What's On, July in Barcelona (Grec Festival)

This month we’re looking at Barcelona, where you’ll find the annual Grec Festival taking place throughout July.  The festival centers around the Teatre Grec but you’ll find events running across the whole city, here’s our pick of some of the top acts not to be missed.

Wonderland; Teatre Grec; Tue Jul 1 – Wed Jul 2

A thought provoking performance choreographed by Andrea Miller exploring the potential troubles of human instinct.  Widely tipped as one of the best performances coming across the whole of Grec Festival, expect to see highly technical levels of skill from the Gallim Dance Company throughout the entire show

The Fountainhead (La deu); Teatre Lliure: Montjuïc; Wed Jul 2 – Fri Jul 4

Taking Ayn Rand’s bestselling 1943 novel and adapting it for the stage, this performance looks at an artists decisions between maintaining their ideals or betraying them in order to achieve success.  Produced by Ivo van Hove, director of one of the biggest hits of Grec Festival 2013 (Human Tragedies), this is a performance not to be missed.

Hiromi; Teatre Grec; Sat Jul 5

This Japanese composer and pianist gives a breathtaking show fusing music from a broad spectrum of genres together.  Any single piece of work from her vast back catalogue will show you just how much Hiromi can masterfully craft music which defies categorisation.

Eels; Teatre Grec; Sat Jul 12

Mark Oliver Everett brings his band Eels to Barcelona for the Grec Festival as part of their European Tour.  Promoting their latest album, The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett, this is a chance to see one of the most influential indie rock bands of all time in a unique outdoor setting.

Rudo; Manolo Alcántara; Fri Jul 18 – Sat Jul 19

Billed as a circus performance, watch as large structures are built from heavy wooden crates while an orchestra of violins and cellos play in the background.  The show is a truely unique experience that shouldn’t be missed.

Those were just some of our picks from the Grec Festival this year in Barcelona, for full details on these events, to buy tickets and to read everything else at the festival over the month, visit the official website here.  You can download Trippa Barcelona here, or if you’re not making the trip to Barcelona, why not look at one of our other guides like: Trippa Athens, Berlin, Cardiff, Helsinki, Marseille, Palma, Oslo, Reykjavik, Seville or Stockholm