Primavera Club & Other December Events
December (2009) Events in Barcelona
FESTIVALS
- Barcelona International Jazz Festival
When? October 18 - December 6
Where? Various venues.
What? Music festival featuring Latin-jazz, big band, gospel, bebop and other music styles.
- BAC!
When? December 1 - January 3 (2010)
Where? CCCB (main exhibition space) as well as other venues.
What? The 10th edition of Barcelona's International Festival of Contemporary Art, featuring pieces contributed by galleries around the world. Various media are represented, ranging from murals to multimedia installations.
- Primavera Club Barcelona
When? December 9 - December 13
Where? Apolo, Razzmatazz, Sala Monasterio, Bikini
What? 4th edition of Barcelona's Primavera Club music festival, which goes hand in hand with the popular summertime Primavera Sound festival. This edition's bands include: Cass Mccombs, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Deertick, Health, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Port O Brien, The Black Heart Procession, Wave Machines, Will Johnson & Jason Molina, Scout Niblett, Devendra Banhart, The Pastels And The Black Heart Procession, Tara Jane O’neal + Retribution Gospel Choir, Ladybug Transistor + Deer Tick + Standstill, San Miguel Primavera C.
EXHIBITIONS
- World Press Photo
When? November 10 - December 20
Where? CCCB
What? Regarded as the world's most important display of photojournalism, World Press Photo is a large exhibition featuring award-winning photographs. Barcelona is one stop on its 100+ city tour.
- Picasso: Erotic Prints
When? November 5 - February 15 (2010)
Where? Museu Picasso
What? An exhibition featuring works between the years of 1964 and 1970, when all of Picasso's creations showcased sexually explicit themes.
- Cuerpos de luz. Mayte Vieta Bodies of light. Mayte Vieta.
When? October 9 - December 8
Where? Fundació Joan Miró
What? A photography installation by Mayte Vieta in which the reflection of light on the nighttime sea reveals the shape of a nude woman.
- Frantisek Kupka: Obras del Centre Pompidou Frantisek Kupka: Works from the Centre Pompidou
When? November 28 - January 24 (2010)
Where? Fundació Joan Miró
What? An exhibition of works by Czech artist Frantisek Kupka, whose unique abstract works - examples of the orphic cubism style - explore the relationship between music and painting.
- Números de buena familia Numbers of Good Family
When? July 16 - February 14 (2010)
Where? CosmoCaixa
What? An exhibition that explores the history of numbers and the role of numbers as an essential language in both day-to-day life and in the fields of technology and science. Focuses on the creation of "families" of numbers (real, natural, rational, whole, etc.) to solve problems and to help us organize, calculate, encode, etc.
- Ray Johnson. Completar y devolver, por favor. Ray Johnson. Complete and return, please.
When? November 6 - January 10 (2010)
Where? MACBA
What? An exhibition of collages by influential yet largely unknown American artist Ray Johnson.
- John Cage: A Retrospective
When? October 22 - January 4 (2010)
Where? MACBA
What? An exhibition dedicated to the career of American composter John Cage and featuring films, music scores, documentary footage, sound recordings and more.
- Modernologies
When? September 23 - January 17 (2010)
Where? MACBA
What? An exhibition of film, art and discussion that explores the concepts and contradicitons of of "modernity".
THEATRE
- El Ball
When? November 20 - January 3 (2010)
Where? Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
What? A production combining theatre and dance in bringing to life the words of novelist Iréne Némirovsky.
- Los Vivancos
When? November 26 - December 20
Where? Teatre Victòria
What? Fusion of flamenco, music, theatre, fights and circus arts performed by a highly regarded dance company comprised of seven brothers.
- La Bella Durmiente. David Campos. Sleeping Beauty. David Campos.
When? November 25 - December 13
Where? Teatre Romea
What? Ballet performance of Sleeping Beauty.
- Llits
When? December 17 - January 3 (2010)
Where? Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
What? A production combining music and circus which revolves around the beds that mark our lives: birth, love, desire, death.
- Ben Hur Live
When? December 26 & 27
Where? Palau Sant Jordi
What? An ancient arena is recreated and 400 performers and 100 animals partake in a massive show marking the 50-year anniversary of the film Ben Hur. The show, which is 15 years in the making, is on its world tour.
- Il trovatore
When? December 2 - 30
Where? Gran Teatre del Liceu
What? A production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore, a dramma in four parts.
CONCERTS
- The Prodigy
When? December 3
Where? Sant Jordi Club
What? www.theprodigy.com
- Marilyn Manson
When? December 4
Where? Sant Jordi Club
What? www.marilynmanson.com
- Franz Ferdinand
When? December 5
Where? Pavello Olimpic de Badalona
What? www.franzferdinand.co.uk
- Editors
When? December 8
Where? Razzmatazz
What? www.editorsofficial.com
- Devendra Banhart
When? December 9
Where? Apolo
What? www.devendrabanhart.com
- Biffy Clyro
When? December 10
Where? Razzmatazz
What? www.biffyclyro.com
- Amen Gospel Choir
When? December 12
Where? Gran Teatre del Liceu
What? Performance by the Amen Gospel Choir, considered one of the genre's most versatile groups.
- Paradise Lost
When? December 15
Where? Razzmatazz
What? www.paradiselost.co.uk
- Living Colour
When? December 16
Where? Faktoria d'Arts
What? www.livingcolour.com
- Recital Bejun Mehta
When? December 17
Where? Gran Teatre del Liceu
What? Recital by one of the world's most celebrated counter-tenors, whose repertoire spans from Baroque through contemporary music. This particular recital, in which he is accompanied by pianist Julius Drake, features works by Henry Purcell, Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Warlock.
- Mississippi Gospel Choir
When? December 25
Where? Gran Teatre del Liceu
What? Concert of genuine gospel music featuring one of the USA's most representative gospel music groups.
- Montserrat Caballe
When? December 28
Where? Gran Teatre del Liceu
What? Concert by world-famous soprano opera singer.
* Want to see past months' events? Take a look! Barcelona Events
