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Música al Metro Festival 2025

We are renewing the name and the image as the project approaches its 25th anniversary.

When: 12.12.2025

Where: Universitat station

Access: Validating the trasport ticket

On Friday, 12 December, between 10:00 and 23:30, the Universitat station will once again become the stage for the performances of the annual Festival.

Once again, the artists of the Association of Street and Metro Musicians of Barcelona (AMUC) will successively offer their repertoires throughout the day, culminating with the performance of a combo made up of several members of the association.

Since the early years of this alliance between TMB and AMUC BCN, festivals have been held that have been very well received by the public. The uniqueness of witnessing a major multicultural and multi‑style phenomenon with no precedent makes Barcelona’s underground, once a year, the epicentre of urban music.

This year we’re debuting something new

There are currently 50 spots across the metro network where musicians perform live at different times and on different days of the week. These stages now feature a new graphic identity, with larger and more visible signage in various tones and artist profiles. Rethinking the initiative has made it possible to review the designated points and adjust their locations based on planned works and changes in passenger flows.

A new name is also being introduced: Música al metro (music in the metro). The name change reflects the aim of making it more inclusive from a gender perspective.

With this new identity in communications and signage, the goal is to give further momentum to an initiative that is already well established as a European benchmark.

25 years of an internationally renowned project

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and the Association of Street and Metro Musicians of Barcelona (AMUC), with the mediation of the Ciutat Vella district and the Institute of Culture, launched in 2001 a pioneering project to establish the foundations for the presence of musicians in specific, designated spots within the metro network. Inspired by the New York subway, the initiative has, over these 25 years, become a true benchmark in Europe. The project will celebrate its 25th anniversary in January 2026.

The aim of regulating music in the metro has always been to create welcoming spaces within the network, ensure the quality of the music offered to users, facilitate preventive control functions for the proper operation of the system, and regulate musicians’ performances so they remain compatible with the normal running of metro services. At the same time, it offers performers a space to promote and showcase their music, turning public space into a platform for emerging creators.

Over these 25 years, the suitability tests held periodically have also been consolidated, ensuring high musical quality and responding to the growing number of applications to perform in the metro.

The metro musicians project is part of TMB Cultura, the cultural programme of the TMB Foundation, which builds connections between citizens and cultural associations in Barcelona and the metropolitan area, with the aim of bringing culture closer to the public through its facilities and enriching the experience of travelling on public transport.

Find out more about TMB Cultura

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