BARCELONA : On Sunday July 11th 2010 a Huge Screen will be placed in front of the Montjuic Magic Fountain to watch the final of the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa
SPAIN – NETHERLANDS
The Magic Fountain will not be working on this Sunday evening.
The Winner is SPAIN
Spain are World Cup Champions. Andres Iniesta scored in the 116th minute of extra time against the Netherlands, giving the Spanish their fourth consecutive 1-0 win and their first World Cup.
The 24th of June is the celebration of Sant Juan ( or San Joan in Spanish) in Catalunya and in some other places like Valencia. It´s a bank holiday, but more important is the ´magic´night of the 23rd of June when the beginning of the summer is celebrated. People have dinner at home or in a restaurant with afterwards a special desert which is called coca, a cake made of puff pastry covered with pine nuts and/ or fruits. After dinner, at about 10pm, the party starts. You will see, and especially hear, fireworks everywhere. Apart from the fireworks, bonfires are part of the tradition. Although they are forbidden in most areas people burn old furniture saved during the year. A good place to go are the Barcelona beaches where people dance and drink till sunrise enjoying the start of the summer.
The Sant Joan festival is also called La Nit de Sant Joan – the night of Saint John.
In the beach area, hundreds of people enjoy sitting on the beach, playing music, eating cocas, drinking alcohol … The metro stays opened the all night long.
Spring Time ( means Primavera in Spanish) offers in Barcelona three days full of music, friends, drinks and sun in the Parc del Forum. It is located in the new Diagonal Mar area of Barcelona. The complex is perfectly connected with the city centre and other key points of Barcelona by bus, metro and tram; and the layout of its elements over a wide area allows for an easy and comfortable access. Its big spaces and auditoriums facing the Mediterranean, allow the audience to enjoy the event in a beautiful setting.
PROGRAMME OF THE ADIDAS ORIGINALS STAGE
The adidas Originals stage will put on shows by emerging bands and bands that want to break into the European market. Some of these bands are: Standstill, Mujeres, So Cow, Autoramas, Fuel Fandango, El Mató A Un Policía Motorizado, The Dallas Guild and Za!
San Miguel’s beer is the official sponsor of this event.
Website of the Primavera Sound Festival
The Sónar festival is one of Europe’s premier electronic music and audiovisual art festivals and takes place every year in June.
The seventeenth edition of this festival will be held on the 17th, 18th, & 19th of June 2010.
Sónar counts yearly around 80,000 visitors and with this number of visitors you can call it one of the biggest musical events.
You get installation art, audiovisual concerts, and medialab presentations next to DJ sets, electonic music, film and more. It’s the new media jet set in the heart of Europe.
In 2010 will occur the Sonar event in A Coruña ( northern Galicia), titled Sónar Galacia, on the same days. Together with Xacobeo (Compostela’s Jubilee), the festival takes the Way of Saint James and celebrates both in A Coruña and Barcelona. A double-edition event, the usual Barcelona and this extraordinary one, which will be named Sonar Galicia.
Some of the confirmed artists for Sonar 2010 are Swoon, Chemical Brother, Roxy Music with Brian Ferry! … For the complete overview and tickets you can enter the Sonar 2010 Festival
Lets dance!
There is also a Sonar for Kids. Musical workshops, Joan Miquel Oliver, The Pinker Selector.
Price Barcelona
The Sonar by Day is taking place in – the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona) and the MACBA (Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona). Raval area near the Ramblas and plaza Catalunya.
Main entrance : Calle Montalegre, 5
The Sonar by Night takes place in a large conference centre called Fira Gran Via, on the outskirts of the city. You can get there by bus : Sonar provides what they call ‘uninterrupted buses’ to and from the venue on Friday and Saturday night, from 20:30 – 08:00. These run from Plaça de las Drassanes (at the bottom of the Ramblas) and drop you at the entrance to the festival. It lasts untill 8 am.
The train station that is closest to Sonar by Night is called ‘Europa/Fira’. It can be reached via all trains leaving the FGC station that is located in the Espanya metro station. The journey lasts only 5 minutes and trains run at least four times every hour. The Sonar by Night venue is just around the corner from the train station and signposts will lead you directly to it.
Trains from Plaza Espanya run until approximately 00:00 and trains from Europa/Fira start running again at 05:10.
2010 is the second Holy Year in the twenty-first century. This occurs when the feast day of the apostle Saint James (25 July) falls on a Sunday.
The last Xacobeo was in 2004, and the next ones are this 2010 and in 2021.
Xacobeo 2010. The values
XACOBEO 2010 is a celebration of the Way of Saint James, its spirit, its values and a tribute to its central figure: The Pilgrim.
The Way has been a tangible peaceful and humanitarian place for people and cultures to come together and meet, and a source for exchanging experiences and knowledge for the last 1,200 years. That is why the Way and Xacobeo are inherently linked to universal values such as tolerance, dialogue, solidarity, spirituality, the spirit, and cultural exchange. They are a compelling cultural, historical, sociological, natural and human point of reference.
Xacobeo has been named the First European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is a winner of the Prince of Asturias Concord Award.
3GSMA Mobile World Congress exhibition is taking place again in Barcelona, FIRA Barcelona from the 16th to 19th February.GSMA Mobile World Congress is the most significant global mobile event in the world where are expected more than 52,000 visitors in Barcelona to develop business and discuss the latest trends in the mobile communications industry.
The Mobile World Congress gather the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a congress with Chief Executives representing mobile operators, vendors and content owners from across the world. The event is where the industry defines its future and creates business.
February 15th to 18th 2010
For the fourth consecutive year, the Catalan capital will host thousands of mobile phone companies. They will showcase their latest developments. This internationally renowned congress stands at the Fira on the Plaça Espanya.
Exhibiting at the GSMA Mobile World Congress offers the opportunity to meet with approximately 50,000 key decision-makers from 180 countries.
Mobile World Congress Media Centre
Whether you are a journalist attending the Mobile World Congress or covering the event from afar, you’ll find important news, background information, multimedia and other materials from the GSMA and exhibiting companies here in the Media Centre.
The Congress Party and Awards Celebration will be held at the beautiful National Palace in Montjuïc. This evening event will provide attendees with fantastic high-level networking opportunities – including the chance to connect with key mobile leaders – while enjoying world-class entertainment. It will also be the perfect venue to entertain clients and prospective partners. Take advantage of this opportunity to build and expand your network as you converse with your fellow attendees in a fun, informal setting.
This spectacular evening will be hosted by writer, actor and self-confessed technophile Stephen Fry and will feature a performance by Duran Duran, one of the world’s most successful rock bands. Duran Duran are currently finalising their 13th album for release in early 2010.
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