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What to see and do in Barcelona in August? Holiday plans
August keeps up the summer pace in Barcelona with a programme that brings together major concerts, festivals, cinema, theatre, and outdoor experiences. The month features everything from rock and metal performances to candlelit evenings, markets, exhibitions, guided tours, and unique events like solar eclipse viewing. Added to this are traditional celebrations, activities for the whole family, and cultural events that make every week a new opportunity to discover the city from a different perspective.
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- Black Label Society concert
On 4 August, Black Label Society will bring their unmistakable sound to the Razzmatazz venue in one of the most eagerly awaited dates for lovers of hard rock and metal. The American band will arrive in Barcelona accompanied by Thundermother and Thrown Into Exile, completing a night marked by power and intensity.
- Concert ‘Candlelight: Disney Love Songs’
feverup.com 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.
- Godsmack concert
After more than two decades shaping the sound of alternative metal, Godsmack returns to European stages with a tour stopping at Razzmatazz on 11 August.
- Film series «Tu i jo, què? Comèdies romàtiques»
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.
- «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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Music performance «The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans»
feverup.com In an intimate corner of Barcelona, the vibrant spirit of New Orleans comes to life with «The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans». This live music show is more than a performance: it is a sonic immersion in the cradle of jazz, where every chord evokes freedom, cultural mixing and passion.
- Show “En tu mente”
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.
- 40th Torneo de Históricos del Fútbol Catalán
The Torneo de Históricos del Fútbol Catalán reaches its 40th edition, established as one of the most emblematic events of the footballing summer. From 3 to 9 August, the Municipal del Guinardó will bring together twelve teams representing different tiers of Catalan football, offering a week of competition where tradition and talent meet again.
- Guided Visit to Cardona Salt Mountain
Embark on an underground adventure with the guided tour of Cardona Salt Mountain, a geological jewel located in the heart of Barcelona. This unique tour takes you 86 metres underground, where you will discover an almost alien landscape of salt caves and rock formations that seem to come from another world.
- “Classics against the heat” film season
This summer, Phenomena proposes a different way to escape high temperatures: taking refuge in the darkness of a cinema to reconnect with some of the most influential films of all time. The Classics against the heat season brings together five titles that continue to inspire the same fascination decades after their release.
- Festes de Sant Roc
Festes de Sant Roc once again fills the Gothic Quarter with life through a celebration that has been part of Barcelona's memory for more than four centuries. From 12 to 16 August, the streets around Plaça Nova will host the 437th edition of festivities that have been held without interruption since 1589, making them the oldest preserved by the city.
- Musical ‘Després de nosaltres’
Després de nosaltres explores an unusual territory on stage: that of those who try to preserve a bond when a romantic relationship has ended. With sensitivity, humour and a nuanced perspective, the musical asks whether love really disappears when a shared story comes to an end.
- Immersive Murder Mystery game ‘Crime on Date Night’
feverup.com Crime on Date Night turns the streets of Barcelona into the setting for an investigation where every corner may hide a clue. This immersive outdoor game invites participants to step into the shoes of a detective team solving a murder that interrupts an apparently harmless speed-dating night.
- The eclipse in Barcelona
On 12 August, Barcelona will witness one of the most eagerly anticipated astronomical phenomena of recent decades. Although the city will not be within the path of totality, the Moon will cover approximately 99.7% of the Sun, offering an image as exceptional as it is rare.
- Guided tour of Casa Macaya
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.
- Flyboard in Sitges: The ultimate experience of flying over water
feverup.com Flying over the sea is no longer a fantasy with the Flyboard experience in Sitges, an activity that combines adrenaline, balance and fun in the heart of the Mediterranean. Thanks to a propulsion system connected to a jet ski, participants can rise several metres above the surface and discover the coast from a completely different perspective.
- Guided visit “Sunset at the modernist factory – CaixaForum”
As evening falls, CaixaForum Barcelona reveals a little-known aspect of its building. This guided visit proposes discovering the former Casaramona textile factory from a different perspective, touring one of the finest examples of industrial modernism designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
- «CineClub 113» series
Summer nights find a new rhythm in «CineClub 113», a series bringing together documentary cinema and open-air music culture in one of Barcelona’s most distinctive spaces. From 6 July to 31 August, La (3), Sala Apolo’s open-air terrace, becomes a meeting point every Monday for those who enjoy both the stories told on screen and those born on the dance floor.
- «Palaus Singulars» Series
This summer, Barcelona invites you to cross doors that usually go unnoticed. The «Palaus Singulars» series offers a tour of some of the city's most fascinating historic buildings, spaces where the architecture, art and stories of their former residents remain present among grand halls, courtyards and monumental staircases.
- 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.
- «Queens' Nights» festival
This August, Fridays will be unforgettable with the «Queens' Nights» festival, a celebration of the best national and international pop hits from the nineties. Get ready to relive those golden moments in music with tributes to the divas who defined an era, such as Madonna, Tina Turner and Amy Winehouse.
- 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.
- Summer screenings «Sinfonías de ciudad»
This August, the Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) invites you to discover «Sinfonías de ciudad», a selection of five films created by outstanding women filmmakers. This audiovisual project seeks to explore Barcelona’s urban environment and its metropolitan area through the unique perspectives of these directors.
- Art Nou Festival
Art Nou celebrates its 15th edition, reaffirming itself as one of the main showcases for emerging art in Barcelona and L’Hospitalet. The festival offers young national and international artists the opportunity to take their first steps in the professional sphere, connecting their work with galleries, independent spaces, institutions and new audiences.
- «CosmoNits Biodiversitat» series
CosmoNits returns to CosmoCaixa with a proposal that transforms summer nights into a great scientific adventure. On 16 July and 6 August, the museum will open its doors at night to invite the public to explore one of the most fascinating and essential topics of our time: biodiversity.
- Film series «Gandules»
When night falls in Barcelona, the Pati de les Dones at the CCCB is once again transformed into an open-air cinema for one of the summer’s most eagerly awaited events: the Gandules series.
- Fritanga Festival
This August, Poble Espanyol will be filled with joy and a great atmosphere for the “Fritanga” festival, an unmissable event for rumba lovers. Until 23 August, every Saturday will be transformed into a vibrant party, with live performances by Barcelona’s best rumba groups.
- Rock & Grill Festival
This summer, Thursday nights will fill with energy and good music with the «Mahou Rock & Grill» festival. For five weeks, enjoy powerful open-air concerts with the best rock tribute bands, paying tribute to iconic groups such as Metallica, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Queen and Marilyn Manson, among many others.
- free guided admission to the Picasso Museum: PICASSO CONVIDA
Free admission to the collection of works that describe Picasso’s career.
- «Fiesta Caribe» Caribbean music day
On 1 August, a tropical experience begins with dance classes, live music and Caribbean flavour to liven up Barcelona’s summer Wednesdays.
- «Born de Nit» Night Visits
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.
- Mas i Mas Festival
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.
- Open-air film screenings you must not miss this summer in Barcelona
- Numismatics and Philately Market
Have you always been interested in little things? Then the Numismatics and Philately Market is home to all lovers of coins and stamps.
- Summer cinema for the whole family at CCCB
This summer, Saturdays are filled with surprising stories in the CCCB family space “Small, medium and large”.
- Circuit Festival
In 2008, Matinée Group unveiled a concept that would revolutionise the global party scene, bringing Circuit Festival to life. This innovation marked a before and after, bringing together for the first time the best parties, promoters and international artists in Barcelona, transforming it into the international gay capital during the summer.
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