Popular film director Woody Allen is giving a concert at the spectacular Palau de la Música Catalana.

His passion for classic jazz and swing is well known, as is his talent on the clarinet, the instrument he plays in his band, the New Orleans Jazz Band. After their Barcelona concert on January 1, 2008, Allen and his band will be performing once again in Barcelona. This concert forms part of the 11th Millenium Festival (Festival Mil·leni) - where they perform in the prestigious Palau de la Música Catalana.

International food and drink show aimed at sector professionals – commercial distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and the hotel and catering trade.

The Alimentaria Food Show is the most important of its kind in Spain, and the second most important worldwide. The show includes many different recreational and educational activities, such as BCN VANGUARDIA (a gastronomy conference bringing together the elite of international cuisine), and VINORUM (an area dedicated to wine and wine culture).

The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) is hosting an exhibition of some one hundred works by the Canadian artist Rodney Graham, featuring his characteristic games of perception.

The pieces were created between 1978 and 2008 on a range of different supports (books, video, sculpture, device-machines, painting, photography, installation, printed material and music). Graham's creations almost always include references to art history and to intellectuals from the time of the Enlightenment down to the present day, including Freud, Edgar Allan Poe and Picasso. Cyclical repetition, multiple reflection and the movement from reality to fiction or from light to shadow are recurring themes in his work.

Barcelona hosts the Catalonia International Tourism Show (SITC), presenting a wide variety of tourism destinations all around the world.
A total of 1,500 exhibitors from 75 different countries and all the Spanish Regions come together at the Fira Exhibition Centre in Barcelona to promote their tourism products. Once again, the show will feature Pink Corner, an area aimed specifically at the LGBT audience that was opened in 2008 with resounding success. This edition will also see a new area, “Gateway to the Desert”, which will include representation from many countries, especially those offering desert destinations. Visitors can also take part in a number of prize draws, as well as leisure, cultural and sporting activities.

This year, the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix will be held once again at the Catalonia Circuit, Montmeló, in the province of Barcelona, as part of the World Motor Racing Championship.

On the days running up to the race there will be free training sessions and qualifying laps to decide the line-up on the grid. The Catalonia Circuit has 65,700 seats, set over 14 grandstands, and more than 35,000 tickets for the grass. The unique layout of the circuit makes this race a special challenge for drivers.