IMPRFCTO Outdoor Festival 2022 - 17/6/2022


 The Mild Antics join
the IMPRFCTO APRITIVO
on Friday 17/6 at 17h

And you shined your glory all around
You did not disguise what you did
I asked you for half a pound and you said,
"Go see Joe Harper!"

IMPRFCTO
Av. del Paral·lel, 104, 08015 Barcelona

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