Overview

• Music ramps up across Música Mercè and BAM with a parity-focused lineup featuring local talent and guests, including Mushka, Rigoberta Bandini and Lia Kali at Bogatell on Friday, with Sidonie and María Arnal on Saturday.
• Traditional fire rituals dominate the weekend calendar, with Friday’s Paseo de Dragones y Bestias de Fuego and Saturday’s La Tabalada (16:45), Correfoc Infantil (18:00) and the main Correfoc at 20:30 on Passeig de Gràcia.
• Street-arts programming (Mercè Arts de Carrer) spreads through Estació del Nord, Trinitat, the Parc dels Auditoris at the Fòrum, the Aqüeducte, Jardins de Joan Maragall and Port Olímpic, with family shows and a children’s beach space at Moll de Mestral.
• Food draws crowds at Terra i Gust in Parc de la Ciutadella with tastings, workshops and demos all weekend, alongside Van Van Food’s Chop Stick Fest of foodtrucks at Parc de l’Estació del Nord.
• Museum open days offer free entry and activities across dozens of venues, and Barcelona Hotel Bar Week runs through Sept. 28 with 25 hotels serving €12 cocktails.