Digital arts festival, Berlin Wall exhibition and crafts 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.

MIRA Festival | November 7-8 | Music festival | Fira Montjuïc, Barcelona

The digital arts and contemporary music event MIRA Festival returns to Barcelona this week, continuing its run since the first edition in 2011. Centered on the intersection of art and digital culture, the festival presents a diverse program featuring live audiovisual shows, concerts, immersive installations, performances, 360º projections, DJ sets, and talks. This year’s lineup includes standout artists such as Flying Lotus, Floating Points, John Maus, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, and Marie Davidson + Nick Verstand.

SOUNDIT | November 8 - 9 | Music festival | Barcelona

Electronic music festival SOUNDIT returns this weekend with a double session: on Saturday at Barcelona’s Plaça Monumental and a Sunday afterparty at Nica, Casa Bonay. Saturday’s headliners are Ben UFO and Call Super, while Sunday’s session is highlighted by Julianna.

Serializados Fest | November 3 - 12 | TV series festival | Several locations

The Serielizados Fest television series festival returns to Barcelona this week, with screenings and events taking place at the CCCB, the Mooby Aribau cinemas, and Casa SEAT. The Official Selection features six series: A Better Man, A Life’s Worth, Empathie, Reykjavik Fusion, Riot Women, and The Danish Woman. The program includes multiple screenings, as well as talks and discussions with the creators and filmmakers behind the productions.

Berlin Wall: A Divided World | November 7 - March 2026 | 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.

Library of Fantastic Beasts | November 4 - January 11 | Exhibition | Casa Amatller 

The Library of Fantastic Beasts, a new exhibition in the Art Centre of the Casa Amatller modernist building, located beside Casa Batlló on Passeig de Gràcia, is now open. In it, dragons, unicorns, basilisks, and many more fantastic beasts come to life. The exhibit combines interactive fun with historical rigor to create an unbeatable experience for the whole family to learn about the creatures, both real and imagined, that were used in the Middle Ages to explain the physical and spiritual world.

Creativa Barcelona | November 6 - 9 | Arts and crafts fair | La Farga, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Creativa Barcelona, the leading arts and crafts fair in Spain, returns this weekend to La Farga in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, just outside Barcelona. The event brings together the most prominent companies in the crafts and DIY sector, offering over 800 workshops, dozens of exhibitors, and more than 10,000 products for crafting and handmade arts. This year, China is the guest country, and its rich, centuries-old craft traditions will play a central role throughout the fair, and during the press events.

Gran Recapte | November 7-8 | Food drive | Across Catalonia

The 17th edition of the Gran Recapte, Catalonia’s largest annual food drive, begins on Friday with hopes of reversing a decline in donations. This year’s massive initiative features more than 2,200 donation points across Catalonia, primarily in supermarkets, supported by an army of 16,000 volunteers. While all contributions are welcome, organizers recommend non-perishable items such as oil, milk, rice, pasta, canned goods, and baby products. Financial donations can also be made online through the Gran Recapte website in the next few weeks.

Asian Film Festival Barcelona | October 29 - November 9 | Film festival | Across Barcelona

Casa Asia hosts the Asian Film Festival of Barcelona from October 29 to November 9. Over ten days, more than 100 independent films will be screened at a variety of cinemas, including Casa Seat, Cinemes Girona, CaixaForum, Zumzeig, Institut Français, and ECIB. The festival will also be available online via the Catalan streaming platform Filmin. This year’s highlights include acclaimed films such as Drive My Car and Shoplifters, alongside a diverse selection of new releases and lesser-known gems.

Miramiralls for free | Every Sunday in November | Amusement Park | Tibidabo, Barcelona  

Tibidabo, Barcelona’s iconic amusement park perched atop the Collserola mountains, is opening the doors of its famous Miramiralls attraction for free and without prior booking every Sunday in November. Historically known as the Hall of Mirrors, the space features original visual effects, playful light displays, and optical illusions that create magical experiences for visitors of all ages.

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 | October 10 - 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.

Ink against Hitler | October 8 - January 11 | Exhibition | MNAC, Barcelona

The exhibition Ink against Hitler is the presentation in Barcelona of the discovery of the only Catalan and Spanish artist who worked for British and Allied propaganda during the Second World War. From 1941 to 1945, the Catalan Mario Armengol Torrella drew around 2,000 cartoons and caricatures in the service of the British Ministry of Information against the Third Reich and the Axis to publish them in newspapers and magazines in London's allied and neutral countries, from New Zealand to Haiti.

Escena | October 10 - December 20 | Performing arts | Various locations across Barcelona

Live Arts. A program of 31 theater, circus, music, and dance performances on 34 stages in the city's civic and cultural centers. From October 10 to December 20, Escena will schedule 173 theater and circus performances, concerts, and dance shows, always free of charge and with advance reservation. 

Festival Jazz Barcelona | October 10 - March 1, 2026 | 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 | From September 17 | 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.

Phantom of the Opera | September 23 - February 1 | Opera | Tivoli Theatre

The Phantom of the Opera is coming to Barcelona for the very first time. Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical runs at Teatre Tívoli from September 23 to February 1 as part of a Spain-wide tour. Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, and with lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, this production in Spanish is directed by Federico Bellone, with musical direction by Julio Awad.

Soundit | October 18, November 8, 22, December 13 | Live music | Monumental, Barcelona

One of Barcelona's best day festivals returns for its autumn lineup. This year's program features five Saturdays of live electronic music, featuring huge names in dance music, from 2manydjs, Ben UFO, Jayda G, Ben Klock, and plenty more. 

‘How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design’ | July 2 - November 16 | Exhibition | Disseny Hub building, Barcelona

How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design is a comprehensive exhibition on graphic and industrial design during Salvador Allende’s government in Chile (1970-1973). An exceptional case in the history of design, where the unprecedented act of choosing a revolution through the ballot box led to the first instance of a country to collectively designing through socialism and democracy.

The exhibition, which was on display in Santiago de Chile as part of the programme commemorating the 50th anniversary of the civilian-military coup, featured original pieces and design reproductions aimed at the democratisation of reading and music, the reduction of technological dependence and addressing child malnutrition, among other goals.

'Chris Ware. Drawing is Thinking' | April 3-November 9 | Exhibition | CCCB, Barcelona

Chris Ware will be present at the Comic Barcelona as he was in the city this week for the launch of the new exhibition on his work at the CCCB. The retrospective reviews the work and reflections of an author whose work has the power to move so many people as they touch on themes of human existence in great depth.

‘Extraterrestrials. Is there life beyond Earth?’ | February 26 - August 30, 2026 | 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 | February 13 – January 25, 2026 | 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.