BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//el-born.com//El Born Events 2027//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:El Born events 2027 X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:picasso-arquitectura-2026-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270308 SUMMARY:Picasso i l'arquitectura DESCRIPTION:The museum's only dated exhibition this season sets Picasso's cubist space against the architects who took it up\, Le Corbusier first. Six sections on the city\, the interior and the synthesis of the arts\, plus the friezes Carl Nesjar cut from Picasso's drawings on the Col·legi d'Arquitectes in 1968. LOCATION:Museu Picasso\, Carrer de Montcada 15-23 CATEGORIES:LEARN & DO TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:orgue-del-mar-2027-0115@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270115T201500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270115T220000 SUMMARY:L'Orgue del Mar IV — Mar Vaqué\, European Influences DESCRIPTION:The basilica runs its own organ cycle\, four Friday recitals between 15 January and 5 February\, and this is the first of them — Mar Vaqué and a programme built on European influences\, on the organ of the church at the bottom of the Passeig del Born. LOCATION:Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar\, Plaça de Santa Maria 1 CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:black-e-voices-2027-0117@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270117T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270117T210000 SUMMARY:Black e-voices\, l'alè del temps — Cor Cererols and Ander Tellería DESCRIPTION:A work the Palau bills as an absolute premiere\, written for choir and accordion: Cor Cererols under Marc Díaz with Ander Tellería\, and madrigals by Monteverdi and Gesualdo around it. LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, Petit Palau CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-01@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:Once a month the Born's own shops and workshops move out of the side streets and onto the Passeig — textiles\, jewellery\, ceramics and leather\, with free demonstrations through the afternoon. Note: Born Comerç runs Fet al Born on the last weekend of every month — that is the organiser's rule and it is the programme: no annual list of dates is published. 30–31 January is the last weekend of January 2027. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'\; the organiser prints none. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:carnival-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270211 SUMMARY:Carnival 2027 — Dijous Gras and the Arribo DESCRIPTION:Dijous Gras is the eating day of the Catalan Carnival week — botifarra d'ou\, truita and coca de llardons out of every bakery in the neighbourhood — and the Arribo that opens the week is the Passeig del Born's traditional set piece. Note: The 2027 Arribo venue is not published\; the city's edition sets it. No rua date is published for 2027 either — the local rues' dates and routes are unconfirmed — so plan around 4 and 10 February\, not around a parade. LOCATION:El Born and across the city\; the Arribo is traditionally on the Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:EAT & DRINK TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:orgue-del-mar-2027-0205@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270205T201500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270205T220000 SUMMARY:L'Orgue del Mar IV — Saskia Roures\, Offerings to the Sea DESCRIPTION:The last of the four Friday recitals that opened on 15 January\, and the one that closes the basilica's own cycle: Saskia Roures and Offerings to the Sea. LOCATION:Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar\, Plaça de Santa Maria 1 CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dia-antic-cantaire-2027-0214@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270214T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270214T140000 SUMMARY:Dia de l'Antic Cantaire DESCRIPTION:The Palau's annual day for its own choral tradition: the Orfeó Català under Xavier Puig shares a Sunday-morning Concert Hall programme with the Polifònica de Vilafranca and the Coral Ginesta de Cervera. Note: Tickets through the Palau\; no price is published. LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, Concert Hall CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-02@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270301 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The quiet edition — the Passeig has room to walk\, and the free demonstrations are easy to see. Note: Born Comerç runs Fet al Born on the last weekend of every month — that is the organiser's rule and it is the programme: no annual list of dates is published. 27–28 February is the last weekend of February 2027. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'\; the organiser prints none. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:simposi-anglada-camarasa-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270311 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270313 SUMMARY:Simposi internacional — Anglada-Camarasa\, Picasso and their Contemporaries DESCRIPTION:Two days of papers on Anglada-Camarasa\, Picasso and their generation\, in the five Montcada palaces the museum occupies — and the call for papers is open to anyone submitting before 15 November 2026. LOCATION:Museu Picasso\, Carrer de Montcada 15-23 CATEGORIES:LEARN & DO TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:smp-rattle-2027-0318@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270318T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270318T223000 SUMMARY:Bach\, St Matthew Passion — Simon Rattle\, Freiburger Barockorchester\, Zürcher Sing-Akademie DESCRIPTION:Bach's Passion was first heard in Leipzig on Good Friday 1727\; three hundred years later the Palau gives it three times this season\, and Rattle's is the first of them. Note: The other two are Václav Luks on 20 March and Teodor Currentzis on 3 April. LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, Concert Hall CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:stabat-mater-2027-0324@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270325 SUMMARY:Stabat Mater — Pergolesi\, with Monteverdi and Vivaldi DESCRIPTION:Pergolesi wrote his Stabat Mater for a Holy Week service\; here it is sung in a basilica in Holy Week\, by Mireia Tarragó and Jana Corominas\, with Monteverdi and Vivaldi either side. Note: No start time is published. LOCATION:Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar\, Plaça de Santa Maria 1 CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-03@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270329 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The spring edition: the workshops' ceramics out on the Passeig\, and free demonstrations through the afternoon. Note: Born Comerç runs Fet al Born on the last weekend of every month — that is the organiser's rule and it is the programme: no annual list of dates is published. 27–28 March is the last weekend of March 2027. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'\; the organiser prints none. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:smp-currentzis-2027-0403@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270403T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270403T223000 SUMMARY:Bach\, St Matthew Passion — Teodor Currentzis\, Utopia Orchestra & Choir DESCRIPTION:The third and last of the Palau's three-hundredth-anniversary Passions\, and the first time the Utopia Orchestra and Choir have played in Spain. LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, Concert Hall CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:jubilet-tota-civitas-2027-0422@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270423 SUMMARY:Jubilet tota civitas — the basilica's season close DESCRIPTION:Jubilet tota civitas\, "let the whole city rejoice": Marta Esteban\, Jeremy Nastasi on theorbo and Joan Seguí on organ close Santa Maria del Mar's season in the week the city fills with roses. LOCATION:Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar\, Plaça de Santa Maria 1 CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sant-jordi-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270424 SUMMARY:Sant Jordi DESCRIPTION:For one day the whole city is a bookshop and a flower market\, and the stalls reach every neighbourhood\, so the Born's own streets fill without your crossing the centre. Note: 23 April is a normal working day\, not a public holiday. LOCATION:El Born and across the city — book and rose stalls in every district CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-04@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270426 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The day after Sant Jordi\, so the Passeig is already busy when the workshops set up. Note: Born Comerç runs Fet al Born on the last weekend of every month — that is the organiser's rule and it is the programme: no annual list of dates is published. 24–25 April is the last weekend of April 2027. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'\; the organiser prints none. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fira-sant-ponc-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270511 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270512 SUMMARY:Fira de Sant Ponç DESCRIPTION:The herbalists have taken Carrer de l'Hospital on 11 May since 1817 — honey\, jam\, dried herbs and flowers\, and the one day of the year the walk from the Born to the Raval is worth making for the smell alone. LOCATION:Carrer de l'Hospital\, Raval CATEGORIES:EAT & DRINK TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:beethoven-8-9-dresden-2027-0511@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270511T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270511T223000 SUMMARY:Beethoven\, Symphonies No. 8 and No. 9 — Staatskapelle Dresden\, Daniele Gatti DESCRIPTION:The season's Ninth\, with the Orfeó Català and the Palau's own Cor de Cambra\, on the Dresden orchestra's visit — and the Eighth is in the programme too\, plus a Widmann premiere\, so the night is not just the finale. LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, Concert Hall CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:corpus-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270531 SUMMARY:Corpus Christi and l'ou com balla DESCRIPTION:At Corpus the city sets an empty eggshell on a fountain jet and lets it dance\; the cathedral cloister and the Casa de l'Ardiaca are the classic stages\, both a short walk from the Passeig. Note: In some courtyards the egg keeps dancing until Sunday 30 May. LOCATION:Cathedral cloister\, Casa de l'Ardiaca\, Museu Frederic Marès and Palau del Lloctinent CATEGORIES:LEARN & DO TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-05@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270529 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270531 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:Late spring on the Passeig: the workshops out with ceramics and textiles\, and free demonstrations through the afternoon. Note: Born Comerç runs Fet al Born on the last weekend of every month — that is the organiser's rule and it is the programme: no annual list of dates is published. 29–30 May is the last weekend of May 2027. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'\; the organiser prints none. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:revetlla-sant-joan-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270624 SUMMARY:Revetlla de Sant Joan DESCRIPTION:The shortest night of the year: the Canigó flame arrives\, the bonfires go up\, and the city eats coca and drinks cava in the street until it is light. Note: No 2027 venue is published. In 2026 the Casc Antic association ran its revetlla on the Passeig Lluís Companys\; the 2027 site is confirmed with the festival programme. LOCATION:El Born and across the city CATEGORIES:EAT & DRINK TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-06@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270628 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:This edition falls in the last week of June\, the week of the Festa Major\, with the feast of Sant Pere the Tuesday after. Note: Born Comerç runs Fet al Born on the last weekend of every month — that is the organiser's rule and it is the programme: no annual list of dates is published. 26–27 June is the last weekend of June 2027. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'\; the organiser prints none. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:casc-antic-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270629 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270630 SUMMARY:Festa Major del Casc Antic — Diada de Sant Pere DESCRIPTION:The neighbourhood's own festival\, held over the last week of June: the correfoc on the evening of the diada\, the giants' trobada on the Saturday nearest the 29th\, and the feast of Sant Pere on the Tuesday. Note: Only the feast day is fixed. The festival is held in the last week of June and the 2027 run and programme are published in June — no run of days is announced\, so do not book around one. LOCATION:Sant Pere\, Santa Caterina i la Ribera CATEGORIES:LEARN & DO TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fidelio-2027-0630@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270630T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270630T223000 SUMMARY:Beethoven\, Fidelio — Pablo Heras-Casado\, Monteverdi Choir\, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique DESCRIPTION:Heras-Casado conducts the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in Beethoven's only opera — the season's last opera at the Palau\, seven weeks after the Ninth. LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, Concert Hall CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:concert-pro-pacem-2027-0705@el-born.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270705T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270705T220000 SUMMARY:Concert Pro Pacem — A celebration of peace and hope\, Jordi Savall DESCRIPTION:Jordi Savall\, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations on the peace theme that runs through the Palau's whole 2026-27 season. LOCATION:Palau de la Música Catalana\, Concert Hall CATEGORIES:WATCH & LISTEN TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-07@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270802 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The last fair before August\, when the neighbourhood empties — go late\, when the Passeig is in shade. Note: The last weekend of the month — the organiser's rule\, not a published programme. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-08@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270830 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The only programmed thing on the Passeig this month: the stalls run all day and the demonstrations are free. Note: The last weekend of the month — the organiser's rule\, not a published programme. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:la-merce-2027@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270925 SUMMARY:La Mercè DESCRIPTION:Barcelona's festa major opens at the Plaça de Sant Jaume\, a short walk from the Passeig\, and 24 September 2027 is both the feast day and the city holiday. Note: Only the feast day and the holiday are fixed. The five-day run\, the pregó time\, the Piromusical and the invited city are not published yet\; the city publishes them in late summer. LOCATION:Plaça de Sant Jaume and across the city CATEGORIES:FESTIVAL TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-09@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270927 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The day after the Mercè feast day\, inside the city's festival week. Note: The last weekend of the month — the organiser's rule\, not a published programme. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-10@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271101 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The last fair before the Christmas run\, on a Passeig quiet in the low October light. Note: The last weekend of the month — the organiser's rule\, not a published programme. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fetalborn-2027-11@el-born.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271129 SUMMARY:Fet al Born DESCRIPTION:The year's first Christmas-shopping weekend in El Born\, on the Passeig and in the shops behind it. Note: The last weekend of the month — the organiser's rule\, not a published programme. The 11am–8pm hours are the 2026 editions'. LOCATION:Passeig del Born CATEGORIES:BUY & BROWSE TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR