Barcelona Grec Festival

As part of its 42nd anniversary celebration, the Barcelona Grec Festival takes place in July with a program full of theatre, dance, music and circus acts. It also includes an extensive program of activities aimed at both professionals and the general public.

The Grec Festival de Barcelona, or more simply El Grec, is Barcelona’s Summer Festival of Theatre, Music, Dance and Circus and although relatively highbrow offers a programme for all types of public.
The main promotor of El Grec is the Ajuntament de Barcelona and the festival’s central venue is the Teatre Grec, the wonderful Greek amphitheatre on Montjuïc.

However, given the enormity of the festival, the whole Barcelona performing arts community gets involved and, as you can see from the programme below, many other theatres and venues stage different shows and performances.

The festival programme comprises theatre, musi, dance and theatre performances as well as the Mini Grec with a programme oriented towards children and the Més or More Grec programme for things that are difficult to categorise, such as talks or multi-media installations and a Mini Grec with a programme oriented towards children.

In this edition, you can enjoy these spectacles in the Greek theatre and other locations around Barcelona:

• Dance:The dance performances will take place in July in famous venues around the city, like Sala Apolo and Teatre Grec.
• Theatre: 30 performances organized over July in many theatres around the city, including Antic Teatre. There are also shows scheduled outside the typical scenario, such as the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia.
• Music: The concerts will also take place in July at the Jamboree, Sala Apolo and Harlem Jazz Club, among other venues.
• Circus: Six shows organized at the Mercat de les Flors, Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, Teatre Lliure and Teatre Grec.
• Mini Grec: Many activities and shows for children.
• More Grec: Other cultural activities, for example at the libraries of Barcelona.