Extreme sports, free museums, and Begur Indians Fair: what's on this weekend

With events ranging from music to cultural festivals, art, and celebration, there are countless things to do in Barcelona and around Catalonia. 

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

Extreme Barcelona | September 4-6 | Urban sports festival | Parc del Fòrum

Extreme Barcelona brings together more than 500 athletes from over 40 countries across 11 disciplines, alongside live music, urban art, and activities for the public, all free of charge. The program includes some urban Olympic sports, including BMX Freestyle, skateboarding, breaking, and 3×3 basketball, as well as scootering, street football, surfskate and other urban disciplines. 

Begur Indians Fair | September 5-7 | Traditional festival | Begur, Costa Brava

From September 5 to 7, Begur will relive its colonial past with a festival including more than 70 free activities, workshops, shows, new gastronomic proposals and a renewed festive atmosphere. Begur is preparing to experience a very special edition of the Indians Fair, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. For the weekend, the Costa Brava town once again takes a trip back in time to pay tribute to the links with the Americas and the stories of the people of Begur who made their fortune overseas and returned converted into "Indians."

Museums open day | September 6 | Museums | Various locations

On the first Sunday of every month, many museums across Catalonia open their doors for free. Some allow free entry all day while others are open only at specific times. MNAC, MUHBA, CCCB, the Picasso Museum, the Design Museum, the Music Museum, and the Botanic Gardens are just a few of the cultural centres that open for free each first Sunday of the month in Barcelona. In Girona, the History Museum, Jewish History Museum, and Cinema Museum are some examples that can be visited free; while Tarragona's National Archaeology Museum also has open doors. 

Port Flea | September 6 | Flea and vintage market | Port Olímpic, Moll Mestral 

Barcelona's flea markets can throw up a lot of surprises. From domestic antiques, rare coins, war medals and memorabilia, to even vintage clothes and retro football shirts, there are bargains and treasures to be found across the board. With great DJs soundtracking your Sunday bargain hunt, there's not many better plans. 

Brunch Electronik | September 5 & 13 | Music Festival | Barcelona  

The day-time electronic music festival will see its last concerts of the season the next two weekends in Montjuic's Joan Brossa Gardens, with headline acts like Solomun, Dennis Cruz b2b Josh Baker, and Saoirse performing. 

Palo Alto Market | September 5-6 | Market | Poblenou, Barcelona

Palo Alto Market is perhaps Barcelona's most artistic and creative market experience. From boutique crafts to vintage clothing, with great music playing all the time in the background, Poblenou's Palo Alto Market is always worth checking out. 

Korean Film Festival Barcelona | September 2-6 | Film festival | Cinemes Girona, Barcelona

The Korean Film Festival Barcelona is the first Korean film festival in the city, created with the aim of bringing Korean culture and cuisine closer to audiences through film.

Art Nou | June 25 - September 9 | Emerging art festival | Barcelona and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Art Nou is the Emerging Art Festival in Barcelona and L'Hospitalet that offers young national and international artists the opportunity to establish their first professional relationship with the art market, galleries, self-managed spaces and institutions dedicated to emerging art. The 15th edition of Art Nou features an exhibition programme with more than 50 shows and over 110 artists; an extensive programme of activities including guided tours, openings, artist talks, performances, screenings and events in galleries, institutions and independent spaces.

Live music

The Living Tombstone | September 7 | Razzmatazz

Kard | September 9 | Razzmatazz

JONY | September 10 | Razzmatazz

Headsend | September 10 | Razzmatazz

Rigoberta Bandini | September 11 | Razzmatazz

Ronnie Wood and His Band Featuring Imelda May | September 12 | Razzmatazz

Mac Demarco | September 16 & 17 | Razzmatazz

Ty Segall | September 21 | Parallel 62

Only The Poets | September 25 | Razzmatazz

Modeselektor dj set | September 26 | Sala Apolo

Fat Freddy's Drop | September 26 | Razzmatazz

The Damned | September 26 & 27 | Razzmatazz

Valeria Lynch | September 28 | Razzmatazz

Placebo | October 3 | Sant Jordi Club

Blood Red Shoes | October 3 | Razzmatazz

Big Big Train | October 7 | Razzmatazz 

The Lemon Twigs | October 15 | Parallel 62

Teenage Fanclub | October 17 | Razzmatazz

The Strokes | October 20 | Palau Sant Jordi

Band Of Horses | October 21 | Razzmatazz

Joe Jackson | October 23 | Parallel 62

Niall Horan | October 25 | Palau Sant Jordi

Simple Plan | Ocrober 26 | Sant Jordi Club 

Pitbull | November 4 | Palau Sant Jordi

Ginestà | November 7 | Razzmatazz

Bryan Adams | November 14 | Palau Sant Jordi

Kingfishr | November 24 | Sala Apolo

Carolina Durante | November 28 | Palau Sant Jordi

Hercules & Love Affair live | December 15 | Sala Apolo

Amaia | December 20 | Palau Sant Jordi

Buhos | January 15 | Razzmatazz

Editors | January 31 | Razzmatazz

Amble | February 10 | Sala Apolo

Passenger | April 4 | Razzmatazz

Angèle | April 28 | Sant Jordi Club

Olivia Rodrigo | May 1, 2, 5, & 6 | Palau Sant Jordi

Rodrigo y Gabriela | May 7 | Sala Apolo

Gracie Abrams | May 27 & 28 | Palau Sant Jordi

Out of Focus: Another Vision of Art | May 21 - September 27 | Exhibition | CaixaForum Barcelona 

Monet's Water Lilies series introduced the concept of blur in art, using the blurred and indistinct as expressive elements. This exhibition explores how this phenomenon provided a new way of understanding the world for subsequent artists, a key to reinterpreting some aspects of modern and contemporary art.

The Cult of Beauty | May 21 - November 8 | Exhibition | CCCB

Based on the ideals of human beauty that exist in all eras and cultures, the latest exhibition at the CCCB traces the evolution of these ideals throughout history. ‘The Cult of Beauty’ analyzes how aesthetic canons have been constructed, and stands up for bodies and beauties excluded from the norm. Through 400 pieces, the exhibition puts works, objects, and installations into dialogue to address how the idea of ​​beauty is conditioned by morality, status, and gender.

Korean Film Festival Barcelona | September 2-6 | Film festival | Cinemes Girona, Barcelona

The Korean Film Festival Barcelona is the first Korean film festival in the city, created with the aim of bringing Korean culture and cuisine closer to audiences through film.

Experience 'The Last Days of Pompeii' | Open March 20, 2026 | 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. 

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.

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.