More than music

Street artCulture is cooked in the street perfectly explains the Festus. Since 1998 Torelló has had this festival that was born to attract young audiences and has been expanding its range with programming for all audiences. It is the Street Arts Festival that turns the town into a great stage for small shows, which in this 29th edition, on May 29 and 30, focuses on the idea ofcommunity, understood from diverse and open perspectives. Through culture, they collectively think and rethink the way of living and building community. There will be 18 proposals of theatre, dance, circus, music, and visual arts that will fill the streets and squares of Torelló. Most shows are free without prior reservation, although some require reservation or have a cost. Festusfestival.catFeminismIt wasn't long ago that women were the great absentees at music festivals. Nothing to do with the Tetafest lineup, which, under the slogan More voices, more rhythm, more future, on May 29 and 30, celebrates at Camp de Mart in Tarragona the feminist festival where women are the main protagonists. Lia Kali and Vanesa Martín, who are the headliners, are accompanied by consolidated names and emerging proposals such as Queralt Lahoz, Alosa, Marisa Valle Roso, Poncelam, Maria Fort or Sandra Monfort. There are also activities in the gardens of the venue such as Señora DJ's set at vermouth time and the free concert by Les que Faltaband. In addition to music, Tetafest gives visibility to projects and entities led by women at Espai Aliances. You can buy a daily ticket or a pass for both days. Tetafest.comContemporary clownA festival where laughter is the protagonist? Yes, it exists, it is the Pixa’t de Riure, International Humor Festival, and it is celebrated in Alpens (Lluçanès), on June 5 and 6. The town is transformed into a stage space dedicated to humor, clowning, contemporary circus, and street arts with national and international companies. The 5th edition of this commitment to the decentralization of the scenic offer with quality programming in rural environments, in addition to street performances, family proposals, and more intimate formats, offers a free family clown workshop, play areas in nature, and a gastronomic area. Instagram.com/pixatderiureDissident culturesThe organizers assure that La Rica is not just a festival, it is a meeting space where culture becomes a tool for thought, community, and transformation, with a program that combines critical thinking, humor, music, performance, and queer culture. On June 5th the LGTBI Center of Barcelona will host the round table Is an accessible and anti-racist culture possible through queer and transfeminist practice?, with Elena Prous, Hac Vinent, Norma Pérez and Salima Jirari, moderated by Lucrecia Masson. On June 6th they will go to Sala Paral·lel 62, where Nerea Pérez de las Heras, Bob Pop, Las Bajas Pasiones, Muerte a la Norma or Megane Mercury, among others, will shake up imaginaries and show that this space did not exist and was needed. Instagram.com/laricafestPoetry Alella, Arenys de Mar, Caldes d'Estrac, Dosrius, Mataró, Sant Pol de Mar, Vilassar de Mar and Teià are poetry. For more than 20 years now, in summer, Poesia i + fills the Maresme with poetry, combining emerging voices and established poets. Faithful to tradition and at the same time seeking new ethical and aesthetic languages, from July 1 to 12, the word is the main protagonist, and there is also space for the word hybridized with other disciplines. Singer Júlia Colom, choreographer Marcos Morau, poets Albert Roig, Ángela Segovia and Júlia Sentís... and up to thirty names among poets, artists and musicians in unique spaces such as libraries, theaters, squares, gardens and open-air settings. Poesiaimes.catSolidarity The desire to enjoy culture together following covid was the driving force behind this festival, which was born in the summer of 2020 in Mataró. Community, sustainability, and culture are the pillars of Nosaltres, which from July 7 to August 20 focuses on local culture, with almost 70% of the shows being zero-kilometer and rooted in Maresme. Parity is also ensured: 50% of the artistic projects are led by women. There will be four large-format days at the Jardins de l'Escorxador, a family afternoon at the Pati del Cafè Nou, and seven small-format musical shows at +Nosaltres in Tarannà Parc Forestal. Nosaltresfest.cat/el-festivalPerforming arts Little by little and good theater is the slogan for 2026 of the Festival Z, the festival in Girona and Salt that, from July 8 to 11, bets on companies and artists under thirty years of age, especially creators from the Girona region, with the aim of making them known and contributing to their professionalization. Up to twenty proposals for theater, street performance, circus, dance, installations, and puppetry, from works in progress to scenic embryos and finished shows. In addition to the artistic programming, the 6th edition of the Festival Z reaffirms its role as a meeting point for young scenic creation with the professional sector. Festivalz.orgCirc It is impossible to say circus and not automatically think of Circ Cric, the space for the creation and production of circus shows, in Sant Esteve de Palautordera, which is reaching the end of its 16th Circ Cric Festival. On May 24th they are celebrating the Fair of Shows and Activities, with circus shows, workshops, games, and music. And music will be the main protagonist, on May 31st, at the concert by El Pony Menut – the version for families of the group El Pony Pisador – which will take us on a journey through the sound traditions of everywhere. Circcric.comThe top figures of the great world circuses will also be in Catalonia this summer with Nits de Circ. The 6th edition of the festival remains faithful to the Jardins de Besalú – from August 12 to 15 – and the Ciutadella de Roses – from August 18 to 23 –, and grows by incorporating Plaça Sarquella in Palamós and Sant Joan from August 26 to 29. All of them with a complete circus but without a roof, where aerial acrobats fly under the stars. 16,000 people will be able to enjoy 14 performances among jugglers, trapeze artists, tightrope walkers, clowns, and acrobats… 29 artists from eight nationalities, and numbers as spectacular as Flying Caballero, the first in the world capable of performing three quadruple somersaults. Nitsdecirc.comSound, Visual, and Digital-Performative ArtsThe Terres de l’Ebre have the Eufònic, the festival of installations, live sets, talks, performances, sound actions and audiovisual pieces, where space is another artistic element. From July 16 to 18, Amposta hosts the main performative activities, but the 15th edition of the festival goes further, filling various towns –Miravet, Paüls, Roquetes, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Xerta, la Sénia, Tortosa or Ulldecona– with sound and visual experiences, rooted in the landscape and environment. Eufònic is much more than a festival, it also features Eufònic Pro, the professional meeting with programmers, curators and cultural managers; the Campus, a meeting space between more experienced creators and beginners, or the BotCamp which installs digital art in Tivissa from July 2 to 5. Eufonic.net