With that phrase, which has already become a saying, that says “if the pandemic allows it”, Joan Colomo will open this Sunday, at 12 noon at the La Mercè Cultural Center in Girona and within the NEU! Festival, one year musical in which the Girona region will once again vibrate with eclectic proposals for all tastes. Els festivals NEU!, Strenes, Ítaca, Porta Ferrada o el Sons del Món han anunciat ja bona part de les seves programacions, en les quals com ja és habitual, hi conviuran artistes catalans, espanyols i també d’arreu del món.
Apart from Joan Colomo, who will arrive in Girona to offer a concert for family audiences, the NEU! Also scheduled for this edition are artists such as the amazing Rodrigo Cuevas, Nacho Vegas, Rufus T. Firefly and Chandal Jacket. However, some of these concerts are still pending to know how the pandemic will evolve in the coming days and, above all, what restrictions will apply in these first months of the year, when it is scheduled to take place.
The next big event for music lovers in the Girona region will be the Strenes de Girona festival. The Uruguayan Jorge Drexler, León Benavente, Els Pets, Suu, Ramon Mirabet, Sergio Dalma, Doctor Prats, Coque Malla, Sau30, Dorian, Delafé and the Blue Flowers, Els Catarres, Macaco, Blaumut, Agua Bendita or Marina Rossell make up the thickness of the poster of an edition that will take place mainly between the months of March and April.
The main scenarios of the Girona counties will also be subject to restrictions. Mirona, who has already had to suspend the program announced for this Christmas festivities due to the increase in infections and the closure of nightlife, is crossing her fingers to be able to celebrate the concerts planned for this winter. Among the artists who have to go through the Salta equipment are Mikel Erentxun, Porretas, Samantha Hudson, Manel, Camela, Cory Wong and Manel Fuentes. A different case is that of the Girona Auditorium, which, as it is not a concert hall in itself and has seats for the public, will be easier to host the performances, even if it is with a restricted capacity. of Rosario, the Friends of the Arts or the French Zaz, the latter within the Black Music Festival.
On April 16 in L’Escala, the groups Buhos and La Fúmiga will kick off Ithaca, Culture and Action. The festival, which will take place during the spring months and plans to re-celebrate the classic St. John’s concerts to celebrate the arrival of summer, will feature the Balkan Goran Bregovic, Maria Arnal and Marcel Bagés, Oques Grasses, Zoo , Rigoberta Bandini, Cala Vento or Asian Dub Foundation.
Summer festivals
The British Jamie Cullum, the Norwegians Kings of Convenience and the Argentine Nathy Peluso, along with Joan Manuel Serrat, are for now the confirmed names of the Porta Ferrada festival in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. For its part, the Sounds of the World of Roses has also already announced as the main claims of its poster in the American Ben Harper, Earth Wind & Fire Experience with Al McKay and Oques Grasses. The two competitions will announce the rest of the program in a few weeks, as will the festivals in the gardens of Cap Roig, in Calella de Palafrugell, and in the Castle of Peralada. We will also have to wait to see the appointments such as Portalblau de l’Escala, Petit Paradís in Tossa de Mar or Som de Mar in Lloret de Mar.
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