The Primavera in Black Festival (Black Spring Festival) 2016 was large crowded on\u00a0Friday 22 and Sunday 24 April,\u00a0but\u00a0on Saturday 23 the rain obliged to cancel the concert of Keith Dunn that fortunatelly was postposed till\u00a0Sunday afternoon. The festival is\u00a0supported by the City Council of L’Hospitalet de LLobregat, the Library of Can Sumarro, Bad Music and Barcelona\u00a0Blues Society (SBB).<\/p>\n
We would like to thank\u00a0sincerely to each and every one of the volunteers who \u00a0made possible the organization of Primavera in Black 2016, by participating in the association\u00a0(SBB) and sharing their time, efforts and good vibes. The atmosphere was really fantastic\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0was very gratifying to see\u00a0young and old people enjoying the music. We received\u00a0our colleagues from other associations such as Ruby Blues Society, the Society of Blues of Cerdanyola and also some representatives of Capper Benicassim. Thank you very much to all the musicians who played on the festival and to those who came to join it.<\/p>\n
The Barcelona Blues Society continues to support the blues and for the next activity will invite to Barcelona one of the pioneers of blues in Europe, Mr. Jacques Morgantini (92 years) who is the center of\u00a0the documentary “M\u00e9moire de Blues” by Jacques Gasser. On this film it is shown how the Morgantini’s family welcomed into their home the early bluesmen that played in Europe and how they recorded them by offering their\u00a0support. On 26 May at 19h in the Auditorium of the Institute of American Studies (IEN) we will have the pleasure to\u00a0share an evening with Jacques Morgantini, Jacques Gasser, Ricard Gili, Juan P\u00e9rez Aznar, Miguel Abella and Big Mama Montse. The event will be supported by the SBB, the Fundaci\u00f3 Privada\u00a0Jazz Cl\u00e0ssic and by the IEN and it will start and end with a concert by Johnny Big Stone & Sweet Marta.<\/p>\n
Cultural activities continue at the Tecla Sala\u00a0Central Library \u00a0on May 5, 2016 with the conference “Jukebox Sessions” conducted by Manolo Lopez Poy at 19pm, where there is\u00a0the exhibition of Juan Manuel “Tito” Vera about\u00a0blues in the small venues of\u00a0Cerdanyola, with which the artist claims the lack of institutional support\u00a0for the\u00a0blues\u00a0clubs. Until April 30.<\/p>\n
We also have the pleasure to\u00a0announce the fifth issue of the publication of the Blues Funds of Tecla Sala Library, “Fons Blues” (in Catalan language), which is available on this link:<\/p>\n