Barcelona is not only a beautiful city full of history and monuments to see when you come to visit us and also fine restaurants where you can enjoy one of the best gastronomies of the world. It is also a young city, worldwide tendences creator and an example of this are the following musical events: The Primavera Sound (27th. 29th. of May) and The Sonar (17th. and 19th. of June). First event is a mix between rock, pop and underground music and has become in 9 years an important reference with more than 74.000 followers in the past edition.
On the other hand, the Sonar presents itself as an International Festival for Advanced Music and Multimedia Arts and this Xacobeo’s year joins the festival the city of A Coruña, in Galicia, more than 1000 kms. far from Barcelona.
You can find more info at: www.primaverasound.com and

Spring is all over our city and this week we have to write in our agendas the following items: next friday 23rd. is Sant Jordi’ s day (Saint George) – remember the old legend of that handsome lord that killed the dragon and saved the princess? – The tradition not only in Barcelona, also all over Catalonia, is that all men have to buy a red rose to their women (wife, mother, grandmother, sisters, friends, etc) and women have to buy a book to the men. This is why all the streets in all the catalans cities and villages will be full of little shops selling both products (average price of a rose is 3-5 €) and all catalans go for a walk during the evening if the April’s weather permits it (it is forecasted rain). More things to be considered this week in Barcelona is the Open Godó of tennis and in two weeks, the Spanish Grand Prix of Formula 1. By the way: the BCN airport has been re-opened and it works with normality, no problem with the volcanic cloud.