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Out of lockdown, with culture on offer again, here’s our pick of some of the best activities this month

Eleven new acts, all female and of hugely varying genres and style, added to highly-promising line-up

The Barcelona music festival sheds its indie homogeny as Rosalía comes home

There’s still plenty to enjoy if you can’t stump up the money to attend the festival

“The New Normal” highlights gender equality at the boundary-breaking festival

Parc del Fòrum hosts Catalonia's version of Seville's traditional spring fair in a celebration of southern Spanish culture

55% of the ticket-holders were from outside of Spain and 125 nationalities were registered

The 15^th edition of Barcelona’s music festival giant, Primavera Sound, has opened its doors, a long-awaited moment for indie and pop fans in the Catalan capital. Since its opening, Primavera Sound has established itself as a global point of reference in Southern Europe, with 200 artists to perform at this year’s festival on eight different stages. Some of the names performing at the festival this time out are Radiohead, PJ Harvey and the recently reformed American rock band LCD Soundsystem, along with Suede, Tame Impala, Sigur Rós and former Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson. The festival opens on Thursday but gave fans a preview on Wednesday, with its signature free night, which attendees enjoyed at Barcelona’s seaside venue Forum Park. The organisers of the festival predict some 190,000 attendees this year and half of them will come from outside Spain.