Experience Barceloneta, experience Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella and Barceloneta are the operational centre of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, will play a special role in these months of cultural, artistic, food and entertainment activities.
Barcelona’s maritime neighbourhood, the city’s fishing neighbourhood, brings the power of its history to the Cultural Regatta, along with its traditions, vitality and community fabric. A sea culture expressed through exhibitions, popular festivals, routes and all sorts of artistic activities.
Exhibition: 'Port and Photography. Photographic Images of the Port de Barcelona'
4 to 29 July. Barceloneta Civic Centre.
The Catalan Photographic Group concluded its 100th anniversary celebrations (1923-2023) with this exhibition, organised in collaboration with the Port of Barcelona and curated by Joan Alemany, an expert on the history of the port.
It consists of forty reproductions of old and modern photographs, taken by professionals and amateurs, that have immortalised the port’s various areas. It also includes the projection of historical images of the Port of Barcelona.
Free activity.
Installation: 'La Barceloneta and the Sea'
25 June to 2 November. Casa de la Barceloneta 1761.
An audiovisual installation with archive photographs showing Barceloneta’s historical links to maritime activities: education, leisure, food, fishing, trade and sport.
La Casa de la Barceloneta 1761 is a municipal facility dedicated to the recovery and dissemination of this neighbourhood’s collective history and memory.
Free activity.
Guided routes ‘Barceloneta and the Sea’
27 June to 30 October
A route connecting the past and the present to discover the origins and evolution of Barcelona’s maritime neighbourhood. During the route, an expert guide will enable us to meet characters that reveal the architecture of the 18th century, the bombardments of the Spanish Civil War, leisure spaces such as public baths and the historical modest eateries known as merenderos, activity at the port, the world of fishing and sport, all linked to the sea.
Other activities in Barceloneta
In Barceloneta you’ll find a whole host of activities where you can discover the secrets of the neighbourhood and its fishing traditions, attend a fish auction or participate in its rich popular culture.
- Barceloneta Festa Major (25 to 29 September)
- “Històries de la Barceloneta” [Stories of Barceloneta] route. Activity finished
- 4th Chess Tournament. Activity finished
- Festa de la Primavera [Spring Festival]. Activity finished
- Gathering of Giants. Activity finished
- “Pescadors de la Barceloneta” [Fishermen of Barceloneta]. Activity finished
Open days at the Port of Barcelona
Activity finished
For the first time ever, the Port of Barcelona is organising open days, so that city residents can explore a place that is of vital importance to the city, via guided tours, maritime routes and itineraries on foot.
There will also be a seafarers’ market and activities for all types of audiences on Moll de la Fusta quay, along with an America's Cup stand, offering all the information you need to follow the competition and its accompanying programme of cultural and leisure activities.
24, 25 and 26 May.
Exhibition: 'Mar viva'
Activity finished
The “Mar viva” [Living Sea] project aims to raise awareness about the serious problem of marine waste, which is caught in fishing nets and brought back to port so it can be properly classified and disposed of. This is an initiative of the Catalan Waste Agency, in collaboration with the Port of Barcelona Fishermen’s Cooperative and the Barcelona Port Authority.
8 May to 1 June. Barceloneta Civic Centre.
Traditional habanera concert
Activity finished
The Amics de les Havaneres Association and the Barceloneta Festival Committee are joining the America’s Cup celebrations with a special edition of the traditional habanera concert.
The 38th “Barcelona cara al mar” grand habaneras event will feature performances by groups such as Crema Catalana, Boira, Ultramar and Port Bó, with the collaboration of Coral Mediterrània, the choir of the Mediterrània de la Barceloneta Senior Centre. Gerard Carrión, from Ràdio Estel, will host the event, which will also include traditional mulled rum.
Saturday 15 June. Port Vell.
