06/02/2016 – 06/04/2016
With its urban location, late-night timetable and stellar line-up year after year, Primavera Sound has established an identity for itself in the major league of European music festivals, with about half the 175,000-strong crowd travelling from outside Spain. Around a core of indie rock and electronic music acts, the festival’s three-day programme takes in everything from hip hop to metal. In 2015, the Parc del Fòrum venue saw headline performances from Patti Smith, playing the whole of her legendary Horses album, rock ‘n’ roll royalty The Replacements, and Anthony and the Johnsons backed by a 40-piece orchestra. Primavera a la Ciutat offers a programme of complementary events with concerts – some free – in bars, clubs and other locations around town.
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