Grec 2017 closed with an occupancy of 75% and 113,541 spectators at its 102 programmed shows. This was the first Grec festival to be directed by Cesc Casadesús and it was structured along two main lines: Grec Montjuïc was focused on national and international productions which were linked to the theme of the festival and […]

A study of the visiting public analyses the profile of the individual visitors to 16 museums in the city on the basis of 32,000 surveys. Once again this year, the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona has presented the results of the survey which it has been conducting on the visitors to the city’s museums for […]

Barcelona’s network of civic centres is consolidating a joint system of indicators to further the knowledge of the activity carried out at these facilities. The civic centres of the city began to be coordinated by the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB) in 2012 and, among other lines of work which were implemented, the design of […]

Under the leadership of the festival’s new director, Cesc Casadesús, the Grec 2017 Festival of Barcelona is making its appearance. Grec 2017 is structured along two main programming lines: Grec Montjuïc hosts a large part of the most international aspect of the festival on Montjuïc hill. Grec Ciutat highlights local creativity with companies and productions […]

On the night of Saturday, 20th May, 87 museum centres of Barcelona and its metropolitan area were visited by 176,364 people. The participation of centres based outside Barcelona has been growing year by year and the 15 centres of this type which took part in the initiative in 2017 accounted for 10% of the total visitors. […]

According to the data of the Òmnibus municipal survey, 92% of the city’s people have taken part in some cultural activity in Barcelona in the six months leading up to the survey. The percentages of people listed below report that they have taken part in some cultural activity of the respective categories: Cinema: 70% City festival: […]