November is the autumn month par excellence in Barcelona, a perfect month to enjoy all kinds of plans, as it is neither sweltering hot nor freezing cold that makes us want to stay at home. In conclusion, whether indoors or outdoors we feel like doing a thousand things. Here are a few leisure and cultural plans to enjoy the month to the fullest in the city.
Table Of Contents
- Pixar World
- Paradox Museum
- Bubble Planet
- Disco nights at Jamboree
- Dalí Challenge
- Sorolla: a new dimension
- Flamenco show at the tablao Tarantos
- Candlelight tributes
- Day of the Dead in Barcelona
- Jazztrònica
- World Press Photo 2024
- Start the chocolate season in the best chocolate shops in Barcelona
- Amazonias. The Ancestral Future
- Asian Film Festival
- The most awaited concerts in November
- Teresa Solar Abbod. Sueño Máquina dePájaro
- Banksy Museum
- The plays of the month in Barcelona
- Precursors: feminism, camera in hand and archive on shoulder
Pixar World
Imagine walking among your favorite characters, live Pixar animation in first person and feel like Woody’s ‘favorite toy’.
It’s the perfect plan this November for anyone who wants to relive their childhood or for those who simply enjoy a good dose of color and adventure. Besides, between rains and cold evenings, nothing better than a walk through this immersive experience at the Westfield La Maquinista Shopping Center.
Location: Westfield La Maquinista Shopping Center. C/ de Potosí, 2
Dates: All month
Tickets: from 16€.
Paradox Museum
Paradox Museum is one of the most amazing spaces in the city. Ideal for lovers of puzzles and optical illusions, this museum is a place where the laws of physics do not seem to make much sense. Each room makes you rethink your perception of the world, and you will leave with almost more questions than answers.
Location: Pl. Urquinaona, 3
Dates: all month
Tickets: from 16€.
Bubble Planet
Millions of bubbles, colorful, interactive spaces (and very “instagrammable”) and even a giant ball pool. This and more can be found in Bubble Planet, an immersive experience that invites us to discover a world of spherical fantasies. Ideal for all ages, it has as an extra an actvity in virtual reality that turns us into bubbles traveling around the world.
Location: Espacio Inmersa. Carrer de Llull, 119
Dates: all month (Wednesday to Sunday)
Tickets:from 12€.
Disco nights at Jamboree
Barcelona’s temple of jazz is, after midnight, one of the best clubs in Barcelona to enjoy urban music in all its facets. A perfect place to dance non-stop while having a drink and in a privileged enclave, Plaça Reial, close to other leisure attractions to spend a memorable night.
Location: Pl. Reial, 17
Dates: every day
Tickets: 10€.
Dalí Challenge
“You know nothing about me” is the motto of this artistic, didactic and immersive exhibition, which brings us closer to the life and work of the artist in different ways than usual. With digital reproductions, virtual reality, a recreation of his studio in Portlligat and other activities, it reveals lesser-known facets of the Empordà genius and gives more value than ever to the figure of Gala.
Location: Reial Cercle Artistic. c/ dels Arcs, 5
Dates: every day
Tickets: from 9€.
Sorolla: a new dimension
The year Sorolla was in 2023, but Barcelona continues to host this exhibition in which you can not do better tribute to the Valencian artist. With digital and original works, virtual reality, scenarios and activities for all audiences, this is a very complete and entertaining immersive experience to approach the Painter of Light.
Location: Centre d’Art Amatller. Pg. de Gràcia, 41
Dates: every day, only until November 15
Tickets: from 9,5€.
Flamenco show at the tablao Tarantos
The oldest tablao in Barcelona today offers daily shows in various slots, ideal shows to start in the world of singing, guitar playing and dancing or enjoy a great time if you are already a fan of flamenco. The show can be complemented with a drink or even dinner in a neighboring restaurant.
Location: Pl. Reial, 17
Dates: every day
Tickets: from 25€.
Candlelight tributes
This November, Candlelight‘s candlelight concerts are filled with the music of great artists of yesterday and today. From Coldplay to Queen, through Abba or The Beatles. Of course, there is no shortage of those dedicated to classical composers, such as Mozart, or contemporary ones, such as the one dedicated to Joe Hisaishi, creator of the most famous soundtracks of Studio Ghibli films.
Location: various locations in Barcelona
Dates: various dates
Tickets: from €17
Day of the Dead in Barcelona
In Barcelona, some cultural institutions and Mexican associations organize altars of the dead, where ofrendas are placed with photos, cempasúchil flowers, candles and traditional food to honor the deceased.
A key place to visit is the Mexican Cultural Center, which organizes an altar of the dead open to the public and related activities, such as sugar skull workshops.
Location: Various spaces
Dates: Throughout the month
Tickets: Free!
Jazztrònica
Music festivals are not only for the summer… For no more and no less than 12 hours the Parc del Fòrum will be filled with good music: Jeff Mills, Takuya Nakamura, Terrae, Jokko Collective… A mix of jazz and electronic music as eclectic as our beloved city is.
Location: Parc del Fòrum
Dates: November 2nd (from 12pm to 12 am)
Tickets: from 11,5€.
World Press Photo 2024
The international photojournalism exhibition will showcase the best images from its competition, offering a look at the most important events of the past year through documentary photography.
This year’s global winners include Mohammed Salem, winner of Photography of the Year, with his photograph depicting the siege in Gaza; Lee-Annn Owalge, awarded for Graphic Reportage of the Year with a series portraying a family in Madagascar; and Alejandro Cegarra, Venezuelan photographer, who received the award for Best Long-Term Project for his work on migration policies on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Location: CCCB. C/ Montalegre, 5
Dates: from November 8, all month.
Tickets: between 6€ and 8€.
Start the chocolate season in the best chocolate shops in Barcelona
I do not know if we could dare to call Barcelona the capital of chocolate, but we can boast of having many of the best chocolate shops in the country. Barcelona is a real paradise for chocolate lovers with places like Chöck, Cacao Sampaka or Granka Dulcinea, where you can taste the authentic hot chocolate with churros, in the purest Barcelona style. And if you want to try new things, try the hot pistachio a la taza.
Location: several locations in Barcelona
Dates: while the cold lasts… or also with warmth
Tickets: does a cup of hot chocolate have a price?
Amazonias. The Ancestral Future
This exhibition seeks to highlight the strategic importance of the preservation of the Amazon at a global level. The main focus of the exhibition will be the dialogue between indigenous ancestral wisdom and contemporary scientific knowledge, highlighting how indigenous peoples have developed sustainable ways of coexisting with nature, which are now more relevant than ever in the face of global environmental challenges.
Location: CCCB
Dates: CCCB. C/ Montalegre, 5
Tickets: 6€.
Asian Film Festival
The Asian Film Festival of Barcelona (AFFBCN) is an unmissable event for Asian film lovers. The 2024 edition, which faces its final stretch in November, presents a diverse program with more than 100 films from countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, India and the Philippines, among others.
Location: Cinemes Girona
Dates: until November 3
Tickets: from 5€.
The most awaited concerts in November
November in Barcelona brings a wave of live music with unmissable concerts. La Casa Azul will celebrate its 25th anniversary on November 9 at the Sant Jordi Club, while the legendary Bryan Adams will fill the Palau Sant Jordi on November 12 with his rock classics.
You can check all the concerts of the month here.Location: Barcelona’s most iconic venues
Dates: all month
Tickets: from free admission up to 40€ per concert
Teresa Solar Abbod. Sueño Máquina dePájaro
The artist from Madrid presents at MACBA an exhibition with some of her large format sculptures. It is a series of works that refer us to organic elements and at the same time transmit many metaphors. A must for lovers of contemporary art.
Location: MACBA. Pl. dels Àngels, 1
Dates: from November 21st
Tickets: from 10,2€.
Banksy Museum
The Banksy Museum brings us closer to the committed look of the artist through an immersive exhibition. An exhibition that collects all those experiences of Banksy in the streets through more than 130 reproductions of his works. It does so by creating a framework perfectly adapted to the street art environment. In it, the viewer walks through an urban scenography that will take him from city to city and from era to era to discover his entire career.
Location: Espacio Trafalgar (Trafalgar, 34, PB).
Dates: all month
Tickets: from 9€.
The plays of the month in Barcelona
Autumn is synonymous with premieres in the theatrical billboard. This year, the plays we can see are many and for all tastes: from the musical par excellence, Mar i Cel, to works by renowned authors such as Orio Broggi and other musicals of well-known stories, such as El Médico or Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Check here the best plays of the current billboard.
Location: the city’s theaters
Dates: all month
Tickets: various prices
Precursors: feminism, camera in hand and archive on shoulder
A perfect exhibition to understand how feminism has evolved in recent decades. In it we will know the struggle that took place in France in the 70s and 80s through the videos of Les Insoumuses, which along with other groups document all the demands of those times. An alternative history to what the mainstream media showed.
Location: Filmoteca de Catalunya
Dates: until November 17th
And for a getaway plan…
‘Jump with me’: a Musical Show for the whole family (from November 29th)
December comes alive with lights and musicals. Do you dare to travel back to the eighties and enjoy the great musical hits that marked an entire generation? In this musical journey with the SEAT Ibiza, an icon, we will go through the most iconic songs of the last four decades. A tribute to the most representative voices still very present today: Alaska, Tequila, Radio Futura, Los Ronaldos, Los Secretos or Nacha Pop, and many more! It’s a great plan in Madrid, to escape this Christmas with the family and move your hips. Are you coming? Get your tickets at Fever before they sell out.
Callao Cinemas
💸 Tickets from 18€.