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  • International guitar festival.

  • The Spanish village of Llívia, just over the French border, presents choral groups and orchestras from around the world.

  • Open-air concerts of early music in the Barri Gòtic.

  • Ethnic and world music acts at Caixa Forum.

  • Barcelona’s largest music, theatre and dance festival.

  • This electronic music and multimedia festival has technology fairs by day and musical events by night.

  • Big-name and experimental live jazz.

  • “The magnificent, moving ring” is how Catalan poet Joan Maragall described the sardana , Catalonia’s regional dance. Subdued yet intricate, it is performed to the tunes of the cobla , a traditional brass and woodwind band. Sardanes can be seen in Plaça de la Seu and Plaça Sant Jaume year round (Activities in Barcelona).

  • Catalan and international plays are staged in Sitges’ theatres.

  • In celebration of Saint John, and the start of summer, this is Catalonian’s night to play with fire and play they do, with gusto. Fireworks streak through the night sky and bonfires are set ablaze on beaches and in towns throughout the region.

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