Montjuïc at Night: Open Music Festival

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On 2 July, Barcelona will once again pay tribute to its own home-brewed live music, with a new white night on Montjuïc mountain, Montjuïc at Night, where the best bands from the city’s main music festivals will be meeting up at the same site.

Sonar, Barnasants, De Cajón! Festival Flamenco, Cruïlla BCN, Mas i Mas, BAM. Up to twenty festivals with a highly varied programme that includes some forty performances in every style to suit every taste, from pop to jazz, hip-hop and electronica.

The white night will also offer a taste of the Beefeater In-Edit, the Barcelona International Music Documentary Film Festival, with a screening of two music documentaries.

As usual, the music evening of this fourth edition of Montjuïc at Night will be accompanied by an open night at various museums and mountain venues, such as the CaixaForum, the Fundació Joan Miró, MNAC, the Poble Espanyol and the Teatre Grec gardens.

The festival will kick off at 8 pm and go on until 4 am. For access to some of the mountain stages, the public will have extra public transport and a free bus service until 5 am, connecting Montjuïc Castle to Plaça d’Espanya and Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina with the funicular.

Emir Kusturika in concert at Poble Espanyol.

Poble Espanyol is one of the great summer concert stages. The setting for various festivals, the Montjuïc venue will not be lacking in music this year either.

What’s more, the Poble Espanyol stage will be hosting some big names from the national and international music scenes, with Amaral, Roger Hodgson and Orishas standing out. For the concerts will be numbered tickets for the seating that is going to be erected at the Poble Espanyol. This is one of the major new features this year compared to previous years.

There are all kinds of artists and music on the programme, including Emir Kusturica (2 July), the jazz of George Benson (5 July) and the pop rock of Amaral (10 July). Other names appearing on the Poble Espanyol stage include Rosana (3 July), Rosario (16 July) and Jeff Beck (22 July).

Emir Kusturika in concert at Poble Espanyol - Barcelona

To celebrate ten years of playing together, Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra who are currently touring, release a Best Of with 20 songs from the soundtrack of Black Cat White Cat, Unza Unza Time, the soundtrack of Life is a miracle and the Opera “Time of the Gypsies“. Born on 24 November 1954 in Sarajevo, Emir Kusturica (Емир Кустурица) is a Serbian director, musician and producer. Author of nine films, several television and short films, he also plays guitar in a rock band.

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