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08 Feature 23 Around town Our picks for the Grec A new home the Encants Festival. flea market. 14 Food & drink 24 Arts Mercat Princesa, the Open-air music festival. ultimate food bar. 26 Nightlife 20 Shopping House history. Animal prints for summer. 29 Listings

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July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 3 Monthly planner Get out your diaries! We present just a handful of the cultural highlights of the month ahead.

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SUMMER NIGHTS EARTH, WIND 6th PUIG VELA AT LA PEDRERA & FIRE CLASSICA Jazz on the roof Elemental funk and REGATTA terrace of Gaudí’s soul at the Jardins Classic yachts from most striking del Palau Reial all over Europe building. Barcelona Music gather in Barcelona. See p. 38 Festival. See p. 40 See p. 42

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SALA MONTJUÏC PRÒXIMS OPEN AIR CINEMA FESTIVAL ‘Take Shelter’ The independent (2011) on the big music scene takes screen, with live over the Poble Brazilian music in Espanyol. concert. See p. 43 See p. 44

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FINA WORLD TALES FOR BRAVE SWIMMING CHILDREN CHAMPIONSHIPS A show for the A major event on whole family to the international enjoy from the swimming calendar. Trotam theatre See p. 44 company. See p. 43

Wednesday 24 Tuesday 30

MUSIC IN THE POPCORN PARK MACHINE More than 40 free One of the best concerts of jazz, circus shows at classical and more this year’s Grec in 27 parks around Festival. the city. See p. 46 See p. 49

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The Hot Seat ORIOL MALET Mariano Bueno According to this organic farming expert, we’d all be better off planting our own food. By Ada Castells

As we meet organic farmer I want to live?’ The economic crisis is Mariano Bueno in the middle of an opportunity to refl ect on that. And the Eixample, the plane trees are we’ll come out of this stronger, shedding pollen all around us. although it’s also true that we’re Plane trees are terrible for paying for other people’s mistakes. allergies, aren’t they? There has to be a shift in people’s Allergies aren’t caused by nature consciousness. but by industrialisation. They’ve We have to understand that surged in recent years because progress doesn’t mean pollen carries toxic particles. motorways, reservoirs, People who live in the country don’t skyscrapers, concrete and nuclear suffer from allergies or asthma. It’s power stations. The people in a city problem. charge now were brought up with So everyone should have a that idea of progress. So the ruling vegetable patch in the country? doctrine is all macroeconomics That would be expensive, but there and infrastructure projects. Our are other solutions, like collective lifestyles are not sustainable. urban allotments, or smallholders who rent out part of their land. But watering your garden takes 664 time, whereas you can pop out pages of ecological advice are and buy a bag of mixed leaves at contained in Mariano’s two gardening the supermarket in 10 minutes. guides, published by Integral. The question you have ask is ‘How do

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The city’s performing arts don’t rest in July. The 2013 Grec Festival features 20 shows – local to international, conventional to experimental, down-to-earth to provocative. By Andreu Gomila & Maria Junyent

THREE SISTERS, ANDROID Theatre combines with the VERSION techniques of television to examine Oriza Hirata / Seinendan / Anton political power in the words of P. Chekov Shakespeare. Ivo van Hove, a cult Mercat de les Flors-Sala M. Aurèlia director who has revitalized the Capmany. 2-4 July, 10pm. €28 European scene, encourages How will Chekov be staged in the audiences to stand up and move future? Perhaps with actors and around the theatre. robots, as in this version by Oriza Hirata, one of the great innovators in RHINOCEROS contemporary Japanese theatre. A Eugène Ionesco Japanese provincial town, in a dark, Director: Emmanuel Demarcy- indeterminate future marked by Mota economic crisis, is the setting for a - Sala Fabià production that fuses theatre and Puigserver. 12-14 July, 8.30pm. technology. €30 One of the great contemporary ROMAN TRAGEDIES French directors of the moment Shakespeare / Toneelgroep stages a key work of the theatre of Amsterdam the absurd at its most politically Director: Ivo van Hove engaged: ‘Rhinoceros’. The work is an Teatre Lliure - Sala Fabià allegory of conformity and the Puigserver. 5-7 Jul, 6pm. €32 insidious creep of ideology.

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THE WIND IN A VIOLIN

HATE RADIO 100 FEMMES International Institute of Collectif Lyon.05 Political Murder Director: Àngles Aymar Director: Milo Rau . 19 July, 10pm. €18 Tetre Lliure - Sala Fabià Puigserver. Collectif Lyon.05 has invited 100 17-19 July, 8.30pm. €30 Barcelona women with different What are the origins of a genocidal backgrounds, ideas and ways of massacre like that witnessed in working to build a collective story Rwanda in 1994? The Swiss director based on real episodes from and playwright Milo Rau has created individual lives. a new form of political theatre that reconstructs important moments in THE WIND IN A VIOLIN our recent history with maximum Claudio Tolcachir / Timbre 4 fidelity. Director: Claudio Tolcachir Teatre Romea; 24-27 July, 9.30pm. WASTELAND €15-28 Lluís Danés One of the leading names in Director: Lluís Danés contemporary Argentinean theatre Mercat de les Flors - Sala M. dissects the world of human Aurèlia Capmany. 17-20 July, relationships. What are the limits of 10pm. €24 love? Are there any? Can a person’s With Manolo Alcàntara, the texts and love for their child or their mother voice of Eduardo Galeano ,and music justify absolutely anything – even by Lluís Llach. harming someone else? Questions Lluís Danés turns the stage into a without easy answers. dump inhabited by human beings and puppets made of recycled objects. FIRES Moving and poetic, the show Marguerite Yourcenar / Marc combines social critique with artistic Rosich / Josep M. Pou sensibility to highlight the unfair Teatre Grec; 26-28 July, 22 h. €16-28 relationship between the developed Director: Josep Maria Pou world and the developing. In ‘Fires’ Marguerite Yourcenar

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ROMAN TRAGEDIES

pushed her own writing to the limit in CAPRICIS the aftermath of a failed love affair. Àngels Margarit / Cia. Mudances As performed by Carmen Machi, the Direction and choreography: text lays bare the author’s feelings, a Àngels Margarit prose poem that draws on the voices Mercat de les Flors - Sala M. Aurèlia of Classical heroines. Capmany. 11-13 July, 10pm. €22 Àngels Margarit, a creative force in LEBENSRAUM (HABITAT) Catalan contemporary dance, translates Jakop Ahlbom & Alamo Race the 24 Caprices of violinist and Track composer Niccolò Paganini into Director: Jakop Ahlbom movement. Mercat de les Flors - Sala M. Aurèlia Capmany; 26-28 July, 10pm. €28 PUZ/ZLE The magic of mime, silent cinema and Eastman / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui slapstick brought to the stage in a show Teatre Grec. 15 & 16 July, 10pm. full of humour and extraordinary €16-28 technical virtuosity. A showcase for the A choreographer dear to the hearts of talent of Jakob Ahlbom, the creator or a Barcelona audiences returns to the city. surreal imaginary world with a logic Cherkaoui’s choreographic language all its own. synthesises different cultures to show that even the purest-seeming things are CAL·LIGRAMES EN MOVIMENT composed from elements of diverse A dance tour of Barcelona origins. The jigsaw puzzle is completed Organizers: La Caldera by live accompaniment from a band of Participating venues: La Caldera, musicians from Japan, the Lebanon and tragantDansa, Area Dansa, Antic the Middle East. Teatre, Espai Erre, Espai Sepúlveda & Teatre Grec PLEXUS Around Barcelona. 6, 13 & 20 July, Aurélien Bory / Kaori Ito 10am-9.45pm. €10 Teatre Ovidi Montllor. 19 & 20 July, Climb on board La Caldera’s bus and 9.30pm. €26 take a day-long trip to arts centres all Aurélien Bory, artist, director and stage over Barcelona, taking part in designer, conjures up the inner world of different activities at each one. an artist who has stepped outside their

10 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 EMERGING CATALAN THEATRE JEAN LOUIS FERNANDEZ MONTALDO Ernesto Collado / Fundación Collado – Van Hoestenberghe Director and performer: Ernesto Collado CCCB; 11-14 July, 8.30pm. €18 A story of Indians, gas stations, utopias and autistic Catalans lost on the endless highways of a barely recognisable Texas. Montaldo is RHINOCEROS a new work from an arts collective that rejects conventions and uses humour to explore the world from a own world and been transformed by different viewpoint. The experience. Japanese dancer Kaori Ito trademark of a creative theatre moves through a forest of threads that lab that has taken its world all represent the obstacles that can alter the around Europe. course of a dance – or a life. BRICKMAN BRANDO YESTERDAY BUBBLE BOOM Jasmin Vardimon Company Agrupación Señor Serrano Choreography and direction: Original idea: Àlex Serrano i Jasmin Vardimon Pau Palacios Mercat de les Flors - Sala M. Aurèlia Mercat de les Flors - Sala Pina Capmany; 23 & 24 July, 10pm. €26 Bausch; 12 & 13 July, 8pm. €20 ‘Yesterday’ is a retrospective piece that The mortgage crisis. Victorian features some of the most exciting England. Nests, dens, caves and moments from the company’s mansions, 150,000 evictions in repertoire. Jasmin Vardimon, Associate in 2012, a grinning Artist with London’s Sadler’s Wells, is banker, a smiling builder, known for insightful and alluring horror, homesickness. productions full of humour, drama and Everything that surrounds the provocation, that make intelligent use idea of a place to live. of audiovisual technologies. JO MAI POPCORN MACHINE (A Iván Morales DOMESTIC APOCALYPSE) Director Iván Morales My! Laika CCCB; 25-28 July, 6pm. Staging: My! Laika & Florent Bergal A play that smells like teenage Teatre Ovidi Montllor. 30 & 31 July, rock’n’roll. Iván Morales and the 9.30pm; €18 Prisamata theatre company The domestic apocalypse of perform a noirish tale in which a My!Laika has a frenetic pace, a neo- group of young men and women futurist aesthetic and a sharp sense of try to form the family they never humour. Circus performance of the had, and they do it in an highest quality that has been a hit all abandoned bar. over Europe and won critical praise.

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 11 BAMBI, A LIFE IN THE FOREST GREC FOR KIDS El replà productions Director: Joan Sors LLEPAFILS Guasch Teatre; 17-19 July, 6pm, 60 Jordi Palet/Teatre al detall min; €10. Age: 3 yrs and over. Director: Josep Maria Segura The story of Bambi needs no Almeria Teatre; 1-7 July, 6pm (Sun introduction, but this adaptation of 12pm), 60 min. €10. Age: 3 yrs and Felix Salten’s tale has an extra over. dimension in original music by Plenty of kids are difficult at Ramon Bau. The most famous fawn mealtimes but Lluïset is an extreme in the forest is endlessly inquisitive, case: all he wants are chips. His and with the help of his mother and personal chefs, Llòfia and Olívia, have the inhabitants of the woods where a tough job. Luckily they have a they live, he discovers all the magic ingredient: imagination. wonders and dangers that Music, theatre and tons of humour surround him. will make the whole audience fall in love with their recipes. SIMPLICISSIMUS Roberto G. Alonso Company CONTARELLES Teatre Poliorama ; 13-14 July, L’Estenedor Teatre 12.30pm, 60 min. 14 €. Age: 5 yrs Sala Atrium; 6-21 July, Sat 5.30pm and over. & Sun 12pm, 55 min. €9. Age: 3 yrs This show takes you on a journey to and over. the Barcelona of 100 years ago when There all kinds of puppets and all kinds it was a city where anything was of different ways of making them possible. Using the medium of dance, move. This show turns the audience from ballet to tap, we travel to the into experts on puppets, dipping into Avinguda del Paral.lel at the different tales as told by the characters beginning of the 20th century, when themselves. When you step outside, it was the city’s busiest nightlife you’ll want to run straight home to district and the epicentre of its create your own stories. variety theatres – a magical world.

BAMBI, A LIFE IN THE FOREST

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Food & Drink Edited by Ricard Martín [email protected]

The ultimate food hall The Born’s food scene is revitalized with the opening of Mercat Princesa – 16 food stalls in a single pocket- sized medieval palace. By Ricard Martín

Good news for the long-suffering the whole district, is that you can put residents of the Born, and for tourists together a gourmet meal for under €15, wading through another all-day because ‘what we save on service, we’re breakfast with an unwanted supersized giving back in the quality of the food’. flagon of beer: the district now boasts Customers can eat at the bar or at one of the largest private food market in the tables in the centre of the space. Barcelona. Recalling New York’s fabulous Grand Central Market, Mercat Dolç i salat Princesa brings together a range of Pastries and puddings in single quality food options under one roof. servings and shot glasses or as full- sized portions, tender brioche A gastronomic hub sandwiches, and home-made hot With 16 stalls effectively forming a chocolate. All the pastries and cakes single enormous food bar, this must be are home-made by the owners. Directly the most diverse menu in Barcelona. The opposite, Ibèrics & Formatges offers big attraction of this gastronomic hub, cheeses and hams from which aspires to become a focal point for at affordable prices.

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Las Saladas Por + Huevos A dizzying array of salty The owners of this stall, all in their Mediterranean snacks: from tinned early twenties, have decided to put all seafood to pickled nibbles such as their their eggs in one basket. And make olives stuffed with fresh salt cod, or omelettes. Specialities include sardines with pickled tomato. omelettes with garlicky salt cod, potatoes or brava sauce. They also do a Vins & Cocktails mean quail’s egg brochette. This specialist wine bar stocks over 70 vintages representing all the Pepe Fritz Spanish regions, with wines by the A corner dedicated to glass from €3. Andalusian-style deep-fried seafood dishes, with highly La Planxa recommended calamars a la Botifarres – traditional Catalan andalusa for under €4, as well as sausages – in every imaginable form: whitebait and calamari sandwiches. with raisins and Pedro Ximénez sherry, with four cheeses or wild Italianos mushrooms. There’s even a version Traditional Italian cuisine, great pasta with gin & tonic. and cooked meats, plus bruschetta and pizza. Their sister stall Toque de Mekong by Indochine Ly Leap Sal offers risottos at €4 a pop. The popular Indochine Ly Leap restaurant has its own stall serving WWW.MERCATPRINCESA.COM South East Asian street food, with a C/Flassaders, 21. menu that includes dim sum and Sun-Wed, 9am-midnight. spring rolls, fried or steamed. Thu-Sat, 9am-1am.

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 15 Igueldo IIIII Rosselló, 186 T. 93 452 25 55. Around €30

There’s always a friendly welcome

Food Drink & at Igueldo and with its crisp, elegant interior, the restaurant makes a great first impression. But behind the sleek design and service, a seriously original gastronomic philosophy is at work. You could start with croquettes made from morcilla de Beasain (the noted Basque black sausage), for example, and move on to mackerel in vinegary escabetx, or plump for a magnificent salad of mussels with garlic sauce or an irresistible fresh anchovy ceviche. The star turn is a mouth-watering fillet-steak tartare, served with an exquisite malted beer yoghurt and mustard on the side. They offer a house Rioja by the glass, as well as a THE BILL garnatxa from the north of that is a perfect match for the food on IGUELDO (FOR 1) offer. A satisfying dessert menu 1 mussels in garlic sauce 4 rounds out the meal – from an 1 steak tartare 11 extraordinary mató (fresh cheese) 1 fresh anchovy ceviche 4 mousse, to a sublime take on the 1 rice pudding 6 humble rice pudding. TOTAL (INC VAT) €27.50 –Marcos Andrea ‘Mansaf’

Mansaf is a Jordanian lamb dish, slow-cooked in

IVAN GIMÉNEZ IVAN a distinctive spice mix, served with rice and minced beef and topped with a exquisitely creamy sauce of natural yoghurt. Tasty and different.

OMEIA THE DISH Aragó, 211. T. 93 452 31 79 / €13

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money. Always packed, with friendly staff. A great place to try traditional Catalan dishes including offal. Riera de Sant Miquel, 21. 93 218 96 Hot 33. €12-€15. tables! South East Edited by Marcelo Aparicio Asian cuisine Bangkok Cafè Our themed selection Squeezed into a kiosk-sized footprint, of Barcelona’s best this tiny Thai restaurant serves restaurants. delicious curries with a genuinely fiery kick. And cool Thai beers to By Marcelo Aparicio quench the flames. Evarist Arnús, 65. 93 339 32 69. Plaça del Centre ( L3). Traditional €15-€20 restaurants Batik A simple, unpretentious and Alba Granados beautifully decorated restaurant with Alba París’s younger sister is all a wide selection of Indonesian, Thai elegant simplicity: cuisine with and Malaysian dishes. Try the €14 Basque roots and a focus on quality sampling menu and take a meat and the freshest fish. It’s not gastronomic tour. cheap, but it’s worth every penny. València, 454. Enric Granados, 34. 93 454 61 16. 93 231 60 15. Sagrada Faília ( L2,L5). Provença ( FGC). €30-€35 €20-€35 Can Culleretes El Petit Bangkok Barcelona’s oldest restaurant, and one This top-notch Thai has just moved to of the oldest in Spain, is still going new, more spacious premises, but the strong. The Agut-Manubens family food is as excellent as ever. Authentic serve good Catalan cooking at Thai specialities include nem reasonable prices, notably their sausages and a range of curries and cannelloni with cod, their roast gilt- wok dishes. Serious connoisseurs of head bream and their escudella (a Thai food consider this one of the best hearty Catalan stew). It’s practically restaurants in the city. impossible to leave feeling hungry. Vallirana, 26. Quintana, 5. 93 317 64 85. (L3). 616 185 196. Pàdua (FGC). €20-€35 €20-€35 Lluís de les Moles Gado Gado A set lunch menu with a difference on In the Gothic quarter, the long- a side street off Plaça Catalunya. With established Betawi is a popular choice so many dishes to choose from it feels for Indonesian food. The same owners like eating à la carte. Their timbal of have recently opened Gado Gado in potato and botifarra negra (black Gràcia, adding Thai specialities to a sausage) is a classic. basically Indonesian menu. Fresh spices De les Moles, 25. 93 317 58 66. and dishes that balance sweetness and Catalunya (L1, L3), Urquinaona ( L4). heat. Try the eponymous gado gado €20-€25. salad, with a rich peanut sauce, or bakmi goreng, traditional stir fried noodles with egg and vegetables, or Pa i Oli their delicious curries. A tavern with a great selection of Or, 21. dishes that are excellent value for 93 179 85 58. Joanic (L4).

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Shopping Edited by Eugenia Sendra [email protected] Animal magic Animal prints are this season’s big trend. Time to start a zoo in Six-legged friends your wardrobe. Entomologists aside, most people By Laia Beltran aren’t keen on sharing a house with insects. And yet this beetle- covered sweatshirt and leggings (€99) would make a welcome addition to anyone’s wardrobe.

MIRANDA MAKAROFF FOR LYDIA DELGADO www.lydiadelgado.es

Noah’s ark Pangea evokes promordial plains at the dawn of time – and it’s also the new collection from El Colmillo de Morsa, with giraffe-print tops (€370), printed silk dresses and jumpsuits (€440).

EL COLMILLO DE MORSA www.elcolmillodemorsa.com

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Shopping 22 www.dolorespromesas.com DOLORES PROMESAS this vintageswimsuit.(€129.90) Wean odetotheanimalworld. love Promesas’ summercollectionis with multicolouredtails.Dolores they’re redandblackcockerels geometric shapes, butinfact From adistancethey looklike Cock-a-doodle-doo! Time Out BCNGuide Time July 2013 www.hossintropia.com HOSS INTROPIA summery. exotic andvery multicoloured toucans(€190)– unlimited scopeforbadpuns. Unfeasibly largebeaksand Toucan play thatgame dress fromHossIntropia, withits Just anotherreasontoadorethis Around Town Edited by Eugènia Sendra [email protected] FRANCESC FABREGAS Requiem for a flea market Barcelona’s biggest flea market is moving to a new location. Eugenia Sendra tries her hand at haggling

La Fira de Bellcaire (aka ‘The crowded stage sets. Genuine Encants’) is said to be one of the treasures have surfaced here: there oldest open-air markets in Europe, are tales of Picasso prints changing and has a special character all its own. hands, as well as Miguel Milà’s much Nostalgic locals are getting their last sought-after lamps, original chance to soak up the sights and photographs by Agustí Centelles and sounds before it makes the definitive first editions signed by the author. move to its gleaming new home, at the Haggling is allowed. Regulars know intersection of Diagonal with who has the best deals and which is Castillejos, a soaring, reflective roof the best time of day to strike. Rainy structure that will cover shops, stalls days are good for bargains, as is the and public auctions. We went to pick magic hour of four o’clock, when up a few souvenirs, with advice from vendors are keen to sell up before the some veteran marketeers. cleaning trucks come to wash down The best time to find new stock is the central square, turning leftover between 7am and 9am, at the public remnants of books and magazines auction, which takes place on into a watery paste. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For the full effect, you need to turn up MERCAT ENCANTS VELLS FIRA DE even earlier: at 5am the auctioneers BELLCAIRE set up temporary displays of Pl. Glòries Catalanes, 8. furniture and bric-a-brac, like Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 9am-5pm. FREE

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Music al fresco Musical evenings in the idyllic surroundings of the Palau Reial gardens in Pedralbes. By Maria Junyent

While no one could say Barcelona records. July 5th sees a visit from Lana suffers from a lack of music festivals, a del Rey, the vintage-styled Internet-era new one is still a cause for celebration. femme fatale par excellence. She shot The ‘Jardins Palau Reial Pedralbes to fame in 2011 with the viral success Barcelona Music Festival’ is a of her single ‘Videogames,’ and mouthful, but it accurately released debut album ‘Born to Die’ at summarises two essential concepts: the beginning of 2012. On July 7th, live music in a green space at the heart Earth , Wind & Fire bring their fusion of the city – the gardens of the royal of soul, funk and rock. The band, palace of Pedralbes. In front of the formed in 1969 by drummer, composer palace the organisers have erected an and occasional singer Maurice White, auditorium with a capacity of 2,000, will be visiting Barcelona as part of which will host a total of seven their ‘Now, Then & Forever’ tour. To concerts from world-famous bring the first ever Jardins Palau Reial performers in a range of musical Pedralbes Barcelona Music Festival to styles. In its first year the festival has a close, folk rock legends Crosby, Stills chosen to support El Casal dels & Nash play on July 8th, returning to Infants, a Barcelona-based association Barcelona after an absence of eight that provides shared learning spaces years. One of the most influential for children in need, and which works groups in the history of rock, their to help low-income families become style ranges freely from acoustic folk involved in their children’s education. to melodic pop.

July nights FESTIVAL JARDINS PALAU REIAL July’s programme begins with Roger PEDRALBES Hodgson, the voice of legendary British rock group Supertramp, with Until 8 July whom he sold more than 60 million www.festivalpedralbes.com

24 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 25 Nightlife Edited by Ricard Martín [email protected] MARTÍ MAYANS Libidanze, lessons in the history of house Barcelona welcomes an ambitious new club night with open arms. By Javier Blánquez

There are times when Barcelona’s with a passing knowledge of Chicago club circuit seems to be in the and New York house will recognise as doldrums – and then a brand-new a stellar line-up. Thursday night opens for the The Libidanze experience isn’t summer, with a beachfront location exclusively musical. The Carpe and serious musical ambitions. Diem lounge restaurant, Libidanze kicked off the season with rechristened CDLD, serves pre- two giants of US house, Todd The dancefl oor suppers on its beachside God Terry and Marshall Jeff erson, terrace, and the club will be hosting considered one of the originators of dance shows, acrobatics, and the genre as far back as 1985. Tough massages. All very Ibizan and ideal acts to follow, but judging by the for whiling away the hot summer programme through to September, nights, but it’s the uncompromising Libidanze has no intention of music policy that is going to be the lowering the bar. big draw.

New York to Chicago LIBIDANZE The names include François CDLD (Passeig Marítim de la Kevorkian, Frankie Knuckles, Dave Barceloneta, 32) Morales and DJ Sneak, which anyone Thu 11pm-4am

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MON 15 FRI 24 TUE 30 Throughout the More than 40 free French circus summer Montjuïc jazz and classical company My!Laika castle becomes an music concerts in stage a domestic open-air venue for 27 parks around apocalypse at the cinema & live music. the city. Mercat de les Flors.

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide | 29 Can Framis. Fundació Exhibitions Vila Casas Information and sales: (Roc Boronat, 116-126). M: Glòries Tourist Information Points and (L1), Poblenou (L4) & Llacuna (L4). T. www.barcelonaturisme.cat 93 320 87 36. Tue-Sat 11am-6pm; Sun 11am-2pm. €5. €2 reduced. Permanent exhibition Arxiu Fotogràfic de Contemporary painting from the Vila Barcelona Casa Foundation, housed in a former cotton mill in the 22@ district of Poble (Pl. Pons & Clerch, 2). M: Arc de Nou. Triomf (L1) & Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 100 years of Clavé Until 14 Jul. The 34 20. Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Closed Sun legacy of painter, printmaker and and public holidays. designer Antoni Clavé, drawing on the FREE Postwar Barcelona: A Foundation’s collection. photographic report Until 28 Sep. More than 100 images that show daily life during Barcelona’s first years under Castell de Montjuïc the Franco dictatorship. (Ctra. de Montjuïc, 66). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 256 44 45. Apr-Sep 9am–9pm. Arxiu Històric de la FREE Sculpture by Carles Berga Ciutat de Barcelona Permanent exhibition. FREE Catalunya in transition 7 July- (Santa Llúcia, 1). M: Jaume I (L4) & 28 Feb Urquinaona (L1, L4). T. 93 31 81 195. FREE Montjuïc, the construction Mon-Fri 9am-8.30pm; Sun 9am-1pm. of a castle Permanent exhibition, FREE Dipping into the Archive: telling the story of Montjuïc and its Postwar Barcelona Until Oct. The city castle. under mayor Miquel Mateu i Pla (1939- 1945) Centre de Cultura CaixaForum Contemporània de (Av. Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 6-8). Barcelona M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 476 86 00. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm. Wed 10am- (Montalegre, 5). M: Catalunya (L1, 11pm; Sat, Sun 10am-9pm. Adults €4. L3). T. 93 306 41 00. Tue-Sun & public Under 16s free. hols 11am-8pm; closed Mon. €6. Windows on the world Until 31 Reduced entry for pensioners and Aug. Short films showing the reality of students on Wed (except public hols): €4. daily life in developing countries. Free for under 16s & unemployed, Thu What to think. What to desire. 8pm-10pm; Sun 3pm-8pm. What to do. The ‘La Caixa’ Pasolini Roma Until 15 Sep. Foundation’s contemporary art Exploring the relationship that collection Until 8 Sep. Works from the filmmaker and writer Pier Paolo “La Caixa” Foundation’s contemporary Pasolini had with Rome. art collection. Japonism. The fascination for Japanese art Until 15 Sep. The 19th- CosmoCaixa century art movement of Japonism left (Isaac Newton, 26). M: Av. Tibidabo its mark on Spain, especially in (FGC). T. 93 212 60 50. Tue-Sun 10am- Catalonia, where it influenced the work 8pm. €4 (permanent and temporary of great artists such as Marià Fortuny, exhibitions). Under 16s free; first Sun of and Joan Miró. month: free. Contemporary art collections Microvida. Beyond the human on show 19 July-29 Sep. Barcelona is eye. An incredible journey into the the setting for a major joint exhibition of hidden world of microscopic life forms, the contemporary art collections of the focusing on the scientific and “la Caixa” Foundation and the MACBA, technological advances that have made which brings together works from it possible to explore these miniature different periods on a range of themes. worlds.

30 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 Continuum. The fifth Espais VolART-Fundació anniversary of the Josep Suñol Vila Casas collection Until 31 Dec. Thirty works by artists including Miquel Barceló, (Ausiàs March, 22). M: Urquinaona Andy Warhol, Robert Llimós, Isidre (L1, L4). T. 93 481 79 85. Tue-Fri 5pm- Manils and Zush. 8.30pm; Sat 11am-2pm, 5-8.30pm; Sun Picasso: “La tauromaquia”. 11am-2pm. €1; reduced: 50¢. Graphic works Until 7 Sep. Picasso’s Lita Cabellut ‘Doubt Trilogy’ Until series of 26 aquatints depicting the 21 Jul. Career retrospective on Catalan world of bullfighting, made in 1959 to painter and sculptor Lita Cabellut. illustrate texts by José Delgado. Ynglada Guillot. Drawing prize. 2 Jul-21 Jul. Jardí Botànic (Doctor Font i Quer, s/n). M: Espanya Fundació Antoni Tàpies (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 256 41 60. April, (Aragó, 255). M: Passeig de Gràcia May & Sept: daily, 10am-8pm. (L2, L3, L4). T. 93 487 03 15. Tue-Sun Jardí Botànic (MCNB - Museu de 10am-7pm. €7. Reduced, €5.60. Ciències Naturals de Barcelona) Tàpies from within Until 3 Nov. Permanent collection of plants from Works, most drawn from Tàpies’s Mediterranean climate zones all over the personal collection, that demonstrate world. his inexhaustible appetite for The vegetable kingdom. Paul den experimentation and the development Hollander Mon-Sat 11am-2pm; Sun of his own iconography, a vocabulary of 11am-2pm, 4pm-6pm. Until 2 Feb. signs, materials and everyday objects. Photographer Paul den Hollander finds inspiration in the world of nature, Fundació Francisco museum collections and gardens. Godia La Pedrera (Diputació, 250). M: Passeig de Gràcia (Provença, 261-265). M: Provença (L2, L3, L4) & Provença (FGC). T. 93 (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). T. 902 400 272 31 80. Mon-Sun 10am-8pm; closed 973. www.lapedrera.com. Mon-Sun Tue. €7. Reduced €4. 9am-6.30pm (last admission 7.30pm) Permanent exhibition. Specialising €16.50. Reduced: €14.85. in Medieval art, ceramics, modern and FREE Exhibition Hall Chema contemporary painting, with works by Madoz. Ars combinatoria Mon-Sun Ramon Casas, Santiago Rusiñol, Isidre 10am-8pm. Until 28 Jul. Over 70 Nonell, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and photographs, from the ’80s to the most Miquel Barceló. recent work. of one of the biggest names in contemporary Spanish photography. Fundació Joan Miró (Parc de Montjuïc, s/n). M: Espanya Macba. Museu d’Art (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 443 94 70. Tue-Sat Contemporani 10am-8pm; Thu 10am-9.30pm; Sun & public holidays 10am-2.30pm. Closed (Plaça dels Àngels, 1). M: Universitat Mondays. €11. Espai 13: €2.50. (L1, L2) & Sant Antoni (L2). T. 93 412 Joan Miró. From figuration to 08 10. Mon-Fri 11am-7.30pm; Sat gesture 2 Jul-24 Sep. A selection of 10am-9pm; Sun, public holidays 10am- Miró’s original prints produced between 3pm. 25 Jun-24 Sep: Mon-Fri 11am- 1933 and 1963. 8pm; Fri, 11am-10pm; Sat Espai 13. The examined soul. 10am-10pm; Sun, public holidays, Samuel Labadie 12 Jul-24 Sep. 10am-3pm. Tue closed, except public Vestibule. Jaume Blassi “Los holidays. Whole museum ticket: €9 verdes” Until 8 Sep. Photography. (reduced €7). Single exhibition ticket: €6.50 (reduced €5). Written on the wind. Drawings by Fundació Suñol Lawrence Weiner Until 24 Jun. A (Passeig de Gràcia, 98). M: Diagonal retrospective on the work of North (L3, L5). T. 93 496 10 32. Mon-Fri American artist Lawrence Weiner, one 11am-2pm, 4pm-8pm; Sat 4pm-8pm. of the most influential artists of the €6. Reduced: €3. second half of the 20th century.

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 31 10am-8pm. €2.20. (Sun free after 3pm.) MEAM: Museu Europeu Permanent exhibition d’Art Modern (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). MUHBA Refugi 307 T. 93 319 56 93. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm. (Nou de la Rambla, 169). M: Paral·lel €7. Reduced 5 €. (L2, L3). T. 93 256 21 22. Sat & Sun A century of Catalan sculpture 10am-2pm, by appointment. Public Until 17 Jun. Almost 300 figurative holidays, closed. €3.40. works by over 80 artists from the mid- Permanent exhibition In 400 19th century to the present. metres of underground passageways, visitors can relive the past of a city which, during the Civil War, was subject MIBA. Museu d’Idees i to a new form of warfare: indiscriminate Invents de Barcelona bombing of the civilian population. (Ciutat, 7). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 332 79 30. Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, 4pm-7pm; MUHBA Santa Caterina Sat, Sun 11am-7pm; Sun, public (Pl. de Joan Capri). T. 93 256 21 22. holidays 10am-2pm. €8. Reduced €6. Mon-Sat 10am-2pm Closed Sun and Permanent exhibition public holidays. Ingenious gadgets, and displays on the FREE Permanent collection Inside world of creativity and inventing. the renovated Santa Caterina Market, this exhibition revisits the most significant events in Barcelona’s MUHBA El Call history, from the bronze age to (Placeta de Manuel Ribé). the most recent examples of M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I contemporary architecture. (L4). T. 93 256 21 22. The MACBA and Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, La Caixa foundations MUHBA Vil·la 4pm-7pm. Sat, Sun defend their artistic 11am-7pm. Public hols missions as creators of a Joana. Casa and Mon before a public new collection of stories holiday 10am-2pm. of the recent past. Verdaguer Otherwise closed Mon. €2.20. (Carretera de l’Església, Salomó ben Adret 104. Vallvidrera). T. 93 256 21 (1235-1310). The Triumph of an 22. Sat, Sun 10am-2pm. Tue-Fri, Orthodoxy. Permanent exhibition groups by appt only. Closed Mon. Salomó ben Adret was a Catalan Jewish FREE Permanent exhibition The leader and Rabbi at the main synagogue poet Jacint Verdaguer, one of the key of Barcelona, and served three kings as figures in the revival of Catalan as a adviser on Jewish Affairs. literary language, spent the last years of his life in this 19th-century villa. MUHBA Museu d’Història de Barcelona Museu Blau (Pl. de Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc (Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 del Fòrum). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). 256 21 22. Tue-Sat 10–7pm; Sun T. 93 256 60 02. Tue-Fri, 10am-7pm. 10am-8pm (Sun free after 3pm). Sun Sat, Sun 10am-8pm. Closed Mon. €6. and Mon before public hols 10am-2pm. Reduced: €2.70. Museum & Botanical Otherwise closed Mon. €7. Under-16s Gardens €7. Reduced €5. free. Sunday afternoon, free. Entrance hall Animalàrium Animal Permanent exhibition Beneath sculptures by Miquel Aparici, made the Plaça del Rei, in the Gothic quarter, a from recycled materials. remarkable archaeological journey Planeta Vida Permanent exhibition. allows visitors to discover the Roman The history of life and its evolution on town of Barcino. our planet. MUHBA Park Güell Museu de Badalona (Olot, s/n. Casa de la Guarda). T. 93 (Pl. Assemblea de Catalunya, 1). 256 21 22. 1 Apr-30 Sep: Mon-Sun Badalona. M: Pep Ventura (L2). T. 93

32 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 384 17 50. Tue-Sat 10am-2pm, 5-8pm; parallels between the music of Frederic Sun & public holidays 10am-2pm. €6. Mompou (1893-1987) and the Baetulo, a Roman City Permanent architecture of Antoni Gaudí (1852- exhibition. Visit the underground 1926) . remains of the Roman baths and the Decumanus Maximus. Museu del Futbol Club Museu de Montserrat Barcelona (Abadia de Montserrat. 08199 (Aristides Maillol, s/n. Estadi FCB. Montserrat). Monistrol de Montserrat. Gates 7 or 9). M: Les Corts (L3). T. 902 T. 93 877 77 45. Mon-Sun 10am- 18 99 00. 2 Apr-7 Oct: Mon-Sat 10am– 5.30pm. €7. Reduced: €4. 8pm; Sun, public holidays 10am- Museu de Montserrat Permanent 2.30pm. 8 Oct–1 Apr: Mon-Sat Exhibition. Paintings by El Greco, 10am–6.30pm; Sun, public holidays Caravaggio, Tiepolo, Monet, Sisley, 10am–2.30pm. Tour Degas, Pissarro, Miró, Dalí, Picasso, Le available until one hour before museum Corbusier, Chagall and Braque. closing time. €23. Children: €17. Under Francesc Esteve, photography 6 and FCB members, free. Until 1 Oct. Documentary photography Camp Nou Experience from the ’50s and ’60s in Catalonia. Permanent exhibition. Discover 100 Joan Furriols, sculpture Until 1 Oct. years of the club’s history, visit different Small-format sculptures. Between areas of the Camp Nou and relive the figuration and abstraction, philosophical club’s greatest achievements in the and existential work takes place. multimedia zone. Museu de l’Eròtica Museu del Mamut (La Rambla, 96). M: Catalunya (L1, (C/ Montcada, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). T. L3). T. 93 318 98 65. Mon-Sun 10am- 93 268 85 20. Mon-Sun 10am-9pm. 10pm. Adults €9. Reduced €8. €7.50. Reduced: €5. Children (6-15 years Permanent exhibition Discover old): €3.50. the weirdest and most way-out secrets Mammoth museum Permanent of human sexuality. Includes the show exhibition. Remains of mammoths and ‘The Hottest Guinness’. other Ice Age animals. Museu de la Moto de Museu del Modernisme Barcelona Català (Carrer de la Palla, 10). T. 933 186 (Balmes, 48). M: Passeig de Gràcia 584. Tue-Sat 10am-2pm, 4pm-8pm; (L2, L3, L4). T. 93 272 28 96. Mon-Sat Sun 10am-2pm. Closed Mon. €6. 10am-8pm; Sun, public holidays 10am- Reduced €4. 2pm. €10. The Montjuïc International 24 Permanent exhibition Over 300 hour race. Until 31 Aug. The story of works by 42 of the most important the popular road race that was held on artists of the Catalan modernisme Montjuïc for 32 years, from 1955 to 1986. movement, located in a one-time textile The history of the motorbike in factory in the heart of Barcelona. Catalonia. The story of motorbikes in Catalonia, told using 36 of the most representative models, from the earliest Museu Egipci examples to those ridden by champions. (València, 284). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). T. 93 488 01 88. Mon-Sun 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-2pm. 8 Jan-21 Museu de la Música Jun, 12 Sept-30 Nov: closed 2-4pm. (L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (except Easter week and public holidays). (L1) & Marina (L1). T. 93 256 36 50. Adults €11. Reduced €8. Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 10am-8pm. Permanent exhibition Almost a Closed Tue. €4. Reduced €3. Free thousand exhibits that provide an admission Sun afternoon. insight into daily life and customs in The sound of light. Mompou & Ancient Egypt. Gaudí Until 1 Sep. An exhibition and Tutankhamen: The story of a audiovisual concert illustrates the great discovery. Until 30 Sep. Marking

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 33 the 90th anniversary of the great 79. Apr- Sep. Tue-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun, archaeological find, the museum pays public hols 10am-2.30pm. Oct-Mar: homage to the last pharaoh of the 18th Tue-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun, public hols Dynasty. 10am-2.30pm; €5.10. Students €2.60. Under-14s and over-65s free. Synchronised swimming Museu Frederic Marès 2003-2013. A decade of art and (Plaça de Sant Iu, 5). M: Liceu (L3) & success Until 1 Sep. An exhibition on Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 35 00. Tue-Sat the world of synchronised swimming to 10am-7pm; Sun, public hols 11am-8pm. mark the world swimming Closed Mon except public hols. €4.20. championships. Permanent exhbition Located in what was once the Royal Palace of the Counts of Barcelona, the Marès museum houses an extraordinary collection of (Montcada, 15-23). M: Jaume I (L4). the day-to-day objects and artworks that T. 93 256 30 00. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm; Frederic Marès collected throughout closed Mon (except public holidays). 11 € his lifetime. (combined ticket for museum + temporary exhibition). Temporary exhibition only: 6 €. Museu Nacional d’Art de The Museu Picasso, 50 years in Catalunya Barcelona. Origins 4 Jul-20 Oct. Exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary (Parc de Montjuïc). M: Espanya (L1, of the Picasso Museum. L3, FGC). T. 93 622 03 60. Tue-Sat I, Picasso. Self-portraits Until 1 10am-6pm, Sun, public holidays 10am- Sep. The first major exhibition to focus 3pm. €12. Sat afternoon, from 3pm: solely on Picasso’s self-portraits. free. Temporary exhibitions: consult museum website. Permanent exhibition The world’s most important collections of (Pg. de Gràcia, 107). M: Diagonal (L3, Romanesque art and the unique Catalan L5). T. 93 238 80 91. Mon-Sat 10am- modernista style. 7pm. Sun, public hols 10am-2.30pm. North Africa. Ortiz Echagüe FREE Sala 1 Ramon Casanova i Until 21 Jul. First exhibition Danés – 1892/2008. The madman photographs taken by photographer of the Hispano Until 1 Sep. The story José Ortiz in North Africa between 1909 of entrepreneur Ramon Casanova i and 1916. Ortiz was one of the most Danès at the turn of the 19th century, important Spanish photographers of and the evolution of metal working from the 20th century. the traditional forge to modern Fortuny’s ‘The Battle of techniques. Tetuan’. From the trenches to the FREE Sala 3 Barcelona Prêt-à- museum Until 15 Sep. To mark the Porter, 1958-2008. 50 years of the 175th anniversary of the birth of the fashion industry Until Mar 2014. More painter Marià Fortuny (1838-1874), this than 250 garments from Antoni de exhibition centres on ‘The Battle of Montpalau’s colleciton that illustrate the Tetuan’, one of Fortuny’s most iconic history of the fashion industry. works and one of the museum’s most FREE Don’t fence off the popular paintings. countryside Until 15 Sep. A new image Tàpies. From within Until 3 Nov. of the city and the countryside, seeking One hundred works from the Tàpies’s common ground. studio and the Antoni Tàpies FREE Jardí Pla Tortosa tourist Foundation’s collection, from works board Until 31 Aug. Tourist painted in the 1940s to others finished information on Tortosa and its months before his death. surroundings. Museu Olímpic i de Pis-museu Casa Bloc l’Esport Joan Antoni (DHUB-Casa Bloc. C. d’Almirall Pròixida, 1-3-5). M: Torras i Bages (L1). Samaranch Guided visit by appt. T. 93 256 34 63. Tue-Fri 10am-1pm; Sat, Sun 3-5.30pm. (Av. de l’Estadi Olímpic, 60). M: Casa Bloc (1932-1939) is an outstanding Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). T. 93 292 53 example of worker’s accommodation

34 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 built during the Second Spanish Grec Festival: Wasteland Dir: Lluís Republic. A symbol of rational social Danés. 10pm. 17-20 Jul. €24. In Catalan housing in Barcelona. and Spanish. Visual and physical theatre, circus, music. Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes Teatre Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). T. 93 (Baixada del Monestir, 9). M: Reina 316 10 00. www.bcn.cat/grec. M: Elisenda (FGC). T. 93 256 34 34. Tues- Espanya (L1, L3). Advance: Tiquet Fri, public holidays 10am-2pm; Sat, Sun Rambles. Palau de la Virreina (Rambla, 10am-5pm. €5. Reduced €3.10. 99). Mon-Sun 10am-8.30pm. Ticket Murals under the magnifying offices at venue open one hour before glass. Paintings from the Sant performance starts. Miquel Chapel Until 31 Dec. Grec Festival: Utopias 9 Jul. 10pm. €18. In Catalan, French, German, English and Spanish. Emerging artists Virreina Centre de la from Berlin, Montpelier and Barcelona Imatge talk about the fears and challenges faced by a new generation of artists caught in (La Rambla, 99). M: Liceu (L3). T. 93 the global economic crisis. 316 10 00. Tue-Sun and public holidays, Grec Festival: 100 femmes by 12-8pm. Collectif Lyon.05. Dir: Àngels Aymar. FREE . 18 Jul. 10pm. €18. In Catalan and other Photographs. Until 7 July. An homage languages. One hundred anonymous to Carmen Amaya, the world-famous women express their opinions about the Catalan dancer, in works by modern world, their relationship with photographers Colita and Julio Ubiña. A their city and their times. portrait of her daily life and her dancing Grec Festival: Fires by Marguerite during the last year of her life. Yourcenar / Marc Rosich / Josep M. Pou. FREE This is not a long song Dir: Josep M. Pou. 26-28 Jul. 10pm. €16- Exploring the relationship between pop €28. In Spanish. Drawing on the voices and video-making from the 1960s to the of classical heroines, Yourcenar’s prose present day. poem, published in 1936, lays bare her passions and most intimate feelings after a failed love affair. Theatre Teatre Lliure: Montjuïc (Pg. Santa Madrona, 40-46). T. 93 El Molino 289 27 70. www.bcn.cat/grec. M: (Vilà i Vilà, 99). www.elmolinobcn. Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) & Poble Sec (L3). com. M: Paral·lel (L2,L3). Advance: Advance: Tiquet Rambles. Palau de la www.elmolinobcn.com. Virreina (Rambla, 99). Mon-Sun 10am- El Molino lifts your spirits 8.30pm. Ticket offices at venue open one Thu-Sun., 6.30pm. €35. A vision of El hour before performance starts. Molino’s notorious past, with sequins, Grec Festival: Roman Tragedies feathers and plenty of humour. (Romeinse Tragedies) Shakespeare / El Molino Burlesque Fever Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Dir: Ivo van Thu-Sat 9.30pm. €35. The vitality and Hove. 5-7 Jul. 6pm. €32. In Dutch, with sensuality of drag and cabaret. subtitles in Catalan. The techniques of El Molino Galactic Cabaret theatre and television come together to 1 Jun. Midnight- 5am. examine political power in the words of Shakespeare. Grec Festival: L’accident by Albert Camus / La Companyia Ipsilamba. Dir: Mercat de les Flors Carme Cané with Rosa M. Sardà. 4-7 Jul. (Lleida, 59). T. 93 426 18 75. www. 9pm. €18. In Catalan. A comedy full of bcn.cat/grec. M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) witty dialogue to mark Camus’ & Poble Sec (L3). Advance: Tiquet centenary. Rambles. Palau de la Virreina (Rambla, Grec Festival: Rhinoceros 99). Mon-Sun 10am-8.30pm. Ticket (Rhinocéros) by Eugène Ionesco. Dir: offices at venue open one hour before Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota. 12-14 Jul. performance starts. 8.30pm. €30. In French, with surtitles in

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 35 Catalan. One of France’s greatest 10pm. €22. Dance piece by one of the directors stages this key work in the biggest names in Spanish contemporary theatre of the absurd. dance. Grec Festival: Hate Radio Dir: Milo Grec Festival: Yesterday Jasmin Rau. 17-19 Jul. 8.30pm. €30. In French, Vardimon Company. 23-24 Jul. 10pm. with surtitles in Catalan. The €26. Dance, physical theatre and reconstruction of a radio station’s innovative technology are the broadcasts depicts the lead-up to the ingredients deployed by one of the Rwandan genocide. leading companies in British Grec Festival: Habitat contemporary dance. (Lebensraum) Dir: Jakop Ahlbom. Grec Festival: Borderline Sébastien 26-28 Jul. 8.30pm. €28. Show without Ramirez Company. 30-31 Jul. 10pm. words. The magic of mime, silent €26. Hip hop and contemporary dance cinema and slapstick in a theatrical are fused in the work of two artists, from spectacle full of humour and technical Perpignan and Berlin. virtuosity. Teatre Grec Teatre Poliorama (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). T. 93 (La Rambla, 115). T. 93 317 75 99. 316 10 00. www.bcn.cat/grec. M: www.bcn.cat/grec. M: Catalunya (L1, Espanya (L1, L3). Advance: Tiquet L3). Advance: Tiquet Rambles. Palau de Rambles. Palau de la Virreina (Rambla, la Virreina (Rambla, 99). Mon-Sun 99). Mon-Sun 10am-8.30pm. Ticket 10am-8.30pm. Ticket offices at venue offices at venue open one hour before open one hour before performance performance starts. starts. Grec Festival: The DNA of the soul Grec Festival: Tots fem comèdia by Mudit Grau & Ramón Giménezi. 6-7 by Joaquim Oristrell. 3-28 Jul. Wed-Fri Jul. 10pm. €16-28. 8.45pm; Sat 6pm & 8.45pm; Sun 6pm. Grec Festival: Puz/zle by Eastman €15-€29. In Catalan. Comedy about company / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. 15-16 success and failure and father-son Jul. 10pm. €16-28. A choreographic and relationships. musical jigsaw that synthesizes elements of different cultures. Teatre Romea (C. de l’Hospital, 51). T.93 301 55 04. Teatre Nacional de www.bcn.cat/grec. M: Liceu (L3). Catalunya Advance: Tiquet Rambles. Palau de la Virreina (Rambla, 99). Mon-Sun 10am- (Pl. de les Arts, 1). T. 93 306 57 00. 8.30pm. Ticket offices at venue open one www.bcn.cat/grec. M: Glòries (L1) & hour before performance starts. Monumental (L2). Advance: Tiquet Grec Festival: El veneno del teatro Rambles. Palau de la Virreina (Rambla, by Rodolf Sirera. Dir: Mario Gas. 2-13 99). Mon-Sun 10am-8.30pm. Ticket Jul. Tue-Sat 8.30pm; Sun 6.30pm. €26- offices at venue open one hour before €29.50. In Spanish. Two great performance starts. Argentinean actors in one of the most Grec Festival: Memories of a flea popular plays in 20th-century Valencian by Sol Picó. 10-14 Jul. Wed-Fri 8pm; Sat theatre. 9.30pm; Sun 6pm. €15.69-31.37. Sol Picó, one of the most provocative among contemporary choreographers, shows how a critical moment like the Dance present can open all kinds of new possibilities. Mercat de les Flors (Lleida, 59). T. 93 426 18 75. www. bcn.cat/grec.. M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) INFORMATION & Poble Sec (L3). Advance: Tiquet Rambles. Palau de la Virreina (Rambla, AND SALES 99). Mon-Sun 10am-8.30pm. Ticket offices at venue open one hour before performance starts. Tourist Information Points and Grec Festival: Capricis Àngels www.barcelonaturisme.cat Margarit and Co. Mudances. 11-13 Jul.

36 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 Circus Day by day Grec Festival: Opus Teatre Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Espanya Information and sales: (L1, L3). 1, 2 July. 10pm. €16-€28. From Tourist Information Points and Australia, a new kind of circus show www.barcelonaturisme.cat with acrobatics, movement, light and the music of Shostakovich’s strong Monday 1 quartets. Classical music Flamenco Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon “Flamenco stars at El Cordobés” Rattle Palau de la Música Catalana Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). (L1, L4). 8.30pm €30-€200. The world’s 6.45, 8.15 & 11.30pm. €41 (show + one most charismatic orchestra and its drink). Featuring stars of the principal conductor accompany the contemporary flamenco scene. Invited choirs of the Palau de la Música, to open artists: Pastora Galván, Karime Amaya the season at the Palau with a brilliant and José Maya. programme that includes such key works as Fauré’s Requiem. Jazz Lucio Silla / W. A. Mozart Gran Jazz concerts at Milano Cocktail Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Bar Milano Cocktail Bar (Ronda Liceu (L3). 1-7 Jul. Mon-Sat 8pm; Sun Universitat, 35). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 5pm. €11-€206.25 Aged only 16, 8.30pm (double session). Cover charge: Mozart’s mastery of the opera form €8. Live jazz, blues and swing with enabled him to compose a work of artists from Spain as well as from precocious artistic depth. around the world.

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 37 Guided tour Rock The Gaudí Crypt at the Colònia Jardins Palau Reial Pedralbes / Güell (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de Barcelona Music Festival: Roger Cervelló). M: Ferrocarrils de la Hodgson. Palau Reial de Pedralbes (Av. Generalitat from Pl. Espanya (FGC: Diagonal, 686). M: Maria Cristina (L3). S33, S8, S4). 10am-7pm. Sun, 10am- 10pm. €37-€108. The legendary voice 3pm. €9 (ticket price includes audio of Supertramp performs in one of the guide). €7.50 (reduced). most elegant parks in all of Barcelona, the gardens of the royal palace at Tuesday 2 Pedralbes. Classical music Tour The Art of the Guitar. “Carmen” Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tue-Sun The Spanish guitar in concert with from 9pm. Until 27 Sep. More music by Albéniz, Granados, Rodrigo, information: www.casabatllo.cat. Tàrrega and others. Discover Gaudí’s architectural masterpiece by night, including special Lucio Silla / W. A. Mozart Gran performances. Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). 1-7 Jul. Mon-Sat 8pm; Sun 5pm. €11-€206.25. See Mon 1. Thursday 4 Al fresco Jazz Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Jazz Concerts at Sala Jamboree Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). (L3). Check times and programme €8 - €19 (prices vary depending on details at: www.masimas.com/ age and circuit chosen). Get some jamboree. Jazz, blues, funk, hip hop high-adrenaline exercise in an urban and more at one of the top jazz adventure park. venues around. Classical music Tour The Art of the Guitar. “Carmen” Magic nights at Casa Batlló Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, Casa Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tue- See Tue 2. Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sep. More information: www.casabatllo.cat. Lucio Silla / W. A. Mozart Gran Discover Gaudí’s architectural Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: masterpiece by night, including special Liceu (L3). 1-7 Jul. Mon-Sat 8pm; Sun performances. 5pm. €11-€206.25. See Mon 1. Wednesday 3 Jazz Pop Summer nights at La Pedrera. La Dengue Fever Sala Apolo (Nou de la Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). 9pm. €20 (on the night). €18 (advance). Thur, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at Cambodian pop star Ch’hom Nimol 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. Enjoy La performs, backed by the Los Angeles Pedrera by night, with live jazz on the sextet. roof terrace and unparalleled city views.

Grec Festival: Ja t’ho diré Teatre Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Friday 5 Espanya (L1, L3). 10pm. €28. Veterans of the Catalan rock scene Blues return for a one-off comeback Friday blues at Palau Gomis. performance. Connie Lynch & Anna Lee MEAM:

38 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm. €11. Indie Pop Reduced €9. Jardins Palau Reial Pedralbes Festival: Lana del Rey (Av. Diagonal, 686). M: Maria Cristina (L3). 10pm. Around town €37-€107. Performance by singer Lana Barcelona Harley Days (Pl. Univers - del Rey, femme fatale of the Internet age. Av. Mª Cristina). M: Espanya (L1, L3). For more information and times: www. barcelonaharleydays.com Jazz Gathering of Harley Davison Summer nights at La Pedrera. La enthusiasts from all over southern Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Europe. Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). Thu-Sat 9.45pm (concert at 10.30pm). Classical music 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. The Art of the Guitar. “Carmen” Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, Saturday 6 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. The Spanish guitar in concert with Al fresco music by Albéniz, Granados, Rodrigo, Barcelona Urban Forest Tàrrega and others. Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - Lucio Silla / W. A. Mozart Gran €19 (prices vary depending on age and Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M: circuit chosen). See Thu 4. Liceu (L3). 1-7 Jul. Mon-Sat 8pm; Sun 5pm. €11-€206.25 Aged only 16, Mozart’s mastery of the opera form Classical music enabled him to compose a work of Lucio Silla / W. A. Mozart Gran precocious artistic depth Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M:

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 39 Liceu (L3). 1-7 Jul. Mon-Sat 8pm; Sun 5pm. €11-€206.25. See Mon 1. Monday 8

Catalan National Youth Orchestra Al fresco L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries Barcelona Urban Forest (L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1). Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, 8pm. €9. Works by Messiaen. s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - €19 (prices vary depending on age and Jazz circuit chosen). See Thu 4. Summer nights at La Pedrera. La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Folk Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). Festival Jardins Palau Reial Thur, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at Pedralbes: Crosby, Stills & Nash. 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. Palau Reial de Pedralbes (Av. Diagonal, 686). M: Maria Cristina (L3). 10pm. €37-€127. The American folk Sunday 7 supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, close the Festival with a performance in Flamenco Barcelona’s most elegant gardens. Great Flamenco Gala Palau de la Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). Guided tour 9.30pm. €30-€45. The exhilarating The Gaudí Crypt at the Colònia world of flamenco in an atmospheric Güell (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de show that combines music, rhythm and Cervelló). M: Ferrocarrils de la movement. Generalitat from Pl. Espanya (FGC: S33, S8, S4). 10am-7pm. Sun, 10am- 3pm. €9 (ticket price includes audio Funk guide). €7.50 (reduced). Festival Jardins Palau Reial Pedralbes: Earth, Wind & Fire. (Av. Diagonal, 686). M: Maria Cristina Tuesday 9 (L3). 10pm. €37-€108. Creators of some the great dance-floor anthems, Al fresco with their fusion of funk, soul & rock, Barcelona Urban Forest perform in one of the most elegant Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, parks in town. s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - €19 (prices vary depending on age and Jazz circuit chosen). See Thu 4. Banda Jazz L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2) & Classical music Marina (L1). 7.30pm. €14. The music The Art of the Guitar. “Carmen” of American composer George Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, Gershwin inspires pianist Manel Camp 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. The Spanish guitar in concert with music by Albéniz, Granados, Rodrigo, Kids Tàrrega and others. Tales for brave children / Trotam company (Av. de Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 13). M: Tour Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 12.30pm. In Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa Catalan. An afternoon at the theatre for Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: the whole family. Tour FREE! Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: DOWNLOAD THE Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tues- TIME OUT BCN Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sept. More GUIDE information: www.casabatllo.cat. See Tue 2.

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Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tue-Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sep. More info: www. Classical music casabatllo.cat. See Wed 3. The Art of the Guitar. “Carmen” Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. Wednesday 10 See Tue 2.

Circus Orfeó Català Youth Choir/ Mozart’s Grec Festival: Retalls Mercat de les Requiem Palau de la Música Catalana Flors (Lleida, 59). M: Espanya (L1, L3, (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: FGC) & Poble Sec (L3). 10-13 Jul. Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €15-€25. 9.30pm. €15. In Spanish and Catalan. See Mon 1. Four young companies join forces to show off their circus skills during this performance at the Grec Festival. Jazz Summer nights at La Pedrera. La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Sailing Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). 6th Puig Vela Classica Regatta Reial Thur, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at Club Nàutic de Barcelona (Moll 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. d’Espanya, s/n). 10-13 July. More info: www. puigvelaclassicabarcelona. Friday 12 com. An international Every event that will welcome Thursday, Friday Blues classic and vintage and Saturday until Friday Blues at the yachts from all over September, you’ve got a Palau Gomis. Connie Europe. date with some great jazz Lynch & Anna Lee in an incomparable MEAM: Museu Europeu setting – on the rooftop d’Art Modern (Barra de Flamenco terrace of La . Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Grec Festival: Diego “El Pedrera 6pm. €11. Reduced: €9. Cigala” Teatre Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Espanya (L1, L3). 10pm. €20-€45. The singer Classical music known as ‘El Cigala’ fuses the sound of Grec Festival: The Barcelona flamenco with South American rhythms Municipal Band & Lloll Bertran in a concert featuring songs from his Teatre Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). latest album. M: Espanya (L1, L3). 10pm. €12-€20. Works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Bizet and a large dose of humour are the Tour principal ingredients of this unique Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa concert. Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tues- Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sept. More Cinema & music information: www.casabatllo.cat. Open air cinema and music at Sala Discover Gaudí’s architectural Montjuïc Fossat de Santa Eulàlia masterpiece by night, including special (Castell de Montjuïc). Mon, Wed, Fri performances. 8.30pm (concert) & 10pm (film). €6. Until 7 Aug. Programme and information: www.bcn.cat/grec. Original Thursday 11 language with subtitles in Catalan. The city’s coolest (in all senses of the word) Circus cinema shows short films and classic Grec Festival: Clowning contest titles from all periods. Teatre Lliure Montjuïc (Pg. Santa Madrona, 40-46). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) & Poble Sec (L3). 11, 12 Jul. 9pm. Flamenco €18. In Catalan. Performers pit their Opera and Flamenco Palau de la inventiveness and mental agility Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la against each other to make the Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). audience laugh and score the most 9.30pm.. €30-€45. Innovative concept points, so everybody wins! that brings together the Spanish

42 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 traditions of opera, zarzuela and performs as part of the Liquid Trio with flamenco in a single show. a legend of modern jazz, Joe Morris. Jazz Indie Summer nights at La Pedrera. La Grec Festival “Off the Record 1”: Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: David Carbén Teatre Romea (C. de Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). l’Hospital, 51). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm Thu, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at €20. Frontman of Barcelona indie group 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. Mishima opens the ‘Off the Record’ cycle, with covers by classic artists, and Saturday 13 his own band’s hits, old and new. Traditional festivities Kids FREE Traditional Catalan festivities. Tales for brave children / Trotam Human towers, stick dancers and company Poble Espanyol (Av. de folk dance (Plaça de la Catedral). Sat Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 13). M: 7.30pm. Experience Catalan folk culture Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 12.30pm. See up close with a range of different Sun 7. (Also performing on Sun 21.) performances. Tour Jazz Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa Summer nights at La Pedrera. La Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tues- Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sep. More info: Thur, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at www.casabatllo.cat. See Tue 2. 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. Monday 15 Sunday 14 Al fresco Al fresco Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - €19 (prices vary depending on age and €19 (prices vary depending on age and circuit chosen). See Thu 4. circuit chosen). See Thu 4. Cinema & music Classical music Open air cinema and music at Sala Catalan Band Festival L’Auditori Montjuïc Fossat de Santa Eulàlia (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), (Castell de Montjuïc). Mon, Wed, Fri Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1). 8.30pm (concert) & 10pm (film). €6. 6.30pm. €6. Until 7 Aug. Programme and more info: www.bcn.cat/grec. See Fri 12. Flamenco Great Flamenco Gala Palau de la Guided tour Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de The Gaudí Crypt at the Colònia la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, Güell (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de L4). 9.30pm. €30-€45. An Cervelló). M: Ferrocarrils de la atmospheric show mixing music, Generalitat from Pl. Espanya (FGC: rhythm and movement. S33, S8, S4). 10am-7pm. Sun, 10am- 3pm. €9 (ticket price includes audio Jazz guide). €7.50 (reduced). Grec Festival: Liquid Trio & Joe Morris Teatre Lliure Montjuïc (Pg. Tuesday 16 Santa Madrona, 40-46). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) & Poble Sec (L3). 9pm. Classical music €18. Agusti Fernández, one of the most The art of the guitar. “Aranjuez” well-known musicians in Catalan jazz, Parròquia de Santa Anna (Santa Anna,

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 43 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm. €21. 12.30am. €5-€45. Celebrating the The Spanish guitar in concert. home-grown indie scene, spanning genres from folk to rock and pop. The line-up includes local bands Dorian, Tour Bremen, Manel, Mine! and The Free Fall Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa Band. Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tue-Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sep. More info: www. Jazz casabatllo.cat. See Tue 2. Summer nights at La Pedrera. La Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). Wednesday 17 Thu, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at Cinema & music 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. Open air cinema and music at Sala Montjuïc Fossat de Santa Eulàlia Tour (Castell de Montjuïc). Mon, Wed, Fri Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa 8.30pm (concert) & 10pm (film). €6. Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: Until 7 Aug. Programme and more Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tue-Sun information: www.bcn.cat/grec. from 9pm. Until 27 Sep. More info: www. See Fri 12. casabatllo.cat. See Tue 2 Jazz Friday 19 Grec Festival: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Al fresco Marsalis Teatre Grec (Pg. de Santa Barcelona Urban Forest Madrona, 36). M: Espanya (L1, L3). Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, 10pm. €25-€54. The legendary New s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - York jazz band play the music of jazz €19 (prices vary depending on age and greats such as John Coltrane, Chick circuit chosen). See Thu 4. Corea, Duke Ellington and others. Blues Rock Friday blues at Palau Gomis. Loquillo + Leiva + Ariel Rot Poble Connie Lynch & Anna Lee MEAM: Espanyol (Av. de Francesc Ferrer & Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra de Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1, L3, Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm. €11. FGC). T. 93 508 63 00. 7.30pm. €38. Reduced: €9. “Uno de los nuestros,” a night of undiluted rock and roll. Swimming 15th FINA World Swimming Thursday 18 Championshops 2013 Different venues on Montjuïc: , Classical music Bernat Picornell Swimming Pool. 19 Jul The art of the guitar. “Flamenco – 4 Aug. More information: www. & Classic” Parròquia de Santa Anna bcn2013.com. One of the biggest events (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, on the world swimming calendar with L3). 9pm. €21. The Spanish guitar in five modalities, all Olympic sports. concert.

Opera nights at the Palau Flamenco Dalmases Palau Dalmases (Montcada, Opera and Flamenco Palau de la 20). M: Jaume I (L4). Thu 11pm. €20. Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la Live opera in one of the most striking Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). palaces of the Robera district. 9.30pm.. €30-€45. See Fri 12. Indie-Pop-Rock Jazz Pròxims Festival Poble Espanyol (Av. Summer nights at La Pedrera. La de Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 13). M: Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 7.30pm- Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5).

44 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 Thur, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at Nogueira, Guinea Bissauan singer Mú 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. and the actor Carme Sansa.

Summer nights at La Pedrera La Saturday 20 Pedrera (Provença, 261-265). M: Provença (FGC) & Diagonal (L3, L5). Classical music Thur, Fri, Sat, 9.45pm (concert at Madame Butterfly / G. Puccini 10.30pm). 20-22 Jun. €27. See Thu 4. Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51- 59). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm. (21 Jul: 5pm). 20-29 Jul. €12.25-€238.75. Puccini’s Pop-Rock most popular opera. Bona Nit Barcelona Festival Poble Espanyol (Av. de Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1, L3, Traditional festivities FGC). 6.30pm-11.45pm. €45. €35 FREE Traditional Catalan festivities (advanced). Kings of Convenience and Ballets de Catalunya (Plaça de la Kakkmaddfakka headline the first ever Catedral). Sat 7.30pm. Experience Bona Nit Barcelona festival at Poble Catalan folk culture up close. Espanyol, on Montjuïc. Jazz Tour Grec Festival: La Locomotota Negra Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa & Coral Sant Jordi Teatre Grec (Pg. de Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: Santa Madrona, 36). M: Espanya (L1, Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tues- L3). 10pm. €15-€35. One of the Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sept. More country’s best-known jazz bands pays information: www.casabatllo.cat. homage to Catalan poet Salvador Discover Gaudí’s architectural Espriu. He is remembered in a jazz masterpiece by night, including special concert with Mexican soprano Paula performances.

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 45 language with subtitles in Catalan. The Sunday 21 city’s coolest (in all senses of the word) cinema shows short films and classic Al fresco titles from all periods. Barcelona Urban Forest Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - Classical music €19 (prices vary depending on age and Madame Butterfly / G. Puccini circuit chosen). See Thu 4. Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51- 59). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm. (21 Jul: 5pm). 20-29 Jul. €12.25-€238.75. Puccini’s Classical music most popular opera. Madame Butterfly / G. Puccini Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51- 59). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm. (21 Jul: 5pm). Jazz 20-29 Jul. €12.25-€238.75. Puccini’s Grec Festival: Jorge Pardo Teatre most popular opera. Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Espanya (L1, L3). 10pm. €20. Two Flamenco traditions, jazz and flamenco, share the Great Flamenco Gala Palau de la stages in a show that features over 20 Música Catalana Petit Palau (Palau de la musicians. Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9.30pm. €30-€45. See Sun 7. Tuesday 23 Jazz Classical music Grec Festival: Buika Teatre Grec (Pg. The art of the guitar. “Flamenco de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Espanya & Classic” Parròquia de Santa Anna (L1, L3). 10pm. €18-€38. One of the (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, most versatile voices in the world of L3). 9pm. €21. The Spanish guitar in Latin music, able to move fluently concert. between jazz, flamenco and bolero, comes to town to promote her latest album. Wednesday 24

Grec Festival “Off the Record 1”: Around town Raynald Colom Teatre Romea (C. de Japan night at CaixaForum (Av. l’Hospital, 51). M: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 6-8). M: €20. Colom presents his new work ‘We Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 8pm. Discover Still Insist’, which combines modern Japanese cuisine with Roger Ortuño. At sounds with the musician’s influences 10pm koto virtuoso Mieko Miyazaki from flamenco to Bartòk and from demonstrates her mastery of this French chanson to hip hop. traditional Japanese instrument. Monday 22 Classical music FREE Music in the Park / Municipal Al fresco Band Parc de la Barceloneta (Pg. Barcelona Urban Forest Marítim de la Barceloneta, 15-21). M: Barcelona Bosc Urbà (Plaça del Fòrum, Barceloneta (L4). 8pm. Jun-Aug. More s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). €8 - information: www.bcn.cat/agenda. More €19 (prices vary depending on age and than 40 free concerts of classical music, circuit chosen). Get some high- jazz performed by the Municipal Band adrenaline exercise in an urban and three special guest bands at 27 adventure park. different outdoor venues around the city. Cinema & music Thursday 25 Open air cinema and music at Sala Montjuïc Fossat de Santa Eulàlia Cinema (Castell de Montjuïc). Mon, Wed, Fri FREE Free cinema on the beach. 8.30pm (concert) & 10pm (film). €6. “Animals”. Platja de Sant Sebastià. Until 7 Aug. Programme and more Thu 9pm-12am. 25 Jul- 29 Aug. More information: www.bcn.cat/grec. Original information: www.cinemalliure.com. In

46 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 Catalan with subtitles in English. Free (Castell de Montjuïc). Mon, Wed, Fri cinema with some of the best features 8.30pm (concert) & 10pm (film). €6. and short films selected from film Until 7 Aug. Programme and more festivals all around Spain. information: www.bcn.cat/grec. See Mon 22. Rock Mark Knopfler Poble Espanyol (Av. de Electronica Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 13). M: Concert at CaixaForum: Julia Holter Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). From 8.30pm. (Av. Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 6-8). M: 10pm (concert). The leader of legendary Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 10pm. €6. L.A. UK rock band Dire Straits and one of the singer/composer draws on influences as most successful guitarists of all time diverse as classical chamber music, touches down in Barcelona to present drones and experimental electronica. his new album, ‘Privateering’. Rock Friday 26 Elvis Costello & The Imposters Poble Espanyol (Av. de Francesc Ferrer & Blues Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1, L3, Friday blues at Palau Gomis. FGC). 8pm. €59. (€55 advance). Elvis Connie Lynch & Anna Lee MEAM: Costello’s music has encompassed rock, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra de new wave, country and punk. Backed by Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm. €11. his regular band, his current tour looks Reduced: €9. back over an extensive career. Cinema & music Soul Open air cinema and music at Sala Festival San Miguel Mas & Mas: Montjuïc Fossat de Santa Eulàlia Imany & Sara Pi Palau de la Música

July 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 47 Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: More info: www.casabatllo.cat. Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €35. More Discover Gaudí’s architectural information: www.masimas.com/ masterpiece by night, including festival. Mas i Mas Festival kicks off special performances. with soul phenomenon Imany’s only concert in Spain this year, supported by the princess of soul, Sara Pi. Sunday 28 Jazz Saturday 27 Grec Festival “Off the Record”: Amparo Sánchez & Jazz Machín Jazz Teatre Romea (C. de l’Hospital, 51). M: Festival San Miguel Mas & Mas: Liceu (L3). 8.30pm €20. Amparo Pedro Iturralde Quartet Jamboree Sánchez pays homage to Antonio (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). 10pm. 27 Machín with a band that fuses the & 28 Jul. €25 (Web: €20). More rhythms of Cuban music with jazz. information: www.masimas.com/ festival. Pedro Iturralde, a living legend in European jazz, returns to Kids Barcelona to perform his latest Tales for brave children / Trotam album, ‘Etnofonías’ in the historic company Poble Espanyol (Av. de Jamboree jazz club. Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC). 12.30pm. Tour Theatre for the whole family. Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). Guided tour M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). FREE Guided tour of Montjuïc Tue-Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sept Cemetery Cementiri de Montjuïc

48 Time Out BCN Guide July 2013 (Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58). 11am (Catalan) & 11.15am (Spanish). This Folk guided tour of this huge cemetery, on Devendra Banhart + Rodrigo the slopes of Montjuïc, gives you the Amarante Sala Apolo (Nou de la opportunity to discover the stories of Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). some of the famous names buried here, 8pm. €30 (on the night). €25 (advance). as well as appreciate striking works of Alternative folk icon Devendra Banhart funerary art. presents his new album ‘Mala’. Monday 29 Pop Grec Festival: Blaumut Teatre Grec Classical music (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Madame Butterfly / G. Puccini Espanya (L1, L3). 10pm. €15. Pop, folk Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51- and original song writing come together 59). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm. (21 Jul: 5pm). in this Barcelona band’s debut, an 20-29 Jul. €12.25-€238.75. Puccini’s album full of easy-going, optimistic most popular opera. songs. Jazz Tour Festival San Miguel Mas & Mas: Magic nights at Casa Batlló Casa Hermeto Pascoal Grupo Sala Apolo Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43). M: (Nou de la Rambla, 113). M: Paral·lel Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Tues- (L2, L3). 9.30pm. €30 (on the night). Sun from 9pm. Until 27 Sep. More info: €25 (advance). More information: www. www.casabatllo.cat. Discover Gaudí’s masimas.com/festival. This may well be architectural masterpiece by night, your only chance to enjoy the music of including special performances. Hermeto Pascoal, a hugely influential figure and something of a living national treasure in the world of Wednesday 31 Brazilian popular music. Cinema & music Open air cinema and music at Sala Tango Montjuïc Fossat de Santa Eulàlia Grec Festival: Rodolfo Mederos (Castell de Montjuïc). Mon, Wed, Fri with special guest Martirio Teatre 8.30pm (concert) & 10pm (film). €6. Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Until 7 Aug. Programme and more Espanya (L1, L3). 10pm. €16-€35. information: www.bcn.cat/grec. Music, song and dancing... Tango Original language with subtitles in takes centre stage for a unique evening Catalan. The city’s coolest (in all in which one of the great senses of the word) cinema shows contemporary masters of the short films and classic titles from all accordion accompanies an exceptional periods. voice and two of the best tango dancers in the world. Flamenco Grec Festival: Kiko Veneno Teatre Tuesday 30 Grec (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 36). M: Espanya (L1, L3). 10pm. €22. One of Circus the greas names in pop-flamenco fusion Grec Festival: Popcorn Machine (A reinvents himself with new sounds and domestic Apocalypse) / My! Laika musical textures. Mercat de les Flors (Lleida, 59). M: Espanya (L1, L3, FGC) & Poble Sec (L3). 9.30pm. 30 & 31 Jul . €18. Wordless performance. The domestic INFORMATION apocalypse of My! Laika has a frenetic pace, a neo-futurist aesthetic AND SALES and a sharp, almost Dadaist sense of humour. This is circus performance of the highest quality that has been a Tourist Information Points and hit all over Europe and garnered www.barcelonaturisme.cat critical praise.

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mountain that features reproductions Architecture of streets, squares and buildings found Basílica de la Sagrada Familia around Spain. The Basilica of the Holy Family (Mallorca, 401). M: Sagrada Família Imax (L2,L5). 93 20 804 14 9am-8pm. (Moll d’Espanya). M: Drassanes (L3) & €13.50. Guided visit / audio guide, €18. Barceloneta (L4). 93 225 11 11. Times Barcelona’s most iconic architectural & programme; www.imaxportvell.com. monument, began by Antoni Gaudí in €9.75. Put on your glasses and take a 1891 and remains unfinished. Ticket seat for the most exciting virtual reality sales help fund ongoing construction of experience that the latest 3-D Spain’s most visited tourist attraction. technology can provide, in Barcelona’s best-equipped large-format cinema. Casa Batlló (Pg. de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de Gaudí Experiència Gràcia (L3,L4). 93 216 03 06. 9am- (Larrard, 41). M: Lesseps (L3). 93 285 9pm. €18.15. Late-night visit, €29. Last 44 40. 10am-8pm. €9. Reduced: €7.50. admission: 8pm. One of Gaudí’s most An interactive voyage with 4-D emblematic works. Visits include the technology through the creative first floor, originally the residence of universe of the genius of Modernist the Batlló family, the roof terrace with architecture, Antoni Gaudí. A new way its decorated chimneys (and the scaly to discover Gaudí and his work. spine of the dragon St George defeated), the light well, and the stunning Tibidabo Funfair entrance hall and the main staircase. (Plaça del Tibidabo, 3-4). T. 93 211 79 42. Times and info: www.tibidabo.cat. La Pedrera €28.50 (under 120cm, €10.50). With (Provença, 261-265). M: Diagonal over 100 years of history, Tibidabo is (L3,L5). 902 400 973. 9am-8pm. Last one of the oldest funfairs in the world, admission: 7.30pm. €16.50. Reduced: featuring classic rides, old favourites €14.85. Many Barcelona residents and brand-new attractions to guarantee consider this Gaudí’s masterpiece. In an exciting day out. fact, some of its apartments are still private homes. The roof terrace is one PortAventura theme park of Catalan Modernisme’s hidden gems. (Av. Alcalde Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila Seca (Tarragona)). Train: Port Palau Güell Aventura. T. 977 779 000. Times and (Nou de la Rambla, 3-5). M: Drassanes prices: www.portaventura.es. Located (L3) & Barceloneta (L4). 93 472 57 75. south of Barcelona, between Vila-seca Tues-Sun 10am-8pm. Last admission: and Salou, PortAventura boasts six 7.30pm. €10. Reduced: €8. Built by themed zones (Mediterranean, Far Gaudí in the late 19th century, this West, Mexico, China, Polynesia & palace belonged to his principal patron. SésamoAventura) that occupy 119 As at the Pedrera, a visit to the roof hectares, with 30 attractions, 100 live terrace is highly recommended. The processions every day, 75 places to eat whole house is a fascinating and 27 craft and souvenir shops. introduction to Gaudí’s revolutionary use of materials and space. (, s/n). M: (L1) & Ciutadella/Vila Leisure Olímpica (L4). T. 93 225 67 80. Until Poble Espanyol 15 May 10am-7pm. 16 May-15 Sep (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: 10am-8pm. €19.60. Children (3-12): Espanya L1-L3). T. 935 086 300. Mon €11.80. Barcelona Zoo in Ciutadella 9am-8pm; Tue-Thu 9am-2am; Fri Park has a 100-year history and is one 9am-4am; Sat 9am-5am; Sun 9am- of the city’s best-loved attractions. At midnight. €11. €6.25. present it houses 315 species and more Open-air museum on Montjuïc than 2,000 animals.

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