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Main events for 2024

This year comes packed with music, art, popular culture, dance, theatre, circus, sport, performing arts and much more. Check out the great options the city offers you!

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Barcelona Districte Cultural

The cultural circuit in the neighbourhoods is back from February to April, with over 230 shows at 36 venues all over the city. Don’t miss it!

Metropolitan dance

Metropolitan dance

Twelve municipalities in the metropolitan area will be filling their theatres, streets and squares with dance in March. Don’t miss it!

Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys

Barcelona Sports Hub

Reference space where different stakeholders in the sports sector join forces and create synergies to foster improved competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Enjoy the parks

The city’s parks and gardens transform it into a living, breathing space. You’ll find them all here. Explore and enjoy them!

Beaches and bathing

Check out all the information about the beaches of Barcelona: location, flag statuses, bathing season, and much more. Remember that smoking is prohibited on all beaches.

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Cultural calendar

You can find full information on the main events planned for Barcelona’s cultural calendar.

Montjuïc Park

Montjuïc mountain is a big green space in Barcelona offering everyone sports, leisure and cultural facilities. Discover the park and enjoy it!

Discover the BCN Guide

All the city’s activities you can imagine are at your fingertips in the BCN Guide: music, shows, festive holidays, courses, workshops, and much more. 

Festes Majors

Find out about the wide range of festa majors taking place in Barcelona’s districts and neighbourhoods and enjoy them. 

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Gaudir més

Join the “Gaudir més” programme and make the most of its discounts, free admission and advantages for enjoying your city’s various spaces.

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Municipal sports centres

Make the most of the city’s municipal sports centres. There are over a hundred of them throughout the city, with a wide range of offers and prices.

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Commerce in Barcelona

Find out about the wide range of shopping possibilities Barcelona offers you and discover sustainable local options.

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School Playgrounds open

Did you know that every district has playgrounds that open outside school hours as safe public spaces for children, young people and their families? Check out their opening times!

Montjuïc

Camina Montjuïc

Join in the discovery of Parc de Montjuïc’s environment, on the weekend culture and nature routes being organised.

Visit La Model

Discover the history of La Model and explore the inside of this former prison with a guided tour or an open visit. Find out more!

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Choose your course

Check out the new range of courses and workshops on offer at civic centres, libraries and other centres in the city. You can pick and mix!