The shows, festivals, workshops and open-air events running this Saturday and Sunday, refreshed every week so the list is always the coming weekend.
An exhibition exploring time through its origins, measurement systems, and how humans perceive it. The Centre Martorell d'Exposicions presents interactive displays and reflective installations designed for visitors of all ages to engage with concepts of temporal experience and scientific timekeeping.
Environmental Play at the Botanical Garden offers free Sunday mornings combining open exploration with guided workshops and tours led by educators. Activities rotate weekly and include building wish trees, creating mandalas with seeds, discovering insects and birds, making paper flowers, planting seasonal flowers, weaving, and exploring specific plant species like dragon trees and eucalyptus. The program runs January through July and September through December.
A sleepover at CosmoCaixa where families with children aged 7-12 explore the "Extraterrestrials" exhibition by flashlight, hear alien stories before sleeping in the museum, and wake to observe the Flooded Forest habitat and prepare food for its animals. The program runs from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. and includes a guided tour, dinner, nocturnal museum visit, storytelling session, breakfast, and morning nature activity.
Families explore the Barcelona Shipyards' construction techniques by building stone arches using ancient methods, then create personalized stonemason marks from clay to take home. Part of the "Royal Shipyards: stones that tell Barcelona" program developed for Barcelona's UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture 2026 designation.
The Last Days of Pompeii is an immersive exhibition recreating daily life in the ancient Roman city before Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. The experience combines historical scenographies, immersive projections, and sound design to trace Pompeii's trajectory from prosperity to catastrophe, integrating archaeological finds and visual recreations that reveal how inhabitants lived and what occurred during the eruption's final hours.
TermoShow is a participatory workshop-show exploring how temperature changes during physical and chemical processes. Participants experiment with materials of unusual properties, mix substances, and observe surprising reactions while discovering whether all substances behave the same when heated, whether fire is a chemical reaction, and how the human body regulates temperature.
MASiMAS Festival 2026 continues through August with contemporary jazz, soul, afrobeat, Latin jazz, and big band performances across several emblematic Barcelona venues. The remaining program features the Cuban Jazz Syndicate (May 30), the Gramophone Allstars Big Band (June 11), and Compota de Manana (August 29), staged in spaces such as Jamboree, Tarantos, La Pedrera, and Palau de la Música.
Dinner with Stars combines a multi-course meal with astronomical observation at the Fabra Observatory. Diners enjoy an astronomy-themed dinner on the terrace at dusk, followed by a guided visit through the modernist hall and museum, then telescope observation of constellations, stars, and planets using the 1904 telescope, one of Europe's largest still in operation.
The Pedralbes Monastery cloister opens its doors on summer evenings, offering free access to one of the world's largest Gothic cloisters. Built in 1327 by Queen Elisenda de Montcada, the three-story cloister showcases Catalan Gothic architecture with spacious, harmonious proportions. Only the cloister is accessible during these hours; exhibitions and adjoining rooms remain closed.
Discover Joan Miró's artistic methods through hands-on experimentation. Participants explore the exhibition rooms while trying drawing, collage, ink staining, and object play techniques. Each child documents their actions in a work notebook that becomes the foundation for creating original artworks, mirroring Miró's own creative process.
Terrats en Cultura is a rooftop festival running from June 12 across seven secret rooftops in Barcelona and L'Hospitalet, with the location revealed only 48 hours before each show. The program spans theater, dance, experimental music, and stand-up comedy from artists including Thelee, Oye Sherman, Esther López, Daniel Lumbreras, Acaracan, and Mar Garcia and Javi Soler. Most shows fall between June and late July, with a final performance in September. Every ticket includes one drink. Note that the programming and the 20:00 start time skew toward an adult audience.
Discover daily life in a 7,400-year-old Neolithic settlement. Participants enter reconstructed huts and practice authentic activities: grinding wheat into flour, hunting with spears, and hand-modeling clay to create small vessels decorated using Neolithic techniques.
A workshop where children install elastic bands from wall to wall to create a collective art installation inspired by Piet Mondrian's geometric compositions. Participants work in groups with a monitor to build an ephemeral maze-like structure using colored lines placed in any direction, then explore and play within their creation.
A free-roam VR experience aboard the International Space Station, built from real 360° 3D footage filmed by NASA astronauts. You walk alongside the crew, float through the modules, and see Earth from orbit. The headset part runs about 40 minutes, and you arrive 10 to 15 minutes early for check-in and setup, so the whole visit takes under an hour. Sessions run in English, Spanish, Catalan, French and Chinese, and you pick your language when you arrive. Minimum age is 8 and kids stay with their adult the whole time. No babies or strollers, and it is not suitable for anyone with epilepsy, a heart condition, or a pacemaker.
A dance show for families inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic tale. Choreographer Núria Serra uses movement, music, and objects to explore themes of friendship, curiosity, and discovery across imagined planets. The performance runs 55 minutes and is performed in Catalan.
The Museum of Natural Sciences offers a curated selection of board games focused on natural sciences, with educators on hand to explain rules and help visitors choose age-appropriate games. Games cover diverse aspects of the natural world and vary in duration and complexity. Drop-in format; no reservation required.
Each family tackles a unique scientific challenge, working through observation, questioning, hypothesis formation, evidence interpretation, and conclusion-drawing. The workshop explores planetary natural diversity through hands-on investigation of specimens like snails from Montjuïc, interconnected organisms, unknown powders and liquids, and historical samples. Sessions run 45 minutes with facilitator guidance.
L'orquestra de cartró is a 90-minute workshop by artist Mónica Rikić combining art, electronics, and play. Participants build a sound sculpture using cardboard, electronic motors, vibrators, and basic components, learning how these elements work while creating a unique instrument they take home.
Families with children up to 12 years old enjoy outdoor games every Sunday in August at Amfiteatre del Parc de la Trinitat. The program includes traditional games and activities designed for group participation in an open-air setting.
Festa Major de Sants runs August 22-30 with decorated streets, gegants parades, castellers building human towers, and kids' programming. The festival features floral offerings, sardana dances, stick dancing exhibitions, and community meals. The correfoc fire run lands on the final Saturday, August 29, with a child-scale version at 6:30pm, and the festa closes on Sunday, August 30 with a 10pm piromusical, fireworks set to music over Parc de l'Espanya Industrial. Eleven streets and squares compete for decoration prizes, with a smaller, locally-focused atmosphere than neighboring Gràcia.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone comes back to the big screen for Mooby's Back to Hogwarts week, playing daily from August 28 to September 3. The 6:20pm session runs the original English audio with Spanish subtitles, so your kids hear the voices and the John Williams score the way the film first arrived in cinemas. At 152 minutes with no interval, it is a full evening out, so pack snacks and plan a later dinner. Under-13s pay 8 euros any day, adults 9 euros Monday to Thursday and 10 euros Friday to Sunday, and it is 6.50 euros for everyone on Wednesdays.
Travel back to ancient Egypt and discover the surprising scents of daily life and mummification—then smell them yourself in this sensory museum adventure.
Terra Ibèrica Festival transforms the Iberian Citadel into a four-day historical reenactment event featuring workshops in Iberian writing and pottery, theatrical night visits, sling-throwing activities, and participatory reconstruction challenges. The 2026 edition centers on the 2024 DANA meteorological disaster, with performers and archaeologists recreating how ancient inhabitants would have responded to the catastrophe. Morning, afternoon, and evening activities include historical reenactments about trade and daily life, costume photo opportunities, and adult-focused vermut gatherings.
The Pride Barcelona Parade features around 30 floats with music and performances traveling from Plaça Universitat to Plaça Espanya. The daytime event is designed as an all-ages spectacle with colorful floats and live entertainment. Watch from the parade route; arrive early to secure a good viewing spot and avoid the late-night parties that follow.
Experience the King of Pop like never before with top Michael Jackson impersonator SacMjj and live vocals by Dabeat, recreating iconic choreographies and greatest hits for the whole family.
The shows, festivals, workshops and open-air events running this Saturday and Sunday, refreshed every week so the list is always the coming weekend.
An exhibition exploring time through its origins, measurement systems, and how humans perceive it. The Centre Martorell d'Exposicions presents interactive displays and reflective installations designed for visitors of all ages to engage with concepts of temporal experience and scientific timekeeping.
Environmental Play at the Botanical Garden offers free Sunday mornings combining open exploration with guided workshops and tours led by educators. Activities rotate weekly and include building wish trees, creating mandalas with seeds, discovering insects and birds, making paper flowers, planting seasonal flowers, weaving, and exploring specific plant species like dragon trees and eucalyptus. The program runs January through July and September through December.
A sleepover at CosmoCaixa where families with children aged 7-12 explore the "Extraterrestrials" exhibition by flashlight, hear alien stories before sleeping in the museum, and wake to observe the Flooded Forest habitat and prepare food for its animals. The program runs from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. and includes a guided tour, dinner, nocturnal museum visit, storytelling session, breakfast, and morning nature activity.
Families explore the Barcelona Shipyards' construction techniques by building stone arches using ancient methods, then create personalized stonemason marks from clay to take home. Part of the "Royal Shipyards: stones that tell Barcelona" program developed for Barcelona's UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture 2026 designation.
The Last Days of Pompeii is an immersive exhibition recreating daily life in the ancient Roman city before Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. The experience combines historical scenographies, immersive projections, and sound design to trace Pompeii's trajectory from prosperity to catastrophe, integrating archaeological finds and visual recreations that reveal how inhabitants lived and what occurred during the eruption's final hours.
TermoShow is a participatory workshop-show exploring how temperature changes during physical and chemical processes. Participants experiment with materials of unusual properties, mix substances, and observe surprising reactions while discovering whether all substances behave the same when heated, whether fire is a chemical reaction, and how the human body regulates temperature.
MASiMAS Festival 2026 continues through August with contemporary jazz, soul, afrobeat, Latin jazz, and big band performances across several emblematic Barcelona venues. The remaining program features the Cuban Jazz Syndicate (May 30), the Gramophone Allstars Big Band (June 11), and Compota de Manana (August 29), staged in spaces such as Jamboree, Tarantos, La Pedrera, and Palau de la Música.
Dinner with Stars combines a multi-course meal with astronomical observation at the Fabra Observatory. Diners enjoy an astronomy-themed dinner on the terrace at dusk, followed by a guided visit through the modernist hall and museum, then telescope observation of constellations, stars, and planets using the 1904 telescope, one of Europe's largest still in operation.
The Pedralbes Monastery cloister opens its doors on summer evenings, offering free access to one of the world's largest Gothic cloisters. Built in 1327 by Queen Elisenda de Montcada, the three-story cloister showcases Catalan Gothic architecture with spacious, harmonious proportions. Only the cloister is accessible during these hours; exhibitions and adjoining rooms remain closed.
Discover Joan Miró's artistic methods through hands-on experimentation. Participants explore the exhibition rooms while trying drawing, collage, ink staining, and object play techniques. Each child documents their actions in a work notebook that becomes the foundation for creating original artworks, mirroring Miró's own creative process.
Terrats en Cultura is a rooftop festival running from June 12 across seven secret rooftops in Barcelona and L'Hospitalet, with the location revealed only 48 hours before each show. The program spans theater, dance, experimental music, and stand-up comedy from artists including Thelee, Oye Sherman, Esther López, Daniel Lumbreras, Acaracan, and Mar Garcia and Javi Soler. Most shows fall between June and late July, with a final performance in September. Every ticket includes one drink. Note that the programming and the 20:00 start time skew toward an adult audience.
Discover daily life in a 7,400-year-old Neolithic settlement. Participants enter reconstructed huts and practice authentic activities: grinding wheat into flour, hunting with spears, and hand-modeling clay to create small vessels decorated using Neolithic techniques.
A workshop where children install elastic bands from wall to wall to create a collective art installation inspired by Piet Mondrian's geometric compositions. Participants work in groups with a monitor to build an ephemeral maze-like structure using colored lines placed in any direction, then explore and play within their creation.
A free-roam VR experience aboard the International Space Station, built from real 360° 3D footage filmed by NASA astronauts. You walk alongside the crew, float through the modules, and see Earth from orbit. The headset part runs about 40 minutes, and you arrive 10 to 15 minutes early for check-in and setup, so the whole visit takes under an hour. Sessions run in English, Spanish, Catalan, French and Chinese, and you pick your language when you arrive. Minimum age is 8 and kids stay with their adult the whole time. No babies or strollers, and it is not suitable for anyone with epilepsy, a heart condition, or a pacemaker.
A dance show for families inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic tale. Choreographer Núria Serra uses movement, music, and objects to explore themes of friendship, curiosity, and discovery across imagined planets. The performance runs 55 minutes and is performed in Catalan.
The Museum of Natural Sciences offers a curated selection of board games focused on natural sciences, with educators on hand to explain rules and help visitors choose age-appropriate games. Games cover diverse aspects of the natural world and vary in duration and complexity. Drop-in format; no reservation required.
Each family tackles a unique scientific challenge, working through observation, questioning, hypothesis formation, evidence interpretation, and conclusion-drawing. The workshop explores planetary natural diversity through hands-on investigation of specimens like snails from Montjuïc, interconnected organisms, unknown powders and liquids, and historical samples. Sessions run 45 minutes with facilitator guidance.
L'orquestra de cartró is a 90-minute workshop by artist Mónica Rikić combining art, electronics, and play. Participants build a sound sculpture using cardboard, electronic motors, vibrators, and basic components, learning how these elements work while creating a unique instrument they take home.
Families with children up to 12 years old enjoy outdoor games every Sunday in August at Amfiteatre del Parc de la Trinitat. The program includes traditional games and activities designed for group participation in an open-air setting.
Festa Major de Sants runs August 22-30 with decorated streets, gegants parades, castellers building human towers, and kids' programming. The festival features floral offerings, sardana dances, stick dancing exhibitions, and community meals. The correfoc fire run lands on the final Saturday, August 29, with a child-scale version at 6:30pm, and the festa closes on Sunday, August 30 with a 10pm piromusical, fireworks set to music over Parc de l'Espanya Industrial. Eleven streets and squares compete for decoration prizes, with a smaller, locally-focused atmosphere than neighboring Gràcia.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone comes back to the big screen for Mooby's Back to Hogwarts week, playing daily from August 28 to September 3. The 6:20pm session runs the original English audio with Spanish subtitles, so your kids hear the voices and the John Williams score the way the film first arrived in cinemas. At 152 minutes with no interval, it is a full evening out, so pack snacks and plan a later dinner. Under-13s pay 8 euros any day, adults 9 euros Monday to Thursday and 10 euros Friday to Sunday, and it is 6.50 euros for everyone on Wednesdays.
Travel back to ancient Egypt and discover the surprising scents of daily life and mummification—then smell them yourself in this sensory museum adventure.
Terra Ibèrica Festival transforms the Iberian Citadel into a four-day historical reenactment event featuring workshops in Iberian writing and pottery, theatrical night visits, sling-throwing activities, and participatory reconstruction challenges. The 2026 edition centers on the 2024 DANA meteorological disaster, with performers and archaeologists recreating how ancient inhabitants would have responded to the catastrophe. Morning, afternoon, and evening activities include historical reenactments about trade and daily life, costume photo opportunities, and adult-focused vermut gatherings.
The Pride Barcelona Parade features around 30 floats with music and performances traveling from Plaça Universitat to Plaça Espanya. The daytime event is designed as an all-ages spectacle with colorful floats and live entertainment. Watch from the parade route; arrive early to secure a good viewing spot and avoid the late-night parties that follow.
Experience the King of Pop like never before with top Michael Jackson impersonator SacMjj and live vocals by Dabeat, recreating iconic choreographies and greatest hits for the whole family.