Your guide to enjoying the best La Mercè weekend for free
Barcelona's biggest street festival returns, with an incredible selection of music, dancing, and theatre to enjoy free of charge
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Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
Refurbishment of Dalí birthplace in Figueres begins
First phase of work on childhood home of artistic genius in northern Catalan city underway at initial cost of €1.1m
'Dalí and Gainsbourg put on big masks because they were very shy,' says author
Writer and journalist Pere Francesch explores the relationship between the celebrated artists
CaixaForum explores European history through opera
A new exhibition from London's V&A Museum covers 400 years through eight major works and the cities in which they premiered
Back-to-school blues? Head to Vic and just dance!
With La Mercè days away, get yourself to the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic to kickstart the party early
Rosalía to perform in Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi on December 7
Concert will be singing superstar's first large-scale solo performance in Catalan capital
Human towers get Tarragona's Santa Tecla Festival underway
Catalonia's unique custom of building 'castells' made of tiers of people the main feature on first Sunday of southern city's annual festivities
Celebrating Catalan literature: Book Week back for 37th edition
Bookstores and publishing houses showcase large selection of Catalan-language titles and translations in Barcelona
Only 5% of tourists know that Game of Thrones was filmed in Girona
Four years after a scene from the biggest TV series of the century was filmed in Girona, much has been forgotten…
With ‘Messi10’, Cirque du Soleil is not only reimagining football, but also circus
Quebecer company premieres a show in Barcelona for the first time
Big turnout for Tàrrega's international street arts festival
Held every year in the western Catalan town, this year's FiraTàrrega boasts almost a thousand professionals from 31 different countries
Festes de La Mercè - the pinnacle of the party
Summer might be coming to an end in Barcelona, but the party is just getting started
L’Alternativa film festival to remember Berlin Wall 30 years after its destruction
The festival has selected documentaries that portray reality before and after Germany’s reunification
Social transformation, resistance, and creation: international performing street arts festival to kick off in Tàrrega
FiraTàrrega will focus on artistic and social uses of public space from September 5 to 8
New book explores relationship between Gainsbourg and Dalí
ACN journalist Pere Francesch reveals the artistic and personal links between two great artists in 'Gainsbourg i Dalí, moi non plus'
Read the latest updates and breaking news on culture and cultural topics from Barcelona and Catalonia. Keep up to date with the city’s museums dedicated to some of the biggest artists in the world such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Antoni Tàpies, as well as other institutions such as the National Art Museum (MNAC), the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA), and exhibition spaces like the Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona (CCCB), CiaxaForum, and CosmoCaixa.