Children in the city will be getting the city’s winter festival under way with a reading of the opening speech at 10 am on Friday. In the evening, the Àliga figure will signal the start of the entourages and processions which will fill the city with mythical characters. The festival is a chance to enjoy…

The Barcelona Half Marathon takes centre stage on the sporting scene on Sunday, 12 February, but at the same time the city plays host to a highly festive occasion. The event will have 26 points along the route for people to cheer runners on. Music groups, drummers and percussionists will all get behind those taking…

On Fridays and Saturdays the Twin Fountains in Pl. Catalunya light up with a water and light show. The fountains were built in 1959 and recently had a complete overhaul. http://agenda500.barcelona.cat/en/detall/discover-the-twin-fountains_99400384020.html

The Barcelona Museum of Ethnology is inaugurating an exhibition which invites visitors to rethink the city via certain elements (people, messages, festivities, streets, buildings, cultures etc.) which provide the title for the different sections of the display and which constitute the tools for analysing the city where we live from new perspectives. The display is…

From 1 to 12 February, Barcelona plays host to a festival of theatre in French, an event to help people discover contemporary theatre works in this language, as well as authors, directors, performers and other players on the French theatre scene. The Institut del Teatre, the Almeria Teatre, the Sala Beckett, the Institut Français and…

The exhibition ‘Peter Hujar: Speed of Life’ is the most detailed narration to date of the work of the American photographer Peter Hujar, with over 150 of his photos from the fifties through to the eighties. Peter Hujar started his career as a commercial photographer in the fifties. However, he soon chose to move well…

Neil Hannon leads The Divine Comedy, a formation presenting its new work Foreverland at the Palau de la Música. A good occasion to enjoy one of the most interesting musical projects from the United Kingdom as part of the 18th Millennium Festival. http://agenda500.barcelona.cat/en/detall/the-divine-comedy_99400455704.html

Chinese and Catalan communities combine to celebrate the arrival of the year 4175 with different multicultural acts. http://lameva.barcelona.cat/capdesetmana/en