October is here, so let’s get a little German: welcome back to the Oktoberfest Barcelona. Until on the 16th, liters and liters of beer and traditional food from central Europe invade the Barcelona Fair (Avenida de la Reina Maria Cristina). Get ready for the hangover.
From Tuesday, the 11th, and until Sunday, the 16th, Barcelona becomes a great agora for public debate. come back the Biennial of Thought with talks loaded with philosophy, science, sustainability, citizenship, architecture, sociology and a long etcetera by great names in thought such as Yuval Noah Harari, Anne Waldman, Miriam Hatibi either Marina Garces.
This weekend, it’s time to go to Montjuic. Saturday and Sunday the second edition of Viu Montjuïc, the Park of Culture, with thirty mountain establishments offering open days, exhibitions and activities to get to know all the cultural facilities in depth. For example, the recreation of a Roman legion from the Archeology Museum of Cataloniathe music show Nest in the Montjuïc cemetery, or the jazz sessions of jazzbetween.
Monday, in ImagineCoffee (Pelai, 11), the ‘app’ Too Good To Godesigned to avoid food waste by selling what is left over to restaurants at closing time at cost price, organizes a workshop to learn tricks and recipes so as not to throw away any product at home and reduce the environmental footprint of our kitchen.
The Heliogabal (Ramón y Cajal, 80) opens its doors to the label montebello so that, during this month, some of its artists fill the concert hall. Until the 29th.
If summer is the star season for music festivals, autumn for gastronomic ones. While in Barceloneta the barceloneta tastewith offers of bombs and drink throughout the neighbourhood, in Poble Espanyol (Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13) this weekend the Mahou Bravas Fest Barcelonaa ‘street food’ festival dedicated to spicy potatoes. Ten emblematic restaurants in the city will be in charge of cooking their version of the famous tapa. Free entry and each tasting at 3 euros.
The Palace of Music (4-6) premieres season of Palau Piano, a cycle that, from October to June, brings together nine of the best performers in the world. names like Khatia Buniatishvili, Seong Jin Cho either Paul Lewis They will arrive to “explain life with the 88 keys of the piano”, as the Palau promises.
This Friday, the collective QWERTY land on The Deskomunal (Riera d’Escuder, 38) to inaugurate Parole of QWERTY, a night event starring activists and comedians with an acid and political discourse on heteropatriarchy. From 8:30 p.m. to 3 a.m., there will be shows and music.
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