The University of Barcelona opens the doors of the Ferran Soldevila Garden (Diputació street, 228) at two times of the year to offer a series of concerts that gives voice to the most personal and singular musical proposals of the emergent scene. It does so with a summer session in July and a winter one in February.
This month they celebrate the 21st edition of the Summer Evenings. At 6 p.m. the terrace and bar open and at 8 p.m. the concert begins, which usually lasts two hours. First, the emergent artists who have participated in the Sona UB contest, and who are university students, perform, and then the artists included in the Summer Evenings program.
Last year, Lourdes Sesma, head of the UB's Corporate Image and Marketing Unit and one of the people responsible for the event, explained to AMIC Cultura that the young talent contest is held to reinforce the reason why the Summer Evenings were born: for culture to emerge at the university. "Maybe you have a colleague next to you who is about to release an album and you don't know it. With the contest, we make the university more than a place of research and, in addition, we strengthen the sense of belonging," Sesma pointed out. Apart from the opportunity to play, artists are offered professional training that includes a photo session, a masterclass, and the recording of a podcast.
All the programming
Thus, this Tuesday the 21st edition of the Summer Evenings kicks off with Los Vecinos de Manué, who offer an authentic Catalan rumba show that carries music as a form of rebellion as its banner. Soniquete català, released in 2025, is their first album. Before them will perform Seytha, an emergent voice of alternative indie pop.
On Thursday 9 it will be the turn of Killin' Catuz. Born within the new alternative wave, they move between hip-hop, experimental bedroom, and emotional electronics. Their songs function as fragmented memories, with a production that balances the digital, analog, and intimate world. They will be accompanied by the singer-songwriter Diana Gil.
The following week, on Tuesday, July 14, Ypnosi, an indie-rock band that proposes an ironic and surprising journey to the audience, will play. Before, the audience will see Exili a Elba, a Barcelona indie rock group in Catalan.
Finally, on Thursday, July 16, Maig will perform, a Catalan artist who reinterprets the ye-ye imaginary from a current perspective, where femininity is presented as complex and aware of its limits. She has just released Prou, her debut album, where guitars and drums dress the impulse of desire, nostalgia, and personal affirmation. Before her, the winner of Sona UB, Roberto Damson, will play, a pop-rock and indie proposal full of emotion and personality.
Admission is free and no prior reservation is required.
