MEET FABRA I COATS
Fabra i Coats – Fàbrica de Creació de Barcelona will be the place that will host the first edition of JAZZ I AM. For three days, professionals from the sector, artists, institutions, agencies and sponsors will coincide in this iconic space located in the Sant Andreu District. The first edition of this meeting will take place in the hall and in the two rooms on the ground floor.
Built between 1910 and 1920, Fabra i Coats has been is destined to be an artistic creation space for more than ten years thanks to the Fábricas de Creación project, promoted by the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona. Since 2008, it responds to the need of artists to have work spaces and meeting points with other creators. Currently Fabra i Coats-Fàbrica de Creació de Barcelona has 6,500 square meters divided into rehearsal rooms, study rooms and multipurpose spaces to host cultural events, research projects, experimentation and cultural creation of different disciplines: performing arts, music, visual arts and multimedia.
Throughout these ten years of operation, the activity in Fabra i Coats has been constant with many interesting projects. It has hosted Barcelona Acció Musical events, exhibitions, concerts, seminars and projects such as Say It Loud, Jazz Festival of Sant Andreu and Ideathon. In addition, Fabra i Coats has its own communication channel, Radio Fabra, to communicate everything that happens on the enclosure.
A scenario with history
Fabra i Coats is an icon of Barcelona’s industrial heritage. It is part of a larger complex, consisting of several industrial units built in different times, the oldest of which is 1890. All this set of units was formerly known as Coats Fabra S.A., and during the nineteenth century was a spinning industry. This complex occupied two blocks of houses separated by Sant Adrià Street. The first one was the Factory of Sant Andreu, and the second one was the Fábrica de la Reguera. This whole complex is a testimony of the history of Sant Andreu del Palomar before its annexation to Barcelona, a moment of development in the city and the process of industrialization that Catalonia experienced in the 19th century.
How to get to Fabra i Coats
Fàbrica de Creació Fabra i Coats
Sant Adrià Street, 20. 08030 Barcelona
+34 932 56 61 50 | http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/fabraicoats/ca
BUS: 11, 126, 133, H4, H8 and V31. Night bus: N9
METRO: Sant Andreu (L1)
BICING: stations 256 (Carrer dels Malalts, 28-30) and 260 (Plaça de l’Estació, 6)
