet Luz de Gas (Muntaner, 246). M: Diagonal (L3, L5, FGC) & Gràcia (FGC). 9pm. €15. Double bassist and composer presents his new project.

INFORMATION AND SALES



SightsArchitectureBasílica de la Sagrada Familia The Basilica of the Holy Family (Mallorca, 401). M: Sagrada Família (L2,L5). 93 20 804 14. Oct-Mar 9am-6pm. €13.50. Guided tour/audio guide, €18. Barcelona’s most iconic architectural monument, began by Antoni Gaudí in 1891 and remains unfinished. Ticket sales help fund ongoing construction of Spain’s most visited tourist attraction.

Casa Batlló (Pg. de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L3,L4). 93 216 03 06. 9am-9pm. €20.35. Late-night visit, €29. Last admission: 8pm. One of Gaudí’s most emblematic works. Tours include the first floor, originally the Batlló family residence, the roof terrace with its decorated chimneys (and scaly spine of the dragon St George defeated), the light well, and the stunning entrance hall and the main staircase.

La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Diagonal (L3,L5). 902 400 973. 1 Mar-4 Nov, 9am-8pm. Last admission: 7.30pm. €16.50. Reduced: €14.85. Many Barcelona residents consider this Gaudí’s masterpiece. Some of its apartments are still private homes, and the roof terrace is one of Catalan Modernisme’s hidden gems.

Palau Güell (Nou de la Rambla, 3-5). M: Drassanes (L3) & Barceloneta (L4). 93 472 57 75. Tue-Sun 10am-5,30pm. Last admission: 4.30pm. €10. Reduced: €8. Built by Gaudí in the late 19th century, this palace belonged to his principal patron. As at the Pedrera, a visit to the roof terrace is highly recommended. The whole house is a fascinating introduction to Gaudí’s revolutionary use of materials and space.

Leisure Poble Espanyol

(Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya L1-L3). T. 935 086 300. Mon 9am-8pm; Tue-Thu 9am-2am; Fri 9am-4am; Sat 9am-5am; Sun 9am-

midnight. €11. €6.25. Open-air museum on Montjuïc that features reproductions of streets, squares and buildings found around Spain.

Imax Port Vell (Moll d’Espanya). M: Drassanes (L3) & Barceloneta (L4). 93 225 11 11. Times & programme; www.imaxportvell.com. €9.75. Put on your glasses and take a seat for the most exciting virtual reality experience that the latest 3-D technology can provide, in Barcelona’s best-equipped large-format cinema.

Gaudí Experiència (Larrard, 41). M: Lesseps (L3). 93 285 44 40. 10am-6pm. €9. Reduced: €7.50. An interactive voyage with 4-D technology through the creative universe of the genius of Modernist architecture, Antoni Gaudí. A new way to discover Gaudí and his work.

Tibidabo Funfair (Plaça del Tibidabo, 3-4). T. 93 211 79 42. Until 3 Mar, open weekends and public hols. Times and info: www.tibidabo.cat. €28.50 (under 120cm, €10.50). With over 100 years of history, Tibidabo is one of the oldest funfairs in the world, featuring classic rides, old favourites and brand-new attractions to guarantee an exciting day out.

PortAventura theme park (Av. Alcalde Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila Seca (Tarragona)). Train: Port Aventura. T. 977 779 000. Times and prices: www.portaventura.es. Located south of Barcelona, between Vila-seca and Salou, PortAventura boasts six themed zones (Mediterranean, Far West, Mexico, China, Polynesia & SésamoAventura) that occupy 119 hectares, with 30 attractions, 100 live processions every day, 75 places to eat and 27 craft and souvenir shops.

Barcelona Zoo (Parc de la Ciutadella, s/n). M: Arc de Triomf (L1) & Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica (L4). T. 93 225 67 80. 30 Sep - 31 Dec 10am-5pm. €19.60. Children (3-12): €11.80. Barcelona Zoo has a 100-year history and is one of the city’s best-loved attractions. It currently houses 315 species and over 2,000 animals.

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