Recommended events in Mallorca

What if your child's drawing lit up the port of Palma this Christmas? The Balearic Port Authority (APB) is running the second edition of «Del papel al cielo» (From paper to sky), the children's contest that turns a drawing into sustainable Christmas lights. 🎨✨

Open to children aged 5 to 15 living in the Balearic Islands. Entry is free and online, through the Ports de Balears website (in Spanish and Catalan).

🎨 FROM PAPER TO SKY 2026

📅 Drawings accepted until Sunday 25 October 2026

🗳️ Public vote from 26 October to 1 November

📍 Port of Palma (Moll Vell)

🎟️ Free entry

✏️ How to take part

Any theme inspired by Christmas, the sea, boats or port life: a character, an object, a fantasy figure or a whole scene. On an A4 sheet, portrait or landscape, using pencils, markers, watercolours or poster paint.

Scan or photograph it (max 9 MB) and upload it with the online form. Digital drawings and AI-generated images are not accepted. Simple shapes and clear outlines work best, since the winning drawing will become a light.

🗳️ A light chosen by everyone

The APB will pick five finalists, published on 26 October for the public to vote. The winner is announced on 2 November and the drawing will be reproduced in several lights brightening a spot in the port of Palma over the holidays, switched on officially in late November.

🌍 Lights that care for the planet

The lights are made with recyclable, plastic-free materials, low-energy LEDs and solutions that reduce light pollution.

ℹ️ Good to know: the form is filled in by a parent or guardian. Check the rules on the website before sending the drawing.

✨ Grab your colours and take your drawing from paper to sky.

The bassoon takes centre stage at the Auditori de Porreres. The Orquestra Lauseta continues the 2026-2027 season of its classical music series with a concert that sets soloist and orchestra in conversation. 🎶🎻

DIÀLEGS PER A FAGOT (Dialogues for Bassoon) is part of the Orquestra Lauseta's 10th Classical Music Series, with Daniel Fernández as bassoon soloist, conducted by Xisco Amengual.

🎶 DIÀLEGS PER A FAGOT

📅 Saturday 24 October 2026

🕐 8.00 pm

📍 Auditori de Porreres

🎟️ Free entry

🎼 The concert

The bassoon is the low voice of the woodwind family: warm, expressive and with a touch of humour that great composers have always known how to use. It rarely steps into the spotlight, and this concert gives it the leading role.

Soloist and orchestra converse throughout the programme in a play of call and response, with Daniel Fernández on bassoon and the Orquestra Lauseta under the baton of Xisco Amengual.

🎻 The Orquestra Lauseta

The Orquestra Lauseta is a musical project that aims to make a cultural impact on Mallorcan society by bringing high-quality classical music performed by professional musicians to local audiences. Its concert series now reaches its tenth edition and has become a fixture of the Porreres cultural calendar.

The series is supported by Porreres Town Council, the Auditori de Porreres and the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: free entry until the venue is full. Arriving a little early is recommended.

✨ A Saturday evening to hear the bassoon as you have never heard it before, with free admission.

A special morning gathering to share insights and celebrate the vital role libraries play in society, complete with a convivial vermouth tasting. 📚🍷

The event brings together host Margalida Mateu alongside journalists and cultural professionals to engage in discussion regarding books, conversation, and community.

📚 Vermut literari: brindem per les biblioteques!

📅 October 24, 2026

🕐 11:00

📍 Biblioteca Joan Alcover (carrer de Joan Alcover, 28), Palma

🎟️ Price not specified

📖 A panel discussion highlighting spaces of reading

The event is designed as a relaxed panel discussion paired with vermouth to honour public libraries. The conversation focuses on these institutions as dynamic spaces for communal connection, shared reading, open dialogue, and active cultural life.

Hosted by Margalida Mateu, the panel includes the perspective of journalists and professionals closely connected to the cultural sector, each offering their personal reflections on the importance of libraries today.

📚 Biblioteca Joan Alcover as a cultural hub

The Biblioteca Joan Alcover, situated at carrer de Joan Alcover 28 in Palma, serves as the setting for this exchange dedicated to literature and ideas.

For further details regarding the event, you can contact the organisers by calling 971 225 900 (extension 3631) or by emailing bibjalcover@palma.es.

ℹ️ Good to know: Recommended for an adult audience.

✨ A splendid occasion to raise a glass to literature, shared dialogue, and the enduring value of libraries.

A Sunday at noon, a vermouth in hand and live music from the Balearic Islands: that is how the Auditori d'Alcúdia opens its new autumn season. 🎶🍂

The Posidònia concert is the official launch of the A Cel Obert programme, served as a vermouth concert with free entry.

🎶 POSIDÒNIA, MEDITERRANEAN FOLK

📅 Sunday 25 October 2026

🕐 12 noon

📍 Nou Espai Escènic Bastió de Sant Ferran (Bullring), Alcúdia

🎟️ Free entry while seats last

🎻 The band

Posidònia starts from the traditional music of the Balearic Islands and travels between the familiar and the unexpected, floating between folk and Mediterranean music, all the way to original songs and poetry set to music. Their aim is to keep the islands' own music alive, respect its roots and share it with the world through a fresh, creative and contemporary approach.

On stage: Marta Elka (vocals and violin), Toni Pastor (llaüt, the Mallorcan lute), Bernat Cabot (violin), Pep Balaguer (guitar), Moisés Peledri (percussion) and Marko Lohikari (double bass).

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: the concert lasts about an hour and seating is limited, so arrive early.

✨ Island folk and a vermouth in the sun: the perfect start to Alcúdia's cultural autumn.

Jazz Voyeur Festival opens its 19th edition with the pulse of Brazil: samba, choro and modern jazz in one night in Palma. 🎶🇧🇷

🎷 Jazz Voyeur Festival

The Jazz Voyeur Festival has been bringing international jazz to Mallorca since 2004. Its 19th edition features four concerts between 29 October and 6 December 2026 in Palma and Inca: Trio Corrente, Al Di Meola Trío, Cécile McLorin Salvant & Sullivan Fortner and Hans Theessink.

🎶 TRIO CORRENTE · Brazilian jazz

📅 Thursday 29 October 2026

🕐 8.00 pm

📍 Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears, Palma

🎟️ Tickets from €20

🎹 The trio

Made up of Edu Ribeiro (drums), Fábio Torres (piano) and Paulo Paulelli (double bass), Trio Corrente blends the tradition of 1960s samba-jazz trios with modern jazz, choro and Brazilian music.

Their collaboration with Paquito D'Rivera on Song for Maura won the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album.

🏛️ The venue

The Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears is the islands' public school for higher music education. As well as training new generations of musicians, it opens its auditorium to concerts like this one, bringing major international names closer to audiences and students.

ℹ️ Good to know: limited capacity; buying tickets in advance and arriving a few minutes early is recommended.

✨ Brazilian rhythm and top-class jazz to open the festival.

Close-up theatre, with the bar counter as the stage and the audience just inches from the actors. Teatre de Barra is back in Alcúdia for one night. 🎭🍷

The shows are produced by Òrbita Produccions and take place in three venues in the old town.

🎭 TEATRE DE BARRA IN ALCÚDIA

📅 Friday 30 October 2026

🕐 From 8.30 pm

📍 Cas Capellà (Carrer d'en Serra, 17), Cuinart (Av. Prínceps d'Espanya, 15) and Can Ramis, Alcúdia

🎟️ €5 per show

🍷 What is Teatre de Barra?

Short plays of around 35 minutes, written to be performed in bars and restaurants. No seats in rows and no curtain: the action happens between the tables and at the counter, and the audience becomes part of the scene. The format has been filling bars across Mallorca for years, turning a night out for drinks into a night at the theatre.

Tickets are sold at Can Fondo, the current home of the Culture Department (Carrer d'en Serra, 13), and at each venue on the day.

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: bars hold few people, so buy tickets in advance.

✨ A Friday night out, from bar to bar and from play to play.

On 8 November 1838 Chopin arrived in Mallorca. 188 years later, his music returns to the place where he wrote it, the Charterhouse of Valldemossa, played on a piano from his own time. 🎶🎹

German pianist Tobias Koch, one of the leading specialists in historical keyboard instruments, marks the anniversary with a recital at the 17th Pianino Festival 2026.

🎶 TOBIAS KOCH · Frédéric Chopin 1838-1839

📅 Sunday 8 November 2026

🕐 5.00 pm (doors open one hour earlier)

📍 Frédéric Chopin and George Sand Cell, Charterhouse of Valldemossa

🎟️ €20 · book at info@pianino.es or via WhatsApp on +34 659 63 91 00

🎹 The programme

Works from 1838 and 1839, the winter Chopin spent in Valldemossa with George Sand and her children: Boléro Op. 19, Impromptu No. 2 Op. 36, 2 Polonaises Op. 40, Ballade No. 2 Op. 38, 2 Nocturnes Op. 37, 4 Mazurkas Op. 41 and Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39.

Woven between them is a selection of the 24 Preludes Op. 28, whose final version was completed at the Charterhouse. Koch follows Chopin's own practice: he never performed the full cycle in public. Duration: 92 minutes.

🏛️ An 1851 Pleyel

The concert is played on an Ignace Pleyel et Compagnie pianoforte (Paris, 1851), Chopin's favourite maker. Its colour and intimacy bring listeners close to the sound the composer actually had in mind.

Koch was the first German pianist invited to the Chopin birthday concerts in Żelazowa Wola, the composer's birthplace, and performs at festivals across Europe and in Canada.

ℹ️ Good to know: limited capacity, booking in advance is recommended.

✨ Chopin's music, in his cell and on his kind of piano. A one-off evening in Mallorca.

A thriller about the architects who reshaped Mallorca during the tourist boom, and who left their mark on Alcúdia itself. 🎭🏗️

Written by Josep Cerdà, adapted and directed by Rebeca del Fresno, produced by Produccions de Ferro.

🎭 L'ARQUITECTE

📅 Friday 13 November 2026

🕐 9 pm

📍 Nou Espai Escènic Bastió de Sant Ferran (Bullring), Alcúdia

🎟️ €8 · Running time: 60 minutes

📖 The play

A fictional thriller built from the life and ideas of Josep Ferragut Pou and Gabriel Alomar Esteve, two architects at the heart of Palma's urban and architectural transformation in the second half of the 20th century, in the middle of the tourist and economic boom.

Ferragut had close ties with Alcúdia: he designed the Concha del Lago apartments, the Gesa I power station village and its church, the church at Moll de Sant Pere and Alcúdia's 1960s urban plan, which he drew up as the town's planning officer.

Cast: Xisco Segura, Miquel Àngel Torrens, Caterina Alorda and Xen Garcinuño.

🏆 Awards

Best Show at the Balearic Public Theatres and Auditoriums Awards, the Jaume Damians Award from the Teatre del Mar audience association, and Best Director and Best Show at the Balearic Actors' Awards (AAAPIB).

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: tickets at auditorialcudia.net.

✨ A must-see to understand how today's Mallorca was built.

Celebrate International Children's Day with an unforgettable evening filled with timeless melodies to enjoy as a family. 🎶✨

The Palma Municipal Band takes the stage alongside two solo vocalists to perform a symphonic repertoire inspired by beloved Disney animated classics.

🎶 La màgia de Disney - Dia Internacional de la Infància

📅 November 14, 2026

🕐 6:00 PM

📍 Teatre Municipal Xesc Forteza, Palma

🎟️ Price not specified

📖 Iconic soundtracks for the whole family

This concert offers a musical journey through the most unforgettable moments in animated cinema. Through the symphonic sounds of the band and expressive vocal talent, audiences will revisit iconic melodies that have touched multiple generations, conveying themes of friendship, courage, and believing in oneself.

Live music brings treasured stories to life, bringing children and adults together for a shared experience filled with emotion, fantasy, and imagination.

🎶 Palma Municipal Band and vocal soloists

The Palma Municipal Band headlines this special Children's Day performance, joined on stage by singers Nico Veloso and Virginia Bordal at the Teatre Municipal Xesc Forteza.

ℹ️ Good to know: More information and tickets: 971 225 900.

✨ A magical symphonic gathering to celebrate childhood and Disney dreams in Palma.

Alcúdia celebrates Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music, with a weekend of concerts. The Youth Orchestra opens it in the courtyard of Can Torró. 🎶🎻

It is the first of the two concerts in the Santa Cecília Special Programme: the next day the Municipal Band plays at Sant Jaume church.

🎶 YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERT

📅 Saturday 21 November 2026

🕐 12 noon

📍 Courtyard of Can Torró Library, Alcúdia

🎟️ Free entry while seats last

🎻 The orchestra

The Jove Orquestra brings together young musicians trained at the Alcúdia Municipal Music School. The concert showcases the town's up-and-coming talent, in a relaxed, family-friendly setting at midday and in the open air.

📚 Can Torró

The library is housed in a manor house in the old town, once home to the Torró family, on Carrer d'en Serra. Its courtyard is one of the most charming corners inside the walls and a perfect setting for chamber music.

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: a one-hour concert, great for families. Courtyard seating is limited.

✨ Alcúdia's young talent opens the Santa Cecília weekend.

Andrea Motis comes to the Auditori de Porreres with Intimate, her most stripped-back album yet: voice, trumpet and two guitars. It is the second night of the Alternatilla Jazz Festival, now in its tenth edition. 🎺🎶

The trumpeter and singer from Barcelona's Sant Andreu district performs as a Guitar Trio, with Josep Traver and Jurandir dã Silva on guitars.

🎶 ANDREA MOTIS GUITAR TRIO · "INTIMATE"

📅 Saturday 21 November 2026

🕐 7.30 pm (doors 7 pm)

📍 Auditori de Porreres, Carrer d'en Cerdà, 21, Porreres

🎟️ Tickets from €25

🎺 The concert

Intimate (2026) was recorded between Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro and Montoliu de Segarra. It is music made for close listening: Motis's voice at the centre, with the trumpet stepping in and out of the conversation.

Traver and dã Silva do more than accompany. The guitars ask, answer and sometimes leave the song hanging in the air.

The repertoire moves freely between jazz, bossa nova, folk song and French chanson, with very personal takes on Amy Winehouse, Chico Buarque, Bill Withers, Georges Brassens and Djavan, alongside original songs.

🎷 Alternatilla Jazz Festival #10

Since 2005, Alternatilla has brought top-level jazz all over Mallorca, from Palma to the island's villages. This tenth edition tours auditoriums and churches across the island and closes on 10 December at the Teatre Principal in Palma with the Alternatilla Jazz Band.

Andrea Motis picked up the trumpet at the age of 7 in Joan Chamorro's Sant Andreu Jazz Band and now has an international career of over fifteen years and a dozen albums.

ℹ️ Tip: the auditorium is small and tickets are running low, so book ahead.

✨ Three musicians, two guitars, one voice and a trumpet, just a few metres from the audience.

Twenty years on, the music of Via Fora returns. Alcúdia Municipal Band celebrates Saint Cecilia with a one-off anniversary concert. 🎶🎺

It is part of the Santa Cecília Special Programme, held in Sant Jaume church.

🎶 VIA FORA: 20 YEARS OF ORIGINAL MUSIC

📅 Sunday 22 November 2026

🕐 6 pm

📍 Sant Jaume church, Alcúdia

🎟️ Tickets at auditorialcudia.net

📖 The story

In 2006 the music of Via Fora came to life on a CD and in memorable concerts: it was the first soundtrack of what was then a brand-new theatre show. Two decades later, the Municipal Band brings back the melodies that accompanied countless visitors over the years.

A unique commemorative concert reviving the original compositions with a fresh sound and arrangements written especially for the occasion.

Original music, arrangements and conductor: Jaume Garcia Serra (Alcúdia Municipal Band). Cover art: Josep Maria Alaminos.

🏰 Via Fora

Via Fora is the dramatised tour that every summer walks Alcúdia's medieval walls and brings episodes of its history to life. Its soundtrack is now part of the town's memory.

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: check price and availability on the Auditori website.

✨ Twenty years of Via Fora, live at Sant Jaume.

Three siblings, one family home and six days to say goodbye to their mother. A luminous comedy about old age, caregiving and the art of letting go. 🎭🏠

Written by Marta Barceló, winner of the Ciutat de Sagunt Theatre Prize, directed by Xavi Núñez and Joan M. Albinyana.

🎭 ELS DARRERS SIS DIES (THE LAST SIX DAYS)

📅 Friday 27 November 2026

🕐 9 pm

📍 Nou Espai Escènic Bastió de Sant Ferran (Bullring), Alcúdia

🎟️ €8 · Running time: 90 minutes

📖 The story

After more than twenty years without living under the same roof, Eva, Marina and Arnau have to move back into the family home to be with their mother in her final days.

With warmth and a great sense of humour, the play tackles very current issues: family relationships, growing old, caregiving and the ability to let go.

Cast: Alexandra Palomo, Sergio Baos, Carme González and Karen Codina.

🏛️ The production

Produced by El Somni Produccions together with Teatre Principal de Palma, Temporada Alta festival and Andratx Town Council.

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: tickets at auditorialcudia.net.

✨ You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll leave wanting to call home.

Jazz Voyeur Festival closes its 19th edition with acoustic blues in a club setting: Hans Theessink at Palma's Blue Jazz Club. 🎸🎶

🎷 Jazz Voyeur Festival

The Jazz Voyeur Festival has been bringing international jazz to Mallorca since 2004. Its 19th edition features four concerts between 29 October and 6 December 2026 in Palma and Inca: Trio Corrente, Al Di Meola Trío, Cécile McLorin Salvant & Sullivan Fortner and Hans Theessink.

🎸 HANS THEESSINK · Jazz & blues

📅 Sunday 6 December 2026

🕐 8.00 pm

📍 Blue Jazz Club, Hotel Saratoga, Palma

🎟️ Tickets from €25

🎸 The artist

With more than fifty years on stage, Hans Theessink is a European reference for acoustic blues.

His baritone voice, fingerpicking and slide guitar drive an intimate live show, backed by more than thirty released albums. The club setting of the Blue Jazz Club is the perfect place to hear him up close.

🏛️ The venue

The Blue Jazz Club at Hotel Saratoga, next to Passeig Mallorca, is one of Palma's go-to spots for live jazz. Its club format, with the audience just a few metres from the musician, is a perfect match for an acoustic blues show.

ℹ️ Good to know: club-style venue with reduced capacity; booking in advance is recommended.

✨ Real blues, a few feet from the stage, to close the festival.

A play that drops you inside a digital nightmare: intimate images shared without consent and everything that follows. 🎭📱

Written and performed by Elena Santiago, directed by Irina Robles, produced by Nua Teatre and Vania Produccions.

🎭 NUA° IMMERSIVE THEATRE

📅 Sunday 6 December 2026

🕐 6 pm

📍 Nou Espai Escènic Bastió de Sant Ferran (Bullring), Alcúdia

🎟️ €5 · Running time: 50 minutes

📖 The play

NUA° is an immersive piece that plunges the audience into the harsh reality of revenge porn, which sets off a spiral of public humiliation and widespread cyberbullying.

It explores the deep psychological impact of these attacks, the complicity of bystanders, the social issues around them, online privacy, the role of artificial intelligence and the importance of consent in the digital world.

Performer: Elena Santiago, in a solo show that puts the audience at the centre of the story.

🏛️ Track record

A production from Andorra selected by the Xarxa Alcover, the performing arts circuit linking the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencia and Andorra.

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: tickets at auditorialcudia.net.

✨ Fifty minutes that will change the way you look at your phone.

Carols, orchestra and the lovely nerves of young students on stage: Christmas in Alcúdia sounds at Sant Jaume. 🎶🎄

Students from the Alcúdia Municipal Music School close the autumn season with their Christmas concert.

🎶 CHRISTMAS CONCERT

📅 Tuesday 22 December 2026

🕐 6 pm

📍 Sant Jaume church, Alcúdia

🎟️ Free entry while seats last

🎄 The concert

A concert performed by the students of the Municipal Music School. It is the moment when families hear the results of the first term's work, and one of the most heart-warming evenings of Christmas in town.

⛪ Sant Jaume

The parish church of Sant Jaume, right by the town walls, is one of the landmarks of the old town. Rebuilt in the 19th century in neo-Gothic style, its acoustics and atmosphere make it the perfect setting for a Christmas concert.

🍂 Auditori a Cel Obert

With its own stage unavailable, the Auditori d'Alcúdia takes its programme out into the town with A Cel Obert ("Open Sky"), the October to December autumn season under the motto "Culture doesn't stop, it reinvents itself". Theatre, music and small-scale shows spread around the old town: the new stage at the Bastió de Sant Ferran, Sant Jaume church, the courtyard of Can Torró and local bars. Organised by Alcúdia Town Council with the support of the Consell de Mallorca.

ℹ️ Good to know: the concert lasts about an hour. Arrive early, it usually fills up.

✨ The best way to start the holidays: listening to the town's own musicians.

Enjoying big-screen cinema from the comfort of your own car under the night sky returns to the Mallorcan marina for a weekend on wheels. 🎬✨

This special musical edition is organised by the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival at the port facilities.

🎬 Cine con Coche 2026

📅 23 and 24 October 2026

🕐 19:30

📍 Port Adriano, Calvià

🎟️ Check event website

📖 Four film favourites on the big screen

The lineup features two double bills suited for moviegoers of all ages. On Friday 23 October, audiences can enjoy modern musical romance La La Land (19:30, dubbed into Spanish) followed by Baz Luhrmann's vibrant classic Moulin Rouge! (21:30, dubbed into Spanish).

On Saturday 24 October, the programme opens for families with animated hit Happy Feet (19:30, dubbed into Spanish) and concludes with emotional drama A Star Is Born (21:30, original version with Spanish subtitles).

🎬 Drive-in by Evolution Film Festival

The festival brings the drive-in movie experience back to Port Adriano, turning the marina into an open-air venue where visitors can watch films directly from their vehicles.

ℹ️ Good to know: Three screenings are in Spanish dubbed version and one in original version with Spanish subtitles (VOSE). Tickets go on sale starting 15 October, and advance booking is recommended as car spaces are limited.

✨ A distinctive evening combining cinema and music under the stars from your car.

Ten days of Bavarian atmosphere in the heart of Santa Ponsa: a beer tent, Munich beer, live music and traditional German food. Oktoberfest returns to Mallorca for the third time. 🥁🍻

Oktoberfest Santa Ponsa sets up its tent at the fairground next to the windmill, right by the motorway exit, from 23 October to 1 November 2026.

🥁 OKTOBERFEST SANTA PONSA 2026

📅 Friday 23 October to Sunday 1 November 2026

🕐 Kitchen open daily from 1.00 pm to 9.30 pm

📍 Recinte firal del Molí fairground, Santa Ponsa (Calvià)

🎟️ Table booking: €20 per person, redeemable for food and drinks

🎶 Live music

The 2026 line-up features ZWIRN, an Austrian party and après-ski band with over 3,500 concerts; Happy Bavarians, a Munich showband with traditional brass, alphorn and Schuhplattler; Mallorca-based schlager singer Mia Weber; and Lola, a familiar voice at the big Oktoberfests. More bands, DJs and shows will be announced.

🍖 Bavarian food

Whole grilled pork knuckle, half spit-roast chicken, Leberkäse, Weisswurst with pretzel, Obatzda and Kaiserschmarrn for dessert, plus vegetarian options. To drink, litre Maß steins of original Hofbräu from Munich.

✨ Highlights

There will be a dirndl contest, judged on outfit, accessories and a properly tied bow, and a special surprise with FC Germania Mallorca, the island's first German football club.

ℹ️ Good to know: weekends fill up fast, so booking a table in advance is recommended. Reserved tables are held from 5.00 pm for 30 minutes. There is ample parking in front of and behind the tent.

✨ O'zapft is! Ten days of beer-tent fun without leaving Mallorca.

Opera returns in style to the Teatre Principal in Palma. Charles Gounod's Faust opens the 41st Opera Season with one of the great titles of the French repertoire, performed in its original version and with costumes designed by Christian Lacroix. 🎶🎭

A production by the Opéra de Lille, co-produced with the Opéra-Comique in Paris and the Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice, staged by Denis Podalydès and conducted by Alejandro Cantalapiedra with the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra and the Teatre Principal Chorus.

🎶 FAUST

📅 Wednesday 28 and Friday 30 October, and Sunday 1 November 2026

🕐 8.00 pm (Sunday 1 November, 6.00 pm)

📍 Sala Gran, Teatre Principal de Palma

🎟️ From €10 to €90

📖 The story

The old scholar Faust is ready to strike a deal with the devil to regain knowledge, youth and earthly power. Méphistophélès grants him everything in exchange for his soul, and it is young Marguerite who ends up paying the price.

Gounod worked with librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who adapted their own stage play, itself inspired by Goethe's Faust. The opera premiered on 19 March 1859 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.

🎭 The cast

Nicolas Cavallier (Méphistophélès), Sunnyboy Dladla (Faust), Veronica Granatiero (Marguerite), Yiorgo Ioannou (Valentin), Begoña Gómez (Siébel), Laura Vila (Dame Marthe) and Joan Miquel Muñoz (Wagner). Set design by Éric Ruf and lighting by Bertrand Couderc.

ℹ️ Good to know: running time approx. 210 minutes. Sung in French with surtitles in Catalan, Spanish and English. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Accessible performance with hearing loop and amplified sound (limited units). On Sunday there is a free children's play service, Principal Menut, bookable when buying tickets.

✨ Gounod, Lacroix and the Symphony Orchestra at the Principal: a season opener no opera lover should miss.

Fifteen years of independent cinema, voices from around the world, and a Mediterranean island as its epicenter. 🎬🦀

Of the October 28 to November 4, 2026, he Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF) returns to celebrate his fifteenth edition, a significant anniversary for the island's most established international film festival.

🎬 EMIFF 2026 · 15TH ANNIVERSARY

📅 From October 28 to November 4, 2026

📍 Palma and various locations in Mallorca

🎟️ Tickets and venues to be confirmed

🌍 What is EMIFF

Born in Mallorca, the EMIFF has become an international meeting point for filmmakers, actors, producers and film loversIts programming typically includes feature films, short films, documentaries, international premieres, industry meetings, talks, and networking activities.

At the center, things remain the same: Independent voices, diverse perspectives, and cultures that connect through filmwith Mallorca as an essential part of its identity.

🦀 The crab, image of 2026

This year's official poster features a crab designed by Olaf MeyerInspired by one of the Mediterranean's most famous inhabitants, the festival's character is resilient, tenacious, and determined to forge its own path. It serves as a metaphor for the festival itself: moving differently, exploring new perspectives, and making room for stories that don't fit into the mainstream.

It also completes a visual trilogy dedicated to the marine life of the Balearic Islands:

🐟 2024 · Flying fish

🐙 2025 · Octopus

🦀 2026 · Crab

ℹ️ Things to keep in mind: The full film program, screening schedule, venues, and ticketing information are yet to be announced. We will update this page as they become available.

✨ Fifteen editions, a wealth of stories, and a Mediterranean island as its epicenter. EMIFF returns this autumn.

The Barceló Foundation will host the solo painting exhibition "The Abundance of Emptiness" by the renowned Japanese artist Yoshinosuke Kozu from October 20 to November 7, 2026. Born in Tokyo in 1972 and based in Madrid, Kozu has developed his own pictorial language that articulates Eastern tradition and sensibility with a profound European and Mediterranean experience.

His work explores genres such as landscape, figure, and still life from a contemporary perspective characterized by subtlety, formal restraint, and an introspective dimension. Throughout his career, he has presented exhibitions in various internationally prestigious venues and maintains a close artistic relationship with Mallorca, where he has exhibited in emblematic locations such as the Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa.

The Barceló Foundation has been working for over 36 years in international development cooperation, with programs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Latin America in the areas of community health, water and sanitation, education, and community development. In Mallorca, it develops local social programs providing food assistance and raising awareness, along with artistic and cultural initiatives that promote talent through exhibitions, awards, and collaborations. More information at www.fundacionbarcelo.org.

Four weekends, four areas of Calvià and 37 restaurants with special menus. La Mostra Calvià travels around the municipality this autumn, giving you a good excuse to try somewhere new every week. 🍽️🍷

🍴 LA MOSTRA CALVIÀ 2026

📅 15 October to 8 November 2026 (Thursday to Sunday)

📍 Restaurants across the municipality of Calvià

🎟️ Menus from €16

📍 Areas and dates

15-18 October · Palmanova and Magaluf · 14 restaurants

22-25 October · Santa Ponça, Costa de la Calma and Son Bugadelles · 9 restaurants

29 October-1 November · Cas Català, Bendinat, Illetes, Portals Nous and Son Caliu · 5 restaurants

5-8 November · Peguera, Cala Fornells, El Toro, Calvià Vila, Es Capdellà and Son Ferrer · 9 restaurants

🍷 How it works

Pick an area and a weekend, check the participating restaurants and their menus online, and book directly with each venue. There are options for every budget (up to €20, €20-35 and over €35), plus vegetarian, gluten-free, children's and takeaway menus.

🌊 Calvià beyond the beach

With peak season over, La Mostra invites you to discover the local food scene at a calmer time of year: from seafront restaurants in Palmanova to traditional eateries inland in Calvià Vila and Es Capdellà.

ℹ️ Good to know: book ahead, especially on Saturdays, and use the interactive map on the website to find each restaurant.

✨ One municipality, four weekends and 37 tables to discover.

CaixaForum Palma Microconcerts

CaixaForum Palma's Micro-Concerts offer a unique way to enjoy live music through small-scale performances that bring the audience closer to the artists in an intimate setting. This series features a carefully curated selection of musical acts spanning various genres and styles, providing an opportunity to discover new talent and experience music from a more personal perspective. The program includes concerts ranging from jazz and classical to electronic, folk, and other contemporary music.

The concerts are held at CaixaForum Palma, a cultural space committed to bringing music and the arts to the public through high-quality programming. The series will run until November 28, 2026.

Programming

• September 19, 2026: 3 Pilgrims – Acoustic concert of country and bluegrass in trio format with original compositions and reference versions performed with a personal touch.
• October 16, 2026: Izan Blasco – A journey through contemporary music with the soprano saxophone as the protagonist.
• November 13, 2026: Harp and Flute Duo – Program including works by Albéniz, Piazzolla and other composers.
• November 28, 2026: Sira Hernández – Piano recital dedicated to her own compositions, closing the cycle.

Data

• Place: CaixaForum Palma, Plaza de Weyler, 3, Palma
• Dates: From September 19 to November 28, 2026
• Ticket reservations: Coming soon to the CaixaForum website

More than fifty women artists, from the pioneers of romance comics to today's graphic novels and manga. An exhibition that traces the history of Spanish comics through the women who drew them. 🎨📚

It is part of CòmicNostrum 2026, Mallorca's comics festival, and is curated by Jaume Vaquer.

🎨 VINYETA ÉS UNA PARAULA FEMENINA

📅 15 October 2026 to 7 January 2027

🥂 Opening: Thursday 15 October at 7 pm

🕐 Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm · Sundays and public holidays, 11 am to 2.30 pm

📍 Casal Solleric, ground floor and mezzanine · Passeig del Born, 27, Palma

🎟️ Free entry

📖 The exhibition

Visitors will see how the first women artists were confined to romance and fairy-tale comics and how, step by step, they made their way into every genre: from graphic novels to superheroes, from manga to period drama.

It includes work by Purita Campos, Carmen Barbarà, Marika Vila, Mariel Soria, Laura Pérez Vernetti, Ana Miralles, Teresa Valero, Montse Martín, Studio Kosen and Mallorcan artist Margalida Vinyes.

🏛️ Casal Solleric

An 18th-century baroque palace on the Born, now Palma City Council's contemporary art centre and one of the most visited exhibition spaces in the city.

ℹ️ Good to know: closed on Mondays. Exhibition texts are in Catalan. During the festival, Ana Miralles and Marika Vila take part in the activities at Fàbrica Ramis in Inca.

✨ A much-needed tribute to the women who shaped Spanish comics.