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What to see and do in Barcelona in June?
June should be welcomed in a good mood, with a dose of optimism and grand plans for summer. And how lucky you are to have this selection from DondeGo, which will tell you how to spend the first month of summer in Barcelona!
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- Sant Joan Night
The night of 23 June is a magical night throughout Catalonia. It is when friends and families gather for dinner, bonfires are lit, music is played and fireworks are set off.
- PRIDE! BCN 2026
Welcome to PRIDE! BCN, a vibrant celebration of diversity and the struggle for equality and respect in the LGBTIQ+ community. This event is not just a party, but also a reminder that, despite the progress made, we still face significant challenges and must remain united and steadfast in defending the rights we have won.
- Primavera Sound 2026
One of the world’s most extraordinary music festivals is back with an impressive programme.
- “Primavera Bits” party
The closing of Primavera Sound will take place outdoors, by the sea, at Parc del Fòrum, where music will play from mid-afternoon until sunset.
- Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio de Barcelona-Catalunya 2026
Barcelona is preparing for a three-day speed marathon: the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host the start of the 2026 Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio de Barcelona-Cataluña, where spectators will be able to enjoy the new single-seaters, legendary drivers and the unpredictable races of the World Championship.
- Visit «La Pedrera & Sant Pau Modernist Site»
La Pedrera & Sant Pau Modernist Site brings together in one experience two of the most extraordinary works of Catalan Modernism. On the one hand, the sculptural power of La Pedrera, where Antoni Gaudí transformed stone, iron and light into almost impossible architecture. On the other, the monumental delicacy of the Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, Lluís Domènech i Montaner’s great hospital project conceived as a garden city devoted to wellbeing and beauty.
- Exhibition «ICONS», Steve McCurry
ICONS offers a journey through images that many people have seen at some time, although they may not remember exactly where. Palau Martorell brings together around 150 large-format photographs to enter the visual universe of Steve McCurry and revisit more than forty years of a career that has influenced the contemporary way of looking at the world.
- Sasha Velour show «Travesty»
«Travesty» is the new show by Sasha Velour, one of the most influential figures in contemporary drag, which will come to Europe between 2 May and 12 June 2026 after its world premiere in Washington D. C.
- Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona
The Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona is not just a film festival, but a space that reviews and reorders history from another perspective. Born with a feminist vocation and a critical spirit, the showcase recovers works, women authors and discourses that for years have been left outside the dominant narrative, proposing new ways of seeing and thinking about cinema.
- Corpus
Barcelona's Corpus, a festival rooted in seven centuries of history, is celebrated with a vibrant blend of tradition and modernity.
- Sónar 2026
Sónar 2027 arrives with a clear idea: it does not merely add names, it redraws the map. The festival’s 34th edition presents itself as a complete reconstruction of its own experience, from the architecture of the stages to the way audiences move, rest, discover and dance. The result is a bigger, more plural edition and, above all, one more conscious of what a festival that has spent decades operating as a seismograph of electronic culture means today.
- «Terrats en Cultura» series of shows and concerts
Terrats en Cultura turns Barcelona’s rooftops into secret stages where the city and culture meet in the open air. But here the experience begins long before the show starts: those who buy a ticket do not discover the exact venue until forty-eight hours beforehand. That small dose of mystery turns each performance into something akin to an urban expedition.
- Latin American Literature Festival “KM América”
KM América celebrates its fifth edition, consolidating itself as one of the main meeting points between Latin American literature, the Caribbean and Barcelona’s cultural scene. Over several days, libraries, cultural spaces and stages across the city will fill with conversations, readings, routes, workshops and shows that understand literature as something alive, shared and deeply connected to the present.
- Show «Inventari de fugues»
Inventari de fugues turns the idea of fleeing into something far more complex than a simple displacement. Escaping does not always mean leaving a place; sometimes it involves moving away from a situation, a wound, an expectation or even oneself. From that premise, the play constructs a stage journey that explores the many forms the search for freedom can take.
- Immersive exhibition “The Last Days of Pompeii”
feverup.com The story of Pompeii stops being a still image in books and becomes an experience to be explored with the senses. “The Last Days of Pompeii”, recognised by National Geographic as Best Historical Exhibition 2024 and seen by more than 850,000 people worldwide, arrives in Barcelona with a proposal that blends historical rigour and immersive technology.
- Film series ‘Àngel Jové. Mossegar la imatge’
Àngel Jové. Mossegar la imatge recovers one of the most radical and least predictable figures in contemporary Catalan art through a film series exploring his relationship with the moving image. Driven by Museu Tàpies and Cinemes Texas, the programme proposes entering Àngel Jové's universe from an unusual perspective: cinema.
- International Archives Week
International Archives Week 2026 invites you to discover Barcelona’s memory through the documents that have accompanied the construction of the city over the centuries. From 8 to 18 June, the municipal archives open their doors with a special programme that highlights their role as guardians of the collective heritage.
- Family space «Pequeñas, medianas y grandes»
This summer, the CCCB opens the doors to «Pequeñas, medianas y grandes», a free family space where imagination, play and creativity take shape in a fresh and welcoming environment.
- Rock en Familia: Queenmanía
“Rock en Familia: Queenmanía” returns to Teatre Poliorama full of energy after winning over more than 200,000 spectators and completing a national tour packed with sold-outs in more than fifteen cities. What began as a tribute has become a family phenomenon that brings Queen’s power and magic to new generations without losing an ounce of its greatness.
- Exhibition “The Nabis: from Bonnard to Vuillard”
Between 1888 and 1900, a group of young French artists decided to look at painting from another perspective. They called themselves the Nabis, a word of Hebrew origin meaning “prophets”. They did not intend to predict the future, but they did imagine a new way of understanding art. The exhibition “The Nabis: from Bonnard to Vuillard” presents in Barcelona the first exhibition devoted entirely to this movement.
- Sunday Sounds concert series
Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno (MEAM) once again fills its rooms with music in a new edition of Sunday Sounds, the concert series that turns Sundays into a unique sensory experience.
- Exhibition «Guillermo Lorca. La casa de arena»
- +RAIN Film Festival 2026
At a time when digital creation is rewriting the rules of art, the +RAIN Film Festival 2026 arrives in Barcelona like a storm of ideas, images and algorithms. From 14 to 17 June, the fourth edition of this pioneering European festival—dedicated to cinema generated with artificial intelligence—will turn the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Teatre del CCCB into the epicentre of a creative revolution.
- Port Flea Market
Port Olímpic is once again filled with fashion, design and atmosphere with a new edition of Port Flea, the market that turns the search for vintage treasures into a true summer plan. This year it premieres a location at Moll de Gregal, where one hundred stalls will be set up entirely in the shade so that the experience can be enjoyed more comfortably even in the height of August.
- Themed series ‘Surf Is Culture’
Surf Is Culture proposes looking at surfing beyond sport and understanding it as a cultural phenomenon that has left its mark on music, film, literature and the way freedom has been imagined since the mid-20th century. From 10 June to 7 July, different Barcelona libraries will host a series of talks that explores the surfing universe from unexpected perspectives.
- Wonders of Gaudí Bike Tour
Pedal between fantasy and stone on the Wonders of Gaudí Bike Tour, a route that turns the tarmac into a Modernist canvas. Here, architecture becomes a story and every bend in the road reveals a corner where Gaudí left his mark: undulating, colourful, unmistakable.
- Talents Jazz at La Pedrera
Discover the charm of jazz at the Talents Jazz festival, set on the iconic rooftop of La Pedrera.
- Concert «Candlelight Open Air: Lo Mejor de Hans Zimmer»
feverup.com This summer, Barcelona will become an open-air stage where the music of Hans Zimmer will resonate with new energy, bringing cult films to life and immersing the audience in a unique cinematic experience.
- Grec Festival 2026
Barcelona’s Grec Festival turns 50 and chooses to celebrate as it knows best: by filling the city with ideas, bodies and voices that do not stand still. From 17 June to 8 August, Barcelona becomes a performance map with 99 proposals inviting people to look — and look at themselves — from different places.
- Festival “Cine fuera de lugar”
Stories that challenge the margins, screened beneath the Barcelona sky.
- FIRE!! Barcelona International LGTBIQ+ Film Showcase
FIRE!! Mostra Internacional de Cinema LGTBIQ+ returns to Barcelona, asserting cinema as a space of freedom, memory and resistance. From 4 to 14 June 2026, the Institut Français will host a new edition of a showcase that has become one of the city’s major LGTBIQ+ cultural landmarks over the decades.
- Austin TV concert
Austin TV return to the stage, asserting the power of instrumental music to move audiences without the need for words.
- ¡Eh! Summer workshops for creative minds at CCCB
¡Eh! Talleres de verano para mentes creativas offers a different summer for young people aged 14 to 17: a space to experiment with image, the body and ideas of beauty that constantly circulate on screens and social media. Starting from the exhibition «El culto a la belleza», the CCCB turns reflection into a collective creative process.
- Mercat de la Terra
Mercat de la Terra in Barcelona, active since 2015, promotes sustainability and responsible consumption. It offers local products and educational activities every Saturday, supporting the circular economy and food sovereignty. It is an evolving project aligned with ecological goals.
- Docs Hedy Lamarr 2026
The sixth edition of Docs Hedy Lamarr returns to Barcelona as a space where the screen becomes a critical mirror of the digital present. Through a feminist lens, the series focuses on technology as a tool for struggle, analysis and social transformation.
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- «Los 22 del Market» Market
eventbrite.es In the vibrant heart of Barcelona, «Los 22 del Market» will premiere, an unmissable event for second-hand and vintage enthusiasts.
- «Balloon Story Barcelona» Exhibition
feverup.com «Balloon Story Barcelona» is not limited to filling a space with balloons: it rethinks it completely. From 21 May, the city hosts this installation which turns a lightweight material into architecture, landscape and play all at once.
- Candlelight concerts in Barcelona: a season of melodies by candlelight
- Exhibition “Invisible animals: myth, life, extinction, de-extinction”
The Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona presents “Animals Invisibles”. Designed for all kinds of audiences, the exhibition invites visitors to discover real, extinct, legendary and imaginary creatures.
- Mecal Pro Barcelona 2026
Mecal Pro Barcelona 2026 once again turns Barcelona into a meeting point for those who understand cinema as a territory without limits or fixed formats. From 21 to 31 May, 17 July, 18 June and 7 August, the International Short Film and Animation Festival celebrates its 28th edition with a free programme bringing together works from twenty countries and an open view of very different ways of telling stories.
- Exhibition “Joan Miró: ‘Circles’”
The exhibition Joan Miró: Circles proposes discovering the Catalan artist's work through a simple but recurring form in his creative universe: the circle. Rather than following a chronological route, the exhibition uses this element as a starting point to connect works from different moments in his career.
- Clotilde Fest 2026
Clotilde Fest once again turns the gardens of Palau Robert into one of the essential meeting points for discovering the present and future of Catalan pop. From 18 June to 9 July, the festival celebrates its eighth edition with four nights of live music bringing together some of the most outstanding and promising voices on the current scene.
- Enfocats 2025: Community futures
The Enfocats 2026 Festival focuses on what gives neighbourhoods meaning beyond their streets and buildings: the stories of those who live in them. Under the motto “Living neighbourhood memory”, this fifteenth edition invites reflection on how shared memories, everyday experiences and bonds built over time shape a territory’s collective identity.
- Flea Market BCN and La Petite Parade: Vintage Pop-Up in El Born
Flea Market BCN and La Petite Parade once again turn El Born into one of Barcelona’s epicentres of vintage fashion. Throughout the summer, this pop-up opens its doors every weekend to bring together clothes with a history, independent design and proposals committed to a more conscious form of consumption.
- Exhibition «Out of Focus. Another Vision of Art»
The exhibition Out of Focus. Another Vision of Art proposes a small visual rebellion: stop looking for perfectly sharp images and accept that, sometimes, what slips away also has something important to say. Starting from an idea that transformed modern painting—the defocus introduced by Claude Monet’s water lilies—the exhibition explores how imprecision came to become a new way of looking.
- Reggaeton Beach Festival
Enjoy one of the year’s biggest events. Barcelona to the rhythm of rock at this great party.
- Concert series «Parcs en concert»
Parcs en concert transforms natural and heritage spaces in the province of Barcelona into stages where music dialogues directly with the landscape. This annual series offers a different way to enjoy concerts: outdoors, surrounded by forests, vineyards, castles, monasteries and places of great historical and environmental value..
- «Guia’m» at the Pedralbes Monastery
Every Saturday, the Real Monasterio de Santa Maria de Pedralbes offers a visit that goes beyond heritage. Under the name «Guia’m», this initiative invites visitors to discover one of Barcelona's most fascinating historic spaces through an experience in which inclusion takes centre stage.
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- «Mystical cocktails at Alquimia: astral cocktails and mystical experience» experience
Mystical cocktails at Alquimia: astral cocktails and mystical experience proposes a night in which cocktails and the esoteric universe blend at the same bar. In the heart of Eixample, Alquimia transforms the ritual of having a cocktail into a sensory experience shaped by cards, symbols and small intuitions that are impossible to explain completely.
- Show «L’últim àtom»
L’últim àtom imagines a world where uncertainty ceases to be a passing feeling and becomes a way of inhabiting reality. Jordi Oriol’s new creation begins with a question as unsettling as it is simple: what happens when words begin to disappear and, with them, the things they name?
- Concert «Candlelight: Lo Mejor de Bridgerton»
Enjoy musical arrangements of the series’ most beloved songs, performed by a talented string quartet that fuses classical pieces with contemporary songs.
- Show “Dinamarca”
Dinamarca borrows a title that inevitably awakens echoes of Shakespeare, but transforms it into an intimate, silent territory where the real conflict takes place far from grand palaces. Directed by Albert Arribas, the play once again immerses itself in Lluïsa Cunillé’s universe to build a story where the passage of time weighs as heavily as memories.
- Exhibition “The cult of beauty”
“The cult of beauty” explores a question that runs through eras and cultures: what we understand by beauty and why we continue to pursue it. The exhibition proposes a journey from antiquity to the present to observe how aesthetic ideals have been constructed and what forces have intervened in defining them.
- Ludovico Einaudi Concert
He will return to Barcelona on 16 June 2026 with a very special concert at Palau Sant Jordi, as part of his arena tour The Sands. It is a date that confirms the global stature of a composer who, for more than three decades, has known how to connect with millions of listeners through a musical language of his own, direct and deeply emotional.
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