The eDreams Barcelona Half Marathon 2019 promotes sport with values and offers the chance to support a solidarity cause via the crowdfunding platform migranodearena.org. Participants can use the platform to choose the organisation they want to support: health and medical research, social exclusion, international cooperation, childhood, the environment etc. Anyone making a donation will get…

The city’s festive eagle figure, the Àliga de la Ciutat, heads an evening procession as far as the Santa Maria de Mar church on Friday, 8 February. Once there, it will perform its traditional dance in the chancel and before the altar in the church. Saturday comes packed with displays of popular culture, with sardana…

The grand Chinese director Xian Zhang will be conducting this concert by the violinist Ray Chen and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra – The National Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC). The programme starts with Internet Symphony No.1: Eroica, by the Chinese contemporary classical composer Tan Dun, author of the music for the Beijing Olympic Games and renowned…

The Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site is once again hosting the independent fashion festival 080 Barcelona Fashion, now in its 23rd edition, from 4 to 8 February. Independent designers and young talents from the Catalan fashion world will be presenting their collections at the show, which aims to consolidate Catalonia as leading location for fashion…

4YFN is an event for mobile technology entrepreneurs as part of the Mobile World Progress. The event puts emerging companies, investors, corporations and public institutions in touch with one another to generate new synergies and business opportunities. The goal is to help local industry grow. More here: https://agenda500.barcelona.cat/en/detall/4yfn_99400471352.html

The fourteenth edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the biggest mobile technology fair in the world, is being held at Fira de Barcelona from 25 to 28 February. This year’s event focuses on smart connectivity and expects to attract 107,000 visitors, representing an economic impact of 473 million euros. As ever, the MWC comes…