Blog Entries tagged 'festivals'

Christmas Market - Fira de Santa Llucia

bookings@barcelonaurbany.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100

As every year around this time, the Fira de Santa Llucia opened about 10 days ago and will go on until the 22 of December, in front of the Cathedral, in the Gothic area.

This is one of the main December appointments for people in Barcelona, with its almost 300 stalls selling seasonal ornaments and handicrafts. Here is where most of the inhabitants o [...]

World Press Photo 08

bookings@barcelonaurbany.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:00:00 +0100

This will be the 4th year in a row that the World Press Photo comes to Barcelona, in cooperation with the CCCB (Centro de Cultura Catalana de Barcelona).

The Photographic Social Vision Foundation, based in Amsterdam, each year organises one of the most prestigious contest in the world, where an international jury made of 13 members selects the best phot [...]

Wintercase San Miguel 08

bookings@barcelonaurbany.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:00:00 +0100

November will be the month for the new edition of the Wintercase San Miguel. This festival has been the first itinerant music festival in Spain and it is now at its 7th edition. It always passes through Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia, bringing in these cities some of the biggest names of the independent music.

This year festival will bring on the stage s [...]

La Merc� Festival 2008

bookings@barcelonaurbany.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Summer is almost over, but Barcelona still has one big festival to go.
From the 19th to the 24th of September takes place the Festes de la Mercè (or simply called La Mercè) to celebrate the Patron Saint of the city.

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Fiesta de Gracia... an amazing Festival in Barcelona

bookings@barcelonaurbany.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Until 1897 Gracia Quarter was an independent village, separated from Barcelona by fields. In the XIX century it grew a lot thanks to the immigration of the new industrial worker class.

In the same years we can find the origins of the Fiesta [...]