Dining out in Barcelona is a dizzying affair. With around 7,500 bars and restaurants scattered citywide, culinary allegiances run deep and turnover of new ventures is high. Catalunya’s is a cuisine of contrasts—be it sweet and savoury, or mar y montaña—and it should come as no surprise that strong regional pride and ties to Catalan…

The grand celebration of Barcelona’s local produce and gastronomy is back. Once again this year stallholders from all over Barcelona will be setting up their stalls in the street to offer the finest products and chefs from all around the country will be giving free cooking displays focusing on local gastronomy. The initiative will also…

The Municipal Immigration Council is organising a new edition of the festival in Pg. Lluís Companys Showing how diversity makes the city richer, creating an interactive space between different entities and the public, and breaking down stereotypes about entities and immigrants are the aims of Barcelona Ciutat Diversa, a festival being held in Pg. Lluís…

The Ateneu Popular 9 Barris is holding the 52nd edition of the Combinat de Circ. Ever since 1996, the Combinat de Circ has been a meeting point for the sector. The event is a platform for the development and presentation of circus acts in good technical conditions. The result is a show which comes from…

The Fundació Aspasim is proposing just that as it organises the third edition of the Milla de Sarrià, a solidarity run with people with intellectual disabilities. That’s what the Fundació Aspasim is proposing, the entity organising the Milla de Sarrià for the third time. The mile-long run is a solidarity event for people with intellectual…

Four free performances are scheduled to offer the public part of the festival programme. This is the first time the line-up for the Primavera Club has included the Centre Cultural Albareda, which joins the event by offering four free performances. The venue, located just a few short steps from the Apolo, will be opening shortly…

The Fundació Alzheimer Catalunya is once again organising a walk to raise awareness about the illness. Once again this year the Fundació Alzheimer Catalunya is organising the popular solidarity walk ‘Anem de Marxa per l’Alzheimer’, aimed at raising awareness about people with dementia and overcoming prejudice and indifference. The public are thus invited to take…

The MNAC is organising a round table on what it is to be a woman artist in different cultures in the world, both in the past and the present. The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) is offering a temporary exhibition on themodernista painter Lluïsa Vidal. Apart from the display, a round table session has…

Lindy al Parc is the oldest social activity put on by the association BCNSWING, with the first session dating back to 1998. They meet every first and third Sunday of the month. Everyone is welcome, so just turn up and dance! http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/events/lindy-al-parc-barcelona/

One of Barcelona’s biggest festivals of architecture is back for its seventh edition, with over 150 inspiring buildings opening their doors to showcase some of the city’s finest architecture. An initiative which began in London in 1992, the Open House project was brought to Barcelona in 2010 with the aim of enhancing the understanding and…