What's on Barcelona July 2023

What's on in July in Barcelona

Barcelona in July 2023 - What's on?


Barcelona is hot, sunny and fun city in July and usually welcomes visitors with many music festivals and outdoor activities

There are usually several music festivals in Barcelona in July which include the Festival CruillaRockFest and the Barcelona Beach Festival 

Don't miss the Pride Barcelona festival which is the Mediterranean's largest gay pride event

Usually visitors can enjoy the summer night 'al fresco' jazz concerts on the roof terraces of the most famous Gaudí buildings in Barcelona.

There are jazz concerts  on Thursdays and Friday on the roof terrace of La Pedrera building and also Magic Nights concerts on the roof of Casa Batllo. Both these buildings were designed by Antoni Gaudí and both are situated on elegant boulevard Passeig de Gracia. The lesser known Palau Güell also offers a series of outdoor live concerts on Thursday nights in July. 

For theatre, dance and cultural performances check out the annual Grec Festival, called El Grec, which is summer festival of dance, theatre and music performances in Barcelona in July

To see a typical local neigbourhood festival with Catalan traditions in July in Barcelona visit the La Fiesta Mayor del Poble-sec in the Poble-sec neighbourhood of Barcelona. 

A Festa Major is usually a week long festival with many local traditional Catalan activities including 'castellers' human towers, colourful processions with giants, street parties, concerts and more.

Summer concerts near Barcelona


North of Barcelona in the Costa Brava region, there are summer concerts at the Jardins de Cap Roig Festival where you can see big names in music in July and August. For this experience you will need to rent a car and maybe consider a stay overnight. It's a long drive.

You can usually enjoy free jazz and classical concerts in many Barcelona parks in the Barcelona summer music parks programme called 'Música als Parcs'

Sala Montjuic is a summer open air cinema event with show open air big screen classic movies at Montjuic Castle on Montjuic hill.in Barcelona during July and the beginning of August. 

Sala Montjuic fans often bring a picnic to enjoy during the movie and the live jazz concert before the movie.

Note that the Sala Montjuic movies are V.O. Version Original, which means they are shown in the original language with Spanish subtitles. 

All events July Barcelona

Summer at the Museums  


Local families and children can usually enjoy over many activities at city museums during summer in Barcelona. including games, workshops, tours and more.

For adults many museums, exhibition centres and heritage sites open late and offer special events such as concerts and film sessions.  


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Swimming pools


When the Barcelona's July weather gets hot and humid there are usually several places where you can cool off at Barcelona public swimming pools. The open air pool with the best city views is the Olympic diving pool on Montjuic hill but there are other outdoor Barcelona swimming pools too. 

Best beaches

Find Barcelona beaches - and see how to get to even nicer beaches outside Barcelona

Shopping and sales

Don't miss Barcelona summer sales and for shoppting tips visit our Barcelona shopping guide


Related pages July Barcelona:

Barcelona events July
What to wear Barcelona in July
Barcelona Festivals in July
Jazz evenings La Pedrera
Grec Festival Barcelona
Cruilla Barcelona Festival
Music in the Parks
Sala Montjuic 
Barcelona events calender

The above event are highlights. Find more top events in BCN and full details of July 2023 concerts and July 2023 summer events in our Barcelona Events Calendar 

Enjoy Barcelona this July 2023 and thank you for visiting!

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Last Updated on Friday, 21 July 2023 09:18