How the Les Corts Festival works
There is no single stage: each square has its own festival committee or residents’ association with its own programme. The spots with the most children’s activity are Plaça de Can Rosés, Plaça de la Concòrdia and Plaça de Comas in the old centre, and further south Carrer de Benavent, Gran Via de Carles III at Avinguda de Madrid, and Avinguda de Sant Ramon Nonat. Almost everything is free and outdoors, and most plans for little ones fall on weekend mornings or from 5 pm on weekdays.
🎪 This year the festival coincides with the 700th anniversary of the Royal Monastery of Pedralbes: on Sunday the 4th there is free entry, children’s workshops and storytelling, and a gathering of Elisenda giant figures in the Monastery square.
See the children’s morning at Pedralbes MonasteryThe first weekend: giants, opening speech and the Circ dels sentits
Saturday the 3rd begins with the giants and beasts set out in Plaça de la Concòrdia at 9.30 am and the popular procession at 10.30 am, which reaches Plaça de Comas for the 12 noon opening speech, given by a centenarian resident and a local student. That same morning there are traditional games outside the Mercat de les Corts, volleyball with CVB Barça, and El Circ dels sentits in the Magalí gardens, an installation to explore with your eyes closed. Sunday the 4th adds workshops by Escola Solc, Pedralbes Monastery and the first foam party, at 12 noon in Can Rosés.
🎪 With young children, the 9.30 am set-out is the best moment to see the giants up close without the crowds: they stand still in the square before the parade sets off.
See El Circ dels sentitsFoam parties, water play and hot chocolate
There are two foam parties: Sunday the 4th at 12 noon in Plaça de Can Rosés, with the Remullats show, and Friday the 9th at 5.30 pm on Avinguda de Sant Ramon Nonat, for children up to 10. On Saturday the 10th, the children’s morning on Carrer de Benavent adds a water play area by Aigües de Barcelona, plus karts, a little train and the City Police’s Paw Patrol. And there are four hot-chocolate afternoons: Friday the 2nd at Mirall de Pedralbes, Friday the 9th in Can Rosés, Saturday the 10th on Benavent and Sunday the 11th on Gran Via de Carles III.
🎪 In October foam cools you down fast: bring a towel, a change of clothes and a bag for the wet ones. At Mirall de Pedralbes the chocolate is free with a ticket from the participating shops; without one it costs €3.
The Can Rosés funfair
Plaça de Can Rosés hosts the children’s funfair for the whole festival, from 2 to 12 October: Monday to Thursday from 5 to 11 pm, and Fridays, Saturdays and the eve of public holidays from 10 am to 11 pm. You pay per ride. The same square has a children’s programme on Sunday the 4th, Friday the 9th, Sunday the 11th and Monday the 12th, so on those days it is easy to combine rides with the foam party, board games, hot chocolate or shows.
See everything on at Plaça de Can RosésInclusive and accessible activities
El Circ dels sentits (Saturday the 3rd, Magalí gardens) carries the “Les Corts Inclusiu” label: it is an experience designed around touch, hearing and smell. On Friday the 9th, outside the Montserrat Abelló Library, there are inclusive and sensory board games for the whole family. On Sunday the 4th there is the charity run for cerebral palsy, 100% accessible and inclusive, with a 1 km route, and the Can Deu civic centre runs an environmental workshop adapted for people with visual impairment, with prior registration. At the opening speech on Saturday the 3rd there is a reserved area for people with reduced mobility, subtitles and sign language.
🎪 The printed programme is adapted for people with visual impairment: the QR code on the cover links to audio recordings that read out all the information.
See the inclusive street board gamesCorrefoc and fire: what suits little ones and what does not
This year the programme has no children’s correfoc. The 23rd joint Correfoc is on Saturday the 3rd at 9 pm from Plaça de Comas, preceded by a drumming parade at 6 pm from Plaça de la Concòrdia, which is the easier part to enjoy with children. On Thursday the 8th at 7.30 pm there is a carretillada in Sant Ramon, and on Monday the 12th the festival closes with a correfoc at 8 pm from Can Rosés to the Magalí gardens and the piromusical at 9.30 pm around the same gardens.
🎪 If you go, wear long-sleeved cotton clothing, a cap and closed shoes, and bring ear protection for noise-sensitive children. With the youngest, it is better to watch from a side street than from inside the route.
🗺️ The programme was finalised on 15 September: any change to an event is published in the digital version on the District website (barcelona.cat/lescorts).
Getting around the Les Corts Festival with kids
The old centre is small and walkable with a buggy: Plaça de Comas, Plaça de la Concòrdia, Plaça de Can Rosés and the Magalí gardens are less than ten minutes apart. The other hubs are further apart: Carrer de Benavent, Gran Via de Carles III and Avinguda de Sant Ramon Nonat to the south, and Mirall and Pedralbes Monastery to the north. With children, it is easiest to pick one area per afternoon rather than crossing the district.
By metro, L3 stops at Les Corts and Maria Cristina, next to the old centre, and at Palau Reial and Zona Universitària, closer to Pedralbes; L5 reaches Collblanc and Plaça del Centre, near Sant Ramon and Carles III. The Trambaix tram also stops in the district. Every festival space has a toilet nearby, and for a sustainable festival you are asked to bring your own cup.
Mum to mum: with ten days of festival you do not need to go to everything. Sunday the 4th in the morning and Friday the 9th in the afternoon pack many children’s plans close together, and on Saturday the 10th the children’s morning on Benavent is one of the most complete. Always bring a change of clothes if foam or water is on the plan, and remember the festival goes quiet at midnight from Monday to Thursday.
