Overview
- The festival will open at the Montjuïc amphitheatre with Marta Pazos’s large-scale production of L’òpera dels tres rals featuring Nao Albet in a lead role.
- The 50th edition presents 99 performances across theatre, dance, music, circus, film and installations spread between the Teatre Grec and some 57 other city venues.
- Organizers deployed a roughly €4 million special budget to support expanded programming and partnerships that place flagship events in iconic sites around Barcelona.
- A one-off collaboration with the Sagrada Família will stage the Arrels de Llum concert as a free event accessed by a ticket lottery in early July, while several shows are already sold out or in high demand.
- The lineup mixes veteran international figures with first-time festival artists, continuing the Grec’s role as a public showcase and a platform for new voices that shapes Barcelona’s summer cultural calendar.