Sat-Sun Oct 24-25

200+ Buildings Open Free for One Weekend

Most of the buildings need no booking. The guided routes do, and sign-ups open Monday Oct 19.

Sun Oct 25

Arrela't al Botànic: Autumn Family Festival at the Botanic Garden

A free autumn open day in Montjuïc's botanic garden: world games, a roaming tricycle puppet show and a planting kids can join. Older kids get a clue trail about a poisoned blackbird.

Multiple dates in October

International Clown Festival in Cornellà

Seventy shows from clowns around the world, most free and outdoors, and which of the eight days are worth the trip.

Through Oct 25

Santa Úrsula Fair in Valls: Castells, Fire Run and Kids' Fair

The town where human towers were born puts on its biggest day of the year, and the kids' fair has a bouncy castell eight meters tall.

~1h drive

Thu-Sun Oct 22-25

Festival Internacional de Pallasses: Women Clowns in Palautordera

A long weekend of women clowns from Europe and the Americas in two Montseny villages, with a clown train rolling through the streets to close it out.

~50 min drive

Daily Oct 22-31

Free Castanyada and Halloween Parties at Barcelona Civic Centers

Chestnuts and Castanyera stories, plus a few spooky tunnels: a gentle, lit-up one for little kids and a big neighborhood-built one that may scare them

Fri-Sat Oct 23-24

1,200 Drones Light Up a Harry Potter Night Sky

Over 1,200 drones redraw Hogwarts above Parc del Fòrum, for two nights only.

Fri-Sun Oct 23-25

Canalla! Children's Book Festival of Vic

Vic's new book festival turns its ramblas into a fair of picture books, comics and illustrators, with storytelling and workshops pitched at every age from toddler to teen.

~1h drive

Multiple Dates Oct-Nov

Castaween Chocolate Workshops at the Museu de la Xocolata

Spooky chocolate lollipops, ghost cookies and a Gaudí-style mosaic made of chocolate, with a parent working next to each kid

Daily Oct 23 - Nov 1

Chestnut, Pumpkin and Witch Fairs Near Barcelona

Five Catalan towns, from the Montseny to near Cambrils, with a kids' fire run, puppets and paint-your-own pumpkins. One of them is a short train ride away.

~1h 15m drive

Fri-Sun Oct 23-25

La Flor Romanial: Glove Puppet Show at La Puntual

A sick king, a flower nobody has ever seen, and three sons sent to find it, told with glove puppets and Balearic folk music in Barcelona's only puppet theater.

Fri-Sun Oct 23-25

Pumpkin Fest at Masia Vilanoveta near Sitges

Kids pick a pumpkin from the field, decorate it and take it home

~40m drive

Daily Oct 23-31

Trick-or-Treat Shop Routes Across Barcelona

Free shop-to-shop candy routes in about 15 neighborhoods, all on one map, so you can find the one near you.

Sat Oct 24 & Sat Oct 31

Halloween Parties for Babies and Little Kids at Kids&Kafé

Three small Halloween sessions at a Les Corts play cafe, including one just for babies

Daily Oct 24-31

Halloween Parties for Little Kids at Family Clubs

Costume parties built for toddlers and young kids, from a baby session at a play cafe to clowns and a kids' DJ show in the old bullring.

Sat Oct 24

Halloween Workshop in English at La Casita de Inglés Poblenou

Costumes on for pumpkin relay races, Halloween yoga and crafts, all in English at a Poblenou language school, with a trick-or-treat saved for last.

Sat Oct 24

La Castanyera and Other Autumn Tales: Storytelling at La Casa dels Entremesos

A storyteller follows a small bird through autumn, with tales of chestnuts, mushrooms and sweet potatoes, and one question kids always ask about falling leaves.

Sat Oct 24

Ptitécouti: Sensory Concert for Babies and Toddlers

A musician pulls sounds out of water, light and handmade objects while the smallest audience members watch and listen, in a wordless show built with an early-childhood psychologist.

Sat-Sun Oct 24-25

Viladrau Chestnut Fair

A Montseny village hands a whole weekend to the chestnut, with roasting pans in the street and the forest a short walk past the last stall.

~1h drive

Fri Oct 30 - Sun Nov 1

Pinocchio: Puppet Theater at La Puntual

A British puppeteer turns scraps from Geppetto's workshop into Pinocchio in front of the audience, and part of every show is made up on the spot.

Fri Oct 30

Solve the Garden Monster Mystery

Monet and Cirera hunt a mysterious creature in their garden, and the kids watching help crack the case, with music and free chestnuts on the side.

Fri Oct 30

Trick or Treat at Barceloneta Shops

Kids in costume collect candy from the neighborhood's own storekeepers, and there's one stop to make before the first door.

Sat Oct 31

Ball de Bruixes de Viladrau: Witches' Ball Street Show

A night street show of fire, music and dance in a Montseny village, telling the true story of the women Viladrau once put on trial.

~1h drive

Sat Oct 31

Castanyoween Street Party in Congrés i els Indians

The local shops mix chestnut season and Halloween into one street party, with one stop worth sizing up before you bring a small kid.

Multiple Dates Oct-Nov

En Joan sense por: Haunted House Family Musical in Sant Andreu

A comic Catalan musical about a boy who has never been scared, until his parents book a weekend in a haunted house

Sat Oct 31

Monumental Kids Halloween Party at Plaça Monumental

A Halloween party inside the old bullring, with face painting, clowns and a kids' DJ show

Sat Oct 31

Pumpkin patch and Halloween party at Can Picard, Alella

Pick a pumpkin on a working farm outside Barcelona, then carve it at the Halloween party.

30 minutes drive

Sat Oct 31 - Sun Nov 1

Where to Find Roasted Chestnut Stands in Barcelona

The 65 chestnut stands the city licensed last year, all on one map. Most return to the same corner, so you can find the one on your walk home.

Daily Nov 6-15

Festa Major de la Verneda i Sant Martí 2026

Ten days of free street festa across two Sant Martí neighborhoods, with giants, devils and human towers. Pick the day that suits your kids.

Fri-Sat Nov 6-7

Lluèrnia in Olot: The Last Festival of Fire and Light

Olot's old town fills with glowing installations and fire art, many made by local schoolkids, for the festival's 15th and last edition.

~1h30 drive

Sat-Sun Nov 7-8

The Nutcracker Goes Jazz at the Liceu

Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet swings to a live jazz band, with bright contemporary dance in Barcelona's grand opera house.

Daily Nov 12-22

Festa Major de la Sagrera

Giants, devils and human towers take over La Sagrera's plazas for two weekends, and the neighborhood's own giantess is still looking for a partner.

Thu-Sun Nov 12-15

Hundreds of Board Games, Four Free Days

Nine themed zones, from giant oversized games to calm play areas, with volunteers teaching the rules at every table.

Sat-Sun Nov 14-15

DAU Barcelona: Board Game Festival at Fabra i Coats

A free board game festival in an old Sant Andreu factory, with tables where someone teaches you the rules and a whole area for younger kids.

Sat Nov 14

Family Portrait Drawing Workshop at Museu Picasso

Draw your family's faces in a no-pressure portrait workshop, after a short look at how Picasso painted the people around him.

Sat-Sun Nov 21-22

Porta'm al Teatre: Family Theater Day Across Catalonia

Dozens of theaters across Catalonia, from big Barcelona stages to small-town halls, put on family shows the same weekend, and kids get the red-carpet treatment.

Daily Nov 29 - Dec 8

Festa Major de Sant Andreu 2026

Watch fire runs light up the streets, sing traditional Catalan songs, and march alongside giant parade floats across ten festival days.

Sat Dec 5

Fira del Tió de Solsona 2026: Christmas Log Fair and Crafts Market

A Christmas crafts market spreads through Solsona's old town, with kids' shows in the squares and an exhibition of hollow tió logs lent by local families.

~1h30 drive

Fri-Sun Dec 11-13

Cardedeu Christmas and Nougat Fair

A small-town Christmas fair with a giant bonfire, a Caga Tió for kids and a nougat you can only find here.

~40 min drive

Multiple dates in December

The Nutcracker by the Kyiv Ballet

Clara, the Mouse King and the Sugar Plum Fairy in the classic Christmas ballet, with no language to follow.

Wed Dec 16

English Christmas Story Time at Jaume Fuster Library

Bear and Mouse can't agree on how to trim the tree, in a story told in English, then kids decorate their own.