City guideBarcelona · Sat 17 – Sun 18 October
Barcelona this weekend: Mercat de Mercats and Patrick Radden Keefe
The Mercat de Mercats at Glòries, Radden Keefe and Mariana Enriquez at the CCCB, Dana Lixenberg at KBr, Barcelona Dibuixa, BCN Ciutat Diversa and dinner at Mineral.
The weekend at a glance
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Sunday · 18 October
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Sunday
18 October
Sun 11:00–19:00Free
Festival · Arc de Triomf
BCN Ciutat Diversa festival at the Arc de Triomf
Each autumn the city’s Municipal Immigration Council and its member organisations hold BCN Ciutat Diversa, a festive day that celebrates the many communities that make up Barcelona. This year its activities focus on anti-racism, and radio programmes are broadcast from the site through the day.
It fills Passeig de Lluís Companys, below the Arc de Triomf, on Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00. It is free; walk on to the Ciutadella park after.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat 11:00–22:00, Sun 11:00–21:00Free entry, tapas €4 or €6
Market · Plaça de les Glòries
Mercat de Mercats food fair at Glòries
Once a year the traders of Barcelona’s municipal markets bring their stalls together in one place. The Mercat de Mercats, now in its fifteenth edition, fills Plaça de les Glòries with fresh produce, growers and restaurants serving tapas; this year South Korea’s Jeonbuk province is the guest.
Buy fish or meat at a stall and have it cooked free at the grills, from 12:00 to 20:15. Entry is free; take the metro to Glòries.
Sat 20:00 and Sun 18:00Free
Talks · CCCB
Patrick Radden Keefe and Mariana Enriquez at the CCCB
The city’s free Biennal de Pensament ends this weekend. On Saturday at 20:00 the investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe talks about his new book on hidden money in London; on Sunday at 18:00 the Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez talks about the city at night.
Both talks are in the CCCB’s Pati de les Dones, in the Raval. Entry is free but places are limited, so come early.
Sat and Sun, 11:00–19:00€5
Exhibition · KBr
Dana Lixenberg’s portraits at KBr Fundación Mapfre
The Dutch photographer Dana Lixenberg works slowly, with a large-format camera. American Images gathers three decades of her portraits in the United States, from Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. to the residents of Imperial Courts, a Los Angeles housing estate she photographed for more than twenty years.
KBr is the photography centre on Avinguda Litoral, by the beach. Open 11:00 to 19:00; tickets are €5.
Sat 16:00–20:00, Sun 10:00–14:00
Festival · Museu Picasso
Barcelona Dibuixa drawing festival at the Museu Picasso
For one weekend more than forty museums and cultural centres across Barcelona invite everyone to draw, with sessions led by artists. At the Museu Picasso, the artist Marina Sáez is building a hanging garden of large drawings on tissue paper, and visitors of every age add to it.
Drop in on Saturday from 16:00 to 20:00 or Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00; the full list of venues is on the festival’s site.
Sat and SunAbout €60 without wine
Restaurant · Eixample
Mineral, Oliver Peña’s restaurant in the Eixample
Mineral is the first restaurant of chef Oliver Peña, who earned a Michelin star at Teatro, and sommelier Cristina Losada, formerly of Enigma. Peña calls his cooking “from here with techniques from everywhere”: mackerel with an Iberian vinaigrette, grilled and pickled quail, an Araucana hen’s fried egg.
It is on Carrer de Mallorca, by the Ninot market, and serves dinner Thursday to Monday. There are only 30 seats, most at the bar, so book.
Sunday
Sun 11:00–19:00
BCN Ciutat Diversa festival at the Arc de Triomf
Each autumn the city’s Municipal Immigration Council and its member organisations hold BCN Ciutat Diversa, a festive day that celebrates the many communities that make up Barcelona. This year its activities focus on anti-racism, and radio programmes are broadcast from the site through the day.
It fills Passeig de Lluís Companys, below the Arc de Triomf, on Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00. It is free; walk on to the Ciutadella park after.
All weekend
Sat 11:00–22:00, Sun 11:00–21:00
Mercat de Mercats food fair at Glòries
Once a year the traders of Barcelona’s municipal markets bring their stalls together in one place. The Mercat de Mercats, now in its fifteenth edition, fills Plaça de les Glòries with fresh produce, growers and restaurants serving tapas; this year South Korea’s Jeonbuk province is the guest.
Buy fish or meat at a stall and have it cooked free at the grills, from 12:00 to 20:15. Entry is free; take the metro to Glòries.
Sat 20:00 and Sun 18:00
Patrick Radden Keefe and Mariana Enriquez at the CCCB
The city’s free Biennal de Pensament ends this weekend. On Saturday at 20:00 the investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe talks about his new book on hidden money in London; on Sunday at 18:00 the Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez talks about the city at night.
Both talks are in the CCCB’s Pati de les Dones, in the Raval. Entry is free but places are limited, so come early.
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona Sat and Sun, 11:00–19:00
Dana Lixenberg’s portraits at KBr Fundación Mapfre
The Dutch photographer Dana Lixenberg works slowly, with a large-format camera. American Images gathers three decades of her portraits in the United States, from Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. to the residents of Imperial Courts, a Los Angeles housing estate she photographed for more than twenty years.
KBr is the photography centre on Avinguda Litoral, by the beach. Open 11:00 to 19:00; tickets are €5.
Sat 16:00–20:00, Sun 10:00–14:00
Barcelona Dibuixa drawing festival at the Museu Picasso
For one weekend more than forty museums and cultural centres across Barcelona invite everyone to draw, with sessions led by artists. At the Museu Picasso, the artist Marina Sáez is building a hanging garden of large drawings on tissue paper, and visitors of every age add to it.
Drop in on Saturday from 16:00 to 20:00 or Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00; the full list of venues is on the festival’s site.
Picasso Museum Barcelona Sat and Sun
Mineral, Oliver Peña’s restaurant in the Eixample
Mineral is the first restaurant of chef Oliver Peña, who earned a Michelin star at Teatro, and sommelier Cristina Losada, formerly of Enigma. Peña calls his cooking “from here with techniques from everywhere”: mackerel with an Iberian vinaigrette, grilled and pickled quail, an Araucana hen’s fried egg.
It is on Carrer de Mallorca, by the Ninot market, and serves dinner Thursday to Monday. There are only 30 seats, most at the bar, so book.
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