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La Puça del Clot 2026
A spin-off of the highly successful El Flea market, La Puça comes to El Clot.
The best things to do in Barcelona, curated by locals. Events, restaurants, nightlife and the spots worth knowing – updated weekly.

A spin-off of the highly successful El Flea market, La Puça comes to El Clot.

Pride is back, and the city is ready to turn the volume, colour and fun all the way up

A family space for children to play, rest, read, draw and imagine together

An exhibition on the work of the Catalan photographer whose images capture postwar life

An exhibition on one of the most influential figures in 20th-century American photography

A snapshot of emerging artistic talent from the Universitat de Barcelona’s Faculty of Fine Art

A beach festival bringing together some of the world’s best reggaeton performers

Barcelona Rock Fest returns with three days of pure hard rock and heavy metal

A colourful celebration of music, culture, diversity and female energy

Grec Festival returns as Barcelona’s great summer celebration of performing arts

A women’s football meet-up built around community

Turning the gardens of the Palau de Pedralbes into the most elegant summer stage

Blaumarí Music is a new boutique summer concert series at Port Vell

Bringing the spirit of one of Barcelona’s biggest venues into a new festival format

The Portuguese heavy psych outfit arrive on tour

Barbara Hammer's pioneering documentary explores hidden queer histories

James Bidgood's experimental homoerotic dreamscape

A film festival that turns warm evenings into open-air gatherings for queer cinema

This film festival returns with a bold celebration of ageing and cinema

Dominican artist Tokischa brings her unfiltered world to Razzmatazz

VIDA has become one of summer’s unmissable music festivals

Julius Rodriguez arrives as one of contemporary jazz’s most exciting newcomers

An energising group-training session at Barcelona’s seafront

An open-air daytime edition of La Terrrazza’s famous house and techno club night

MACBA welcomes a new exhibition on the work of Anna Moreno

The CCCB’s latest exhibition delves into one of the most loaded ideas in culture

An exhibition led by two Palestinian artists featuring songs, poetry, installations and more

An immersive exhibition turning ancient history into an incredible spectacle

CaixaForum’s latest exhibition exploring blur and visual imprecision

Reflecting on MACBA’s 30-year journey through a metaphor of starling murmuration

A pair of stylish open-air spots to choose from each with a laid-back Yurbban feel

Deep Pizza is proud to make Detroit-style pizza...

Individual paellas – rare in Barcelona – made from Mercat de la Concepció produce at this Eixample classic since 1950.

A cosy open-air terrace with a laid-back, beach-bar spirit

Mediterranean restaurant, jazz club, Japanese bar and clandestine cocktail bar in one

Homemade food, great music, local beers and what they bill as “the best terrace of the @22 district.”

The kind of rooftop that serves up sunshine, skyline and, interestingly, tacos

El Sueño comes with views that remind us why we fell in love with Barcelona

This gastrobar offering Catalan dishes with a genuine Lebanese touch.

Visit this masterpiece of Catalan Gothic architecture for free on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm during the “magic hour.”

A highly ranked Argentinean steakhouse…

A perfect short-term Raval retreat with that special someone.

A purposefully unflashy little ramen place hidden down a tatty side street…

The manufacturer of organic vegetarian products also has several restaurants.

Visit Europe's oldest synagogue.

Vegan restaurant Fat Veggies serves up barbeque and smoked vegetables

Catalan bistró serving up innovative, exquisite small dishes.

This vegan restaurant mixes world cuisines to leave diners disorientated

A Passeig Isabel II landmark since 1836: the Arròs Parellada, paella invented for a dandy who couldn't be bothered to peel shrimp.

The prettiness and wholesomeness of Iranian food is an open secret.

A hugely popular Eixample microroastery – it roasts what it pours, from rotating single origins to flat whites and cult cinnamon rolls.

A little oasis of southern Spanish tapas and cheap beer.

The newest wine bar in town, head to Bocanariz and indulge in some of the best wines of the region and abroad.

A plant-filled specialty café on a pretty old-town street – flat whites, a cult blueberry matcha and handmade pastries, built to slow you down.

Enjoy good food with a local feel at Santamasa in Sarrià.

If you’re a lover of Italian cuisine, you’re in for a treat at Isabella’s.

Hula Poke serves a range of the Native Hawaiian poke bowls with fresh fish and a selection of toppings.

Casa Bonay’s hotel bar hosts DJs from Thursday thru Saturday.

A Barceloneta seafood house since 1959, newly refreshed – the paella the regulars swear by.

A Sant Antoni stopping point doing two things well – La Marzocco specialty coffee and a made-to-order brunch worth the weekend line.