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.
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.
A family treasure hunt combining exploration, play, and learning across Poble Espanyol's historic streets. Participants receive a kit at the venue entrance, solve archaeological challenges, slide down giant slides, and visit interactive exhibitions while discovering the site's architecture and culture. The activity runs 1-2 hours and includes admission to the venue.
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.
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.
Through September 30, kids 12 and under get into House of Candy free (up to two per paying adult, with proof of age at the door) while adults pay general admission from €16, or from €14.50 per person for families and groups of four or more. Inside are 12 candy-themed rooms with a licorice-style ball pit, sugar-cloud jumping area, ice-cream forest and giant gummy-bear spaces. Plan on 60 to 90 minutes at a relaxed pace. Entry is timed, so book a slot online and arrive within 10 minutes of it. Open daily 11:00am to 9:00pm, last entry 7:30pm, on Gran Via a few minutes from Plaça Universitat and Plaça Catalunya.
Cirque du Soleil's KURIOS presents acrobatics, live music, and visual theater under the Big Top. The production follows an inventor who discovers an invisible world of impossible machines, mechanical objects, and eccentric characters. The show blends contemporary circus with steampunk aesthetics, featuring precision acrobatics, elaborate costumes, and scenes designed to challenge perception.
Poblenou's neighborhood festival runs September 10 to 20, organized by the Coordinadora d'Entitats del Poblenou. The program has castellers, gegants and a correfoc alongside a long list of kids' activities: a hot-chocolate morning, a family concert, clowns and puppets, traditional games, a color party, an intercultural festa in Parc del Centre and a schools' parade.
Terrassa Circus Festival brings circus into the streets and small venues around the old Sant Pere area, with a 2026 program of clowning, acrobatics, juggling, magic, open family workshops, and the festival gala. Families can drop into the Saturday and Sunday morning circus workshops and minigolf sessions, then choose from free outdoor acts and paid ticketed shows across the week.
Peter Parker is an adult now, alone, having wiped himself from the memories of everyone he loved to keep them safe. He fights crime in a New York that no longer knows his name, and the strain triggers a physical change that puts him in danger. Destin Daniel Cretton directs, with Tom Holland and Zendaya back alongside Mark Ruffalo. At two and a half hours and a darker turn, this is the one for older kids.
Wile E. Coyote has been flattened by ACME gadgets for decades, so he hires an equally unlucky lawyer and takes the company to court. It turns personal when the lawyer finds his intimidating old boss running ACME. Dave Green directs, putting the cartoon Coyote alongside Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor. The slapstick timing lands best in the original English, and parents who grew up on the Road Runner laugh as much as the kids.
The 44th Setmana del Llibre en Català turns Passeig de Lluís Companys, beside the Arc de Triomf, into a ten-day open-air book fair. Ninety-eight stands bring together 332 exhibitors and 282 publishing houses from across the Catalan-speaking world, with a deep children's and young-adult selection. More than 350 activities run across 11 program spaces, including a family stage, workshop area, reading spaces and a Petita Lectura corner for toddlers. Literary walking tours take small groups to the real settings of recently published books, often led by the authors themselves, with most routes in Barcelona. Admission to the grounds is free.
PortAventura Park runs its Halloween season from September 19 to November 15, 2026, and a big part of it is built for families. In SésamoAventura, Count Draco joins the Sesame Street characters in "1, 2, 3... ¡Ya es Halloween!", a music-and-dancing show made for the smallest kids, and Oscar hosts "Cuidemos el Planeta" about the 3Rs. In the China area, "Truco o Trato" is the park's first children's passage: families follow friendly ghosts through an enchanted forest of witches and fairies to a giant pumpkin, and kids come out with candy. The Halloween Magic Bubble show in the Temple Màgic fills the room with soap bubbles, the biggest about two meters wide, and every day ends with the Halloween Parade through Mediterrània. After dark, Horror en el Lago brings skeletons, fire, fountains and fireworks to the lake.
The five haunted passages (La Isla Maldita, La Muerte Viva, Angkor, El Carnicero de Penitence and REC Experience) are for older kids and adults: the minimum age is 12 with an adult, or 14 to go in alone. They are paid extras on top of park admission.
The shameless, absurd, supposedly true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became stars, lost the lot, let a pack of monsters loose, and had to reunite to clean up their own mess. Pierre Coffin directs and voices them, with Christoph Waltz and Jeff Bridges alongside. The jokes run on English delivery, so the original audio earns its keep. At 89 minutes, an easy first feature for younger kids.
On their last night together, best friends Jo and Raissa find a portal to Nakali, an island full of creatures from Philippine mythology. Getting home means facing the fearsome Manananggal, and the way back will cost them their shared memories. Joel Crawford, who made Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, directs with Januel Mercado, with Dave Franco, Jenny Slate and Manny Jacinto among the voices. A DreamWorks friendship adventure in the original English, best for kids 7 and up.
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.
Travel back to ancient Egypt and discover the surprising scents of daily life and mummification—then smell them yourself in this sensory museum adventure.
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.
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.
A family treasure hunt combining exploration, play, and learning across Poble Espanyol's historic streets. Participants receive a kit at the venue entrance, solve archaeological challenges, slide down giant slides, and visit interactive exhibitions while discovering the site's architecture and culture. The activity runs 1-2 hours and includes admission to the venue.
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.
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.
Through September 30, kids 12 and under get into House of Candy free (up to two per paying adult, with proof of age at the door) while adults pay general admission from €16, or from €14.50 per person for families and groups of four or more. Inside are 12 candy-themed rooms with a licorice-style ball pit, sugar-cloud jumping area, ice-cream forest and giant gummy-bear spaces. Plan on 60 to 90 minutes at a relaxed pace. Entry is timed, so book a slot online and arrive within 10 minutes of it. Open daily 11:00am to 9:00pm, last entry 7:30pm, on Gran Via a few minutes from Plaça Universitat and Plaça Catalunya.
Cirque du Soleil's KURIOS presents acrobatics, live music, and visual theater under the Big Top. The production follows an inventor who discovers an invisible world of impossible machines, mechanical objects, and eccentric characters. The show blends contemporary circus with steampunk aesthetics, featuring precision acrobatics, elaborate costumes, and scenes designed to challenge perception.
Poblenou's neighborhood festival runs September 10 to 20, organized by the Coordinadora d'Entitats del Poblenou. The program has castellers, gegants and a correfoc alongside a long list of kids' activities: a hot-chocolate morning, a family concert, clowns and puppets, traditional games, a color party, an intercultural festa in Parc del Centre and a schools' parade.
Terrassa Circus Festival brings circus into the streets and small venues around the old Sant Pere area, with a 2026 program of clowning, acrobatics, juggling, magic, open family workshops, and the festival gala. Families can drop into the Saturday and Sunday morning circus workshops and minigolf sessions, then choose from free outdoor acts and paid ticketed shows across the week.
Peter Parker is an adult now, alone, having wiped himself from the memories of everyone he loved to keep them safe. He fights crime in a New York that no longer knows his name, and the strain triggers a physical change that puts him in danger. Destin Daniel Cretton directs, with Tom Holland and Zendaya back alongside Mark Ruffalo. At two and a half hours and a darker turn, this is the one for older kids.
Wile E. Coyote has been flattened by ACME gadgets for decades, so he hires an equally unlucky lawyer and takes the company to court. It turns personal when the lawyer finds his intimidating old boss running ACME. Dave Green directs, putting the cartoon Coyote alongside Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor. The slapstick timing lands best in the original English, and parents who grew up on the Road Runner laugh as much as the kids.
The 44th Setmana del Llibre en Català turns Passeig de Lluís Companys, beside the Arc de Triomf, into a ten-day open-air book fair. Ninety-eight stands bring together 332 exhibitors and 282 publishing houses from across the Catalan-speaking world, with a deep children's and young-adult selection. More than 350 activities run across 11 program spaces, including a family stage, workshop area, reading spaces and a Petita Lectura corner for toddlers. Literary walking tours take small groups to the real settings of recently published books, often led by the authors themselves, with most routes in Barcelona. Admission to the grounds is free.
PortAventura Park runs its Halloween season from September 19 to November 15, 2026, and a big part of it is built for families. In SésamoAventura, Count Draco joins the Sesame Street characters in "1, 2, 3... ¡Ya es Halloween!", a music-and-dancing show made for the smallest kids, and Oscar hosts "Cuidemos el Planeta" about the 3Rs. In the China area, "Truco o Trato" is the park's first children's passage: families follow friendly ghosts through an enchanted forest of witches and fairies to a giant pumpkin, and kids come out with candy. The Halloween Magic Bubble show in the Temple Màgic fills the room with soap bubbles, the biggest about two meters wide, and every day ends with the Halloween Parade through Mediterrània. After dark, Horror en el Lago brings skeletons, fire, fountains and fireworks to the lake.
The five haunted passages (La Isla Maldita, La Muerte Viva, Angkor, El Carnicero de Penitence and REC Experience) are for older kids and adults: the minimum age is 12 with an adult, or 14 to go in alone. They are paid extras on top of park admission.
The shameless, absurd, supposedly true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became stars, lost the lot, let a pack of monsters loose, and had to reunite to clean up their own mess. Pierre Coffin directs and voices them, with Christoph Waltz and Jeff Bridges alongside. The jokes run on English delivery, so the original audio earns its keep. At 89 minutes, an easy first feature for younger kids.
On their last night together, best friends Jo and Raissa find a portal to Nakali, an island full of creatures from Philippine mythology. Getting home means facing the fearsome Manananggal, and the way back will cost them their shared memories. Joel Crawford, who made Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, directs with Januel Mercado, with Dave Franco, Jenny Slate and Manny Jacinto among the voices. A DreamWorks friendship adventure in the original English, best for kids 7 and up.
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.
Travel back to ancient Egypt and discover the surprising scents of daily life and mummification—then smell them yourself in this sensory museum adventure.