Circuit Festival Barcelona — Main Event
€50Europe's biggest international LGBTQ+ summer festival hits its flagship night — full production, headline DJs, and 70,000+ revellers across the city for nine days of parties.
More info / Tickets →This Week in Barcelona & Catalunya
July 30 – August 9, 2026
WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK
Festival season hits full swing — big outdoor parties, open-air cinema, a farewell concert on the Costa Brava, and free finds for a quieter afternoon.
Barcelona
Brunch Electronik Festival
€59.90+Three days of open-air electronic music with Kaytranada, Jeff Mills, Paul Kalkbrenner, CamelPhat and more — Barcelona's biggest summer dance festival returns to the Fòrum.
More info / Tickets →Sala Montjuïc — "Sentimental Value" (Open-Air Cinema)
€9–€12Original-version cinema under the stars, preceded by a live set — this week it's the Cannes Grand Prix winner "Sentimental Value," with music from Mr. Shingles.
More info / Tickets →Nits en Viu — Poble Espanyol
From €12Salsa and bachata nights, rock tributes, pop sing-alongs and rumba — Poble Espanyol turns into an open-air summer club, with food and cocktails in "the Village" before and after every set.
More info / Tickets →ICONS — Steve McCurry (Exhibition)
From €16150+ photographs spanning four decades — McCurry's most extensive retrospective yet, from his most iconic portraits to intimate everyday scenes across Asia and beyond.
More info / Tickets →Other Cities Across Catalunya
Festa Major de la Garriga
FreeCorrefocs, giant parades, water runs, sardanas, havaneres and free nightly concerts — a full-blown small-town Festa Major an hour from Barcelona, with a new 75-metre urban water slide this year.
More info / Tickets →Jethro Tull — Festival Internacional de Música de Cambrils
€50–€55The legendary British rockers bring their "Curiosity Tour 1968–2026" to Catalonia for one exclusive date — new material from Curious Ruminant alongside classics like Aqualung and Locomotive Breath.
More info / Tickets →La Fúmiga + Naina — Farewell Concert (Festival Portalblau)
€36Valencian favourites La Fúmiga play their only Alt Empordà date on their farewell tour "L'últim abraç," with rising singer-songwriter Naina opening — a standing concert inside the Roman ruins of Empúries.
More info / Tickets →MEDFOTO'26 — Mediterranean Photography Exhibition
FreeFinalist images from the 6th Mediterranean Photography Competition — a free open-air exhibition on the Costa Brava exploring people's relationship with the sea, part of Festival Portalblau.
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