Blog for Spain events, vacations and travelPrivate accommodation, hotels in Spain, active or gourmet travel and events in Barcelona and other Spanish citiesSummer festival of Saint Joan in Spain- June 23, 2008 The night of June 23 is an important festival and event in many towns and cities, especially along theMediterranean coast from Barcelona to Alicante, being there themost important festival of the year. Sant Joan, the shortest night of the year, is celebrated with parties, fireworks and bonfires. Lots and lots of people gather in public places,streets, ...http://www.spaindreams.com/blog/?p=140 Madaen Al-Andalus at free open air concert in Grin, Madrid- June 18, 2008 Exceptional concert full of the sensuality and passion of this still quite unknown kind of music that is a face of the kaleidoscope that our culture is: Andalusi music, a legacy that has an enormous influence in our nowadays musical activity. A line up of well experienced musicians with varied backgrounds: Vicent Molino, ex-Radio Tarifa, Jota ...http://www.spaindreams.com/blog/?p=139 Josep Carreras at the Liceu opera house in Barcelona- June 17, 2008 Tonight Josep Carreras, the world famous tenor, is back at the Gran Liceu opera house in Barcelona, tocommemorate the 50th anniversary since he debuted there. Included are works by Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Giacomo Puccini and Nicola Valente among others. Carreras will be accompanied on the piano by Lorenzo Bajav. At the Liceo in Barcelona there ...http://www.spaindreams.com/blog/?p=138 International Expo Zaragoza 2008 - Water and Sustainable Development- June 15, 2008 The International Exhibition of Zaragoza 2008 with its slogan Experience the biggest water festival on earth, has kicked off this weekend in the capital of Aragon, being Zaragoza the fifth largest metropolis, located almost half way between Madrid, the capital of Spain and Barcelona, the buzzling, modern Gaudi city on the east coast of the ...http://www.spaindreams.com/blog/?p=137 Soccer UEFA Euro Championship Spain won against Sweden- June 14, 2008 This afternoon in the Innsbruck soccer stadium in Austria, Spain achieved a very important win over Sweden in the second game within their group. Valencia forward David Villa, pretended by Real Madrid and FC Barcelona among others,scored the final 2:1 goal in the minute 92, when everybody thought of a draw being the final result between ...http://www.spaindreams.com/blog/?p=136 Motorcycling World Championship at the Circuit de Catalunya - Spain- June 7, 2008 This weekend you can enjoy the Gran Premio de Catalunya de MotoGP (Motorcycling World Championship) at the Montmelo circuit, north of Barcelona. You can follow the race of the Catalan Grand Prix on the 20 giant screens installed,viewable from any corner ofthe public areas. If you come with children, the onesunder 5 years old have free ...http://www.spaindreams.com/blog/?p=135 Sonar - festival of progressive music and multimedia arts in Barcelona, Spain- June 5, 2008 Between June 19 and 21 you can attend in Barcelona any of the day (starting at 1 pm)or night (some of which start at 5 am) concerts of this years Sonar festival at the SonarVillage, SonarComplex and other Sonar areas, full of progressive live music from Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Canada, USA, includingbands such as ...http://www.spaindreams.com/blog/?p=134 |