Llum BCN, Chinese New Year, truffle fair: 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.

Llum BCN | February 6-8 | Lights festival | Poblenou, Barcelona

From February 6-8 the annual light festival Llum BCN will take place in Barcelona. Over 30 different installations will be set up all over the neighbourhood of Poblenou, with different sizes and locations, as well as many interactive pieces. 

Chinese New Year | February 7-8 | Folk festival | Various locations

Barcelona dresses to welcome in the year 4724, the year of the fire horse, according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Although the Chinese New Year will officially begin on February 17, the public celebration will take place on Saturday, February 7, with a program of activities that will last all weekend. The program includes the traditional ringing of the gong and a parade through the streets of Eixample and the long-established cultural and gastronomic fair in Paseo Lluís Companys/Arc de Triomf.

BCNegra 2026 | February 2-8 | Noir fiction book fair | Various locations

This year's noir fiction festival features outstanding voices in contemporary criminal narrative, such as Claudia Piñeiro, Dominique Manotti, Víctor del Árbol, Mick Herron, among others. The 21st edition of BCNegra has 'Sinful life' as its theme: a way of understanding crime fiction as an intense life experience, undisciplined and profoundly human.

Puça del Clot market | February 8 | Flea market | El Clot

Vintage market where you can find second-hand objects, design and craftsmanship. A new edition of La Puça del Clot is back with more than 100 stalls. This Sunday, February 8, on Carrer de Aragó with Carrer del Clot, from 10 am until 6 pm.

Palo Alto Market | February 7-8 | Crafts market | Poblenou

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. 

Trufforum | February 7-8 | Food fair | Vic

Halfway between the sea and the Pyrenees, and only 70km from Barcelona, the city of Vic breathes tradition around the black truffle. It is considered the truffle capital of Catalonia, with a long truffle and gastronomic tradition surrounding this wonderful product of our land. Trufforum Vic is conceived around the gastronomy of the black truffle, to promote its consumption fresh and of truffled products, and in the promotion of its cultivation and its wild production.

Live music

Alice Wonder | February 6 | Sala Apolo

The Last Dinner Party | February 11 | Razzmatazz

Jeff Tweedy | February 12 | Sala Parallel 62

Nathy Peluso | February 14 | Palau Sant Jordi

Ben UFO | Febuary 14 | Nitsa, Sala Apolo

All Time Low | February 15 | Razzmatazz

Earl Sweatshirt | February 19 | Sala Apolo

Live sports

Note: Football and basketball matches shown are not the teams' full schedules, but only games taking place in Catalonia.

Winter Olympics - February 6-22

CE Europa v Herculés | February 6 | Football

FC Barcelona v Mallorca | February 7 | Football

UE Sant Andreu v Girona B | February 8 | Football

Gimnastic Tarragona v Villarreal B | February 8 | Football

Espanyol v Celta Vigo | February 14 | Football

CE Europa v Tarazona | February 14 | Football 

Gimnastic Tarragona v Real Betis B | February 14 | Football

Badalona Femení v Tenerife | February 14 | Football

Barça Femení v Eibar | February 14 | Football

Girona v FC Barcelona | February 16 | Football

Força Lleida v Manresa | February 8 | Basketball

Joventut Badalona v Valencia | February 8 | Basketball 

FC Barcelona v Girona | February 8 | Basketball 

Força Lleida v Girona | February 15 | Basketball 

FC Barcelona v Manresa | February 15 | Basketball

Santa Eulàlia festivities | February 12-15 | Cultural festival | Across Barcelona

Barcelona has not one, but two patron saints. As well as September's La Mercè festivities, there is also February's Santa Eulàlia, with plenty of cultural celebrations such as correfocs, castellers human towers, and open doors sessions in iconic sites.

Carnival | February 12-18 | Folk festival | Various locations

With flamboyant food fights, parading parties, excessive eating, and sombre sardine burials, Carnival is back this month. 

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.

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.

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.

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.