Starting this summer, the Alt Penedès region will host a new free interdisciplinary festival, Soolus, featuring artists such as Pol Guasch, Diana Gómez, Tanit, Elisabet Casanovas, and Albert Baró. All participants have accepted the festival's basic premise: to bring artistic proposals starring a single individual to the stage. The creator behind this initiative is actor and director Francesc Cuéllar, who has decided to deploy a diverse program in his homeland, encompassing all genres. Soolus will run for three days: starting on June 7 in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, continuing on June 8 in Olesa de Bonesvalls, and ending on September 27 in Vilafranca del Penedès.

The Barcelona Provincial Council has the fourth-largest public budget after the Generalitat (Catalan Government), Barcelona City Council, and the Metropolitan Area (Metropolitan Area), but it often goes unnoticed in the public eye. The 2024 budget was €1,243.87 million and consists of several items, including transfers to local and private entities, which represent 42.23% of the total: €525.31 million. These resources include discretionary subsidies, which in 2024 amounted to €94.5 million, a figure that has multiplied fivefold compared to the previous year. ARA has analyzed the use of this money, which the provincial body allocates by hand, that is, based on political will: of the 61.8 million euros that go to local authorities, almost 40% (36.96%) is concentrated in just two regions, Alt Penedès and Anoia, according to data provided by the Provincial Council VII of the budget (capital transfers). Within these regions, the majority of the resources are received by the municipalities of the Junts party.