Pocallum — Music

La Juganera

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

La Juganera is not a festival built around a line-up. It is a neighbourhood festival, organised by the community itself, that takes place at Nau Bostik and grows a little each year without losing what makes it what it is: the programme is chosen by the festival committee, and the festival committee is everyone.

We have covered La Juganera since its third edition. Each year the programme mixes percussion, street bands, DJs and music that doesn’t fit a single label. What never changes is the atmosphere: participatory, with no distance between musicians and audience, and the people of Nou Barris as the main protagonists.

Arundo Donax

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In La Pobla de Híjar, a small village in Lower Aragon, a biennial festival celebrates the musical reed — the Arundo donax plant used to make the reeds for wind instruments across the world. From bagpipes to saxophones, clarinets and oboes.

The festival is organised by the Musical Association “Fuera de Tono” with support from the local government, the Comarca del Bajo Martín and the Provincial Council of Teruel. In just a few years it has become the village’s flagship cultural event.

Pigme@s Revoltos@s Festival

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Pigme@s Revoltos@s festival was born as a tool. Not entertainment, but fundraising for a neighbourhood platform fighting against waste incineration in Montcada i Reixac. Music in the service of a cause that affects the land and the health of the people who live there.

It was organised by the Pigme@s collective, in collaboration with the Ateneu Popular 9 Barris and the Casal de Barri Prosperitat. The format included an exhibition, a talk with environmental and health experts, and a concert featuring acts from Barcelona’s alternative music scene.