Without hardly seeing it coming, March arrives to our lives softly, with good weather and many plans. The month of art invites us to immersive exhibitions, lots of music, diverse festivals and countless plans to make the most of our free time. Don’t wait any longer and discover in this review the best plans for the month of March.
Goya Universe. Between light and darkness
This immersive exhibition that has just opened in Barcelona (where it has its world premiere) is an opportunity to learn about the life and work of the great master Goya in all its dimensions. Through period objects (originals and replicas), a selection of engravings by the artist, digital reproductions of his extensive work, augmented reality and an immersive film, we will enjoy a journey through the best of the painter and understand the evolution of his art, from his luminous beginnings to his Black Paintings, as well as the convulsive historical period in which he lived.
Location: Centre d’Art Amatller. Passeig de Gracia, 41
Dates: all month (except March 10)
Tickets: from 10,5€.
A getaway to the Pyrenees with Polar Sound Occident
March is still a good snow season, and the famous Baqueira Beret is in full swing these days. But in addition, on March 21 and 22 there is a way to enjoy its slopes even more: with the Polar Sound Occident festival. Located in the same station, it offers two days of pop-rock and electronic music of the most varied: La La Love You, Viva Suecia, Dani Fernández, Nil Moliner, Fuzzz by DJ Nano… If you are attracted to the idea of snow sports + good music run for your season tickets or tickets, as they are about to sell out.
Location: Baqueira Beret Ski Resort (Lleida).
Dates: March 21st and 22nd
Tickets: day passes from 59,5€.
Paradox Museum
More than 70 paradoxes, countless corners to take funny pictures, lots of fun and a didactic background. This is what this museum offers us in the heart of the city, where through the concept of paradox we will enjoy many interactive spaces that seem like magic… but everything has its explanation, sometimes surprising.
Location: Pl. Urquinaona, 3
Dates: Open every day
Tickets: from 16€.
AMAZÔNIA
One of the most famous and committed photographers of today,Sebastião Salgado, has this spectacular exhibition in our city, where through black and white photographs and films we can learn all the secrets of the Amazon. A sample of artistic and journalistic level but also social, as it helps us to become aware of the importance of protecting the lungs of the planet.
📍 Location: Les Drassanes Reials. Avinguda de les Drassanes, s/n
Dates: Open every day
Tickets: From 10,50€.
SENSAS Barcelona
SENSAS Barcelona is a collaborative game (for groups of 4 people or more) where through the five senses we will overcome different challenges where we will test our expertise but also our shame and prejudices. A tour of more than two hours of the most entertaining, which mixes the immersive with the escape room format …. And of which it is better to know just enough to enjoy it to the fullest.
📍 Location: Carrer d’Entença, 91-93, Bajos 2 (Eixample)
Dates: Open every day
Tickets: from 22 €.
Alfa5
Alfa5 is the largest XR Sports center in the world, a mix between gym and leisure center where we can enjoy activities that are sports with a digital layer. From the revolutionary Flatball (where the ball is digital) to paragliding in VR, from virtual tennis to an interactive climbing wall… And so on up to nine experiences to have fun, feel adrenaline and do some physical exercise adapted to all ages (from 7 years old) and all physical conditions.
Location: c/ Almogàvers, 169
Dates: Open every day except Mondays
Tickets: from 17€.
Candlelight: The best classical tribute concerts to great artists
Hundreds of candles surrounding a string quartet playing the great songs of Coldplay. Or Metallica. Perhaps a pianist reinterprets the work of Hans Zimmer at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site. This is the concept of Candlelight Barcelona, luxury performers in iconic, historic and intimate spaces.
Throughout the month of March, from Friday to Sunday we can attend one of these concerts by candlelight, see the Candlelight page to see all the shows and schedules.
Location: various venues in the city
Dates: Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in March
Tickets: from €19
Carnival
This year the Carnival has been waiting so long that it takes part of March. This year’s theme is the Carnival Còsmic and the name of the Rei Carnestoltes could not be more critical of the current situation: Elon Muska Collonera. For a week (from Dijous Gras to Dimecres de Cendra) the whole city is filled with workshops, rúas, shows and other activities with the only excuse to have fun and take our best clothes.
Discover here the schedules and all the activities of the Carnival 2025 in Barcelona, as well as the carnivals by districts. Do you want more? You can always make a carnival getaway to Sitges or Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Location: various venues in the city
Dates: from February 27 to March 5
FLIC Festival
On the weekend of March 22-23, the itinerant FLIC Festival arrives at the Disseny Hub to show that literature goes beyond reading a book. Up to 19 activities divided into age groups (-5, 6-11 and +12) will take place in Barcelona, including games, illustration workshops, storytelling aloud and reading spaces. It is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the magic of books and literary creativity.
Location: DHub. Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 38
Dates: March 22nd and 23rd
Tickets: from 5,40€.
America’s Cup Experience
The America ‘s Cup Experience is the immersive exhibition that seeks to bring the world of sailing even to those who are not so fanatical about the sport. Located in the IMAX of the Port Vell, next to the Maremàgnum, it offers sailing simulators and projections on a 128m² screen, the second largest in Europe.
Location: Moll d’Espanya
Dates: Every day except Mondays
Tickets: from 12€.
The Champions Burger
This itinerant festival is coming to the city, where 28 hamburger restaurants will compete for the prize of the best burger. While they compete, we will enjoy the delights of each stand: their burger candidate for the award and some sides to which it is impossible to resist.
Location: Fira Barcelona Montjuïc, Plaça L’Univers.
Dates: March 7 to 16
Tickets: free!
Make a good calçotada without leaving Barcelona
The calçot season continues, that tradition that all Catalans agree on. Luckily, you don’t have to go far to feast on this native delicacy, the city has several restaurants where you can get your boots on.
👉This is our list of the best places to eat calçots in Barcelona city.
GRAF Festival
Since 2013 Barcelona lovers of comics (both reading and creating them) have their own fair in the city, GRAF, a meeting point for independent comics and self-publishing. For two days, at the Fabra i Coats we can discover those comics that don’t usually appear on the bestseller lists and that are worth reading, and we can enjoy talks and workshops if we are interested in this exciting world.
Location: Fabra i Coats, Fàbrica de Creació. C/ Sant Adrià, 20
Dates: March 15th and 16th
Tickets: free!
Americana Film Fest
For the 12th consecutive year Barcelona celebrates the Americana, a great opportunity to enjoy gems (sometimes hidden) of recent American cinema, always dominated by high-budget productions. The program is presented on February 19, but we have already advanced a news: the presence of Ira Sachs as guest of honor, director of great indie films like Love is Strange, Summer in Brooklyn or Passages.
Location: several cinemas in Barcelona
Dates: March 11 to 16
Tickets: 8€ single ticket / 6-ticket pass for 40€.
Corteo, by Circ du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil brings to Barcelona, a city where they are always received with enthusiasm, one of their most successful shows to date. With the starting point of the funeral of a clown, this show combines art, music and spectacular scenery to amaze the whole family.
Location: Palau Sant Jordi. Passeig Olímpic, 5-7
Dates: March 27 to April 6
Tickets: from 44€.
A relaxing time at a spa
The last vacations are far behind us and the stress is starting to weigh down, so how about leaving your worries at the door and relaxing in the waters? Luckily in Barcelona and surroundings we have many spas, of all styles and budgets.
👉This is our list of the best spas in Barcelona and surroundings.
San Miguel Gastrofest KM0
This festival dedicated to Catalan food, proximity and elaborated with fresh food is back. During the two days of the event several restaurants in Barcelona will offer their delicacies, and everything will be crowned with a calçotada, as it could not be otherwise. The gastro pleasure will be complemented with concerts, DJ sessions, tastings, pairings, showcookings, lectures…
Location: Poble Espanyol. Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13
Dates: March 8 and 9
Tickets: from 6€.
Jazz I Am
The Barcelona International Jazz Meeting is a great opportunity for professionals and fans of this genre, who during three intense days will be able to be inspired and learn from the best through round tables, creative sessions, showcases, networking and much more. The reborn El Molino and other venues in the city are the settings for these musical days.
Location: various venues in the city
Dates: March 12, 13 and 14
Tickets: 20-30€ day tickets / 60€ ‘full pass’.
D’A Festival
One more year, Barcelona surrenders to auteur cinema. With the full program still to be announced, we already know that the opening film of the D’A Festival will be La furia, Gemma Blasco’s debut, and that this edition will have many surprises, as we are already facing the 15th anniversary of this event: more awards, many guests and a retrospective on the occasion of the anniversary.
Location: several cinemas in Barcelona
Dates: March 27th to April 6th
Tickets: 8€ single ticket / 30€ season ticket of 6 tickets
Maria Canals International Music Competition of Barcelona
The 70th edition of this competition is here, where our musical temple is filled with talent between 88 keys. Pianists from all over the world will play for all citizens to enjoy classical music and, obviously, to win the prestigious award.
Location: Palau de la Música Catalana. c/ Palau de la Música, 4-6
Dates: March 23rd to April 3rd
Tickets: from 5€.
Family shows at Casa Elizalde
For three Saturdays in March, Casa Elizalde offers shows ideal for families that combine theater, circus, magic, dance and music to give the little ones at home a taste for culture.
Location: Casa Elizalde. c/ València, 302
Dates: March 15, 22 and 29
Tickets: 3,3€.
Moritz Feed Dog
This film festival is dedicated to fashion on the big screen, with screenings of fiction films and documentaries set in this exciting world. In the absence of knowing the entire program we already know that there will be a documentary dedicated to John Galliano, another dedicated to the 50 years of Fashion Week in Paris and one that pays tribute to the figure of the revolutionary designer Schiaparelli. Although the program is mostly of recent cinema, there will be some classic gems, such as the restored version of Model (1980), which portrays the life of models in those years.
Location: Mooby Bosque Cinemas. Rambla del Prat, 16
Dates: March 19 to 23
Tickets: from 29€ the basic season ticket
Barcelona Scene
The city turns to the performing arts with a new edition of this cycle, which offers us during March (and April) plenty of free theater, circus, music and dance shows. This is a great opportunity to discover emerging talent and enjoy alternative and underground proposals.
Location: several civic centers in the city.
Dates: throughout the month (check programming)
Tickets: free!
A visit to the new Can Clos Park
Barcelona has a good streak of new public facilities. If not long ago we recommended a visit to Can Batlló, this March we invite you to Can Clos, the new park that has opened in the neighborhood of the same name (in Sants-Montjuïc). In total , 14.400m2 of green areas, children’s areas, rest and recreation areas and much more.
👉 This is everything you need to know about the new Can Clos park, the new green lung of Barcelona.
ExpoDinos
Since dinosaurs entered massively into our lives thanks to (or because of) Steven Spielberg, it’s rare that we don’t have in Barcelona some experience dedicated to them. Now the chosen site is the Poble Espanyol, where we can see replicas of these prehistoric animals and learn their curiosities. A good plan to go with the little ones (or not so little).
Location: Poble Espanyol. Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13
Dates: every day of the month
Tickets: 9€.
Saló de l’Ensenyament
As every year during this holiday season, the fair for those who want to orient themselves about their academic future arrives in Barcelona. In the space of the Fira you will be able to discover the educational offer of our country, learn about studies that you did not know existed and get information to plan your professional future.
Location: Fira de Barcelona, Av. de la Reina Maria Cristina, s/n
Dates: 26 to 30 March
Tickets: from 6€.
Photo Forum Fest
An unmissable event for photography lovers, the Photo Forum Fest is nothing more and nothing less than the largest photography congress in Europe and the second largest in the world. Three days to share your passion, learn from the best and buy material.
Location: Fira de Barcelona, Av. de la Reina Maria Cristina, s/n
Dates: March 26th to 28th
Tickets: commercial area and keynotes free; congress tickets from 49€.
Volta a Catalunya
The most important cycling race in Catalonia will cross this March several areas of our geography (in its men’s version, the women’s version will be in June. As for Barcelona, it will be the protagonist of the last stage of the competition, where the podium will be decided. If for you watching a cycling race is not synonymous with taking a nap on the couch, this plan is perfect for you.
Location: various parts of Catalonia
Dates: March 23 to 30 (on the 30th the stage will be in Barcelona)
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