Barcelona Acció Musical (BAM) is a leading festival, first held in 1993, introducing emerging talent in all types of music from Catalonia and the world. Around fifty groups fill the various stages around the city every year, with unique, new and original sounds during the city’s annual festival, the Festes de la Mercè. La Mercè offers an extensive programme every year and includes technology, tradition, music and the performing arts, mobilising everybody in the city. This also makes BAM a musical celebration which is firmly rooted in Barcelona. The festival is one of the hallmarks of a creative and innovative city.
L’Afluent, a cooperative made up of Aïda Camprubí, Artur Estrada, Ikram Bouloum, Miquel Cabal and Sergi Egea, has been tasked with the BAM programme since 2021. The festival is defined by its wish to explore new sounds and aesthetics, give a voice to various communities and alternatives, and bring more experimental yet current artists closer to the city.
The festival also reaches the neighbourhood of Sant Andreu in 2024 with BAM Acció Cultural Viva, programmed between a broad group of organisations and individuals linked to music in the city.
