Bird and flower, in April looking for their love. Yes, friends, spring is here. And not because a certain chain of department stores says so, but because the good weather returns (hopefully), the hours of light, the festivals and the desire to live Barcelona as it deserves.
Whether with concerts in the best venues of the city or strolling through the fields of flowers, Barcelona awakens from its lethargy and celebrates the arrival of spring this April. Get ready!
Titanic: The Official Exhibition – The Voyage Continues (from 17 April)
The official exhibition of the Titanic opens this month in Barcelona. It will give us the chance to feel like passengers and crew of the famous ship. This is possible thanks to the recreation of the ship’s rooms, a collection of 200 original objects an immersive film that recreates the sinking caused by the iceberg and a virtual reality activity that makes us walk through the corners.
📅 Date: starting April 17
💰 Price: from 11,90€.
📍 Location: Espacio Inmersa. c/ Llull, 119
Sant Jordi 2025 (April 23)
A tradition in which Barcelona is filled with stalls of books and roses. Tradition dictates that men give a rose to women and they reciprocate with a book, but that’s long gone and here we all give left and right.
It’s time to stroll along La Rambla, Passeig de Gràcia or Rambla de Catalunya to soak up the spirit of the city. You can check here all the programming.
📅 Date: April 23rd
📍 Location: through the streets of Barcelona
Last days of ‘AMAZÔNIA’(until April 20).
Sebastião Salgado ‘s acclaimed exhibition draws to a close at Drassanes Reials after receiving more than 70,000 visitors. A unique opportunity to dive into the heart of the Amazon rainforest through more than 200 stunning photographs and a sound ambience by Jean-Michel Jarre.
📅 Date: the whole month of April
💰 Price: from 14,70€.
📍 Location: Las Reales Atarazanas – Les Drassanes Reials. Avinguda de les Drassanes, s/n
SENSAS (all month)
This sensory experience is becoming more and more well-known. Here you can put your five senses to the test through different rooms that function as tests. Each room is themed by the senses that you will challenge in it. Ideal for groups of friends, birthdays or even team-buildings in which to connect in a different way.
📅 Date: the whole month of April
💰 Price: from €27,20 per person
📍 Location: C/ d’Entença, 91-93, Bajos 2
Exhibition ‘Amazonias. The Ancestral Future’ (all month)
Amazonias. The Ancestral Future is a sensory immersion in the cultural and natural richness of the Amazon, vindicating the indigenous voices that, from art, science and activism, propose new ways of living in harmony with nature.
Through a journey through its rivers, forests and cities, the exhibition addresses the environmental and social challenges facing the region, from deforestation to struggles over resources.
📅 Date: all month of April
📍 Location: Carrer de Montalegre, 5, Ciutat Vella
Paradox Museum (all month)
How many times a day do you question your reality? Paradox Museum invites you to do so in every corner of its space located at Carrer de Casp, 147. a visit that will make you rethink what you see and what you feel through optical illusions and sensory experiences that defy logic.
📅 Date: All month of April
💰 Price: 18€ general admission
📍 Location: Carrer de Casp, 147
‘Zurbarán (on) natural’.
The exhibition shows the transcendence of the Baroque master and discovers how he has influenced art thanks to his ability to capture the natural and the divine in his paintings.
📅 Date:March 20 to June 29, 2025
💰 Price: 12€ general ticket
📍 Location: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Concerts of the month in Barcelona (all month)
Barcelona’s music scene this April has a dish for all tastes. The duo Twenty One Pilots present ‘The Clancy World Tour’ in Barcelona on April 22; singer Diana Navarro presents her latest album on April 9 and Soccer Mommy will premiere in Barna at La 2 de Apolo on April 28.
Goya Universe. Between light and darkness (all month).
An immersive exhibition that immerses you in the personal and artistic world of Francisco de Goya. Through technology, sound ambience and original pieces, the exhibition traces a journey through his life, his historical context
📅 Date: all month long
💰 Price: 17€ general admission
📍 Location: Centre d’Art Amatller Passeig de Gràcia 41
Alfa5 (all month)
In the space of an old gym in the neighborhood, Alfa5 transforms sport into an immersive experience where technology and movement go hand in hand. A place where you can climb mountains, dodge lasers or play soccer in a totally different way thanks to virtual reality.
📅 Date: all month long .
💰 Price: 17€ general admission
📍 Location: Alfa5 XR Sports. Carrer dels Almogàvers, 169
BCN Film Fest (until May 2)
The Sant Jordi International Film Festival of Barcelona is back, full of films that have never been released in our country and revisited classics (such as a tribute to Federico Fellini). Thus, we can enjoy films from all continents and great filmmakers such as Michel Hazanavicius, Belén Funes, Gracia Querejeta or Ken Scott. In addition, the most mythomaniacs will have an appointment with the stars. The most brilliant, Ralph Fiennes: the great British actor who will receive the honorary award. But international performers such as Richard Gere or Barbie Ferreira, or national ones such as Carolina Yuste, Milena Smit, Manolo Solo or Marina Salas will also visit the event.
📅 Date: April 24 to May 2
💰 Price: from 4,90€.
📍 Location: Espacio Inmersa. c/ Llull, 119
Les mares’ ( until April 20)
The Teatre Poliorama hosts Les Mares, a play that pays tribute to a generation of women who lived through the hard post-war years. Through an endearing, emotional and funny story, the piece not only explores their lives, but also shows us the vision of two mothers about their own children and the world they have built for them.
📅 Date: until April 20th
📍 Location: Teatre Poliorama, La Rambla
Candlelight Spring (all month).
The magic of music by candlelight continues to conquer Barcelona in April with a selection of tribute concerts to great artists and soundtracks.
- April 4 – Tribute to Mecano – Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona
- 5th April – Tribute to Queen – Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona
- April 6 – Tribute to Bad Bunny – Hotel El Palace Barcelona
- April 13 – Candlelight Spring: Ed Sheeran vs Coldplay – Hotel El Palace Barcelona
- April 26th – Tribute to Metallica – Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
Catalonia April Fair (until May 4th)
Catalonia and Andalusia are sister communities, and how could it be otherwise, the April Fair has a great exponent in our city. For a week, the Parc del Fòrum will be filled with party, joy, music, rebujitos and tapas of all kinds so that we can all enjoy it.
📅 Date: from April 26 to May 4
📍 Location: Parc del Fòrum
Impact! Barcelona Independent Film Festival ( until 13 April)
From March 24 to April 13, Impacte! Film and Human Rights Festival of Catalonia celebrates its fifth edition with 45 films that focus on issues such as the rise of the extreme right, Palestine, Iran, migration, feminism and LGTBIQ+ rights. The opening will be in charge of Separats, by Errol Morris, and among the screenings are the new work by Amos Gitai, the directorial debut of Eduard Fernández and the preview of the documentary Pirineus .Full program here.
Location: Several theaters in Barcelona.
MOSTRA (until April 20)
MOSTRA is an alternative to the big electronic music festivals. It brings together independent and small format artists and is committed to local talent, inclusion and diversity. It also has a fair to give visibility to small record stores and other collectives generally forgotten by the mainstream.
📅 Date: April 17 to 20
Price: from 52,70€ (day tickets)
📍 Location: Fabra i Coats. c/ Sant Adrià, 20
Barnasants 2025 (all month)
Barnasants returns to remind us that auteur music is something more: it is poetry, memory and emotion in its purest form. This festival, which has been defending song as a tool of expression and resistance for years, brings us in April big names such as Miquel Pujadó (April 5) or María del Mar Bonet (April 11), among others.
Location: Several venues in Barcelona and surroundings.
San Miguel Biergarten (from April 25)
German beer and gastronomy, music… all this is what brings the 12th edition of one of the most fun events in Barcelona. All combined with workshops to learn how to be a master brewer who pulls beers like no one else, or discover nuances of flavor between different varieties of beer.
Location: Plaza Mayor del Poble Espanyol.
Tickets: 12€.
Nicolas Ray’s cycle at the Fimoteca
Nicholas Ray is one of the great masters of classic Hollywood, a creator who has given us masterpieces such as Johhny Guitar or Rebel Without a Cause. The “Filmo” dedicates this April a great tribute to him, projecting in different sessions his best known works and others that may not sound so much but are guaranteed success, because they also have in their cast with stars like Humphrey Bogart or John Wayne.
📅 Date: April 10 to 30
Price: from 3€.
📍 Location: Filmoteca de Catalunya (Plaça de Salvador Seguí, 1)
Exhibition Robin Kidd. The Future is Old (all month)
Robin Kid (a.k.a THE KID) questions a divided world and repeats a big question: does history repeat itself or can we change it? In his works, he explores power, privilege and democracy, in the hope that the past will not dictate the future.
📍 Location: MOCO Museum Barcelona
Exhibitions of the month (all month)
If the exhibitions we propose above have not caught your attention (which I’m already surprised because they are sweeping), we have an entire article dedicated to the exhibitions open during this month in case you want to keep crossing out museums.
These museums, galleries and art spaces of Barcelona, renew their programs and facilities with the change of season. We leave you here our guide to the best art galleries in the city so that this April you have your own check list and go completing the bingo of Barcelona’s culture. Check all the exhibitions here.
📍 Location: MACBA, MUHBA, Disseny Hub… and many more.
Fields in bloom in Barcelona (all month)
It seems unbelievable but in March we are supposed to finally move into spring. Nobody believed it, but now is when we reap the fruits. Go for a walk through the flower fields near Barcelona where to thank for the past rainy month we had.
📍 Location: Barcelona and surroundings.
Guitar BCN (all month)
Guitar BCN, the rock and pop festival for Barcelona’s venues is heading for the last month of its program. This month many concerts are running out of tickets, so here are the ones you can still go to.
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The Musical Box (April 1)
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Valeria Castro (April 3)
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Califato 3/4 (April 4)
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Marina Carmona (April 24)
- Rodrigo Cuevas (April 26)
📍 Location: Halls in Barcelona and surroundings.
Parcs en Concert (all month)
Blood is already starting to circulate for the outdoor plans, that’s why the season of Parcs en Concert is starting. This month it’s the turn of Jo Jet & Maria Ribot at l’Església Torribera and Tracy Sirés Peace & Gold at l’Esplanada del castell de Montesquiu, so mark it on your concert calendar, but also pack a rebequita.
Visit the Vintage Markets of the city (all month)
We all know that the 70s were an explosion of color and that the 90s left us the best jeans. And as everything comes back, second hand stores in Barcelona are the perfect place to find that unique garment that will make your spring look more original. This April it’s time for an ASAP closet change.