Barcelona Christmas Festival

From December 20 to 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

*Times may vary depending on the date. Please refer to the specific schedule for each day.

All schedules may be subject to change depending on weather conditions.



Friday 20 de December

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17:00 h
  • Vocal music
    De 17:00h a 17:15h

    Ual·la will be the masters of ceremony of the afternoon programme and will fill the transitions between shows with scenes from their show PLAY!, an invitation to play and explore limitless creativity. 

    In this “tablemusic” performance, the artists bring together different elements, with no specific meaning, to embrace diverse and surprising forms of everyday reality. With balls, chalk, combs, notebooks and plastic bags, this duo will mix genres such as hip-hop, spoken word and bossa nova.

    Both music and comedy for all audiences.

     

    Vocals and Percussion: Alba Rubió, Modesto Lai Photo: Joan Tomás

    • Music
    Artists

    Photo: Joan Tomás

17:15 h
  • De 17:15h a 18:00h

    Modernity impacts the most vulnerable, marginalises the misfits who are torn between rebellion and docility. 

    Under the artistic direction of Marcos Morau, the Navarrese dance company Led Silhouette will present a meeting of time and languages, with the body and movement driving an exploration of the limits of human endurance.

    Los Perros is an energetic and transformative piece seeking a state of resistance. Dogs that meet, that share joy and pain, that fall and get up, that dance, that rebel through love, to find the meaning of their lives. A passionate dance that finds its purest meaning in repetition and catharsis. Dancing to exhaustion, barking until the last breath, living to the point of exhaustion. 

     

    Project Director: Led Silhouette Idea and Artistic Director: Marcos Morau Choreography: Marcos Morau, in collaboration with the performers: Jon López and Martxel Rodriguez Sound Design: Juan Cristóbal Saavedra Special Collaboration: Verde Prato Costumes: Cobos Vestuario Production Assistant: Nagore Martínez Distribution: Portal 71, Rocío Pindado, MònicaDeGira With the support of the DNA programme of the Department of Culture of the Government of Navarre and INNOVA Cultural, of the Caja Navarra Foundation - ”La Caixa” Foundation.

    • Dance
    Artists arm in arm

    Photo: Irantzu Pastor

18:00 h
  • Vocal music
    De 18:00h a 18:15h

    Ual·la will be the masters of ceremony of the afternoon programme and will fill the transitions between shows with scenes from their show PLAY!, an invitation to play and explore limitless creativity. 

    In this “tablemusic” performance, the artists bring together different elements, with no specific meaning, to embrace diverse and surprising forms of everyday reality. With balls, chalk, combs, notebooks and plastic bags, this duo will mix genres such as hip-hop, spoken word and bossa nova.

    Both music and comedy for all audiences.

     

    Vocals and Percussion: Alba Rubió, Modesto Lai Photo: Joan Tomás

    • Music
    Artists

    Photo: Joan Tomás

18:15 h
  • De 18:15h a 19:00h

    What happens when the chick leaves the nest? This dance-theatre show for all audiences depicts the transition from childhood to the first stage of adulthood, as we leave the protective family nest behind.

    With a group of young people in their twenties and thirties, the stage becomes a space to reflect on the future, in a complex world with uncertain prospects. 

    The nest is the ideal play space to express their concerns. A poetic metaphor-filled space, where the great small human tragedies are explored through a lens of humour, poetry and hope.

     

    Director: Doriane Moretus, Patrick Dordoigne Interpreters: Jonathan Aubard, Nathan Chouchana, Inès Grunenwald, Marine Garcia, Mattia Maggi, Yoanna Marilleaud, Eliot Maurel, Ugo Strebel, Jacob Auzanneau, Laura Tomás, Tom Verschueren Production: Achil Bras Lighting: Julien Barbazin Scenography: Yanosh Hrdy, Achil Bras, Magali Castellan Costumes: Fabienne Desfleches, Mélanie Clenet Assistant: Guillaume Servely Sound and light technician: Antoine Moriau Administration: Les Thérèses Diffusion and communication: Hélène Bourdon

    • Teatre
    ADHOK
19:00 h
  • De 19:00h a 19:45h

    Alidé Sans, a powerful and moving voice from Vall d'Aran, presents her project Arraïtz. Meaning “root” in the Aranese variant of Occitan, the artist updates Occitan oral traditional songs with elements of current musical production, fusing modernity with tradition. Arraïtz is a tribute to the Occitan language and popular culture, to rural mountains and to female empowerment. 

    The melodies of rondèusborrèies and vals, filtered through modern musical codes, will make you dance and enjoy the music as a community.

     

    Vocals, guitar and accordion: Alidé Sans Guitar: Virgi Borràs Violin: Núria Llobet Keyboards: Gerard Farré Drums: Pol Alonso Photo: Cedrick Nöt

    • Music
    Alidé Sans

    Photo: Cedrick Nöt

19:45 h
  • Verticals – Acrodanza
    De 19:45h a 20:00h

    After presenting El patio (work in progress) last season, Juan Carlos Panduro returns to the Catalan capital to offer the second part of this interdisciplinary poetry-circus piece.

    This time, the creative power of circus and poetic techniques act as the framework, creating an aesthetic, plastic and vertical language that aims to be an end in itself. An acro-dance solo in capital letters that amazes and thrills.

    “I spent the night in the courtyard waiting for the moon

    I put my hands together to make an offering

    do you think sorrow is something you can see?”

     

    Idea, Creation and Performance: Juan Carlos Panduro Music: Toni Kelm Stage Design: Jean-François Keller and Juan Carlos Panduro

    • Circus
    • Dance
    Show by Juan Carlos Panduro
20:00 h
  • De 20:00h a 21:00h

    The Christmas period enjoys the longest nights of the year. The stars shine more brightly and, just like when we were children, we try to understand what lies beyond the stars and the universe. Natal brings us closer to this immense, magical and unknown sky, where music and contemporary circus go hand in hand.

    A group of old friends reminisce about the genuine and innocent questions they asked each other as children. The starry Christmas sky invites them to rediscover and recover that childhood feeling of immensity and surprise, of curiosity and, above all, of the desire to continue to be amazed and to learn; a feeling that, as we grow up, can fade away until it completely disappears.

    Through acrobatics, aerial acts, songs, laughter, dances and live electronic music performed by kids, the protagonists of this piece will play with everything they have left to discover and invite us to enjoy a winter evening under a great starry night sky.

     

    Artistic Director: Quim Girón Assistant Director: Moon Ribas Music Director: Joan Cot Ros Dramaturgy: Irene Vicente Stage Design: Laura Clos “Closca” Costume Design: Adriana Parra Costumes: Núria Monfort Lighting Design: Roc Laín Technical Director: Benet Jofre Technical Production: Larry’s SCCL Flying Directors: Germans Pruna Flying Effects: Accialt Flying Effects Executive Production: Elclimamola Performers and co-creators: Berta Contijoch, Núria Dardinyà, Teo Martín, Pablo Molina, Ivan Morales Ruiz, Luna Papia, Luis M. Roldán Santiago Musicians: Mel Comas Anguera, Kilian Díaz Espín, Abril Espinosa Pérez, Martina Espinosa Pérez, Jonc Mas Aliberas, Bruna Navarro Tuxuera, Èric Pau Cozza, Èlia Santaflorentina Cortés 

    Thanks to the Mataró Music School. 

    • Circus
    Animal Religion Show

    Photo: Felipe Mena