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Each year the Garmin company holds triathlons in Barcelona. Last year they had over 3500 participants and the event was considered to be one of the most popular ones in the city. This year it will be on the 17th of October and you can already now sign up for participating in it. For more information, visit the website.

The 42nd international jazz festival is being held in Barcelona. It takes place all over the city and in the different neighburhoods. The festival is normally over a longer time period of approximately 2 months, and this year it will include about 87 events during it.

The Regal Barcelona basketball team is playing against the Los Angeles Lakers in October.
The game will be a part of the NBA Europe Live. For the Lakers team, being one of the
most famous basketball teams, it is the first international travel since playing in Paris
1991. The Lakers have won a total of 16 NBA titles.

The 2010 Sitges film festival is held during 7-17 october this year of 2010. It is
the 43rd international film festival of Catalunya and an event not to miss if you
are crazy about movies. If you are a film maker yourself, you can send a request for
submitting your film for the festival. Information about how to do it, ticket prices
etc. can be found at the website below.

If you are a fan of tattoos and can´t get enough of it, the Barcelona Tattoo Expo is
the place to be. This year is the 13th edition of the expo with many differents
artists being presents. The three day expo will include contests, seminars for
tattoo professionals, music, fashion and much more.

Massive Attack is a British group that was formed in the town on Bristol, England. They are seen as the fathers of "trip-hop", a music style which combines electronic music with jazz and rap. Theis music is further also influenced by soul and rock. This year the group will go on an Europe tour and will be performing in several cities in Spain including Badalona (city close to Barcelona).