31 December in Madrid
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Events and plans in Madrid on 31 December.
On 31 December Madrid sees out the year with the chimes of the Puerta del Sol clock, broadcast across Spain.
Exhibitions on 31 December
14 events on this day
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Joana Vasconcelos exhibition ‘Flamboyant’
From 13 February 2025 No end date
- Palacio de Liria
- from €13
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Immersive exhibition «Human Universe - The Experience»
From 11 September 2026 Long run
- Espacio Ibercaja Delicias
- from €15.7
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Exhibition: “The Other Shore of the Avant-Garde”
From 24 September 2026 Long run
- Fundación MAPFRE
- from €3
Shows on 31 December
4 events on this day
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«Bernabéu Skywalk imagined by Cirque Du Soleil» experience
13 November 2026 - 10 January 2027 Several days
- Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
- from €25
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«Cibeles, the ritual» show by the Spanish Ballet of the Community of Madrid
9 December 2026 - 3 January 2027 Several days
- Teatros del Canal
- from €9
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Festivals and fiestas on 31 December
6 events on this day
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New Year's Eve Party at Puerta del Sol
23:59 31 December 2026 - 1 January 2027Several dates4 dates
- La Puerta del Sol
- Free
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All events on this day
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New Year's Eve 2026 at Teatro Kapital
00:30 Thursday, 31 December 2026
After eating your New Year's Eve grapes, you can head to Teatro Kapital and explore its seven floors, each with different music styles, during the first hours of January.
- Teatro Kapital
- from €75
- Festivals and fiestas
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New Year's Eve Party at Puerta del Sol
23:59 31 December 2026 - 1 January 2027Several dates4 dates
Very soon, thousands of people will gather at Puerta del Sol to celebrate the New Year and honour the tradition of eating lucky grapes to the chimes of the clock at the Real Casa de Correos.
- La Puerta del Sol
- Free
- Festivals and fiestas
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«Bernabéu Skywalk imagined by Cirque Du Soleil» experience
13 November 2026 - 10 January 2027 Several days
On the Bernabéu terrace, visitors will stroll among clouds and an electric forest to a train station with performances by Cirque Du Soleil, with Madrid as the backdrop.
- Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
- from €25
- Shows
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Musical ‘Mágica Navidad’
5 December 2026 - 9 January 2027 Several days
In ‘Mágica Navidad’, the elves try to bring light back to the little Christmas village, but first they have to decide what matters more: saving the celebration or outsinging their rivals.
- Espacio Broadway
- from €10
- Shows
- Things to do with kids
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«Cibeles, the ritual» show by the Spanish Ballet of the Community of Madrid
9 December 2026 - 3 January 2027 Several days
The Ballet of the Community of Madrid will present for the first time a show about the goddess of the earth and the young Attis, in which Spanish dance merges with classical myth and symphonic flamenco.
- Teatros del Canal
- from €9
- Shows
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Bingo Party by Drag Brunch
19:30 From 4 July 2024No end date
Madrid will host the most dynamic show, combining wild energy and good humour.
- uMusic Hotel
- €30
- Festivals and fiestas
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Joana Vasconcelos exhibition ‘Flamboyant’
From 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
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Bingo Drag at Forajido Bar & Disco
From 8 January 2026 Long run
Every Saturday, at Forajido Bar & Disco, bingo becomes a true spectacle with drag queens, where laughter, glamour and unexpected prizes make the night unforgettable.
- €5
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Excursion to El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen from Madrid
From 2 May 2026 Long run
El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen show two different facets of Spanish history, which coexist and are interpreted through architecture, scale and space.
- from €66
- Day trips
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The Murder Mystery Game
From 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
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“Alcázar of Toledo and Army Museum” guided tour
From 5 May 2026 Long run
Inside the Alcázar of Toledo, a single stone retains traces of different eras, and the route through the building gradually reveals how its function has changed over time.
- from €20
- Day trips
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Excursion around Ávila with yemas de Santa Teresa
From 5 May 2026 Long run
The visit to Ávila runs through the interior of the city, completely surrounded by medieval walls, where historic buildings and streets follow one another in a dense sequence spanning from one period to another.
- from €15
- Day trips
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Erotic Madrid Tour
From 5 May 2026 Long run
This tour of Madrid is structured around the personal stories of its inhabitants and what does not normally appear in the city’s official chronicles.
- from €24
- Day trips
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Winery visit with wine tasting
From 6 May 2026 Long run
In Navas de Oro, a winery reveals the secrets of winemaking.
- Segovia
- from €30
- Day trips
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Day trip to Alcalá de Henares and Cervantes Museum
From 7 May 2026 Long run
The excursion to Alcalá de Henares takes visitors through the city’s various points of interest: Cervantes’ house, the old university and the Archbishop’s Palace, united in a single itinerary.
- Alcalá de Henares
- from €47
- Day trips
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Festival “Rita la Bailaora: El Oasis del Tardeo”
From 22 May 2026 Long run
Fifteen minutes from Madrid, a large open-air space opens in the afternoons where visitors can spend time among music, food and stages, moving from one area to another without a fixed script.
- from €12
- Festivals and fiestas
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Immersive exhibition «We Are Nature»
10:00 From 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
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Immersive exhibition «Human Universe - The Experience»
From 11 September 2026 Long run
Get ready to travel through arteries, see how the brain works from the inside, and discover the secrets of the human body.
- Espacio Ibercaja Delicias
- from €15.7
- Exhibitions
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Exhibition: “The Other Shore of the Avant-Garde”
From 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
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Exhibition ‘Cayetana. Grandee of Spain’
From 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
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BuzzAttack Immersive Experience
From 1 October 2026 Long run2 dates
Madrid gains a new immersive leisure offering with the arrival of BuzzAttack, an experience that turns participants into protagonists of a real game show full of excitement and pace.
- from €14
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Exhibition ‘Vitrina cero. Back to Childhood. Prehistory and Antiquity’
20 October 2026 - 17 January 2027 Long run
At the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, toys and everyday objects reveal how children played in Prehistory and Antiquity, how they learned from adults, and how they took part in community life.
- Museo Arqueológico Nacional
- €3
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Exhibition «Aqua Mater. Sebastião Salgado»
From 28 October 2026 Long run
In the former water reservoir of Fundación Canal, Sebastião Salgado’s photographs will show how water transforms the face of the planet, from the rivers of the Amazon to the glaciers of Antarctica.
- Fundación Canal - Sala Castellana 214
- from €13
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Parties at Teatro Kapital
4 November - 31 December 2026 Several dates2 dates
In the heart of Madrid, Teatro Kapital opens its doors to those seeking night-time rhythms, music and the energy of a live party.
- Teatro Kapital
- from €21
- Festivals and fiestas
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Exhibition ‘Frida Kahlo: Live Art Experience and Gastronomic Showcase’
5 November - 31 December 2026 Several dates5 dates
Frida Kahlo comes back to life in Madrid through art, words, music and taste. A new sensory exhibition offers the chance to get to know the iconic artist from her most personal side.
- from €15
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Exhibition «Interior Berlanga. Cine, Life and Humour»
10:00 From 25 November 2026Long run
At CaixaForum Madrid, visitors can take a look at the personal archive of Luis García Berlanga, visit a 1950s cinema, and try filming a take just as the Spanish director did.
- CaixaForum Madrid
- €6
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Exhibition «Dance, Dance, Damn You»
From 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
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Exhibition «Cruz Novillo»
From 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
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«The aesthetic transition. Spain, 1960-2020» exhibition
16 October 2026 - 10 January 2027 Several days
Spanish art of the past six decades comes to life in Fundación Juan March’s exhibition, where each work becomes a window onto the country’s changes and its cultural rhythm.
- Fundación Juan March
- Free
- Exhibitions
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Exhibition: “Marilyn Monroe 1926–2026: The Lost Photographs”
27 October 2026 - 18 January 2027 Several days
The Palace hotel brings together rarely seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe and a recording of her final interview for LIFE, where you can hear the actress speaking about her life.
- Free
- Exhibitions
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Exhibition: Camões: Life, Work and Survival in Hispanic Culture
From 3 November 2026 Long run
The first editions of Os Lusíadas and its early translations will show how the poetry of Luís de Camões found readers and admirers in Spain.
- Biblioteca Nacional de España
- Free
- Exhibitions
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Christmas Lights in Madrid
21 November 2026 - 6 January 2027 Several dates2 dates
From 21 November, Madrid will be filled with luminous cherry trees, large fir trees, and Christmas decorations, some designed from children's drawings.
- Free
- Festivals and fiestas
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Plaza Mayor Christmas Market
27 November - 31 December 2026 Several dates4 dates
Every year, when Christmas arrives, Madrid’s main square is transformed into an extensive market with hundreds of stalls full of nativity figures, musical instruments, toys and novelty items. This centuries-old fair is one of the city’s most cherished traditions.
- Plaza Mayor
- Free
- Fairs
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