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12 October 2026 · Europe/Madrid

  2. Cava y Velas

    7 September - 27 October 2026 Several days

    By candlelight, with a glass of cava and the musicians just steps away from the audience, Espacio Alma hosts an intimate concert where familiar melodies sound completely different.

    • Espacio Alma
    • €19
    • Shows

  3. Performance «LIBRES!!!»

    11 September - 12 October 2026 Several days

    The story of Spanish anarchist women will be told in cabaret style, with daring songs, live music, and biting humour.

    • Teatro de La Abadía
    • €25
    • Shows

  4. Musical «Dead Poets Society»

    11 September - 9 November 2026 Several days

    One of the most influential stories about youth and freedom comes to life again in Madrid with a new stage adaptation arriving at Teatro La Latina.

    • Teatro La Latina
    • from €18.5
    • Shows

  5. Immersive exhibition “The Odyssey. The Immersive Journey”

    18 September - 19 October 2026 Several days

    The story of Odysseus will come to life again in Madrid with a new immersive exhibition that will transform Homer’s epic into an interactive journey through Ancient Greece.

    • Matadero Madrid
    • from €13.9
    • Exhibitions

  6. Hayao Miyazaki Cycle

    19 September - 26 October 2026 Several days

    Madrid cinemas will dedicate six weekends to Hayao Miyazaki, bringing back to the big screen how Chihiro saves her parents, Ponyo learns to live on dry land, and Howl’s castle sets off.

    • from €8
    • Cinema
    • Festivals and fiestas

  7. Exhibition «Circuitos 2026»

    16 September - 9 November 2026 Several days

    Ten young artists invite us to explore their creative journals and discover how their works are born from sketches, doubts, and unexpected discoveries.

    • Sala de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de Madrid
    • Free
    • Exhibitions

  9. «El caballero incierto» show

    12 September - 18 October 2026 Several days

    Josefina Aznárez, the woman imagined by Rosa Montero in La carne, arrives at Gran Teatro Pavón to tell a life marked by the Cabo Machichaco tragedy and by her struggle against the role history reserved for women.

    • Gran Teatro Pavón
    • from €18.5
    • Shows

  10. ‘SIX’, the musical

    12 September - 9 November 2026 Several days

    For centuries, history remembered Henry VIII's six wives for their relationship with a king. ‘SIX’ decides to turn the story around. In this musical that has become an international phenomenon, the queens leave the history books to take the stage, wield the microphone and tell their own version of events.

    • Teatro Gran Vía
    • €21.75
    • Shows

  11. Show «Perfect Ass»

    13 September - 2 November 2026 Several days

    From the university classroom to the strip club, Teatro Lara will host a four-act play about how society watches and judges women and how they seek their own freedom.

    • Teatro Lara
    • from €9
    • Shows

  13. The Murder Mystery Game

    Saturday, 11 May 2024 No end date

    Feel like a real Sherlock Holmes and solve the mystery of a murder.

    • Palacio de Fernán Nuñez
    • from €22.5
    • Shows
    • Day trips

  14. Joana Vasconcelos exhibition ‘Flamboyant’

    Thursday, 13 February 2025 No end date

    Madrid’s Palacio de Liria will host a unique exhibition by Joana Vasconcelos, where contemporary art merges with history in an intriguing dialogue between eras.

    • Palacio de Liria
    • from €13
    • Exhibitions

  19. Show «American Buffalo»

    Tuesday, 16 September 2025 Long run

    Between 16 September and 26 October 2025, the Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa will become the setting for a three-way duel.

    • Fernán Gómez. Centro Cultural de la Villa
    • from €18
    • Shows

  24. Immersive exhibition «We Are Nature»

    10:00 Wednesday, 3 June 2026Long run

    At CaixaForum Madrid, a space will be created in which nature will cease to be an object of observation and become a genuine audiovisual journey.

    • CaixaForum Madrid
    • €6
    • Exhibitions

  26. Exhibition «Disfuncionarias. Tanit Plana»

    Friday, 12 June 2026 Long run

    Museo Serralbo will inaugurate an installation in which photography transcends the limits of the image and becomes a space in motion.

    • Museo Cerralbo
    • €3
    • Exhibitions

  27. Musical “Wicked”

    Tuesday, 16 June 2026 Long run

    Broadway’s most legendary musical comes to Madrid for the first time to tell the story of the witches of Oz.

    • Nuevo Teatro Alcalá
    • €22
    • Shows

  28. «Canal Baila» performance series

    Thursday, 3 September 2026 Several dates2 dates

    From 3 September to 4 December, Teatros del Canal will present 11 world premieres spanning different languages of dance, from flamenco to Thai martial arts, all arising from the creative residencies of Centro Coreográfico Canal.

    • Teatros del Canal
    • from €9
    • Shows

  31. ‘Las Noches de Río Babel’ festival

    4 September - 14 November 2026 Several days

    After the Río Babel summer festival, music does not leave Madrid. From September, the ‘Las Noches de Río Babel’ series will turn the city’s venues into meeting points for Spanish and Latin American artists.

    • from €22
    • Concerts
    • Festivals and fiestas

  32. Immersive exhibition “The World of Van Gogh”

    Friday, 4 September 2026 Several dates2 dates

    Using all your senses, get closer to the art of an outstanding Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, who created some of the most recognisable and emotionally impactful works of art in history.

    • Nomad Museo
    • from €14.1
    • Exhibitions

  35. Show «A Frog in the Sea»

    Sunday, 6 September 2026 Several dates2 dates

    Rana Nana exchanges the moon for the ocean in a new adventure designed to discover theatre through the imagination. In A Frog in the Sea, the youngest children will travel with her to an underwater world full of colours, music and new friends.

    • Teatros Luchana
    • €11.9
    • Shows
    • Things to do with kids

  38. Villanos del Jazz concert cycle

    Sunday, 20 September 2026 Long run

    From September to December, the Villanos del Jazz cycle will take place in Madrid, featuring concerts by established artists, performances by young talents, and late-night DJ sessions.

    • Sala Villanos
    • from €18
    • Concerts

  39. Exhibition: “The Other Shore of the Avant-Garde”

    Thursday, 24 September 2026 Long run

    The Fundación MAPFRE exhibition will show how avant-garde artists found in the drawings and sculptures of psychiatric clinic patients the freedom they themselves sought in art.

    • Fundación MAPFRE
    • from €3
    • Exhibitions

  40. Exhibition ‘Cayetana. Grandee of Spain’

    Wednesday, 30 September 2026 Long run

    The Liria Palace will trace the personal history of the Duchess of Alba through 200 works and objects.

    • Palacio de Liria
    • from €20
    • Exhibitions

  41. “El Alma al Aire”, the musical

    1 October - 30 November 2026 Several days

    There are songs that become part of the memory of several generations. “El Alma al Aire” is born from this idea: turning Alejandro Sanz’s musical universe into a story able to move people beyond stages and records. Stage Entertainment España’s new production transforms some of the artist’s most emblematic songs into the thread running through a major contemporary musical.

    • Teatro Coliseum
    • €27
    • Shows

  45. Strawberry Train

    Saturday, 3 October 2026 Several dates28 dates

    A train from Madrid to Aranjuez is running once again, where the journey becomes a trip to 1851 and beyond.

    • Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid
    • from €24
    • Shows
    • Day trips
    • Things to do with kids

  47. Felipe II Train

    10:00 Saturday, 3 October 2026Several dates30 dates

    Take a journey in a historic gem: a 20th-century train.

    • Estación del tren Príncipe Pío
    • from €12.6
    • Day trips

  48. Free 21Distritos activities

    Friday, 30 January 2026 Several dates2 dates

    Madrid’s most entertaining and free project returns, with outdoor flamenco and period circus.

    • Free
    • Concerts
    • Festivals and fiestas

  49. Exhibition ‘Looking Again’

    Tuesday, 21 April 2026 Long run

    In Madrid, the underground reservoir at Plaza de Castilla ceases for a time to be a mere engineering work and becomes a space dedicated to the video art of Rosa Muñoz.

    • Free
    • Exhibitions

  51. Exhibition «The Circle Project. Bouchra Khalili»

    10 September - 30 November 2026 Several days

    At La Casa Encendida, works by Bouchra Khalili will be presented focusing on migrants’ struggle for equal rights and the possibility of speaking for themselves.

    • Centro cultural y social «La casa encendida»
    • Free
    • Exhibitions

  52. Exhibition «Dance, Dance, Damn You»

    Friday, 11 September 2026 Long run

    Matadero Madrid will host an immersive installation that turns a dance floor into an experience about memory and uncertainty.

    • Matadero Madrid
    • Free
    • Exhibitions

  53. Exhibition «Cruz Novillo»

    Wednesday, 7 October 2026 Long run

    Geometry, colour, sound and nearly six decades of work come together in «Cruz Novillo», CentroCentro’s new exhibition devoted to one of the most distinctive artists in contemporary Spanish creation.

    • CentroCentro
    • Free
    • Exhibitions

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