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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. -
Bachcelona is a leading festival dedicated to the work and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach, turning Barcelona into a meeting point for performers, creators and diverse audiences. With a programme focused on concerts, the festival offers an open and contemporary perspective on Bach's music, placing it in dialogue with other styles, artistic disciplines and modern forms of expression. Bachcelona champions a close and accessible musical experience, with performances in some of the city's most emblematic venues and formats designed for both seasoned music lovers and new audiences. The festival has established itself as a key cultural event, highlighting the relevance, richness and emotional power of classical music in today's urban context.
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Cruïlla 2026 once again turns Barcelona into a major open-air music stage with a new edition at the Parc del Fòrum, staying true to its open, inclusive and festive spirit. The festival continues its commitment to a diverse and cross-genre programme, combining top international artists with local talent and emerging acts, across a musical journey that ranges from pop and rock to electronic music, fusion and global sounds.
Beyond the concerts, Cruïlla stands out as a complete cultural experience, with spaces dedicated to urban art, comedy, gastronomy and creative installations, designed to enjoy the festival at a relaxed pace and with curiosity. Its commitment to sustainability, equality and innovation positions it as one of the most distinctive urban festivals on Barcelona's cultural calendar. A must for enjoying live music and the city's creative energy.
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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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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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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. -
Alba Farelo, known by her stage name Bad Gyal, can boast of being a pioneer in adapting urban slang into Catalan and of having delved into dembow, dancehall and all the genres she loves across Latin America, which have made her an international star. She now arrives at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with three consecutive concerts promising a powerful stage production, boundless energy and a selection of her greatest hits and new songs.
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Mostra is a small-format independent festival focused on avant-garde and experimental electronic music. The spotlight is on local talent but there are also performances by various artists and DJs. La Mostra festival holds a fair of exhibitors and continues throughout the year with a radio program in Podcast format and with additional programming in venues and clubs in the city, called the ExtraMostra.
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The world of Hans Zimmer The Next Level
Hans Zimmer is an extremely innovative film score composer. He has composed famous soundtracks such as Gladiator, Inception, Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight trilogy and the multi-award-winning The Lion King, as well as many more projects. His music is characterized by its percussion, its fusion with electronic music, its out-of-tune pianos and the use of synthesizers. With these ingredients, Zimmer's genius lets us travel back to Ancient Rome and far into the future. Now Zimmer himself has prepared a brand new selection from his diverse collection of scores under the title The Next Level, which will be presented at Palau Sant Jordi as a very special, glamorous, vital and exciting live experience.
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For 27 years now, the Festival del Mil·lenni has been coming to the city and it never disappoints. From October to May, concerts are held throughout the city in various halls, auditoriums and even iconic venues like the Santa Maria del Mar church, all under the Mil·lenni Festival brand. The genres are diverse and varied, but all the concerts share a common denominator: the quality and relevance of the performances. This year the Festival features big international names such as Suzanne Vega, Vanessa Paradis and The Divine Comedy, as well as a selection of major national artists such as Karavana, Carlos Núñez and Natalia Lacunza. The aim: to once again highlight the value of live music and the emotion that stems from direct contact with the audience.
