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 some new bands,
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.
According to the legend, on the 24th of September of 1218, during the 5th Crusade, the Virgin appeared to King Jaume I, St. Pere Nolasc and St.
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 Major de Gracia, a popular and traditional street festival. If at the beginning it had some religious meanings, soon it became just a
Stay this weekend in the new Urbany Hostel Barcelona and enjoy the Summercase Festival. It takes place simultaneously in Barcelona and Madrid and already is one of the most important music festival in all Europe! The line up ranges from indie rock, indie pop and electronic music. Some of the biggest names this year are:
Interpol, Kaiser Chiefs, The Verve, The Kooks, Blondie,