This page on Barcelona Events in September has been kindly provided by TBS The Broadsheet, the only English-language lifestyle magazine distributed all over Spain. With the tagline 'The Best of Spain in English', TBS The Broadsheet is a well established magazine covering all areas of life in Spain.
On this page you will find details of music, dance, theater and children's events in Barcelona in September. For art and film events in Barcelona in September, see the next page. Each event is listed with contact details and the nearest metro stop.
Music in Barcelona in September
September 4
ALEJANDRO SANZ
Palau Sant Jordi (Passeig Olímpic 5 to 7, tel: 93 426 2089 <M> Espanya (Lines 1 & 3)
This Madrileño ballot singer will be hitting 11 venues in Spain this September to perform his 2006 album 'El Tren De Los Momentos'. He has won 1 regular Grammy and 14 Latin Grammy Awards.
September 5
XAVIER RUDD
Sala Apolo (Nou de la Rambla 113, tel: 93 441 4001 <M> Parallel (Line 2)
Xavier brings his 'White Moth Tour' and didgeridoo to Spain. He mixes a range of sounds from his Australian roots with folk and reggae. An Aussie digeridoo virtuoso in full effect.
September 13 to 19
MÚSICA DE BENET CASABLANCAS
L'Auditori de Barcelona (Lepant 50, tel: 93 247 9300 www.auditori.com)
The Grup Instrumental BCN216 take on Catalán eminence Benet Casablancas.
September 14
INCUBUS
Sala Razzmatazz (Corner of c/Almogavers 122 & c/Pamplona 88, tel: 93 310 7267 <M> Marina (Line 1) or Bogatell (Line 4)
The California alternative rock band stops in Europe to play the unique sounds from its fifth album 'Light Grenades.'
September 15
WEEKEND DANCE 2007
Parc del Fòrum (Rambla Prim 2 to 4, <M> El Maresme-Fòrum (Line 4)
Parc del Fòrum will be blaring the hottest new dance music by the beach. Some of the performers include Massive Attack, Faithless and Vitalic. Check the full line-up on www.weekendance.es
September 26
JOE LYNN TURNER
Luz de Gas (Muntaner 246, tel 93 209 7711 <M> Diagonal (Lines 1 & 3) www.luzdegas.com)
Joe Lynn Turner is back on tour to promote his latest heavy metal album 'Second Hand Life'. Turner is bringing back the 1980s.
September 21 to 23
FESTIVAL BAM
Centre De Cultura Contemporanea De Barcelona CCCB (Carrer Montalegre 5, tel: 93 306 4100 <M> Catalunya or Universitat (Line 2) www.bcn.es/bam)
Asian Dub Foundation, Dirty Pretty Things, Juan Atkins, Gucci Sound System and Najwa Nimri among others rock the minimalist splendor of the CCCB. Relive your Sónar festival memories (if you can remember them).
September 23 & 24
DELUXE
Barcelona: Festival BAM (Centre De Cultura Contemporanea De Barcelona CCCB, Carrer Montalegre 5, tel: 93 306 4100 uCatalunya or Universitat (Line 2) www.bcn.es/bam )
Everyone's favourite Spanish singer/songwriter (see our review of his latest album, 'Fin de un viaje infinito' in April's TBS 167) graces the Spetember festival scene with his quirky, offbeat presence.
September 27
THE POLICE
Olympic Stadium (Passeig Olímpic 17, tel 90 226 0403, Bus 50)
Put on the red light, Sting and his band of (not often so) merry men jet in (let's hope their carbon offset is fully paid up) to regale us with their prodigous tales of so many years of adventures in the music industry. Blimey, they must be sick of playing Roxanne by now.
September 29
HOMBRES G
Sala Bikini (c/Deu i Mata 105, tel: 93 322 0800 <M> Cristina (Line 3)
Movida stalwarts put on their stonewashed denim again.
Dance in Barcelona in September
September 27 to September 30
ZERO DEGREES
Mercat de les Flors (Lleida 59, tel: 93 426 1875 <M> Espanya (Lines 1 & 3) www.mercatflors.org)
Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi, both dancers and choreographers, team up for a dance performance reflecting the merging of cultures that they recognized as children growing up in Islamic families in Europe. Inspired by their own dual identities, their performance includes themes of polar opposites: life and death, light and darkness and chaos and order. The set is created by the sculpture Antony Gormley and the music was composed by Nitin Sawnhey.
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