The programme, led by BSM and the Barcelona History Museum, includes three concerts and three film screenings, all free of charge when booking in advance
There will also be guided tours about the history of the park and its rich heritage
Park Güell is kicking off its summer cultural programme with Barcelona History Museum. This series of evening concerts and outdoor cinema screenings in the Plaça de la Natura is an opportunity for city residents to enjoy this UNESCO World Heritage Site while further exploring the city’s musical and cinematic heritage.
All performances and screenings are free of charge, with booking in advance on the Barcelona History Museum website.
Violins take centre stage in the Plaça de la Natura concert series
The “Park Güell, violins and Barcelona” series will get started with a chamber concert to celebrate the Year of Juli Garreta, with Jofre Bardolet (violin) and Marc Heredia (piano). It will take place on Thursday 26 June at 8:30 p.m.
The music series will continue on 3 July with a performance by Violinaires, featuring Anaïs Falcó (vocals and violin), Roser Serrano (vocals and violin), Quico Pugès (cello), Patri Garcia (vocals and percussion), Xavi Rota (vocals and guitar) and Cati Plana (diatonic accordion). This dynamic concert will get the audience dancing and explore the role of traditional violins in contemporary folk, reinterpreting historical pieces with a modern and lively take.
And the cherry on the cake will be the Albert Bello & Oriol Saña Quartet, on 10 July, with a journey of sound featuring the songs of early 20th-century Barcelona, and focusing on classic jazz manouche. The quartet is made up of: Albert Bello (guitar), Oriol Saña (violin), Quim Martínez (rhythm guitar) and Joan Motera (double bass).
Each of the concerts will also include an opening presentation, led by Joaquim Rabaseda, Anaís Falcó and Jaime del Blanco, respectively, that offers more context for the pieces you will hear.
Three outdoor cinema screenings from a female perspective
This year’s “Barcelona en moviment” outdoor cinema series focuses on the perspective of three female directors and their contribution to Barcelona’s cinematic narratives. All the showings will be at 9:30 p.m.
The series will start on Saturday 28 June, with a screening of Marta Balletbò-Coll’s Costa Brava (1995). The film takes place in post-Olympic Barcelona and tells the story of a tour guide who dreams of success in the world of stand-up comedy, overcoming a breakup and finding love again. This film will be screened in its original English and subtitled in Spanish.
On Friday 4 July, it will be time for Laura Ferrés’s La imatge permanent (2023), in which Carmen, an advertising photographer searching for “authentic” people on the outskirts of Barcelona, becomes interested in the personal stories of the women around her.
And the series will come to an end on 11 July with Anaïs Pareto Onghena’s Santa Barbara (2022), about a Bolivian immigrant in Barcelona whose life is going well until her teenage son, whom she has not seen for years, arrives in the city.
The three screenings will be presented by the series coordinator, Cèlia Marin Vega.
Guided tours on the history and heritage of Park Güell
The summer cultural programme at Park Güell will be rounded off with several guided tours and itineraries on a wide variety of themes, such as literary heritage, sustainability, creativity, Gaudí’s skill, Güell’s vision and how the park interacts with the surrounding neighbourhoods and the city.
These activities, also led by BSM and Barcelona History Museum, are geared towards Barcelona residents, with a view to making Gaudí’s work more accessible to them and sharing recent research findings.
On 26 June, the “Park Güell and water. From a bare mountain to a city garden”, will analyse how Gaudí and Güell addressed water systems in their housing development project, at a time when the water management model was shifting. There will also be sessions on 20 July, 23 August and 28 September, at different times. The visit costs €2 and must be booked in advance on the Barcelona History Museum website.
