Guitar BCN, Tower Running, and K-Pop Demon Hunters: 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.

Guitar BCN Hivern | Until March 18 | Music festival | Several venues

Guitar BCN presents a winter programme that brings live music to the heart of the city, staying true to the festival's spirit: a combination of established talent, emerging voices and projects that explore the guitar in all its facets. The season offers concerts in both intimate formats and large venues, showcasing stylistic diversity and the festival's ability to reflect the creative vitality of the current music scene. Its artistic direction is committed to quality and closeness, consolidating Guitar BCN as a key date for music lovers and as a space where artists and audiences share experiences that resonate with contemporary musical sensibilities.

Tower Running Challenge | January 17 | Race | Torre Glòries

The Mirador Torre Glòries will host the Tower Running World Association's World Championship with the first-ever nighttime edition of the CUPRA Barcelona Tower Running Challenge. The event will take place on Saturday at 5:30 pm, and 400 already registered runners from across the globe will race up the iconic Torre Glòries at full speed in this thrilling event, which is part of the Tower Running World Championship organized by the TWA. A total of 34 floors and 686 steps await elite athletes and passionate amateurs ready to test their endurance and reach Barcelona's highest viewpoint.

K-Pop Demon Hunters | January 13 - 24 | Family show | Teatre Apolo

The Teatre Apolo presents one of the most dynamic shows of the new year: the tribute to the K-Pop Demon Hunters. The show is a visual and sound explosion that pays tribute to the global phenomenon that is the Netflix animated movie. The story revolves around the famous singers who try to protect humanity and their fans from a dark supernatural threat. The arrival of a rival boyband, the Saja Boys, who are actually demons in disguise, will trigger an epic musical battle on stage.

Tradicionàrius International Folk Festival | Until March 27 | Music festival | Several venues

The 39th edition of this famous traditional music promotes folk music in all its forms and fosters artistic and musical alliances among traditional folk artists. This year is covers the sound of the Pyrenees from the Basque Country to Aragon, Occitania and the Catalan-speaking lands. Throughout the festival, there are several events scheduled in many venues including the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Sant Jaume Square, and the Fabra i Coats - Creativity Factory.

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.

Vintagerie | January 9-18 | Vintage clothes market | Potassi K19

The market features a curated selection of vintage, Y2K and designer clothing, including leather jackets, bags, jewellery, accessories and sunglasses. Items are handpicked, with new pieces added daily and a rotating selection throughout the event. The pop-up runs from January 9 to 18 at Potassi K19 (Carrer Sant Pere Més Alt, 19). Opening hours are Monday to Friday from 3-8 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 11 am-8 pm. Free entry.

Second-hand hotel furniture | January 16 - 18 | Flea market | Plaça de Catalunya 10

The Hotel 45 Times in Barcelona, located at 10 Plaça de Catalunya is closing down and transforming to a new hotel. But before that, they are selling thousands of objects, such as chairs, tables, beds, even lamps, coffee machines, ice machines, mirrors, and decorative objects. 

Els Pastorets | Until February 1 | Traditional Christmas folk play | Across Catalonia

Els Pastorets are a traditional Catalan Christmas play performed for centuries. The story mixes the birth of Jesus with popular folklore, following a pair of shepherds (els pastorets, or “the little shepherds”) as they travel to Bethlehem, while good and evil clash in comic scenes with angels and devils led by Saint Michael and Lucifer. Each town often stages its own version, with children and adults performing in highly professional amateur productions. They are usually performed from Christmas through February, and here you can find a list of all the shows taking place.

Figurations In Between Wars |  Until February 7 | Exhibition | Sala Parés

A new exhibition at Sala Parés, Spain’s oldest art gallery located in the heart of Barcelona’s old town, takes a look at the turbulent and convulsive interwar period, and the types of art that flourished in Catalonia at the time. Bringing together over 100 works of painting, sculpture, print, and other forms, the exhibition moves from noucentisme, a particularly Catalan style of art that developed in the early 20th century, before moving to more post-Impressionist, Cubist, and Surrealist pieces, and features artworks from major names in the Spanish and international scene, such as Josep de Togores, Olga Sacharoff, Manolo Hugué, Helios Gómez, and plenty more.

A Tale to be Told | Until March 1 | Exhibition | Convent de Sant Francesc, Berga

Slim Safont is an international urban artist whose large-scale works appear on building walls in countries such as Ireland, Scotland, Portugal, the United States, Russia and Sweden. He will now exhibit 45 of his pieces, including photos, paintings, and sketches, in his hometown of Berga, in the north of Catalonia. Born in 1995, Slim Safont, the artistic name of Nil Safont, presents his newest exhibition 'Una història per explicar' (A Tale to be Told), showcasing international works from his career across 18 countries.

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.

Berlin Wall: A Divided World | Until March | Exhibition | Espai Inmersa, Poblenou

An international exhibition on the Berlin Wall was launched on Friday at Espai Inmersa, in Barcelona's Poblenou district. After stops in Paris and Madrid, 'Berlin Wall: A Divided World' has now arrived in the Catalan capital, where it will remain open until March 2026. The exhibition features over 200 original artefacts and six authentic sections of the Berlin Wall, each measuring 3.6 metres high and weighing over three tonnes.

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. 

Miró and the United States | Until February 22 | Art | Miró Foundation 

The links between Joan Miró and America take center stage in the Joan Miró Foundation's newest exhibition, 'Miró and the United States.' From October 10 to February 22, the museum will showcase 150 artworks by Miró and other influential artists who shaped or were shaped by this artistic dialogue. Icons such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Louise Bourgeois, and even Salvador Dalí will appear in conversation with Miró’s works.

Festival Jazz Barcelona | Until March 1 | Music | Various venues

A lineup packed with international artists, including Snarky Puppy, Laurie Anderson, Tigran Hamasyan, Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet, Chris Thile, and Janis Siegel. From October 10, 2025, to March 1, 2026, the Barcelona Jazz Festival celebrates its 57th edition, offering a lineup that combines major international names, emerging voices, and special projects that celebrate the history and diversity of jazz. The program consists of 48 concerts spread across 10 venues, including Palau de la Música Catalana, Jamboree, Conservatori Liceu, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Paral·l 62, L'Auditori, Teatre Auditori Emma Vilarasau de Sant Cugat, and La Paloma. 

Leonardo versus Michelangelo | Until February 15 | IDEAL Digital Arts Centre, Barcelona

The Mona Lisa, or The Sistine Chapel? The Last Supper, or Pietà? Vitruvian Man, or David? Impossible choices? Well, at IDEAL Digital Arts Centre in Barcelona, visitors are going to have to decide which Renaissance Man takes the crown. Leonardo versus Michelangelo takes a look at the lives, legacies, and rivalry between these two historic greats of art. These pair lived at the same time in Florence in the 15th and 16th centuries, and although they initially respected each other, they quickly developed a bitter rivalry.

‘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.

Antoni Tàpies: The Imagination of the World | Until January 25 | Art exhibition | Tàpies Museum

The solo exhibition The Imagination of the World proposes a revision of the work of Antoni Tàpies based on ideas found in his earliest period of production. With Tàpies as the centre of the project, the exhibition seeks to map out a network of relationships between active agents, discourses and practices, as related to two key areas: on the one hand, the complex assimilation of artistic tendencies—such as dada and surrealism—and currents of thought—psychoanalysis, Marxism—in Barcelona in that period; on the other hand, the dialogue of these movements with various forms of the vernacular tradition of popular culture.