What to see and do in Barcelona in September?

1. La Mercè 2026 EventFestivals el Poble-sec

   

   Barcelona lights up with culture and tradition. One of the city's most important festivals awaits us in September!

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3. «Music Bank World Tour» concert EventConcerts el Poble-sec

   

   Music Bank World Tour will arrive in Barcelona for the first time on 12 September 2026 with one of the major international K-Pop events. Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys will bring together ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, NMIXX, xikers, NCT WISH, CORTIS and ALPHA DRIVE ONE in one day, with Park Bo-gum as one of the event's leading figures.

4. Summer night visit to Casa Batlló EventDay trips la Dreta de l'Eixample

   

   When night falls, Casa Batlló reveals a different charm. The summer night visit invites you to discover this Gaudí jewel in an intimate, evocative atmosphere, with limited capacity to preserve calm and magic.

5. Plastilina Mosh concert EventConcerts Les Corts

   

   On 13 September 2026, Plastilina Mosh returns to Barcelona with a stop on its Europa Tour at Sala Bikini. After years away from European stages, the Mexican duo reconnects with an audience that grew up with its sound and with those who discovered it later.

6. FC Barcelona vs. Feyenoord match EventFestivals and fiestas la Maternitat i Sant Ramon

   

   FC Barcelona will begin its UEFA Champions League 2026/27 campaign against Feyenoord. The match will be played on Wednesday 9 September at 18:45 at Spotify Camp Nou and will correspond to the first matchday of the league phase.

7. Festival de Zarzuela at Teatre Apolo EventShows el Poble-sec

   

   The Festival de Zarzuela brings together in Barcelona three titles that show different facets of a genre capable of moving between satire, romance, comedy and historical drama. The programme will take place between late August and mid-September 2026.

8. Castle Market EventFairs

   

   Castle Market comes to Castelldefels intending to turn a historic space into a meeting point for contemporary creativity. On 27 September, from 11:00 to 20:00, Castell de Castelldefels opens its gardens for a Fantastic Flea Festival where vintage and emerging things coexist without hierarchy.

9. Catalunya Triomfant Festival EventConcerts el Raval

   

   The Catalunya Triomfant festival will return to Barcelona on 11 September 2026 to celebrate its second edition, dedicated entirely to metal in Catalan. The event will take place at Paral·lel 62 and will bring together six acts linked to different branches of extreme metal.

10. The Living Tombstone concert EventConcerts el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou

    

    The Living Tombstone brings its electronic rock universe to Barcelona with The Multiplayer Tour, a tour that connects music, video games and digital culture. The event will take place on 7 September at Sala Razzmatazz.

11. FC Barcelona vs Racing de Santander match EventFestivals and fiestas la Maternitat i Sant Ramon

    

    FC Barcelona will host Racing de Santander on Wednesday 16 September at Spotify Camp Nou. The match, corresponding to the sixth matchday of La Liga, will begin at 21:30.

12. Guided tour of Casa Macaya EventDay trips la Dreta de l'Eixample

    

    Every Friday at dusk, Casa Macaya opens its doors to reveal the history and secrets of one of the great jewels of Barcelona modernism. Designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1898, this guided tour allows visitors to explore a building that has reinvented itself without losing the essence that made it a landmark of the architecture of its time.

13. 24H Barcelona Motor Racing – Fermín Vélez Trophy 2026 EventFestivals

    

    For an entire day, the clock becomes another rival. On 19 and 20 September, the Circuit hosts the 27th edition of the 24 Hours of Barcelona Motor Racing – Fermí Vélez Trophy, one of Europe’s major endurance-racing events.

14. La Setmana del Llibre en Català Event

    

    This September, Barcelona will host the 45th edition of La Setmana del Llibre en Català. This year, the event moves to Passeig Lluís Companys. In addition, this edition will coincide with the La Mercè festivities, promising an added festive atmosphere.

15. La Mercè’26 Concert EventConcerts la Guineueta

    

    During La Mercè 2026, Carmina Burana leaves the Gran Teatre del Liceu to meet the public in Nou Barris. Carl Orff’s celebrated work is presented in an intimate format that concentrates its power in the voices, two pianos and percussion.

16. Festival “Extreme Barcelona” EventFestivals el Besòs i el Maresme

    

    The Extreme Barcelona Festival turns Parc del Fòrum into a hub of extreme sport and free entertainment. With competitions, exhibitions and activities for all ages, it is an unmissable event for lovers of adrenaline and urban culture.

17. Concert «The music of Stranger Things: Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein» EventConcerts el Raval

    

    The sound universe of Stranger Things leaves the screen to take over the stage at Paral·lel 62. On 5 September, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, composers of the Netflix series’ soundtrack, will perform live the music that helped define its distinctive atmosphere.

18. Terra i Gust, the Sustainable Food Festival EventFestivals Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera

    

    In its fifth edition, this event not only celebrates with tastings, showcookings and workshops, but also stands as an educational and recreational platform promoting more sustainable food practices.

19. Barcelona Gallery Weekend EventExhibitions

    

    This festival seeks not only to highlight the city’s rich artistic diversity, but also to encourage art collecting and revalue the role of galleries as cultural epicentres open to all citizens.

20. Grupo Firme concert EventConcerts

    

    After selling out a first date, Grupo Firme adds a second concert in Badalona as part of La Primera Europeda, the tour with which the Mexican band arrives in Spain for the first time. On 27 September, Pabellón Olímpico de Badalona will once again become the meeting point for thousands of fans ready to sing every song from start to finish.

21. «Sonrisas y lágrimas», the musical EventShows el Poble-sec

    

    A novice who does not quite fit into the convent, seven children raised under strict discipline and a family about to change. Sonrisas y lágrimas returns to the stage in a new production by Theatre Properties, directed by Silvia Villaú.

22. Korean Film Festival Barcelona EventCinema la Dreta de l'Eixample

    

    Korean Film Festival Barcelona, known as KFFB, takes place this year from 2 to 6 September at Cinemes Girona. This pioneering event, the first festival in the city devoted entirely to Korean cinema, aims to bring Korean culture closer and celebrate its richness through film, creating a cultural bridge between Barcelona and Korea.

23. Musical tribute “La nueva generación K-Pop” EventConcerts el Poble-sec

    

    K-pop leaps from the animated imagination to Teatro Apolo’s stage with La nueva generación K-Pop, a tribute that turns music into narrative and dance into combat. Inspired by the universe of Huntr/x, the show offers a story where pop is not only spectacle, but also defence and resistance.

24. Show Desaparellats EventShows

    

    Desaparellats is a comedy that puts life as a couple to the test and asks what would happen if it were possible to meet a different version of the person with whom one shares everyday life.

25. Film series «Tu i jo, què? Comèdies romàtiques» EventCinema el Raval

    

    What makes a romantic comedy continue to move us decades after its release? The Tu i jo, què? Comèdies romàtiques series answers that question through a journey across one of the most popular and changing genres in film history, where love also serves to speak about identity, desire, social conventions and ways of relating.

26. National Day of Catalonia EventFestivals el Barri Gòtic

    

    The National Day of Catalonia is a cultural event that each year invites hundreds of people to celebrate the reaffirmation of identity in the region.

    Catalonia’s national festival as a cultural event that each year invites hundreds of people to celebrate the reaffirmation of identity in the region.

27. European Heritage Days in Catalonia 2026 EventConcerts

    

    The Jornadas Europeas del Patrimonio, an event whose theme this year is «Heritage at Risk: Revive, Resist, Reimagine». This theme highlights the rich fabric of stories and legacies that intertwine Europe’s past and present.

28. The Jazz Room: Tribute to Soul EventConcerts el Barri Gòtic

    

    An intimate, emotional experience that will transport the audience to the heart of soul from the 1950s and 1960s.

29. 26th Festival Mil·lenni EventFestivals

    

30. ZEYNE concert EventConcerts el Poble-sec

    

    ZEYNE’s R&B; arrives in Barcelona with an identity built between contemporary sounds and Palestinian roots. The Palestinian-Jordanian artist will perform on 16 September 2026 at Sala Apolo, where she will present AWDA, her first album.

31. Guided tour «Verdaguer y Gaudí, poesía y arquitectura a los pies de Collserola» EventDay trips Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova

    

    There are places where history is written in stone and others where it is written in words. The guided tour Verdaguer y Gaudí, poesía y arquitectura a los pies de Collserola shows that, sometimes, both happen at the same time. This tour invites you to discover how two fundamental creators of Catalan culture found an unexpected meeting point between verses, forms and landscapes.

32. BAM Festival EventFestivals

    

    Barcelona Acció Musical (BAM) once again shows that discovering new music can be one of the best ways to experience La Mercè. With a programme that embraces creative risk, diversity and emerging acts, the festival brings together artists who challenge labels and build bridges between cultures, languages and musical genres.

33. FSTVL B EventFestivals el Besòs i el Maresme

    

    FSTVL B once again takes the pulse of the most restless side of today’s music. From 17 to 19 September 2026, Parc del Fòrum will bring together some of the acts shaping the independent and urban scene, with a line-up mixing established names, emerging artists and sounds that are hard to categorise.

34. Festa del Fitness Event

    

35. Harvest Festival EventFestivals

    

    In September and October, Penedès is in a festive mood to celebrate the grape harvest, an event that marks the beginning of the grape-picking season and attracts visitors seeking unique experiences in wine-growing settings.

36. CLOSA Selects w/ Notre Dame Opening 2026 party at La Terrrazza EventFestivals and fiestas

    

    Among trees, historic architecture and open sky, La Terrrazza opens a new chapter in its electronic season with CLOSA Selects w/ Notre Dame. The event presents this new musical project in Barcelona for the first time, conceived around a carefully curated selection of artists and contemporary sounds.

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38. 25th Catalunya Aixeca el Teló Gala 2026 EventConcerts el Raval

    

    Catalan theatre raises the curtain again. On 7 September, the Gran Teatre del Liceu will host the 25th Catalunya Aixeca el Teló Gala, the event that officially marks the beginning of the 2026–2027 performing arts season.

39. «Los 22 del Market» Market EventFairs la Vila Olímpica del Poblenou

    

    In the vibrant heart of Barcelona, «Los 22 del Market» will premiere, an unmissable event for second-hand and vintage enthusiasts.

40. Show “My Onlyfans” EventShows la Sagrada Família

    

    My Onlyfans is a comedy that moves away from what its title suggests to talk about something much more everyday: the versions of oneself shown to others and everything one tries to keep out of sight.

41. La Puça del Clot Market EventFairs

    

    On 20 September, from 10:00 to 20:00, Barcelona’s El Clot neighbourhood is transformed by La Puça del Clot, a market that embodies a passion for sustainability, vintage and the unique. Prepare your senses for an experience in which fashion, design and second-hand treasures come alive in a vibrant atmosphere full of discoveries.

42. “Churros con chocolate” Party EventFestivals and fiestas el Poble-sec

    

43. Show “En tu mente” EventShows

    

    What happens when intuition seems to defy logic? En tu mente, Luis Pardo’s show, invites the audience into a territory where perception ceases to be a certainty and every decision may be part of something much bigger.

44. ‘Throwback - Back to 80s, 90s & 00s’ party EventFestivals and fiestas el Besòs i el Maresme

    

45. 36th Festival L’Hora del Jazz EventConcerts la Vila de Gràcia

    

46. Mercat de Música Viva de Vic EventFestivals

    

    For a few days in September, Vic becomes a place where music is not only heard: it is also presented, discovered and finds new paths. From 16 to 20 September, Mercat de Música Viva de Vic (MMVV) celebrates its 38th edition, bringing together artists, industry professionals and the public.

47. «More Gaudí at MNAC: Reflections and analogies» presentation EventExhibitions el Poble-sec

    

    Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) adds a set of previously unseen works by Antoni Gaudí from Barcelona City Council's stores to its Modern Art collection. The presentation, entitled «More Gaudí at MNAC: Reflections and analogies», provides an opportunity to approach little-known materials by the architect, which have been the subject of prior research and a careful conservation process.

48. La Mercè Bimbo Global Race Run EventFestivals la Dreta de l'Eixample

    

    At the heart of the La Mercè festivities, the Cursa de La Mercè attracts both serious athletes and festive participants every year. This emblematic race is not only a sporting event but also an expression of solidarity, as it was one of the first races in Barcelona with a charitable purpose.

49. “Candlelight: Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi” Concert EventConcerts la Dreta de l'Eixample

    

    The Parroquia de San Francisco de Sales de Barcelona will become a magical stage for “Candlelight: Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi”. In this special concert, talented pianists Mateu Peramiquel and Launra Andrés will perform the most moving works of the celebrated Italian composer, all in an intimate atmosphere lit only by soft candlelight.

50. Airbag concert EventConcerts el Poble-sec

    

    Airbag returns to Barcelona to give one of only two concerts the Argentinian band will perform in Spain during 2026. On 18 September, Sant Jordi Club will host a group at the strongest point of its career, backed by increasingly ambitious staging and an exceptional connection with its audience.

51. Show ‘The Jury Experience: El Robo de los 20 Millones de Dólares’ EventShows Les Corts

    

    In The Jury Experience: El Robo de los 20 Millones de Dólares, the audience enters the courtroom as a spectator and leaves as a jury member. The mission is to listen, observe and decide who is telling the truth in a case where every detail seems to open up a new contradiction.

52. Palo Market Fest EventFairs Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou

    

    Barcelona’s Palo Market Fest is an original event bringing together the best of culture, music and gastronomy.

53. Aitana concert EventConcerts el Poble-sec

    

    In 2026, Aitana begins a new stage with the Cuarto Azul World Tour, her first world tour, a project that marks a before and after in the Catalan artist’s career. After bringing together 40,000 people at Estadi Olímpic de Barcelona, the singer from Sant Climent de Llobregat will return to the city on 4 September, on a date greatly anticipated by her audience, although the venue has not yet been made public.

54. IX Caminata Popular Nocturna Horta-Montserrat Event

    

    The IX Caminata Popular Nocturna Lluïsos Horta-Montserrat is one of the most anticipated activities for hiking enthusiasts. This traditional night walk will set off from Lluïsos d'Horta at 18:00 and finish at the Abadía de Montserrat on Saturday, 6 September at 11:00, after covering an impressive distance of 47.92 km through Catalan landscapes by night.

55. Festa Major de la Bordeta Event

    

56. LIBER International Book Fair EventFairs

    

    From 29 September to 1 October, Fira de Barcelona will host a new edition of LIBER, the major international book fair in Spanish and one of the leading meeting points for the publishing industry. For three days, the Gran Via venue will bring together around 250 exhibitors from more than fifteen countries and thousands of professionals with a shared goal: to promote new business and strengthen the sector’s international reach.

57. Concert ‘Candlelight: Disney Love Songs’ EventConcerts

    

    Disney love stories come to life again from a different perspective in Candlelight: Disney Love Songs. Far from the original soundtracks, this concert reinterprets some of the most unforgettable themes from the Disney universe in chamber-music format, with a string quartet surrounded by thousands of candles.

58. 11th Torneo de Históricos del Fútbol Catalán Femenino EventFestivals and fiestas el Guinardó

    

59. comedy “Última planta” EventShows la Vila de Gràcia

    

    “Última planta” (“Floor 57”, “Lift Confessions”) is a comedy that tells of the unexpected encounter between a cleaning woman and a former water-polo player trapped in a lift. As the lift descends, their memories spill over in a journey full of humour and shared emotions.

60. Mercado Todo at 1 and 2€ EventFairs el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou

    

61. «Antarctica Experience» immersive exhibition EventExhibitions el Poble-sec

    

    The immersive Antarctica Experience exhibition brings audiences closer to one of the planet’s most remote territories through images, sound and audiovisual technology. The project was created by Luc Jacquet, director of March of the Penguins and an Oscar winner, after years of work on the Antarctic continent.

62. Virtual-reality experience “Space Explorers: The ISS Experience” Event la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample

    

    There are places that very few people will ever reach. Space Explorers: The ISS Experience opens a door to one of them: the International Space Station. Without taking off from Barcelona, this virtual-reality experience allows visitors to leave the ground for a few minutes and discover what it is like to live in orbit, 400 kilometres from Earth.

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64. Open-Air Rooftop Cinema at El Palace Barcelona EventCinema la Dreta de l'Eixample

    

    When evening falls over Barcelona, El Palace’s rooftop transforms into an open-air cinema with one of the city’s most privileged views. Open-Air Rooftop Cinema combines the charm of the seventh art with the relaxed atmosphere of summer nights, creating an experience that goes far beyond a simple screening.

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66. Comedy “Els plans” EventShows la Sagrada Família

    

    Life as a couple, friendship and parenthood intertwine in “Els plans”, a comedy as ingenious as it is uncomfortably close to home.

67. Rooftop Yoga & Brunch Event

    

    Starting the day calmly is easier when yoga and a good brunch are part of the same plan. Rooftop Yoga & Brunch invites you to enjoy a different morning on the terrace of the NH Collection Barcelona Gran Hotel Calderón, a space with panoramic views over the city where wellbeing and gastronomy go hand in hand.

68. “The Jazz Room: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong” concert EventConcerts el Barri Gòtic

    

    The concert The Jazz Room: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong offers a journey through some of the songs that defined the 20th century and marked the history of jazz and popular music. In an accessible, intimate format, a live band revisits the repertoire of two artists whose influence remains present decades later.

69. Mas i Mas Festival EventConcerts

    

    The Mas i Mas Festival of Barcelona, now transformed into an extended six-month artistic season, promises to be a musical explosion in the Catalan heartland. The musical event offers a sound palette ranging from jazz to hip-hop, through blues and soul.

70. Mercat Gòtic Event

    

    From elegant Elizabethan pieces to Modernist treasures, Mercat Gòtic invites collectors and the curious to explore and take home a piece of Barcelona’s cultural wealth.

71. Caminata Nocturna in the Área Metropolitana EventFestivals and fiestas la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample

    

    The city changes when night falls, and Barnatresc proposes exploring it on foot with a route that connects Barcelona and L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. Caminata Nocturna en el Área Metropolitana will take place on the night of 5 to 6 September, with departures from 21:00.

72. Concert series «Parcs en concert» EventConcerts

    

    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..

73. «Born de Nit» Night Visits EventDay trips Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera

    

    When night falls, the El Born archaeological site offers a different way to approach the history of Barcelona. The Born de Nit series, organised by the Museo de Historia de Barcelona, proposes a range of night-time activities that make it possible to discover the everyday life of the city in the 18th century from unusual perspectives.

74. “Bonobos” show EventShows

    

    What can go wrong when three friends decide to reinvent themselves to make a good first impression? Bonobos begins with that question to build a comedy of entanglements in which appearances, insecurities and lies pile up at a dizzying pace.

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