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Barcelona turns its neighbourhoods into music stages this week
Barcelona once again shows this week that its music calendar does not live on large venues and festivals alone. Small spaces in the Gòtic, Raval, Clot, Sants, Vallcarca and Poblenou will host concerts of tango, blues, rap, singer-songwriter music, experimental electronic music and international sounds.
The proposal is perfect for those looking for different plans without leaving the city. Rather than a single large stage, music is spread across neighbourhoods and more intimate venues, where discovering emerging artists or less usual formats is part of the experience.
Friday the 12th will concentrate much of the activity. Espai Niu will host Flama, DII and Flaaryr, while Vol will welcome Nisei and Za!, two proposals for those who move between the alternative scene, noise, experimentation and intense live performances.
That same day there will also be very different options in other parts of the city. Julián Herreros Rivera will perform at Casa Verde, Luis Peixoto will bring his Portuguese mandolin to Sinestesia, Clement Esso will appear at RAI and Patricia Wolf will play at Casa Montjuïc.
The week will also have a flavour of blues and roots. On Thursday the 11th, Chino Swingslide and Tota Blues will perform at the Bar de La Farinera del Clot, a plan designed for those who prefer local concerts, without great artifice and with the neighbourhood atmosphere as part of the appeal.
On Saturday the 13th, music will continue to be spread across several venues. Antic Forn de Vallcarca will bring together Amsia, Fall into Dry Lungs and Pilar Talavera, while Heliogàbal will host Mia Salazar and Club P62 will back Barres Explícites Vol. 2, an event linked to rap and direct expression.
On Sunday the 14th, La Negra will become a meeting point for Zozobra, Tsubomi, Shannax-Xiwire, Nou, Això and Malísima. And on Monday the 15th, the Casino l’Aliança del Poblenou will close the circuit with Roberta Sa's performance, adding a Brazilian accent to a particularly diverse week.
This programme shows a less obvious side of its cultural life: small venues, neighbourhoods with their own identity and concerts that invite people to move around the city in a different way. There is no need to wait for a major festival to discover new music; sometimes it is enough to look at what is happening a few streets from home.