Barcelona Beer Festival, Global Sumud Flotilla, hat stroll: what's on this weekend

From concerts to cultural festivals, events and nightlife, there are countless things to do in Barcelona and around Catalonia this weekend. 

Here's a selection of some of the best plans and what's on this weekend.

Barcelona Beer Festival | April 10-12 | Beer fair | Fira Montjuïc

Barcelona will once again become a hub for craft beer lovers as the Barcelona Beer Festival returns from April 10 to 12, celebrating its 15th anniversary with what organizers describe as the most gastronomic edition in its history. The three-day event will take place at Fira de Montjuïc, bringing together more than 100 breweries and nearly 500 beers from around the world. The festival has grown into one of the largest gatherings for craft beer professionals and enthusiasts in southern Europe. This year's edition will put a special focus on the link between beer and cuisine. 

Global Sumud Flotilla | April 11-12 | Social event | Moll de la Fusta, Barcelona

The Global Sumud Flotilla will set sail from Barcelona, loaded with humanitarian aid and destined for Gaza, for the second time. The flotilla will be led by an international coalition determined to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza and respond to the growing humanitarian and political crisis facing the Palestinian people. The weekend will see various events for the public to show their solidarity, including talks, cultural and artistic performances and workshops, family spaces, and community gathering areas designed to build momentum ahead of the mission’s launch on April 12.

Hat Stroll | April 12 | Social event | La Rambla, Barcelona

Sunday at noon sees Barcelona's Passejada amb Barret (Hat Stroll), inviting you all to show off your favourite hat and enjoy a unique atmosphere while welcoming the spring. Whether you prefer classic elegance or wild extravagance, a cap or top hat, a beret or bowler, a cocktail hat or a turban, this is your chance to shine.

Flors al Mercat | April 11-12 | Festival | Poble Sec, Barcelona

Music, activities, and food come together for Poble Sec's 100% plant-based spring flower festival. The event is held annually in in Plaça Margarida Xirgu, and this will be its 6th edition.

ATP Barcelona Open | April 11-19 | Tennis | Real Club de Tennis Barcelona-1899

The Barcelona Open Conde de Godó Trophy will be held from April 11 to 19 on the courts of the Real Club de Tennis Barcelona-1899 and will feature the world's best player, Carlos Alcaraz. The Murcian will headline a high-level edition that will also feature Lorenzo Musetti (5th ATP), Alex de Miñaur (6th ATP), and Felix Auger Aliassime (8th ATP). The 2024 champion, Casper Ruud, will also participate. The first invitation for this year will be for Rafa Jódar, 19 years old and currently number 109 ATP, one of the most promising Spanish tennis players.

Beginner ukulele workshop | January 24, March 21, April 11 | Music workshop | Music mueseum, Barcelona

Although it is known as an instrument originating from the Hawaiian Islands, the ukulele is the result of the influence of the guitarrons of the Iberian Peninsula in America and Polynesia. It is a small instrument, easy to play and playful: without a doubt, the favorite musical companion of children and adults. In this workshop, you can learn to play it and make some songs.

Soundit | March 12 | Live music | Plaça Monumental, Barcelona 

Soundit, the one-day festival bringing some of the biggest international DJs to Barcelona, is back for its new season. This weekend's edition sees Luke Slater, Donato Dozzy b2b Claudio PRC, Dr Nick b2b Jhort, and carolina performing. 

Chez Matisse | March 27-August 16 | Exhibition | CaixaForum, Barcelona

An exploration of Henri Matisse's trajectory, evolution, scope, and influence on international artists and avant-garde movements. The exhibition highlights part of the immense dialogue surrounding his name in 20th- and 21st-century art, from his first self-portrait to the artistic freedom of his later paintings and gouaches.

Experience 'The Last Days of Pompeii' | From March 20 | Exhibition | IDEAL Montjuïc

Towering flames of lava taking over the skies, ash and soot flooding homes and buildings; utter devastation and total destruction inevitable. ‘The Last Days of Pompeii’ is the newest exhibition from IDEAL Digital Arts Centre, taking visitors back to 79 AD and one of the most compelling episodes of ancient history. The experience seeks to bring visitors closer to the lives and culture of the people who lived in the shadow of Vesuvius. 

New Phenomena Experience cinema | Open from April 2 | Phenomena Cinemas

Barcelona's famed Phenomena Cinema is entering a new phase, offering audiences a more "sensory" cinematic experience, aiming to let viewers perceive films with the technical precision intended by their creators. Phenomena Experience first opened in December 2014. Last September, the theater closed for renovations and was simultaneously announced as the recipient of the Carlo Lizzani 2025 European Best Theater Award at the Venice Film Festival.

'Recovered from the Enemy' | February 20-June 28 | Exhibition | MNAC

During the turbulent Civil War and early dictatorship years, Catalonia's National Art Museum of Catalonia was one of many sites used as a depository for artworks that the Franco regime tagged with a label, 'Recovered from the enemy'. A new exhibition, open until June 28, explores the dual role of the museum during these years, first as a site for the Catalan government to collect precious artworks and heritage documents. The backs of many of the 146 pieces are on display, showing the various labels on frames, including some that read 'Recovered from the Enemy,’ symbolizing the forceful implementation of a new political order.

Han Kang - Radical Empathy | April 21 | Debate | CCCB

The writer Han Kang, 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, visits the CCCB to talk about her work, which deals with collective memory and the vulnerability of the human body, on the occasion of the publication of Tinta y sangre [Ink and Blood] (Random House, 2026). Since she became known internationally with The Vegetarian (Portobello Books, 2015) and through her most recent works such as We Do Not Part (Hogarth, 2025), Han Kang has built up a unique body of work, with an incisive beauty, that touches on some of the major themes of our time: political violence and collective memory, but also grief, silence, and friendship.

Live music

Rosalía | April 13, 15, 17, 18 | Palau Sant Jordi

Matt Maltese | April 13 | La Nau

Malibu | April 14 | La Nau

Queralt Lahoz | April 18 | Razzmatazz

Jan Blomqvist | April 23 | Sala Apolo 

Juana Molina | April 26 | Sala Upload

Yves | May 1 | Sala Apolo

Mad Professor | May 4 | Sala Apolo

Kiefer Sutherland | May 5 | Sala Apolo

Edwyn Collins | May 5 | La Nau

Marcos Valle | May 12 | Sala Apolo

Clara Aguilar | May 13 | Sala Upload

Ben Howard | May 28 | Sala Apolo

Joan Miró: Cirlces | March 13, 2026 - March 12, 2028 | Art | Joan Miró Foundation

A new exhibition reorganizes the Miró collection and invites visitors to reinterpret the artist's work through Joan Miró's creative process rather than a traditional chronological or thematic narrative. The show presents 102 works from across the artist's career and will run for two years, with some pieces rotating every six months.

We Are Seventeen | March 6-May 17 | Exhibition | CCCB

What does it mean today to be seventeen? In this exhibition, over 300 young people explore who they are, what they feel and how they see the world, by means of photography, cinema and the word. “We are seventeen. A collective portrait” takes a look at the places, experiences and concerns of seventeen-year-olds who have produced portraits of themselves and photographed their immediate surroundings. The show includes photographs, films and texts in the first person, genuine perspectives that shake off adult prejudices and the codes habitually used to represent adolescence.

'The Perpetual Movement of the Wall' | February 13-September 6 | Art | Tàpies Museum

The Tàpies Museum has opened a new exhibition, 'The Perpetual Movement of the Wall', exploring what Antoni Tàpies' exhibitions were like in the 1950s. Not only are the artworks recreated, but also how they were displayed and how critics and the public responded.

New works by Banksy | Until December 2026 | Exhibition | Moco Museum

The Moco Museum Barcelona recently unveiled a new exhibition featuring the British pseudonymous artist Banksy. 'New works by Banksy,' showcases 25 artworks, most of them new additions to the museum’s existing collection of the artist’s pieces. It is the largest exhibition of Banksy’s work ever held in Spain and includes two previously unseen pieces in a museum setting. All the pieces share a common theme: power and its disruption, a recurring motif in the artist's oeuvre.

Rodoreda, a Forest | Until May 25 | Exhibition | CCCB

This exhibition explores the imaginative universe of Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda through artworks, manuscripts and immersive installations. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm, tickets are priced at €6 (€4 reduced), with free entry on Sundays from 3pm to 8pm.

Visit 50,000-year-old Siberian mammoth | Every day | Museum | CosmoCaixa, Barcelona 

Barcelona's CosmoCaixa Science Museum unveiled the latest addition to its exhibition: a large six-meter-long and 3.5-meter-tall Siberian mammoth. The mammoth is between 40,000 and 50,000 years old and will now be part of the permanent exposition. 

‘Extraterrestrials. Is there life beyond Earth?’ | Until August 30 | Science exhibition | CosmoCaixa science museum

'Extraterrestrials - Is There Life Outside Earth?' delves into topics such as our place in the cosmos, the meaning of the concept of life, and how literature and cinema have shaped the collective imagination about what form alien life could take. Visitors begin by discovering Earth's place in the cosmos. The exhibition then explores, from a historical perspective, the great philosophical debate between those who argue that life is unique to our planet, and those who believe in the existence of other inhabited worlds.