Music & Nightlife
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- Primavera Sound 2013
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- Thursdays at Cabaret Berlín
- Rock-filled nights
- Barcelona's best clubs
Primavera Sound 2013
All you need to make the most of the season's best music festival
Disco is back
La Boîte Barcelona opens up smack on La Rambla
Thursdays at Cabaret Berlín
Promotor Javi Zarco takes over Cabaret Berlín and brings two bands to the stage
Rock-filled nights
Tired of techno music and indie hipster attitudes? This list of rock bars and clubs is just for you.
Barcelona's best clubs
Get your groove on with the city's best clubs for dancing
This week...
Primavera Sound 2013: Blur + Daniel Johnston + James Blake + Mulatu Astatke + The Jesus and Mary Chain...
The second day of Primavera Sound at the Fòrum will include one of the biggest returns to the stage for the year with Blur (1.30am) and what promises to be a performance full of hits. The Breeders (9.30pm) are also back on the road to celebrate the
- Fri May 24
Primavera Sound 2013: My Bloody Valentine + Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds + Dexys + Wu-Tang Clan...
The last day at the Fòrum for this year’s Primavera Sound will bring us the elegance of Kevin Rowland and his group, Dexys (9pm), at the Auditori in one of the biggest returns of the festival and of the year. They’ll perform the magnificent ‘One Day
- Sat May 25
Primavera Sound 2013. Primavera in the Park: King Tuff + Sean Nicholas Savage + Merchandise + The Babies...
- Free
Among the free events of Primavera in the City, the Primavera in the Park series celebrates its sixth edition, transforming the Parc de la Ciutadella into another Primavera Sound venue with two stages and in one of the city's open green spaces. The
- Parc de la Ciutadella Pg. Lluís Companys, 2, Ciutat Vella, 08018
- Sat May 25
Primavera Sound 2013. Primavera in the Clubs: Deerhunter + The 2 Bears + Allah-Las + Merchandise + Miquel Serra
The Primavera Sound closing party brings to the Apolo one of the festival's most beloved acts, American band Deerhunter, fronted by Bradford Cox (Atlas Sound). After producing their most accessible album, 'Halcyon Digest' (2010), Deerhunter are back
- Sala Apolo Nou de la Rambla, 113, Poble-sec, 08004
- Sun May 26
Primavera Sound 2013. Primavera in the Clubs: The Haxan Cloak + Vactor
La [2] hosts this double bill to close out the Primaver Sound festival. The Haxan Cloak, on the British multi-instrumentalist Bobby Krilic's Tri Angle label, presenting their second album 'Excavation', knocking us back with a dose of sound dancing
- La [2] de l'Apolo Nou de la Rambla, 111, Poble-sec, 08004
- Sun May 26
Primavera Sound 2013. Primavera in the Clubs: Come + Julie Doiron + The Orchids + Sr. Chinarro
The Acuarela label celebrates its first 20 years of life during the Primavera Sound closing festivities in the BARTS hall, which has been added to the venue line-up this year in addition to the two halls at Apolo. Among the performers are Come, who,
- BARTS (Barcelona Arts on Stage) Av. Paral·lel, 62, Ciutat Vella, 08001
- Sun May 26
Primavera Sound 2013. Primavera in the Park: Mac DeMarco + Bored Spies + Cayucas + Violeta Vil...
- Free
The second and final day of free concerts in the Primavera in the Park series begins with the mix of folk, punk and festive tropical music that Italians Honeybird & The Birdies (noon) bring to the stage; the post-punk of another Italian band,
- Parc de la Ciutadella Pg. Lluís Companys, 2, Ciutat Vella, 08018
- Sun May 26
Forró Afiado
Forró is a style of Brazilian music characteristic of the north-east of the country, where different Carioca cohabitate happily locals and couples dance while holding on tightly. About seven years ago, Barcelona-based group and pioneer Forró Afiado
