Whether you like music, theater, immersive exhibitions, or cultural routes, this weekend there's an activity for you. Barcelona is preparing to host three days full of proposals that will make you enjoy the city and our culture to the fullest. Take note!
Oques Grasses
- Olympic Stadium
- From October 7 to 10, 2026
- Tickets available here
Oques Grasses stars in one of the great milestones of Catalan music this weekend in Barcelona with four consecutive concerts at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. After 14 years of career and having revolutionized the charts with their festive and urban pop, the band led by Josep Montero definitively bids farewell to the stage in front of more than 200,000 followers.
These performances mark a before and after in the music industry, as Oques Grasses becomes the first group singing in Catalan capable of filling Montjuïc's Olympic venue in four consecutive dates.
(Re)discover La Rambla
- All weekend
- At La Rambla in Barcelona
The association Amics de la Rambla organizes from October 2 to 27, 2026 a new edition of the cycle (Re)discover La Rambla, a program that offers a total of 26 completely free guided itineraries. The initiative includes 14 different thematic routes that have been designed to bring residents and visitors closer to the cultural, social, and anecdotal history of this promenade.
The routes cover aspects as diverse as the past of the florists, the artery's connection with FC Barcelona, or episodes of its darker and lesser-known history. To participate in these in-person walks, prior registration is required through their website, although the organization also provides six digital itineraries to do autonomously from a mobile phone.
Candlelight: Tribute to Michael Jackson
- Petit Palau
- October 9, 2026
- Tickets already available here
The Petit Palau of the Palau de la Música Catalana hosts on October 9, 2026 an intimate tribute concert dedicated to the career of the King of Pop within the well-known Candlelight series. This musical experience proposes rediscovering Michael Jackson's greatest hits under the warm illumination of thousands of candles. You will enjoy a classical reinterpretation of songs that marked the history of pop music.
The program includes iconic songs such as Billie Jean, Thriller, Smooth Criminal, Beat It, and Man in the Mirror, performed on this October date by the string quartet Musical Sensus. It is a unique opportunity to revisit an essential repertoire from a different and intimate instrumental perspective.
Impossible
- Sala Atrium
- All weekend
The Sala Atrium presents Impossible, a theatrical drama based on the work of Italian writer Erri de Luca, under the direction and set design of Ramon Simó. The story begins with a judicial interrogation where a young judge questions an old revolutionary and climbing enthusiast, accused of the death of a man who fell down a ravine in the mountains. This seemingly accidental event hides an old betrayal: the victim was a former militant comrade who denounced his armed group decades ago.
Interpreted by Lluís Soler, Bernat Quintana, and Eduard Tudela, the piece transforms the judicial investigation into a dialectical confrontation of great moral and political depth. The work reflects on loyalty, the validity of ideals, the loss of revolutionary utopia, and nature as the last refuge of individual resistance and humanism against the established order.
Cirque du Soleil: Kurios
- Gran carpa de L'Hospitalet
- All weekend
- Tickets are available here
Cirque du Soleil keeps the Big Top in the Cultural District of L'Hospitalet until October 18, 2026, to present its show Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities. The proposal transports the spectator to a steampunk aesthetic universe set in the laboratory of an inventor who believes in the existence of a hidden world full of possibilities and alterations of reality.
The show combines acrobatic acts with moments of visual poetry, object theater, and moments of humor. The work arrives in Barcelona backed by great critical and public success worldwide.
EVEREST: The first ascent
- Eclipso Barcelona
- All weekend
- Tickets are already available here
The Eclipso Barcelona space (on the fourth floor of the Arenas de Barcelona shopping center) presents the immersive virtual reality experience EVEREST: The first ascent. This audiovisual production, which has been selected for the Venice Immersive 2026 festival, invites you to relive firsthand the historic 1953 expedition that first successfully summited the world's highest mountain.
Through a free-roaming format lasting 40 minutes, one can explore the environment naturally and travel the path from Kathmandu to the summit of the Himalayas side by side with Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Sitges Festival 2026
- Different points in Sitges
- From October 8 to 18, 2026
The International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia celebrates its new edition in the town of Sitges from October 8 to 18, 2026. It will offer a cinematic marathon with 443 titles dedicated to the genre of initiative, horror, and science fiction. The event will bring together big names in the international film industry such as Peter Jackson, Alejandro Amenábar, Robert Eggers, Kevin Bacon, and Danny DeVito.
Among the most anticipated premieres of this edition are Found alive by Carlota Pereda, the zombie comedy Colony, and the Catalan production 11. In addition, the program includes special sessions and commemorative screenings to celebrate the anniversaries of essential classics of the genre such as Tesis or Carrie.
Morning Sun
- La Villarroel
- All weekend
- Tickets available here
La Villarroel premieres Morning Sun, a text by British playwright Simon Stephens under the direction of Pau Roca. It is an intimate and emotional portrait of a woman's life in New York City to talk about how the passage of years transforms family relationships, loves, and the perception of one's own environment amidst the incessant rhythm of the great metropolis.
Starring Míriam Iscla, Anna Güell, and Raquel Ferri, the play narrates the experiences of three generations of women to reflect on the invisibility that often accompanies aging and the complexity of the bonds between mothers and daughters.
Gaudí Code
- Espai Imagina
- All weekend
- Tickets available here
The new immersive experience center Espai Imagina, located in the Glòries area, opens its doors with the exhibition Codi Gaudí, a technological and informative proposal open to the public until January 8, 2027. The exhibition uses interactive tools, large-format projections, virtual reality, and mixed reality to immerse visitors in Antoni Gaudí's architectural language and creative processes.
A 3D digital construction will be carried out for several projects that the modernist genius never managed to build in his lifetime. Thanks to the preserved original plans, unpublished monumental designs can be seen, such as the projected Monumental Fountain in Plaça de Catalunya or the Hotel Attraction designed for New York City.
Electric Sheep
- CC Joan Oliver "Pere Quart"
- October 9, 2026
- You can book your ticket here
The Civic Center Joan Oliver "Pere Quart" hosts on October 9, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., the performance of Electric Sheep, a piece of contemporary dance and theater freely inspired by the conceptual universe of the novel and film Blade Runner. The proposal delves into the frontier between the human and the artificial to talk about the limits of existence and the construction of our narratives of meaning.
The show questions whether there is an inherent essence of the human condition or if it is merely a symbolic fiction projected to justify our presence in the world. This show is part of the IMPULSA community of the Catalunya Cultura Foundation.
Exhibition A Free Theater
- Palau Robert
- All weekend
The Palau Robert hosts the exhibition A Free Theater, an exhibition organized to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of this Catalan theater institution. The tour proposes a journey through the history of the venue through five main scenographic installations and four intermediate spaces that feature abundant archive material, photographs, and audiovisual fragments.
The exhibition offers a completely free multisensory experience and has been curated and designed by prominent set designers such as Frederic Amat and Montse Amenós. In addition, the project includes the pedagogical and immersive proposal The Hidden Theater, conceived to bring the history and secrets of the theater to family audiences.
Catalan Film Club Week
- Filmoteca
- All weekend
The 13th edition of the Catalan Film Club Week arrives at the Filmoteca, an initiative organized by the Catalan Federation of Film Clubs to reinterpret the role of these spaces as meeting points, critical debate, and cinematographic community. In addition to the screenings, the cycle includes round tables, special presentations, and film forums open to public participation.
The program opens with the preview of A árvore do Conhecimento, the tenth feature film by French filmmaker Eugène Green, who receives the Nunes International Award in this edition.
I love rock and roll
- Teatre Poliorama
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Teatre Poliorama programs the musical show I love rock and roll, a production by the company Rock en Família designed to introduce the youngest to the history of the great classics of modern music. The proposal combines live music, humor, and an informative character for family enjoyment.
Led by the character of Os Rosendo, the show offers an entertaining review of the most surprising songs and anecdotes of groups and artists such as Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Queen, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, or The Doors.
Bouvetøya
- Teatre Lliure
- All weekend
The Espai Lliure de Montjuïc presents Bouvetøya (the necessity of an island), a production directed by Julio Manrique and co-written with Ivan Benet, Cristina Genebat, and Sergi Pompermayer. It is a dystopia originally written during the 2020 pandemic, and is part of the framework of the 50th anniversary of Teatre Lliure.
The story tells the journey of a group of friends to the most isolated island on the planet, an inhospitable territory of ice that becomes the ideal setting to reflect on friendship, faith in the future, and passion for theater.
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