Catalonia kicks off Gaudí Year celebrations
Events marking architect's centenary will take place across Catalonia throughout 2026
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Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
Sónar unveils single-venue format merging day and night shows
New management of electronic music festival promise "enhanced experience" at Fira Gran Via
Live music breaks attendance records in 2024 with almost six million spectators
Musical industry and theater lead cultural recovery, while cinema loses viewers
Berlin Wall exhibition featuring six original sections opens in Barcelona
Over 200 artefacts from the era are on display at Espai Inmersa in Poblenou until March
Rosalía's Lux: A search for meaning in the doomscrolling era
The Catalan star returns with her most daring album yet: 18 tracks sung in 13 languages, blending classical music with spiritual reflection
Catalonia launches CataLANDance, a new international platform for contemporary dance
Terrassa to host first edition of biennial event promoting Catalan dance worldwide
Rosalía's album Lux leaked online two days before its official release
Catalan singer's song Reliquia was published and unpublished in matter of hours on Tuesday
Dragons, unicorns, basilisks, and more fantastic beasts come to life in Casa Amatller
New family-friendly exhibition explores creatures used to explain physical and spiritual world in Middle Ages
Castellers de Vilafranca deliver their best performance ever on All Saints' Day 'diada'
Legendary 'colla' completes two 10-level human towers, a clean '4 de 9,' and a 'pilar de 8'
Halloween on course to overtake Carnival for costume sales, party stores say
Shops left without supply of most in-demand costumes this year, KPop Demon Hunters
Thyssen Museum in Barcelona will open in 2028 focused on modernism and Noucentisme
Paintings from artists such as Ramon Casas, Eliseu Meifrèn, and Santiago Rusiñol to take center stage
Pixies, David Byrne, and Two Door Cinema Club among first headliners of 2026 Cruïlla
Music festival held from July 8 to 11 at Parc del Fòrum will also feature Polo & Pan, Mishima, and Bomba Estéreo
Record number of chestnut stalls in Catalonia’s main cities
Barcelona merchants more than double in less than ten years
Barcelona to honor Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé with a statue
Monument dedicated to voices of 1992 Olympic Games anthem will be placed in Glòries Park
Australian electronic RÜFÜS DU SOL to perform in Barcelona next April
Band to meet with fans on April 24 in first of two concerts in Spain, followed by gig in Madrid
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