At Dacksy
Every Thursday naked men's parties, Dress Code Fridays, Fisting Sessions, Naked With Mask parties November 6, 13, 27. See website for more details.
March 27-April 1, 2013 Nightly parties at Lust Bear Bar, Bear Sex Parties at Open Mind, Official Dinner, dance at Bacon Bear Bar.
May 4-9, 2013, Llored de Mar, Barcelona. SAT: Matinée pre-party; SUN: AussieBum fashion show, Grindr pool party, Delice Main Party; MON: Flamenco, Urban Cafe pool party; TUE: Sauna SOHO beach party, pool party, Red & Blue gay disco; WED: Spyce boat party, OYE pool party, Club Euro Pride official party; THU: chill-out.
June each year at Illa Fantasia Water Park (Finca Mas Brassó, Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona), big festival day of water fun, go-go dancers, performers, & the best sound by Matinée All Star DJ's + more surprises.
End of June each year (early July in Sitges). New space for LGBT short films festival, an annual event where moviemakers are the important ones. See website for venues and film screenings.
June 21-30, 2013 (main events on last 3 days) annual festivities, culture, sport, debate, entertainment, & many parties. Parade route from Plaça Universitat to Plaça d’Espanya, over 100,000 people. See their website for 2013 details and previous year's photos.
Eary August, 2013. Europe's biggest gay cultural & leisure international festival, ten days of sun, entertainment and parties in water parks, on the beach, bear/butch events, plus a dozen mega dance events, entertainers, top DJs, art exhibitions, cinema, & conferences.
September 21-24, 2013. An annual event, Barcelona holds its largest festival with five days of festivities including: Correfoc - a fire run through fireworks cascades; the human towers in Placa de Jaume; music concerts; & the Parade of Giants.
October 2013. The 13th annual festival, one of the highlights of the Catalan queer calendar with everything from gay feature films to shorts and also porn screenings. - see the website for line-up and venues.
Mercat de la Boqueria (La Rambla, 89)Boqueria Market on La Rambla, one of the best markets in Europe, is the oldest and most complete food market in Barcelona. They offer fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, cheese, nuts and thousands of other products in open stalls beneath an ornate metal and glass roof/covering dating from 1914. Sample a chocolate truffle here, a fruit smoothie there, or stock up with provisions for a picnic in nearby Placa Catalunya. Open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8.30pm
The old harbor stretches from the Columbus Monument at the end of La Rambla, to the Barceloneta, has an Imax cinema, the Aquarium and the Maremàgnum shops and performance spaces, among other attractions. At the 14th-century medieval shipyards, (the Drassanes Reials) is Barcelona’s Museu Marítim, and at the waterfront is the 1918 schooner, the Pailebot Santa Eulàlia, named for Barcelona’s co-patron saint. This is also the departure point for the "Golondrines" -the pleasure boats which ply the waters of Port Vell. The Columbus Monument dating from the Universal Exhibition of 1888, has a gallery with views of the sea and La Rambla from heights of 60 meters.
