In July, CaixaForum keeps the doors open until 11 pm for its summer nights: one themed evening each Wednesday, with shows, drop-in workshops, roaming musicians, and the exhibitions open late. Entry is easy on the wallet (€6 covers most of it) and the building is one of the coolest places in the city on a hot evening. Circus and play on July 15, magic and everyday objects on July 22, and a rock 'n' roll send-off on July 29, with a free dance workshop that welcomes total beginners. Kids can drift from a show to a workshop without anyone watching the clock.
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CaixaForum stays open until 11 pm for a night of circus and play, part of its July summer Wednesdays. From 6.30 pm the whole building fills up. Los Herrerita run drop-in circus workshops in the entrance patio and the modernist streets upstairs until 9 pm, there are free ukulele sessions through the evening, and LOOP! gives kids under 5 a sensory play space with short sessions every 45 minutes. The shows build as the night goes on: ¡Arriba!, comic acrobatics from José Luis Redondo at 7 pm, Gota at 8 pm, a clown and visual magic piece that needs no words (ages 6 and up), and Llar at 9 pm, an inventive juggling show built around wood (ages 5 and up). In between, Stradixie's Band roams the building playing swing at 6.30 and again at 10 pm. The Chez Matisse and Desenfocado exhibitions stay open until 11 pm too, with a calm space for when someone needs a breather. Entry is €6; the Llar juggling show is a separate €6 ticket.
CaixaForum stays open until 11 pm for a night of magic and everyday objects turned strange. Gumbo Jass Band opens with roaming New Orleans jazz at 6.30 pm, then close-up magicians work the floors from 7 to 9 pm. The hands-on part comes in short sessions you can slot around the shows: family magic with Maga Patricia (ages 3 and up, sessions at 7, 8 and 9 pm), Artefacto, Xavier Bobés's workshop on the secret life of everyday objects (ages 4 and up, at 6.30 and 7.45 pm), and a theremin workshop where kids make music in thin air (ages 8 and up, three sessions from 6.45 pm). For sit-down moments there's Tot està escrit, Joan Cassanyes's comic mentalism show (6.30 and 7.45 pm), Los bañistas, two giant tulle bathers acting out a day at the beach at 7.15 pm, and Aluzina, Nacho Diago's theatrical magic show about light, closing the night in the auditorium at 9 pm (ages 6 and up). The exhibitions and a calm space stay open until 11 pm. Entry is €6; the Aluzina show is a separate €6 ticket.
CaixaForum closes its summer nights with an evening of rock 'n' roll. The one to circle for families is the free dance workshop in the entrance hall: two 30-minute sessions at 8 pm and 9.30 pm, open to everyone, solo or in pairs, no experience needed, just turns, bounces and a lot of energy. Next to it, a 50s hairstyling station runs from 7.30 to 10 pm, so the kids can get the quiff before they hit the floor. Concerts carry the rest of the night: Doc & The Mads play 50s rock and rhythm and blues in the entrance patio at 7.30 and 10 pm, Velvet Candles sing doo-wop harmonies at 8.15 and 9.30 pm, Mario Cobo tours the roots of rock guitar at 8.45 pm, and La Perra Blanco's explosive rockabilly closes in the auditorium from 10 to 11 pm (€9, and well past most bedtimes). The exhibitions and a calm space stay open until 11 pm.