Pride Festival Barcelona-2016

The festival begins today, LGBT Pride Day

Pride Barcelona-2016

Barcelona Pride festival returns with the aim of giving special visibility to trans people. The activity program starts today, LGTB Pride Day with the opening speech at 19h in Universitat Square, but the biggest events the weekend of 8 and 9 July will focus. This is the case of the Pride Parade, a crowded and festive parade new this 2016 changed the route and will be longer. And for the first time the Moll de la Fusta will host the bulk of activities and concerts. The organization foresees a participation of 260,000 people, about 20,000 more than last year, of which 20% would be foreigners.

The role for transsexualism have clarified the organizers, bring one of the most important cause for the LGTB unfinished. “It is a group of the most persecuted and harder, still are being treated as if it were a disease and why we thought it important to support them,” says Joan Igual, director of Pride Barcelona. “We do not speak of transsexuals, we talk about trans, because in this group there is much diversity,” he says.

It will be the main claim festival background and especially the large demonstration on Saturday July 9, which will serve as a “finishing touch” to the program and “bend the path”. “We’d be criticized much the Pride Parade had no sea because this year we changed the way to the Moll de la Fusta, a challenge” says Just.

Influx and economic impact

Just the sea will be a key attraction for the festival, as shown in the poster presented on Monday, and the organization expects a significant increase in affluence with around 20,000 people, which would make up the number of participants to 260,000. “Even perhaps are more, but we want to be prudent,” said the director of Pride Barcelona.

The festival has not quantified the direct economic impact of these days of activities, but stressed that Barcelona is “one of the favorite destinations”, one of the “top 5 favorite cities internationally” for the LGBT community. “Barcelona is leading and annually represent more than a million tourists and 892 million economic impact throughout the year.”

activity highlights

The Pride Parade, the main activity of the festival, will start on Saturday 9 July at 17h. The demonstration will leave the Plaza de Spain to Paral.lel Avenue, a new route longer ending at 19pm when the head reaches the Moll de la Fusta, where it will be located, as a novelty, the Village and the main stage. After the demonstration, 20h arrive concerts Sajen Lara’s hand, Kym Mazelle and Soren Luka. The Moll de la Fusta also host other important activities the weekend of 8 and 9 July, including sample entities and Pride Kids, space for little ones where they can participate in workshops.

There will also be Heels Race, with a prize of 250 euros for those who reach the finish line first; Miss Drag Pride Gala BCN, with prizes of up to 1,000 euros; and performances by Baccara, Veronica Romero and Sandra Bruman, among others. And for the first time, the Pride Barcelona will host the wedding of a gay couple in the Moll de la Fusta and the famous Indian party colors, Holi festival, with free admission.

Barcelona rainbow hanging on the balcony

The mayor of Barcelona, members of the municipal government and representatives of the opposition parties participated this Monday afternoon in installing the pennant LGTB tradition with the colors of the rainbow in the Hall balcony of Plaza Sant Jaume. Colau previously held a meeting with representatives of the participating entities to which has moved municipal support and solidarity in cases of hate difference as the recent slaughter in a gay nightclub in Orlando (USA).

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New museum-shop in the Rambla of Barcelona

It will disclose the main cultural icons, and tickets selling, local products and will also feature a gourmet cafe

Museum-shop in the Rambla of Barcelona

La Rambla counted from tomorrow with a new cultural showcase, Espai Patrimoni with an innovative format and focused on the dissemination of cultural and gastronomic heritage of Catalonia. It will occupy the basement of the Palau Moja, on the busy corner of Rambla/ Portaferrissa, where were the library of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the exhibition hall Max Cahner for years. The project has more than three years of gestation and up to three times postponed the opening date for the Ministry of Culture and the winner of the contest UTE’d just agree the design and functions of space.

The Espai Patrimoni will address both locals and tourists and will combine three features: museum-shop with Catalan history as narrative backbone, gastronomic restaurant and tour desk with ticket sales. The museum-shop will occupy most of the space and will consist of a tour in 11 stages: prehistory, Iberian, Greek legacy, Roman legacy, Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, Industrialization, Modernism, artistic Geniuses (Picasso, Miró, Dalí) and contemporaneity. Each period will have its exhibition space, with a historical explanation help of audiovisual and interactive technology; an identification tourist icon (Roca dels Moros of Cogul, Ullastret, Empúries, Roman Amphitheatre, Sant Climent de Taüll, monastery of Santes Creus, Cardona Castle, mNACTEC of Terrassa, Colonia Guell …) and a map of Catalonia with the ten location assets representing. A horizontal strip will travel around the perimeter as a timeline.

In addition, and therein lies the novelty, each step accompanied by a selection of products on sale, related to the subject. For example, the Greek influence shall be accompanied by books on the site of Empúries and Romanesque wines show designations of Catalan origin. The offer will include everything from handicrafts, jewelry, fashion and footwear, to products of sweet and savory food, home accessories and more traditional souvenirs such as postcards, mugs, key chains and magnets. It will also include books, DVDs, music and chests of experiences.

Extended hours and rental cars

The cafe area open nine o’clock until midnight and will allow visitors to have a light snack, lunch or dinner and tastings of traditional dishes of Catalunya. “Gastronomy is another element to publicize products and companies in the country,” says Angel Diaz, manager of Advanced Leisure Services (ALS), with Sapiens Publicacions public tender for the conceptualization of space winner and exploitation by a period of 10 years renewable. Sapiens has been responsible for all content and develop ALS manage the space. “A long period allows for a more ambitious investment and be more relaxed about their repayment” he argues.

The third function that will house the Espai Patrimoni tourist information. A central counter resolve questions about how to get to the assets which explains the “museizada” area and also sell tickets and visit. It will include both public spaces such as churches in the Vall de Boi, and private, such as Casa Batllo or Peralada Castle for example. Initially not exclusively include recreational attractions, such as amusement parks, shopping malls and football stadiums, but the door is not closed to formulas that include a cultural value.

Experimentation and analysis of the public response will determine the precise direction of space, which also has perspective dedicate the courtyard of the Palau Moja -at accessed from Portaferrissa- to sign the Catalan intangible heritage as the castellers or traditional festivals.

As for transport, Diaz notes that “at the moment there are no plans to organize group outings” but yes rented cars, and give information on alternative public transport mobility. “We want to close the circle, giving incentives to encourage visits and facilitate the means to finally do”, he argues. “We have searched unprecedented worldwide and we have not found any equivalent,” he adds.

La Rambla, a complex ecosystem

The Espai Patrimoni is the most visible to the citizens of the young Catalan Agency for Cultural Heritage, an entity of the Department of Culture created in March 2014. It will also seek to revalue by a ‘brand’ own neoclassical Palau Moja project, somewhat forgotten by the locals despite its historical significance for the city. To draw the attention of the millions of visitors to the Rambla, the local will wear their glasses-slightly hidden by a large porches arches- vinyl heritage icons, that will change. Also it hosts activities to call the local public, such as tastings, children’s workshops and project presentations.

However, the new cultural showcase will live with ten offices and tourist information booths operating in the Rambla, as heterogeneous as coordination missed each other. In recent months, they have proliferated private ticket counters and organized tours, with special prominence for Barça-parties and has even opened a retail outlet passes nightclub. Turisme de Barcelona has two offices -anexas the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Experience- Jamon, a focal point within the monument to Columbus and kiosks Plaza Catalunya and Portal de la Pau. The City Council, meanwhile, has the Last Minute-Ticket 3 rarely crowded despite selling theater tickets exclusively 50% three hours before the start of the show.

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