Cultural Regatta: from Barcelona to the world

To mark the arrival of America’s Cup, the world’s premier sailing event, Barcelona will be putting on more than 200 activities to prompt locals to get involved and to promote the city's culture and traditions.

Dubbed the Cultural Regatta, the program will offer both locals and international visitors a series of activities complementing the regatta itself.

One of the aims of the program—a series of concerts, exhibitions, workshops, exhibitions, and tastings, as well as sports, science-related, and leisure activities—is to showcase Barcelona and Catalonia to the world.

Do not miss out

The XXXVIII Habaneras festival ‘Barcelona Cara al Mar’: A free concert of Habaneras will be held on June 15 at 20:30 on Passeig de Joan de Borbó in the Port Vell. The event is being organized by the Asociación de Amigos de Habaneras and the Barceloneta Festa Major committee.
Talk on the exploration of the Mariana trench, part of the Mar de Fons cycle: 17 June at 18:30, by Hector Salvador, at the Sagrada Familia library..
Classics on the Beach: On July 11 and 12 at the Sant Sebastià beach the choirs of the Palau de la Música Catalana, and the OBC will be staging two free concerts conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and Ludovic Morlot.
Debates on ‘Cities and seas in times of the climate emergency'’: The CCCB organizes on September 9 and 10 at 18:30, two debates about "the cities and the sea in times of climate emergency" that discuss the main challenges facing coastal cities in the coming decades.
Opening ceremony of the America’s Cup Barcelona 2024: On October 10 at the Bogatell beach will celebrate the opening ceremony of the 37th Louis Vuitton America's Cup Match Race Final, a highlight of the Cultural Regatta.
Race Village: Every weekend from August 22 to October 20, there will be free performances featuring street arts, dance, circus, and music at the Race Village on the Moll de la Fusta.

For more information on the full program of the Cultural Regatta, click here .

Barcelona's essence

A total of 200 activities will be taking place in key city locations, including libraries and museums, which will act as a cultural showcase for everything related to sailing in Barcelona.

The Barcelona Maritime Museum, for example, will be holding several exhibitions on the technology and innovations behind the regattas, the work and dreams of women sailors; and the tradition of sailing in Catalonia. These include:

“Competir en el mar: las regatas de vela en Cataluña”. An exhibition on regattas in Catalonia. From June to December.
Presentation of the book Bucked in the Yarn by Terry Stevenson, on 29 of August.
Series of talks on sailing “Una copa per la Copa”, , September and October.

Open Vela

In addition to the cultural program, from July 15 until July 20 the Spanish Championship for inclusive and adapted sailing, will also be taking place in Catalonia for the first time, the Kakapo Open Race ,from which sixty sailors will be taking part.

Inspired by the Kakapo, a flightless parrot found in New Zealand, the organizers are seeking to promote the sport of sailing to all groups, and to show the world that inclusion is possible, fair, and necessary.