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As part of this year’s La Mercè festivities, the best and most diverse music will reverberate among the rocks of Montjuïc for you to enjoy from the stands of the Teatre Grec. Check out the diverse and talented line-up!
Friday 23
• 8.30 pm – Lucía Fumero & Rita Payés (popular Latin American music)
• 10.15 pm – Les Músiques de Frida Kahlo (jazz and world music)
• 0.00 am – Alain Pérez y la Orquesta (popular Cuban music)
Saturday 24
• 8.30 pm – Rachele Andrioli Coro a Coro (traditional and choral music)
• 10.15 pm – Vinicio Capossela (singer-songwriter)
• 0.00 am – Egon Soda (pop)
Sunday 25
• 8.30 pm – 25 anys sense Tete Montoliu (jazz)
• 10.15 pm – Guinga + Carme Canela + Pintxo Villar (popular Brazilian music)
• 0.00 am – Ray Lema (Congolese rumba)

Av. Reina Maria Cristina is again the scenario for concerts organised by radio stations for La Mercè. You can hear the following artists and groups live:
Friday 23 (Cadena 100)
• 9.30 pm – David Ros (pop-rock)
• 11.30 pm – La Oreja de Van Gogh (pop-rock)
• 1.30 am – Mosaic (pop)
Saturday 24 (Europa FM)
• 7.30 pm – DJ Europa FM
• 8.00 pm – Samantha (pop)
• 9.00 pm – Nerea Rodríguez (pop)
• 10.15 pm – Les Montses (pop-folk, festive rock)
• 11.45 pm – Ítaca Band (pop, melting pot, festive)
• 1.15 am – La Pegatina (melting pot)
Sunday 25 (RAC105)
• 8.00 pm – Clima (pop)
• 9.00 pm – _Ginestà (pop, folk, experimental)
• 10.30 pm – Stay Homas (pop-rock)
• 0.00 am – Búhos (rock, melting pot)
• 1.45 am – Habla de mí en Presente (techno-rumba)

On Saturday 24, Sunday 25 and Monday 26, the Palauet Albéniz will open its doors to the public with scheduled visits every half an hour from 11 am to 7.15 pm (until 1.15 pm on Monday), with entertainment by the “the maids and butlers” of the Robert Gobern company. In the Jardins de Joan Maragall, the gardens surrounding the palace, you will find a whole host of street performances with the following programme over the three days:
• 11 am to 8.15 pm in the Espai Bosc – Brest Brest Brest: Faune (visual arts installation by Adrien M & Claire B) [Monday from 11 am to 2 pm]
• 11.30 am at the Espai Parabòliques – Dis_Order (theatre, circus and clowning with Pere Hosta. Show for anyone over the age of six.
• 12.15 pm in the amphitheatre – Lumière (magic, mime and gestural humour with Txema Muñoz)
• 1.15 pm itinerant – Le chant des pavillons (La Fausse Compagnie make traditional music with ethnic influences)
• 4.30 pm at the Espai Panoràmic – Grasshoppers (Circus Katoen) [Saturday and Sunday only]
• 5.45 pm at the Espai Mirall – Fora (circus with Alice Rende [Saturday and Sunday only]
• 7 pm in the amphitheatre – Concert by Maria Mazzota (traditional Italian music) [Saturday only]
• 7 pm in the amphitheatre – Celeste Alías Canta Chavela (neorancheras and galactic boleros) for people aged 8 upwards [Sundays only]

Over the weekend of La Mercè, Montjuïc Castle will become a circus for the whole family. The visual artist and scenographer Patxo Urlezaga Murugarren uses inflatable ephemeral sculptures as an abstract and colourful way to decorate the circus Castle. This is the programme for shows and activities in the six different spaces around the Castle:
Fossat de Santa Eulàlia
• L’herbe est plus rose ici (Chines perch and juggling with SiSi NonNon Cie): Saturday at 12 noon and 4.45 pm, and Sunday at 12 noon and 5 pm.
• Trashpeze (trapeze with Wise Fools): Saturday and Sunday at 12.45 pm and 5.45 pm.
• Circus cabaret (meeting point for Artem Lyubanebych, Stanislav Vysotskyi, Dima Malkov, the duo Bazaly, the duo To Be Free and the duo Flame): Saturday at 1.30 pm and at 6.30 pm, Sunday at 1.15 pm and at 6.15 pm.
Poetry corner
• L’ànsia de volar (bicycle and acrobatics with L’Y): Saturday and Sunday at 12.45 pm and 4.45 pm.
• La central del circ: expanded formats (gesture and body with Enrico Ferluga and Guillermo Tricas / Las Sistars and Marta Camuffi): Saturday and Sunday at 6.45 pm. Show for anyone over the age of six.
Circuit
• Back 2 Clàssics (trampoline with Planeta Trampolí): Saturday and Sunday at 12 noon and 4 pm.
• La Xarranca (street games): Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 7.30 pm.
Lluneta de terra
• Hotel Flamingo (theatre with Clownic): Saturday and Sunday at 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm.
Espais de restauració
• MBODJ: Saturday and Sunday from 2.15 pm to 4.15 pm
• DJ GroundChoo: Saturday and Sunday from 2.15 pm to 4.15 pm

In addition, twelve museums and cultural facilities in Montjuïc will be holding open days over the weekend of La Mercè. Take advantage and discover them for free:
• Espai Bombers: Saturday to Monday, from 10 am to 3 pm, Saturday from 4 pm to 8 pm. History visit (1h) on Saturday at 11.30 am, 1 pm, 4.30 pm and 6 pm. Family visit (45 mins) on Sunday from 11 am to 2.30 pm.
• Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC): Saturday 24, from 10 am to 8 pm.
• CaixaFòrum: Saturday 24, from 10 am to 8 pm.
• Pavelló Mies van der Rohe: Saturday 24, from 10 am to 8 pm.
• Fundació Miró: Saturday 24, from 10 to 8 pm. At 11 am and 12.30 pm, live music in the rooms with instrumental groups from the ESMUC.
• Montjuïc Castle: Saturday 24, from 10 am to 8 pm. Discovery itineraries at 11 am, 12 noon, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm and 7 pm.
• Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport: Saturday 24, from 10 am to 2.30 pm.
• Poble Espanyol: Saturday 24, from 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 25, from 10 am to midnight. Free admission for Barcelona residents (advance booking required).
• Jardí Botànic: Saturday 24, from 10 to 7 pm.
• Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya: Saturday 24, from 10 to 2.30 pm.
• Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món: Saturday 24, from 10 am to 8 pm. At 12 noon, with a booking, there’s a family workshop, ‘El teixit de la vida’, and guided tour,’Quina feinada! Dones, subsistència i cures’ [What hard work! Women, subsistence and care].
• Col·lecció de Carrosses Fúnebres: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25, from 10 am to 2 pm. Guided tour on Saturday at 12 noon.

The city’s annual festival rounds off on Monday at 10 pm, with the traditional music and fireworks spectacular known as the Piromusical in Montjuïc, at the Magic Fountain and in Av. Reina Maria Cristina. This year’s event has been tasked to Pirotècnia Igual and will feature five different music sections. The first of these includes Italian and Roman melodies, reminding us that Rome was this year’s guest city. The second talks to us of women’s empowerment, through music with a feminist perspective. After that, we’ll hear operas to mark the 175th anniversary of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The fourth section is dedicated to peace, a cry against war all over the world. Finally, there’s a chance to keep on dancing with an energy charged finale to the festivities.