The shows, festivals, workshops and open-air events running this Saturday and Sunday, refreshed every week so the list is always the coming weekend.
Lluèrnia turns the old town of Olot, the city of volcanoes, into a night walk of light and fire art. Families wander from square to square past glowing sculptures, projections and flame pieces, many built by local schoolkids.
It suits kids who are happy to stay out after dark and walk at an easy pace. This is the festival's 15th and final edition.
Every autumn the old amusement park on top of Tibidabo dresses up for Halloween. The moment kids remember is nightfall, when a new zombie show called The Last Dance (L'Últim Ball) takes over the Plaça dels Somnis, with a dance number that nods to the King of Pop.
Between rides, younger kids can look for the park mascots Ti, Bi, Da and Bo in their Halloween outfits.
Joan's parents have an unusual worry: their son has never been scared of anything. So they book a weekend in a haunted house, hoping the ghosts, monsters and curses will finally teach him what fear feels like.
What follows is a comic musical in Catalan from La Roda Produccions, full of songs, dance numbers and spooky characters who can't quite rattle him. The scares are played for laughs.
This version of the classic Christmas ballet keeps Tchaikovsky's famous melodies but hands them to a live jazz band, so kids hear tunes they may already know played as jazz.
Instead of tutus, a big cast of dancers in bright, playful costumes tells the story through contemporary dance. It plays in the Liceu's main hall, so it doubles as a first look inside Barcelona's grand red-and-gold opera house.
A chestnut seller brings chestnuts down from the mountain to sell in the city square, and she's happy, singing as she works. Then one day her sack of chestnuts disappears, and someone has to find out who hid it.
It's a warm, funny puppet adventure from Companyia Sebastià Vergés, and it suits toddlers and preschoolers who like a simple story with a small mystery.
Monstres is a concert for young children, played by five musicians who switch between guitars, sax, double bass, flute, didgeridoo, drums and voice. Fairies, goblins and mythological characters from around the world guide the audience across five continents, with traditional instruments and rhythms.
It suits small kids hearing a live band for the first time. Songs by J. Sisa, M. Serra and J. Isaac sit beside Mussorgsky.
An exhibition exploring time through its origins, measurement systems, and how humans perceive it. Interactive displays and reflective installations invite visitors to think about how we experience time and how science keeps it.
The Halloween side of PortAventura Park is gentle for younger kids: Sesame Street shows, Truco o Trato (a walk-through with friendly ghosts that ends in candy), a soap-bubble show and an evening lake show with fire and fountains.
Admission covers the whole park and the haunted passages cost extra, so it works best as a full day.
A science exhibition about sharks, which have ruled the oceans for 450 million years and survived five mass extinctions. Kids handle tactile pieces, try interactive stations and look into an oceanarium designed for the show.
It covers how sharks evolved, how many kinds there are and why the sea needs them. Best for kids already hooked on ocean animals.
Yunke is the Spanish illusionist who won the FISM world championship in Quebec in 2022, and Hangar 52 is his big stage show: a crew in flight suits, a vintage plane, fire, a giant circular saw and a storyline that jumps from ancient Egypt to da Vinci to the near future. Kids get called up for some routines. The patter is in Spanish, but the illusions carry the show.
The festa major of La Verneda and Sant Martí de Provençals is put together by the neighborhood's own associations, so the program changes each year around a few fixed classics: the giants, the devils' correfoc, castells (human towers), a fair of local groups on Rambla de Guipúscoa and shared meals like the paella day.
Daytime events are calmer for toddlers. Evenings run louder and later, better for older kids.
A walk among life-size dinosaurs through 240 million years of prehistory. Large projections fill the rooms, and the route also has a virtual reality section and interactive installations.
Researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia gave scientific advice on the content. It suits dinosaur fans who want more than a skeleton behind glass.
A drop-in learning space with reference books, games and experimental materials for discovering architecture. An educator helps kids explore, play and learn with hands-on resources. It's part of the program for Barcelona 2026 World Capital of Architecture.
Two street clowns arrive with a life raft, ready for the great flood. While they wait, their opposite personalities, fears and grief surface, alongside friendship and a lot of physical comedy. Nobody speaks, so it needs no Catalan or English. The show won Best Premiere at Fira Tàrrega in 2025.
Món Sant Benet is a medieval monastery in the Bages countryside. Its Castanyada story is about an old chestnut seller who put a spell on her recipe book, so the ingredients now read like troll nails, giant dandruff and bat blood.
Kids follow the clues to decode the recipe, then turn it into a panellet, the small almond sweet of the season. It is spooky in a silly way.
Granja Aventura Park is a farm and outdoor adventure park. For Halloween it adds spider webs, a pretend cemetery, and friendly witches, vampires and chestnut sellers in costume.
The spooky touches lean silly rather than scary, and the same ticket covers the farm animals and the adventure circuits in the trees. Nearly everything is outdoors, so bring shoes that can get muddy.
A family magic show built around a story. Hugo has to get past puzzles hidden among the books of a mysterious library, and each one brings him closer to the secret his grandfather left behind.
The tricks use cards, ropes and coins, and each one invites someone from the audience to help, so kids in the seats feel part of the act. Best for kids who enjoy a story as much as a trick.
Families explore Baroque music, world rhythms and swing by listening, playing and improvising. Kids and parents sing, try instruments and compose a piece of their own, then hear what the three styles share and what makes each one different. Best for kids who like making noise with some structure.
A family session inside CosmoCaixa's exhibition "Sharks: Guardians of the Ocean". The museum's own educators lead it, and kids learn through a run of hands-on experiences and activities rather than a straight tour.
It suits kids who already like animals or asking how things work, and parents who want more from the exhibition than a walk-through. Adults take part alongside their kids.
Mi Primer Festival brings films from around the world to cinemas across Barcelona, from short-film programs for the youngest to feature films and classics like The Goonies for older kids. Every session is pitched at an age group. After any film, kids drop a ballot in the box at the exit, and their votes decide the audience awards. A mixed jury of children and film professionals picks the jury prizes.
El Mago Pop's new show, "Nada es Imposible," is a large-scale illusion show with brand-new tricks and acts never seen on stage before, set to music and big theater staging. Over 3 million people have seen his shows in Barcelona, Madrid and on Broadway.
A family show that opens like a classic fairy tale: a magic forest where well-known storybook characters each stick to their own story, until one day everything changes.
Capu, the Ugly Duckling and the Wolf tell a new adventure, and a rock band sets the rhythm of each scene. A good pick for kids who know the classic tales and like music with their theater.
Environmental Play at the Botanical Garden mixes 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.
A puppet show from La Petita Brownie. Mr. Loupé's traveling caravan rolls into Périgord, a French village where life is all silence and rules, and his joy, freedom and pastries wake everyone up. Susanna Rubio acts and works the puppets alongside Lia, Blai and Pipiu, Mr. Loupé's inseparable bird. A gentle, detailed set suits preschoolers and early primary kids.
A hands-on art and storytelling workshop built around the museum's Invisible Animals exhibition: creatures vanishing from the wild, like the Montseny newt, and ones that only live in stories, like the yeti, the Little Mermaid and the Gruffalo.
Kids start with sensory games and picture books, then each one invents a creature of their own and builds it a shelter from natural materials.
A concert-show built on music from Tchaikovsky's three great ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. A live orchestra plays while dance, directed by CobosMika Company, suggests the stories in a world of fairies, sweets and enchanted characters.
It suits kids who like fantasy stories, music and dance, and makes an easy first classical concert in the Palau de la Música's concert hall.
El secret lluminós del Super3 is a family musical in Catalan and the show that opens the new theater at Fantàstix del Super3. Lia and Pau head into a world ruled by the Lord of the Screens to rescue the Super3 people and characters trapped there.
Expect humor, music, fantasy and mystery, in a show made for parents and kids to share.
The shows, festivals, workshops and open-air events running this Saturday and Sunday, refreshed every week so the list is always the coming weekend.
Lluèrnia turns the old town of Olot, the city of volcanoes, into a night walk of light and fire art. Families wander from square to square past glowing sculptures, projections and flame pieces, many built by local schoolkids.
It suits kids who are happy to stay out after dark and walk at an easy pace. This is the festival's 15th and final edition.
Every autumn the old amusement park on top of Tibidabo dresses up for Halloween. The moment kids remember is nightfall, when a new zombie show called The Last Dance (L'Últim Ball) takes over the Plaça dels Somnis, with a dance number that nods to the King of Pop.
Between rides, younger kids can look for the park mascots Ti, Bi, Da and Bo in their Halloween outfits.
Joan's parents have an unusual worry: their son has never been scared of anything. So they book a weekend in a haunted house, hoping the ghosts, monsters and curses will finally teach him what fear feels like.
What follows is a comic musical in Catalan from La Roda Produccions, full of songs, dance numbers and spooky characters who can't quite rattle him. The scares are played for laughs.
This version of the classic Christmas ballet keeps Tchaikovsky's famous melodies but hands them to a live jazz band, so kids hear tunes they may already know played as jazz.
Instead of tutus, a big cast of dancers in bright, playful costumes tells the story through contemporary dance. It plays in the Liceu's main hall, so it doubles as a first look inside Barcelona's grand red-and-gold opera house.
A chestnut seller brings chestnuts down from the mountain to sell in the city square, and she's happy, singing as she works. Then one day her sack of chestnuts disappears, and someone has to find out who hid it.
It's a warm, funny puppet adventure from Companyia Sebastià Vergés, and it suits toddlers and preschoolers who like a simple story with a small mystery.
Monstres is a concert for young children, played by five musicians who switch between guitars, sax, double bass, flute, didgeridoo, drums and voice. Fairies, goblins and mythological characters from around the world guide the audience across five continents, with traditional instruments and rhythms.
It suits small kids hearing a live band for the first time. Songs by J. Sisa, M. Serra and J. Isaac sit beside Mussorgsky.
An exhibition exploring time through its origins, measurement systems, and how humans perceive it. Interactive displays and reflective installations invite visitors to think about how we experience time and how science keeps it.
The Halloween side of PortAventura Park is gentle for younger kids: Sesame Street shows, Truco o Trato (a walk-through with friendly ghosts that ends in candy), a soap-bubble show and an evening lake show with fire and fountains.
Admission covers the whole park and the haunted passages cost extra, so it works best as a full day.
A science exhibition about sharks, which have ruled the oceans for 450 million years and survived five mass extinctions. Kids handle tactile pieces, try interactive stations and look into an oceanarium designed for the show.
It covers how sharks evolved, how many kinds there are and why the sea needs them. Best for kids already hooked on ocean animals.
Yunke is the Spanish illusionist who won the FISM world championship in Quebec in 2022, and Hangar 52 is his big stage show: a crew in flight suits, a vintage plane, fire, a giant circular saw and a storyline that jumps from ancient Egypt to da Vinci to the near future. Kids get called up for some routines. The patter is in Spanish, but the illusions carry the show.
The festa major of La Verneda and Sant Martí de Provençals is put together by the neighborhood's own associations, so the program changes each year around a few fixed classics: the giants, the devils' correfoc, castells (human towers), a fair of local groups on Rambla de Guipúscoa and shared meals like the paella day.
Daytime events are calmer for toddlers. Evenings run louder and later, better for older kids.
A walk among life-size dinosaurs through 240 million years of prehistory. Large projections fill the rooms, and the route also has a virtual reality section and interactive installations.
Researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia gave scientific advice on the content. It suits dinosaur fans who want more than a skeleton behind glass.
A drop-in learning space with reference books, games and experimental materials for discovering architecture. An educator helps kids explore, play and learn with hands-on resources. It's part of the program for Barcelona 2026 World Capital of Architecture.
Two street clowns arrive with a life raft, ready for the great flood. While they wait, their opposite personalities, fears and grief surface, alongside friendship and a lot of physical comedy. Nobody speaks, so it needs no Catalan or English. The show won Best Premiere at Fira Tàrrega in 2025.
Món Sant Benet is a medieval monastery in the Bages countryside. Its Castanyada story is about an old chestnut seller who put a spell on her recipe book, so the ingredients now read like troll nails, giant dandruff and bat blood.
Kids follow the clues to decode the recipe, then turn it into a panellet, the small almond sweet of the season. It is spooky in a silly way.
Granja Aventura Park is a farm and outdoor adventure park. For Halloween it adds spider webs, a pretend cemetery, and friendly witches, vampires and chestnut sellers in costume.
The spooky touches lean silly rather than scary, and the same ticket covers the farm animals and the adventure circuits in the trees. Nearly everything is outdoors, so bring shoes that can get muddy.
A family magic show built around a story. Hugo has to get past puzzles hidden among the books of a mysterious library, and each one brings him closer to the secret his grandfather left behind.
The tricks use cards, ropes and coins, and each one invites someone from the audience to help, so kids in the seats feel part of the act. Best for kids who enjoy a story as much as a trick.
Families explore Baroque music, world rhythms and swing by listening, playing and improvising. Kids and parents sing, try instruments and compose a piece of their own, then hear what the three styles share and what makes each one different. Best for kids who like making noise with some structure.
A family session inside CosmoCaixa's exhibition "Sharks: Guardians of the Ocean". The museum's own educators lead it, and kids learn through a run of hands-on experiences and activities rather than a straight tour.
It suits kids who already like animals or asking how things work, and parents who want more from the exhibition than a walk-through. Adults take part alongside their kids.
Mi Primer Festival brings films from around the world to cinemas across Barcelona, from short-film programs for the youngest to feature films and classics like The Goonies for older kids. Every session is pitched at an age group. After any film, kids drop a ballot in the box at the exit, and their votes decide the audience awards. A mixed jury of children and film professionals picks the jury prizes.
El Mago Pop's new show, "Nada es Imposible," is a large-scale illusion show with brand-new tricks and acts never seen on stage before, set to music and big theater staging. Over 3 million people have seen his shows in Barcelona, Madrid and on Broadway.
A family show that opens like a classic fairy tale: a magic forest where well-known storybook characters each stick to their own story, until one day everything changes.
Capu, the Ugly Duckling and the Wolf tell a new adventure, and a rock band sets the rhythm of each scene. A good pick for kids who know the classic tales and like music with their theater.
Environmental Play at the Botanical Garden mixes 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.
A puppet show from La Petita Brownie. Mr. Loupé's traveling caravan rolls into Périgord, a French village where life is all silence and rules, and his joy, freedom and pastries wake everyone up. Susanna Rubio acts and works the puppets alongside Lia, Blai and Pipiu, Mr. Loupé's inseparable bird. A gentle, detailed set suits preschoolers and early primary kids.
A hands-on art and storytelling workshop built around the museum's Invisible Animals exhibition: creatures vanishing from the wild, like the Montseny newt, and ones that only live in stories, like the yeti, the Little Mermaid and the Gruffalo.
Kids start with sensory games and picture books, then each one invents a creature of their own and builds it a shelter from natural materials.
A concert-show built on music from Tchaikovsky's three great ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. A live orchestra plays while dance, directed by CobosMika Company, suggests the stories in a world of fairies, sweets and enchanted characters.
It suits kids who like fantasy stories, music and dance, and makes an easy first classical concert in the Palau de la Música's concert hall.
El secret lluminós del Super3 is a family musical in Catalan and the show that opens the new theater at Fantàstix del Super3. Lia and Pau head into a world ruled by the Lord of the Screens to rescue the Super3 people and characters trapped there.
Expect humor, music, fantasy and mystery, in a show made for parents and kids to share.