Barcelona has a lot to offer you
Primavera Sound has established itself as one of the unmissable dates for hipsters and music lovers from half the planet. If you are in this privileged group, we have some proposals to rediscover Barcelona as it deserves.
** SPRING IN THE RAVAL: PROPOSALS WITHIN REACH OF EVERYONE**
Music enters the city center with a program of free concerts and more than seventy invited artists . Where? At the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) : in the open air at Plaça Joan Coromines (in collaboration with Martini) or in acoustic format at the CCCB's Teatre room, from Friday to Sunday from noon. Artists like Cass McCombs, Mudhoney, Julien Baker, Alex G or C+C=Maxigross will pass through there.
On Sunday, June 5 at 11:30 in the Teatre room, as part of the initiative mini music , the Primavera offers the little ones a journey through time through the history of Jamaican music, so that they let themselves be carried away by the rhythm of the ska of the 60s to the dancehall of today.
A few steps away we find the hiding place of two traveler friends. Five months before opening his store Paradise Records _(Ferlandina, 39) _, Gerard López and Arnau Farrés, toured Europe until they reached Utrecht collecting vinyl. Today they estimate that they have between 20,000 and 30,000 in their lair.
Paradiso Records: Ferlandina, 39
** MINI MUSIC : YOU ARE NEVER TOO YOUNG FOR SPRING**
The Festival bets on plans for the little ones from Friday June 3 at the Parc del Fòrum with workshops and activities to explore their inner artist . The following day, the punk pop group Los Carradine, Barcelona's Me and The Bees, the quintet Doble Pletina and the Mau Boada project Esperit! will take to the stage from six in the afternoon.
mini music poster
SPRING ON-SCREEN
The festival is also live for free in front of the big screen (or around it), from Friday to Sunday at the CCCB. On Saturday Jaume Balagueró, Ángel Sala (festival director and film programmer) and Nacho Cerdà (Phenomena) will talk about the two lives of musician and filmmaker John Carpenter . Also J. A. Bayona, Lyona, Sergi Pérez, Kike Maïllo, Roger Guàrdia and Luis Cerveró They will address the relationship between filmmakers and Spanish groups.
THERE WILL ALSO BE FREE MUSIC AT THE FORUM
Free will also be the concerts on Wednesday afternoon at the Fòrum where you can see Doble Pletina (5:00 p.m.), El Último Vecino (6:00 p.m.), the iconoclastic Mr. Chinarro (7:00 p.m.), Goat (8:30 p.m. ) and Suede (22:00).
Design and music intersect on the esplanade of the Parc del Fòrum (only with admission to the festival). First in flatstock , the itinerant fair of concert posters that returns for the fifth consecutive year to Barcelona, and in the consolidated record fair , the perfect corner to find merchandising from your favorite bands.
Always a good option
COFFEE, PLEASE
You'll need that blessed shot of caffeine to keep going, how about a shot of coffee at Cafè Fred _(Passeig de Sant Joan, 13) _? Taste their bottled and fresh proposal and you will understand why their cold brew is a "revolution". You can also opt for classics that do not lose their shine such as La Federal _(Parlament, 39 and Passatge de la Pau, 11) _ or enter one of the best in the city Café Cometa _(Parlament, 20) _, pure coffee love accompanied with delicious pastries.
The only medicine you need in the morning
** COOL DOWN (GASTRONOMIC) **
When it comes to reviving, there is no doubt, reserve a good brunch. Here is the list of the best according to our expert in eggs benedictine, french toasts and Bloody Marys, Raquel Piñeiro.
You will see that since your last visit the city has evolved and, of course, as a good foodie traveler you should check it out. Discover the new fashion street that you should know at the time of vermouth in Chicha Limoná or Viti Taberna, but the best excuse to see the sunlight again.
Let the party continue, from bar to bar
**FROM MARKET AT THE BARCELONA VINTAGE MARKET**
Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 (Metro Universitat). Take the opportunity to find hunt vintage or second-hand treasures: clothing, vinyl, old magazines, furniture, games... Warning: you can lose track of time with objects that will make you travel to the eighties.