La Mercè's independent music festival. Five nights of free concerts in central Barcelona, running into the early hours. 🎶🌙

BAM is where the city's festival looks forward: emerging scenes, world music and acts that rarely fit the conventional circuits.

🎶 BAM BARCELONA ACCIÓ MUSICAL

📅 Wednesday 23 to Sunday 27 September 2026

🕐 From 7 pm until the early hours

📍 Plaça de Catalunya, Moll de la Fusta and Rambla del Raval, Barcelona

🎟️ Free admission

📖 What you will hear

Art rock, punk-pop, rap, reggae, rumba, e-jazz, desert blues, electronica and psychedelic rock across three open-air stages. Among this edition's names: Brama, Bia Ferreira, Imarhan, Sunflowers, La 126, Kiw & Mourad Belouadi, Juventude and Maria Reis.

The SONA 9 showcase opens Wednesday's programme in Plaça de Catalunya with this year's selected emerging bands: Orella d'Ós, Beni Dolores, Pla Moguda and Cloe Riembau.

🏮 Shanghai at BAM

The guest city is heard too, with the Shanghai Restoration Project featuring Angelo Manhenzane and Abdul Basit, and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Jazz Ensemble.

ℹ️ Good to know: open-air concerts, free and with no booking, many of them after midnight. The stages are within walking distance of one another, so you can hop between them. Check the daily timetable online, as each concert has its own time and stage.

✨ Five nights of new music in the heart of the city.