This weekend Barcelona smells of freshly baked cookies. Cookie Fest, the city’s first cookie festival, lands at Maremagnum with free entry. Around it: vermouth and soul by the sea, digital art in Montjuïc, the Raval(s) Festival with free activities and the first week of the Hotel Tapa Tour.
Cookie Fest at Maremagnum
12 bakeries compete to make the best cookie in Barcelona at Plaça de l’Odissea, Maremagnum, and you vote. Friday 6 from 12 noon to 11 pm, Saturday 7 from 10 am to 11 pm and Sunday 8 from 10 am to 9 pm. Entry is free; cookies are €4.50, halves €2.25 and the voting tasting menu €1.75. Full details in my Cookie Fest Barcelona guide.
Food and drink
- Vermut & Soul at Port Olímpic: an artisan vermouth fair by the sea with tapas and live soul. Friday 5–10:45 pm, Saturday 11 am–4 pm and 5–10:30 pm, Sunday 11 am–3:30 pm and 4:30–8:30 pm. Entry €11–13.
- Hotel Tapa Tour: from Thursday 5 November, 12 luxury hotels serve signature tapas for €7–16 with a drink. See my Hotel Tapa Tour guide.
- Vegan tapas route in Poble-sec: Friday from 7 pm, 100% vegan tapas for €5.
Free plans
- Raval(s) Festival: over 50 free activities on the Rambla del Raval, 6–8 November, with the Soup Festival on Saturday and Catalan rumba on Sunday.
- Sant Antoni Sunday book market: second-hand books, comics and coins around the market on Sunday morning.
At night
- MIRA Festival at Fira Montjuïc, Friday and Saturday 5:30 pm–5:30 am, with Shygirl, Max Cooper, Tortoise and Martin Rev. Two-day pass €85 + fees.
- Vijay Iyer at the Conservatori del Liceu on Friday, and opera in the Grand Marina cocktail bar on Saturday at 8:30 pm.
Theatre and film
Un tal Shakespeare opens on Saturday at Teatre Muntaner, Palabra de perro closes on Sunday at the Romea, and the In-Edit music documentary festival ends on Sunday at Mooby Aribau.
More ideas in what to do today and Barcelona in November.
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What to do in Barcelona on the weekend of 6 to 8 November 2026
Cookie Fest at Maremagnum, with free entry; Vermut & Soul at Port Olímpic; the MIRA digital arts festival at Fira Montjuïc; the Raval(s) Festival, with over 50 free activities; and the Hotel Tapa Tour, with tapas at 12 luxury hotels.
Free things to do in Barcelona from 6 to 8 November
Entry to Cookie Fest at Maremagnum is free (you only pay for cookies), and the Raval(s) Festival has over 50 free activities, such as Saturday’s Soup Festival and Sunday’s rumba. On Sunday morning there’s also the Sant Antoni book market.
Sources: cookiefest.es, Time Out Barcelona, guia.barcelona.cat, The New Barcelona Post.
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