City guideBarcelona · Sat 24 – Sun 25 October
Barcelona this weekend: the Clásico and 48h Open House
Barça v Real Madrid at the Spotify Camp Nou, 48h Open House, Dani Martín and Niall Horan at the Palau Sant Jordi, L’elisir d’amore at the Palau de la Música, sharks at CosmoCaixa and dinner at Osteria Condal.
The weekend at a glance
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Saturday · 24 October
Sunday · 25 October
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
24 October
Sat 21:00
Concert · Palau Sant Jordi
Dani Martín at the Palau Sant Jordi
Dani Martín, the singer of El Canto del Loco, marks twenty-five years on stage with the 25 P*t*s Años tour, which runs from the band’s hits to his solo records. Saturday at the Palau Sant Jordi is the second of two Barcelona nights.
It starts at 21:00 in Arata Isozaki’s arena on Montjuïc, with floor and seated tickets through The Project. Bus 150 from Plaça d’Espanya goes up to the Anella Olímpica.
Sat 18:30€25–78
Opera · Palau de la Música
L’elisir d’amore at the Palau de la Música
Donizetti’s comedy about a love potion is staged for one night, with Catalan surtitles, in the Palau de la Música’s modernista hall: the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and the Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell choir under Daniel Gil de Tejada, Manuel de Diego as Nemorino.
It starts at 18:30 on Saturday, early enough for dinner after. Tickets are €25 to €78 from the Palau; the hall is a short walk from Urquinaona metro.
SatMenus €70 and €90
Restaurant · Paral·lel
Osteria Condal, Paolo Casagrande’s restaurant on the Paral·lel
Where Albert Adrià’s Tickets stood, on the corner of Paral·lel and Tamarit, Paolo Casagrande of the three-star Lasarte has opened an Italian osteria with Grupo Orobianco, Andrea Fiori in the kitchen: fregola with seafood, risotto with tongue and salsa verde, spaghettoni with lobster, rum babà.
It serves dinner, and lunch on Fridays and Saturdays; tasting menus are €70 and €90. Behind the dining room, Bar & Bites takes walk-ins for cocktails and small plates.
Sunday
25 October
Sun 21:00
Sport · Spotify Camp Nou
Barça v Real Madrid at the Spotify Camp Nou
The first Clásico of the season is at the Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday night: Hansi Flick’s Barça, champions last spring, against José Mourinho’s Real Madrid on matchday 10 of LaLiga. Last season’s meeting here, Barça won 2–0 to take the title.
Kick-off is at 21:00. The stadium is in Les Corts, on metro line 3 (Palau Reial or Les Corts). Tickets come only through fcbarcelona.com; otherwise every bar in the city shows it.
Sun 21:15From €56.50
Concert · Palau Sant Jordi
Niall Horan at the Palau Sant Jordi
Niall Horan’s Dinner Party Live on Tour comes to Barcelona on Sunday for its only Spanish date. The Irish singer, once of One Direction, plays the Palau Sant Jordi the night after Dani Martín, in the arena Arata Isozaki built for the 1992 Olympics.
The show begins at 21:15, so it ends late for a Sunday. Tickets are from €56.50 through Live Nation; under-16s must come with an adult and a signed authorisation.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat and Sun, hours vary by buildingFree
Festival · Across the city
48h Open House Barcelona, 200 buildings open for free
For one weekend a year, buildings that are normally closed let everyone in, free. The seventeenth 48h Open House Barcelona, in the city’s year as World Capital of Architecture, opens about 200 of them in Barcelona, Badalona, L’Hospitalet, Sant Joan Despí, Vilassar de Dalt and Sitges.
Hours vary by building and most visits are walk-in; some need booking on the festival’s site. Go early to the famous ones: the queues are part of it.
Sat and Sun, 10:00–20:00€8, free under 16
Exhibition · CosmoCaixa
Sharks, the Australian Museum’s exhibition at CosmoCaixa
CosmoCaixa’s new show, made by the Australian Museum, opened on Thursday: ten life-size models of sharks, among them a great white, a hammerhead and the extinct Helicoprion, a megalodon jaw and shark skin to touch, and an aquarium built for it. It stays until September 2027.
The science museum is on Carrer d’Isaac Newton, below Tibidabo (FGC to Avinguda Tibidabo). Open 10:00 to 20:00; the €8 museum ticket includes it, and under-16s go free.
Saturday
Sat 21:00
Dani Martín at the Palau Sant Jordi
Dani Martín, the singer of El Canto del Loco, marks twenty-five years on stage with the 25 P*t*s Años tour, which runs from the band’s hits to his solo records. Saturday at the Palau Sant Jordi is the second of two Barcelona nights.
It starts at 21:00 in Arata Isozaki’s arena on Montjuïc, with floor and seated tickets through The Project. Bus 150 from Plaça d’Espanya goes up to the Anella Olímpica.
Palau Sant Jordi Sat 18:30
L’elisir d’amore at the Palau de la Música
Donizetti’s comedy about a love potion is staged for one night, with Catalan surtitles, in the Palau de la Música’s modernista hall: the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and the Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell choir under Daniel Gil de Tejada, Manuel de Diego as Nemorino.
It starts at 18:30 on Saturday, early enough for dinner after. Tickets are €25 to €78 from the Palau; the hall is a short walk from Urquinaona metro.
Palau de la Música Catalana Sat
Osteria Condal, Paolo Casagrande’s restaurant on the Paral·lel
Where Albert Adrià’s Tickets stood, on the corner of Paral·lel and Tamarit, Paolo Casagrande of the three-star Lasarte has opened an Italian osteria with Grupo Orobianco, Andrea Fiori in the kitchen: fregola with seafood, risotto with tongue and salsa verde, spaghettoni with lobster, rum babà.
It serves dinner, and lunch on Fridays and Saturdays; tasting menus are €70 and €90. Behind the dining room, Bar & Bites takes walk-ins for cocktails and small plates.
Osteria Condal Sunday
Sun 21:00
Barça v Real Madrid at the Spotify Camp Nou
The first Clásico of the season is at the Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday night: Hansi Flick’s Barça, champions last spring, against José Mourinho’s Real Madrid on matchday 10 of LaLiga. Last season’s meeting here, Barça won 2–0 to take the title.
Kick-off is at 21:00. The stadium is in Les Corts, on metro line 3 (Palau Reial or Les Corts). Tickets come only through fcbarcelona.com; otherwise every bar in the city shows it.
Spotify Camp Nou Sun 21:15
Niall Horan at the Palau Sant Jordi
Niall Horan’s Dinner Party Live on Tour comes to Barcelona on Sunday for its only Spanish date. The Irish singer, once of One Direction, plays the Palau Sant Jordi the night after Dani Martín, in the arena Arata Isozaki built for the 1992 Olympics.
The show begins at 21:15, so it ends late for a Sunday. Tickets are from €56.50 through Live Nation; under-16s must come with an adult and a signed authorisation.
Palau Sant Jordi All weekend
Sat and Sun, hours vary by building
48h Open House Barcelona, 200 buildings open for free
For one weekend a year, buildings that are normally closed let everyone in, free. The seventeenth 48h Open House Barcelona, in the city’s year as World Capital of Architecture, opens about 200 of them in Barcelona, Badalona, L’Hospitalet, Sant Joan Despí, Vilassar de Dalt and Sitges.
Hours vary by building and most visits are walk-in; some need booking on the festival’s site. Go early to the famous ones: the queues are part of it.
Sat and Sun, 10:00–20:00
Sharks, the Australian Museum’s exhibition at CosmoCaixa
CosmoCaixa’s new show, made by the Australian Museum, opened on Thursday: ten life-size models of sharks, among them a great white, a hammerhead and the extinct Helicoprion, a megalodon jaw and shark skin to touch, and an aquarium built for it. It stays until September 2027.
The science museum is on Carrer d’Isaac Newton, below Tibidabo (FGC to Avinguda Tibidabo). Open 10:00 to 20:00; the €8 museum ticket includes it, and under-16s go free.
CosmoCaixa Museum of Science