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June 23
Sant Joan - Midsummer's Eve
Barcelona goes wild on St Joan, drinking cava, the local sparkling wine, consuming a rather boring coca de St Joan, a dry cake with candied fruit of various kinds on top, blasting off the annual budget of a small developing nation in fireworks and partying on the beach till dawn and the Guardia Urbana come along. Reliable sources -- aka a local freebie rag -- tell us that 28 tonnes of rubbish were collected this year the next morning.

The fireworks are something else. You remember Apocalypse Now? Walking the streets on the night of the 23rd is about like that. Wild!

More about Sant Joan on the official BCN site - what's on, how to make coca... Why, you can even build your own rocket!

Until June 20
Barcelona Guitar Festival
The full program for the 21st edition of Barcelona's is still to announced but venues are likely to include the Palau de la Música, L'Auditori, Luz de Gas and Bikini, with the closing concert by Paco de Lucía (Liceu, June 20) one of the highlights.

•Languages: English, Spanish and Catalan

17-19 June
Sonar Festival
The sixteenth edition of Barcelona's Advanced Music and Multimedia Art SONAR festival takes place in June, with this year's big attraction being... Er, we're struggling with that one, I'm afraid. We guess that if you are really into this sort of stuff then, um, er… great! Nice talking to you… (Cripes, what was that guy on about…?!)

Oh, no, hold on... Roxy Music!

•We liked: ...er, the MNAC?
•Not so hot: Terrible site design... Just what the dickens is on?
•Languages: English, Spanish, Catalan

Until June 13
Federico Fellini. El circo de las ilusiones
Fellini exhibition
The CaixaForum is Barcelona's most-visited art museum. OK, yes, that's partly because it's free -- but it also always has some great exhibitions on, with the Fellini exhibition being another one not to be missed.

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