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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
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Summer might be coming to an end in Barcelona, but the party is just getting started
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Festivals, fairs, walking tours and more
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Main section for 2019/2020 at TNC focuses attention on early 20th-century female dramatists
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Renowned writers Joan Sales and Mercè Rodoreda enjoyed a strong link through their letters now in possession of the Rodoreda foundation
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Concerts at the Barcelona festival saw attendance of 346,150 people
From fire running 'correfocs' to afrobeat, this year's Barcelona-wide festival has something for everyone
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Workers denounce "repeated violations" by heads of Barcelona transport operator (TMB)
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With the celebration for the Sants neighborhood, the Catalan capital gears up for its own celebration, La Mercé
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Catalan capital’s La Mercè festival ends after tens of thousands turn out all over the city to see concerts, processions and human towers
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Icelandic capital to be guest of honor at capital’s annual festival, with the 2017 poster created by Valencian illustrator Xavier Mariscal
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Great success at this year’s edition of La Mercè Festival Barcelona. The festival was closed on Sunday with a Pyromusical performance in which fireworks, light and music were synchronised. Around 90,000 people gathered to see the show, which honoured Paris, the guest city of the 2016 celebration, and David Bowie and Prince, who passed away in January and April, respectively. The festival had a French and international accent and included performances of French artists like the street and circus art cooperative 2r2 and the prestigious theatre group Company Théâtre Silvia Monfort. However, during the celebration there were also several Catalan traditional activities such as human towers.
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Paris, the city of light, is the guest at this year’s edition of ‘La Mercè’, the festival of Barcelona’s patron saint. From the 22nd to the 25th of September many French artists will perform at Ciutadella Park. “Our desire is to keep the spirit of an open and cosmopolitan city in contact with other capitals, in this case, Paris", said Jaume Collboni, Barcelona’s Deputy Mayor for Culture. Popular activities such as ‘cercaviles’, parades which include all the folklore symbols of the city, and ‘castellers’, traditional Catalan human towers, will also be part of the programme. The festival will finish with the traditional ‘Pyromusical’, a performance where music and fireworks are synchronised.