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89 free plans in Bilbao: concerts, exhibitions, festivals and free museum hours, updated every day.

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Monday, 12 October

  • 10:00

    Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

    Free during reopening week

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  • 19:00

    Kuraia 2026-2027: BiBoP Project: "FontanaMIX Ensemble" (Bologna, Italy)

    Conservatorio de Música Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga. Free

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Tuesday, 13 October

  • 10:00

    Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

    Free during reopening week

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Wednesday, 14 October

  • 10:00

    Museo Vasco (Euskal Museoa)

    Free on Wednesdays (Museum Day)

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Thursday, 15 October

  • 10:00

    Museo de Reproducciones de Bilbao

    Free on Thursdays (closed 13:30 to 16:00)

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  • 18:00

    Call me sinsorga

    Free

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  • 18:00

    Storytelling: Josune García de Bikuña: "Mundu Bat Sustraietan"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Rekalde). Free

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  • 18:00

    Storytelling: Lur Usabiaga: "NIRE ETXEA ZUREA DA"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Irala). Free

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  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: "Eager for everything"

    Centro Municipal de Begoña. Free

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Friday, 16 October

  • 18:30

    Habia

    Bizkaia Aretoa. Free

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  • All day

    Matraka ma non tropo

    Free

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Saturday, 17 October

  • 12:00

    Bad Bilbao 2026: "PARKUIR"

    La Fundición. Free

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Tuesday, 20 October

  • 10:00

    Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

    Free on Tuesdays, 10:00 to 18:00 (collections only)

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Wednesday, 21 October

  • 10:00

    Museo Vasco (Euskal Museoa)

    Free on Wednesdays (Museum Day)

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Thursday, 22 October

  • 10:00

    Museo de Reproducciones de Bilbao

    Free on Thursdays (closed 13:30 to 16:00)

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  • 18:00

    Kidam Magoa: "Aroa eta mirariak"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (San Ignacio). Free

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  • 18:00

    Storytelling: Lur Usabiaga: "Liburu rubusa"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Castaños). Free

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  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: "Misanthropy"

    Centro Municipal de Otxarkoaga. Free

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Saturday, 24 October

  • 11:30

    Storytelling: Lur Usabiaga: "Ah ze beroa duen pinguinoak"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Begoña). Free

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  • 13:00

    Dantza Plazetan 2026: Beti Jai Alai Dantzari Taldea

    Centro Municipal de Basurto. Free

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Monday, 26 October

  • 18:00

    Zinemakumeak Gara! 2026: "You're not crazy. The truth about vicarious violence"

    Sala BBK. Free

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Tuesday, 27 October

  • 18:00

    Storytelling: Maite Franko: "OTSO TONTO-TONTOAK"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Zurbaranbarri). Free

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Wednesday, 28 October

  • 18:00

    Storytelling: Cataplina: "WATCHOUT"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Zabala). Free

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  • 18:00

    Storytelling: Maider Alcelay "Ipuin hegalariak"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Basurto). Free

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  • 18:00

    Storytelling: Miru: "GAU BELTZA: IPUIN BELDURGARRIA"

    Biblioteca de Bilbao (Ibaialde). Free

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Thursday, 29 October

  • 19:00

    Bilbo Beat 2026

    Teatro Campos Elíseos. Free

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  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: "The feather zoo"

    Free

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  • 19:30

    Jam session: Bilbao Musika Eskola

    Hika Ateneo. Free

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Friday, 30 October

  • 18:30

    Afrikarte 2026: African cinema and discussion

    La Perrera. Free

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  • 19:00

    Broken brothers Brass Band: "XX" album launch

    Free

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Saturday, 31 October

  • 19:30

    Musikagileak 2026: SIGMA PROJECT

    Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. Free

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  • 20:00

    Dantza Plazetan 2026: Salbatzaile Dantza Taldea

    Plaza Santiago. Free

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Monday, 2 November

  • 19:00

    Kuraia 2026-2027: Elena Mendoza

    Conservatorio de Música Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga. Free

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Thursday, 5 November

  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: "She's the quiet type"

    Centro Municipal de Zorroza. Free

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Friday, 6 November

  • 11:00

    Afrikarte 2026 - African cultural fair

    Plaza de Rekalde. Free

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Sunday, 8 November

  • 12:30

    Dantza Plazetan 2026: Deustuko Folklore Taldeak

    Plaza San Pedro (Deusto). Free

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Monday, 9 November

  • All day

    Zinexit 2026 - Film and human rights showcase

    AZ Azkuna Zentroa. Free

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Thursday, 12 November

  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: "Nobody pays here"

    Centro Municipal de Otxarkoaga. Free

    Details

Sunday, 15 November

  • 13:00

    Dantza Plazetan 2026: Beti Jai Alai Dantzari Taldea

    Centro Municipal de Basurto. Free

    Details

Monday, 16 November

  • 19:00

    Kuraia 2026-2027: Plural Ensemble

    Conservatorio de Música Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga. Free

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Tuesday, 17 November

  • 20:00

    Geuretik sortuak: "Promesarik txikiena"

    Bilboko Kafe Antzokia. Free

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Thursday, 19 November

  • 18:00

    Dantza Plazetan 2026: Ibai Arte Dantza Taldea

    Free

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  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: "The name"

    Centro Municipal de San Francisco. Free

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Thursday, 26 November

  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: Las hermanas de Buffalo Bill

    Centro Municipal de Basurto. Free

    Details

Saturday, 28 November

  • 20:00

    Dantza Plazetan 2026: Salbatzaile Dantza Taldea

    Plaza Santiago. Free

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Thursday, 3 December

  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: La risa

    Centro Municipal de Begoña. Free

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Thursday, 10 December

  • 19:00

    Bilboko Zirkuitua 2026: Megalomanía

    Centro Municipal de Altamira. Free

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Friday, 11 December

  • All day

    ITURFEST 2026 - Iturralde Contemporary Culture Festival

    Free

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Running for several weeks

"Ertibil Bizkaia 2026" exhibition

Sala Rekalde, until 12 October. Free

"Tomás Bilbao", exhibition by Tatiana Bilbao

until 15 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Birds at rest", exhibition by Mengyin Wang

Centro Municipal de Otxarkoaga, until 15 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Fragments of other perspectives"

Centro Municipal de San Francisco, until 15 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "K2. Photography exhibitions, 40th anniversary"

Centro Municipal de Rekalde, until 15 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Our bodies. Diverse territories"

Centro Municipal de Santutxu, until 15 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "The mark of time on the Landera chalets"

Centro Municipal de Begoña, until 15 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "When everything collapses"

Centro Municipal de San Ignacio, until 15 October. Free

Zinemakumeak gara! 2026: "Gogokoenak..."

until 15 October. Free

Exhibition by the PSJM collective

Espacio Marzana, until 16 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Let them invent! Miguel de Unamuno and science"

Centro Municipal de Abando (Barrainkua), until 30 October. Free

Measuring to understand the world

Biblioteca Foral de Bizkaia, until 30 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Zabala railway workers' houses. 100th anniversary"

Centro Municipal de Castaños, until 30 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Fragments of other perspectives"

Centro Municipal de Begoña, until 30 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "K2. Photography exhibitions, 40th anniversary"

Centro Municipal de Otxarkoaga, until 30 October. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "When everything collapses"

Centro Municipal de Rekalde, until 30 October. Free

Zinemakumeak gara! 2026: "Gogokoenak..."

until 31 October. Free

"Cosmic wonder", exhibition by Albert Monteys

AZ Azkuna Zentroa, until 1 November. Free

"Shooting star and heart", exhibition by M. Benito Píriz

Sala de exposiciones "URIBITARTE40", until 8 November. Free

"Nekatuta eta haserre", exhibition by Ziortza Larreategi Gómez

La Sinsorga, kulturgune feminista, until 8 November. Free

Around the world in (almost) 80 tricks

Biblioteca de Bilbao (San Francisco), until 12 November. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Our bodies. Diverse territories"

Centro Municipal de San Ignacio, until 16 November. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Fragments of other perspectives"

Centro Municipal de Otxarkoaga, until 16 November. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "When everything collapses"

Centro Municipal de Begoña, until 16 November. Free

Barriek: Exhibition by Maider Aldasoro

Sala Rekalde, until 22 November. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Birds at rest", exhibition by Mengyin Wang

Centro Municipal de Castaños, until 23 November. Free

Bizitza paraleloak. The memory of copies

Museo de Reproducciones de Bilbao, until 29 November. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Tribute to Pablo Picasso"

Centro Municipal de Abando (Barrainkua), until 3 December. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "K2. Photography exhibitions, 40th anniversary"

Centro Municipal de Santutxu, until 4 December. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Zabala railway workers' houses. 100th anniversary"

Centro Municipal de Rekalde, until 4 December. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Our bodies. Diverse territories"

Centro Municipal de Begoña, until 4 December. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "When everything collapses"

Centro Municipal de Ibaiondo, until 4 December. Free

Dantzaldia 2026: "A ojo"

Sala Rekalde, until 15 December. Free

Literary meetings in Spanish 2026 (Biblioteca Foral de Bizkaia)

Biblioteca Foral de Bizkaia, until 16 December. Free

"Lamb, half cat, almost dog", exhibition by Abigail Lazkoz

AZ Azkuna Zentroa, until 1 January 2027. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Aldatz Gora. 100 years of mountaineering history"

Centro Municipal de Castaños, until 5 January 2027. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Birds at rest", exhibition by Mengyin Wang

Centro Municipal de Santutxu, until 5 January 2027. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "K2. Photography exhibitions, 40th anniversary"

Centro Municipal de Abando (Barrainkua), until 5 January 2027. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Our bodies. Diverse territories"

Centro Municipal de Rekalde, until 5 January 2027. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "When everything collapses"

Centro Municipal de San Francisco, until 5 January 2027. Free

Expodistrito 2026: "Zabala railway workers' houses. 100th anniversary"

Centro Municipal de Ibaiondo, until 5 January 2027. Free

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