FEATURED ACTIVITIES
FEATURED ACTIVITIES
Activity
Rumba sunsets
Price: 10
To make summer Mondays not seem like Mondays, there is nothing better than a good rumba concert every Sunday.
Catalan rumba is derived from the Andalusian flamenco rumba, with influences from Cuban music and rock and roll, it's one of the most typical genre of music from Catalonia. In Rumba sunsets you will listen to all the songs live from the most top rumba groups from catalonia.
Activity
Blues Nights
Price: From 10€
When the sun goes down, the most outstanding bands on the national scene start to play the first chords to offer from the most melodic blues to the most danceable styles. All in a pleasant and peaceful setting... Can you think of a better plan for Wednesday evenings in July and August?
This year there are ten small-format performances that make up the programme of the Blues Nights, a careful selection of artists who, through their passion, will delight lovers of good music of all ages.
Activity
Mahou Rock&Grill
Price: from 12€
Nine open-air concerts in a unique setting, where 19 bands will bring the most rocking rhythm to Thursday nights this summer.
You will enjoy the powerful live performances offered by tributes to the most emblematic rock bands: from AC/DC to Ramones, Motörhead, Kiss, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Guns N'Roses, Barricada, Iron Maiden, David Bowie and Queen, among many others.
Mahou Rock&Grill is undoubtedly the rock festival par excellence in Barcelona and returns to Poble Espanyol to offer you the music you love, live. Are you going to miss it?
YOU CAN NOT MISS THIS
ACTIVITIES CALENDAR
ENJOY AND LEARN HANDICRAFT
PERMANENT WORKSHOPS
Engraving
Price: 101€
Accompanied by craftswoman Maria Pujol you will become a craftsman or craftswoman for a day, more specifically bookmakers.
We will learn the basic techniques of working with paper and create a book in the shape of a star.
You will work with ancient paper techniques and, following Maria’s steps and instructions, we will personalise our own book.
A unique and unrepeatable experience: made by hand and personalised!
Stamping
Price: 110€
Accompanied by craftswoman Lourdes Perelló you will become a craftsman or craftswoman for a day, more specifically textile experts.
You will learn the faux batik technique to decorate a silk scarf that you can take with you on the same day.
You will work with Asian materials and, following Lourdes’s steps and instructions, you will personalise a silk scarf.
A unique and unrepeatable experience: made by hand and personalised!
Basket weaving
Price: 100€
Led by the artisan Pepi Sánchez, you'll become artisans for a day, more specifically basket makers.
You'll learn the basics of basket weaving and apply the technique to create a caxixi (musical instrument) or a pendant.
You'll work with vegetable fibres and, following Pepi's steps and instructions, you'll get the chance to create your own product that you can take home with you on the same day.
A unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience: handmade and personalised!
Stained glass
Price: 100€
Design and create a piece of stained glass. Led by the artisan Júlia Rodríguez, you'll become artisans for a day, specifically stained glass artists.
You'll learn the basics of designing and creating a piece of stained glass, which you'll take home with you on the same day.
You'll work with artistic glass with different colours, textures and transparencies and, following Júlia's steps and instructions, you'll create a mobile.
A unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience: handmade and personalised!
Materials: paint stripper, lead, art glass, copper tape, paper, tin, cardboard.
Tools: Wheel for circle cut, oven, tweezers, scissors, compass, soldering iron, pliers, pencil.
Decorative painting
Price: 125€
Design and create a painting with gutta. Led by the artisan artist and textile expert David Valeri, you'll become artisans for a day.
You'll choose a nice drawing which you'll then use to create the decorative painting.
You'll work with gutta and, following David's steps and instructions, you'll create a personalised painting.
A unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience: handmade and personalised!
Materials: paper, gutta, ink, silk.
Tools: paintbrush, pencil, needles, stretcher
Leather
Price: 250€
Led by the artisan Julián Sañudo, you'll become experts in leather, in particular in cowhide leather.
You'll learn the basics of working with leather and how to give this historic material a personal touch.
You'll get the chance to engrave, sew, dye, among other techniques following the steps of the artisan Julián Sañudo, as well as doing an embossed painting, a belt or a leather bag.
A unique and once-in-a-lifetime experience: handmade and personalised!
AND TO COMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES...
OUTSTANDING EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
A photographic journey
Price: Included in the general admission ticket
Don't miss the exhibition "A photographic journey. The construction of Poble Espanyol" about the enclosure's origin and construction process. Delve into the journeys undertaken between 1927 and 1928 by the architects Ramón Reventós and Francesc Folguera, the draughtsman Xavier Nogués and the painter Miquel Utrillo, to collect the information and get the inspiration needed to turn the project into a reality that had to be demolished.
Exhibition
Sculpture in large format
Price: Included with the ticket
Surprising and versatile. That’s the Guinovart Space, a circular building presided over by a giant sculpture of the renowned artist Josep Guinovart. Made up of different floors and with natural light that enters from a large skylight, it’s a fantastic location for aperitifs, cocktails and exhibitions.
Exhibition
Sculpture exhibition
Price: Included in the general admission ticket
In the Poble Espanyol Sculpture Garden you can contemplate 36 sculptures by 27 different contemporary artists, created using different techniques and covering various styles and materials. And the best thing is that you’ll enjoy an art space in natural surroundings of 3,000 m2.
When you finish your tour you can visit the vantage point at the end of the garden to enjoy a unique view over the city of Barcelona.
Exhibition
Contemporary art collection
Price: Included in the general adminission ticket
The Fran Daurel Contemporary Art Foundation was inaugurated in Poble Espanyol in December 2001. This private collection houses more than 300 works by internationally renowned artists, from very different periods and styles, bringing together Spanish contemporary art in a single exhibition. Check out the Museum and marvel at the work of Picasso, Dalí and Miró, among many others.
AND TO COMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES...
OUTSTANDING EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
A photographic journey
Price: Included in the general admission ticket
Don't miss the exhibition "A photographic journey. The construction of Poble Espanyol" about the enclosure's origin and construction process. Delve into the journeys undertaken between 1927 and 1928 by the architects Ramón Reventós and Francesc Folguera, the draughtsman Xavier Nogués and the painter Miquel Utrillo, to collect the information and get the inspiration needed to turn the project into a reality that had to be demolished.
Exhibition
Sculpture in large format
Price: Included with the ticket
Surprising and versatile. That’s the Guinovart Space, a circular building presided over by a giant sculpture of the renowned artist Josep Guinovart. Made up of different floors and with natural light that enters from a large skylight, it’s a fantastic location for aperitifs, cocktails and exhibitions.
Exhibition
Sculpture exhibition
Price: Included in the general admission ticket
In the Poble Espanyol Sculpture Garden you can contemplate 36 sculptures by 27 different contemporary artists, created using different techniques and covering various styles and materials. And the best thing is that you’ll enjoy an art space in natural surroundings of 3,000 m2.
When you finish your tour you can visit the vantage point at the end of the garden to enjoy a unique view over the city of Barcelona.
Exhibition
Contemporary art collection
Price: Included in the general adminission ticket
The Fran Daurel Contemporary Art Foundation was inaugurated in Poble Espanyol in December 2001. This private collection houses more than 300 works by internationally renowned artists, from very different periods and styles, bringing together Spanish contemporary art in a single exhibition. Check out the Museum and marvel at the work of Picasso, Dalí and Miró, among many others.