Music festival season, La Patum, and dancing eggs: 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.

Primavera Sound | June 3-7 | Live music | Barcelona

Tickets for Barcelona's biggest music festival are already sold out, but you might get lucky by putting your name on the resale waitlist. Otherwise, there are parallel concerts to enjoy, including Sunday's Primavera Bits closing session, featuring legendary DJ Carl Cox.  

La Patum | June 3-7 | Traditional culture | Berga

One of Catalonia's most iconic folk culture events, Berga's La Patum, returns this week with a series of parades. The street celebrations that mark the Christian feast of Corpus Christi were recognized by UNESCO in 2005 as part of the world's intangible cultural heritage, and date back to the 14th and 15th centuries. The whole weekend will see plenty of excitement, giants, and music.

'L'Ou com balla' dancing egg celebrations | June 4-7 | Folk culture | All over Catalonia

The unique dancing egg celebration, or l'ou com balla in Catalan, takes place once again all over Catalonia, running until Sunday to mark Corpus Christi. This Catalan tradition dates back to the 15th century, and although its exact origins are up for debate, the festivity itself generally consists in placing an egg shell over the water jet of a fountain that has been adorned with flowers. The egg’s "dance" comes from the movement of the egg turning in the water, which is highly amusing to onlookers as it is said to never fall. In Barcelona, you'll be able to see it in the city's Cathedral. 

Som Sant Antoni Festival | June 5-7 | Neighbourhood festival | Sant Antoni, Barcelona

For a family-friendly party atmosphere, don't miss the Som Sant Antoni Festival. Avinguda Mistral will be transformed into a vibrant hub of stalls and free activities. On Friday, the Jardinets de l'Alguer will host concerts, with dance performances and family workshops on Saturday.

Panenka Fest | June 6-7 | Football festival | Antiga Fàbrica de Estrella Damm

Panenka magazine will host the second edition of PanenkaFest, the biggest celebration of football culture in Spain. The event will feature two non-stop days of football-related activities, ranging from talks, games, music, comedy, and collecting to the festival's main attraction: a football fashion market, featuring both current and vintage items, with the best national and international products.

Beach clean-up | June 7 | Community activity | Centre de la Platja, La Barceloneta 

To mark World Oceans and Seas Day, on Sunday, the Centre de la Platja is promoting a community beach clean activity in collaboration with various environmental organisations in the city, in a day open to the public to join efforts in conserving the marine environment. The day will begin at 9.30am with the collection of waste on the beach, which will last until 11am. Participants will then travel to the Centre de la Platja, where the waste collected will be characterised to identify its type. The total kilograms removed will also be counted, a way of visualising the impact of the action and raising awareness of the amount of waste that reaches the sea.

Port Flea | June 7 | 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.

Portalblau Festival | June 6-August 9 | Cultural festival | L'Escala 

Portalblau is a festival that celebrates the Mediterranean as a space for encounter, light and critical thinking. Between sea and history, music, the performing arts and the spoken word engage in dialogue with the landscape, making each edition an experience that connects creativity, heritage and community. The programme features a diverse range of events in venues of great heritage value. This year marks the nineteenth edition of the Portalblau Festival, consolidating a cultural project that, over time, has forged its own identity within the country’s festival scene.

È Bo, È Flor,È Mel! | June 4-6 | Cultural festival | Banyoles

For a few days, flowers take centre stage in Banyoles, decorating various spaces and monuments in the city. Workshops, concerts and gastronomic experiences are also offered, among many other activities. The public will get to enjoy visits, floral workshops, concerts, parades, a sweet route, gastronomic experiences and local trade markets. The agenda can be filtered by day and category.

ViBa wine festival | June 4-7 | Culiunary fair | Manresa

The ViBa Fair will once again fill Manresa with wines with their own identity to celebrate its 9th edition. This year with an important novelty: the Parc de la Seu will host the ViBa Dinner and the Night of Picapolls, which returns to its origins. Come and discover the uniqueness of Bages, a land of vineyards and a unique wine heritage, and live an unforgettable experience.

Palo Alto Market | June 6-7 | Market festival | 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. 

Hotel Terraces Week | May 29–June 7 | Leisure & culture | 58 hotels across Barcelona

Barcelona's Hotel Terraces Week returns for its 15th edition, opening the rooftops and terraces of 58 hotels to the public through a programme of free cultural, gastronomic, and wellness activities. Over ten days, more than 120 events will take place, including live cooking demonstrations, yoga sessions, tastings, creative workshops, concerts, and family-friendly shows. Designed primarily for local residents, the initiative aims to bring hotel spaces closer to the public and transform them into open, accessible urban oases, offering a new perspective of the city from above.

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.

Barcelona International Women’s Film Festival | May 21 - July 1 | Film Festival | Various locations

The Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona (MIFDB) is a dissident, feminist and passionate film proposal that contributes to the recovery, expansion and reorganization of the multiple histories of cinema made by women.

Wine Festivals | Various dates through spring and summer | Wine and music | Neighbourhoods around Barcelona

Wine Festivals is a platform to celebrate wine, food, music and good living. A project for all those people in love with life. Their aim is to spread the culture of wine in a festive and accessible way, in unique outdoor locations, with good music to dance to. Dates: Gràcia, May 9; Poblenou, May 16, 17; Sant Antoni, June 5, 6, 7; Horta, June 13; Jardinets de Gràcia, June 27; Port Olímpic, July 10, 11. 

Strawberry season in Maresme | April 26-June 1 | Food fairs | Maresme county

Spring is the perfect time to celebrate Strawberry season, one of the year's most prominent gastronomic events, dedicated to the beautiful red fruit. This event, organized by the Costa del Maresme Tourism Promotion Consortium, begins on Saturday, April 26, and will take place in 17 municipalities across the region until June 1.

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.

Live music

Primavera Pro - free gigs | June 3, 4, 5 | CCCB

Primavera Sound | June 3-7 | Parc del Fòrum

Cabró Rock | June 12 | Zona esportiva UVic 

Kamasi Washington | June 12 | Blaumarí Music

The Wombats | June 12 | Parallel 62

UB40 | June 14 | Blaumarí Music

The Cardigans | June 16 | Blaumarí Music

Gipsy Kings | June 17 | Blaumarí Music

Sónar | June 18-20 | Fira Gran Via

Magnífic Fest | June 18-20 | Lleida

Nile Rodgers | June 21 | Blaumarí Music

Rufus Wainwright | June 28 | Blaumarí Music

The Weeknd | September 1 | Olympic Stadium

Ty Segall | September 21 | Parallel 62

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.

'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.

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.