As part of the Suite Festival, Norah Jones will be presenting her sixth album, Day Breaks, which sees her returning to her jazz roots. The artist will be accompanied by top-class musicians Brian Blade (drums) and Chris Thomas (bass). With nine Grammys to her name and over 47 million albums sold, Jones weaves together several styles of…

Bob Dylan will be performing for two nights at El Liceu as he presents Triplicate (2017), a triple disc by the artist and his band offering thirty of his best songs. To talk about Bob Dylan is to talk about one of the most important living chapters of popular music from the 20th century. A tireless, brave and…

  Time Out´s editors’ selection of the best galleries, concerts, gigs, cafés, restaurants, bars, clubs, films and more that you won’t want to miss this weekend in Barcelona: https://www.timeout.com/barcelona/things-to-do/this-weekend-in-barcelona

Spring is here, and the weekend before Easter offers a chance to enjoy cultural, artistic and audio-visual activities in the neighbourhoods, reassert the commitment to sustainability by saving energy for Earth Hour and an opportunity to succumb to the magical charm of old boats. Go to the weekend website! The Barcelona Districte Cultural festival offers music, theatre and audio-visuals this…

Fancy seeing human towers in Barcelona this weekend? Here is a list of all the displays that are on in the city.   Closing of the Tradicionàrius festival in Gràcia 23/03/2018 With a performance from the Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia. 19.30 in Anna Frank square.   And outside the city, Barcelona festival groups…

Food trucks set up at the Moll del Rellotge for the first time as the Van Van Market is organised there. The Van Van Market is one of the city’s best-known gastronomy markets and a new edition is now being organised at the Moll del Rellotge wharf in Barcelona’s port, with free admission. Fifteen food…

This week, from 19 to 25 March, the Volta a Catalunya is taking place, with well-known participants including Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde, Rigobero Urán, Warren Barguil and Fabio Aru, among others, battling to earn their place on the podium in Barcelona on Sunday. As usual, the Volta will again be made up of seven stages. The race starts at Calella and passes through Mataró, Sant Cugat del Vallès,…

The history of the Zona Franca and its political, economic, urban and environmental impact on the Barcelona plain, in a lab-format micro exhibition. Coinciding with the centenary of what is now the Zona Franca consortium, the MUHBA is organising a small lab-format exhibition entitled ‘El port franc i la fàbrica de Barcelona. Les edats de…

The Palau de la Música presents an exhibition examining the 110 years of history since the building’s construction. The concert hall, built between 1905 and 1908, was designed by Catalan Modernista architect Lluis Domènech i Montaner, a contemporary of Antoni Gaudí. The new exhibition is presented by the Centre for Documentation of the Orfeó Català, the choir for…

With the arrival of spring, the Pi neighbourhood holds its local festival in honour of Sant Josep Oriol. The Pi neighbourhood is holding its local festival from 17 to 25 March, with popular culture playing a major part. On Saturday 17 March, the bells of the Pi church will herald the opening speech by the…