Valencia, 23 Nov – 19 Dec 2026

Exhibitions, concerts, Christmas and more in and around the city. Last refreshed 2026-11-15.

Last refreshed: 2026-11-15. Sources, all re-fetched that day unless noted:

Status tags: ✅ confirmed by a 2026 source · ⚠️ unconfirmed, inferred from the 2025 edition or a media rumour. The municipal page https://www.valencia.es/cas/navidad still showed the 2025-26 programme on 15 Nov. Check it again before travel.

1. Christmas season

Item Status Details
Ice rink + carousel, Plaza del Ayuntamiento ✅ target date Assembly started 14 Nov, takes ~2 weeks. Planned opening Fri 27 Nov (Black Friday). Run by the city-centre traders' association. Other activities move to Calle Hospital this year because of works in Plaza San Agustín. 2025 price for reference: ~€10 / 30 min with skates.
Christmas & Three Kings Market, around Mercado Central ✅ 10 Dec – 4 Jan, 09:00–22:00 (until 02:00 on 24 Dec). Official Ajuntament notice.
Christmas Boat with Santa and the Grinch, La Marina ✅ 5 Dec – 4 Jan. Departures 11/12/13 h and 16/17/18/19 h. €10.55, under-2s free. Includes a 20 min harbour cruise to see the lights from the water. Metro L6/L8.
Lights switch-on, Plaza del Ayuntamiento ⚠️ No official date. Some media point to 3 Dec. History: 4 Dec 2024, 21 Nov 2025. 2026 adds lights in more neighbourhoods.
Craft fair, Plaza de la Reina ⚠️ 2025: opened 28 Nov. Visit Valencia had not published 2026 dates as of 11 Nov.
Calle Tapinería market ⚠️ 2025: 19 Dec – 5 Jan.
Pyromusical shows, Plaza del Ayuntamiento ⚠️ 2025: Saturdays 18:30.
Nativity trail (free) ⚠️ dates Plaza del Ayuntamiento (life-size), Salón de Cristal in the Casa Consistorial, Plaza de la Reina, Mercado de Colón, vertical belén at San Nicolás.
Free Christmas concerts (choirs and folklore, Plaza del Patriarca plus neighbourhoods) ⚠️ 2025 ran 20 Dec – 4 Jan (48 concerts). 2026 schedule not yet published.
Shops open on Sundays ✅ 29 Nov, 13, 20, 27 Dec.
8 Dec (Tue, Inmaculada) ✅ National holiday. Check museum hours. 6 Dec is the Marathon Sunday. Not verified: whether Mon 7 Dec is a holiday.

2. Exhibitions (temporary, overlapping the window)

Sorted by closing date. "Mon closed" applies to all museums unless noted.

Closing inside the window, so see them early:

Ends Exhibition Venue
Sun 29 Nov Pepa L. Poquet: Trazar-ordenar-construir Centre del Carme
Sun 29 Nov Territorios en tránsito (irene grau and Marco Giordano; curator's closing visit Thu 26 Nov) IVAM
Sun 29 Nov Con adivinaciones del amor construía tu rostro: Arquitecturas cómplices 1939-1999 La Nau
Sun 6 Dec Un vacío en Nueva York (Silvia Martí Marí) Centre del Carme
Sun 13 Dec Todo lo sólido se desvanece en el aire Centre del Carme
Sun 13 Dec Immersive "Egypt" VR (one source said 5 Oct; the later date is used) Virtual Zone
Exhibition Venue Dates Price / hours
Un vacío en Nueva York (Silvia Martí Marí: Valencian emigrants to the US) Centre del Carme, Sala 1 until 6 Dec Free · Tue–Sun 10–20
E.ac Espacio arte contemporáneo (30+ works: Tàpies, Scully, Navarro…) Fundación Bancaja until 31 Dec Free · Tue–Fri only, 10–14 / 16:30–20:30
Immersive "Egypt: A Cruise Down the Nile" (free-roaming VR) Virtual Zone until 13 Dec see Visit Valencia
Andrés García Ibáñez: Una mirada al realismo español (84 works beside Goya, Sorolla, Antonio López) Fundación Bancaja until 10 Jan €10 / €5 · Tue–Sun 10–14 / 16:30–20:30
Melanie Smith: Solo una cosa era extraña… IVAM, gallery 3 until 10 Jan €5 · Tue–Sun 10–19
Life in Dailyland (Joan Verdú, 160+ works, pop and surreal) Centre del Carme, Sala Carlos Pérez until 17 Jan Free · Tue–Sun 10–20
La ruta del mantón de Manila (30 antique shawls) Museo de la Seda 15 Oct – 17 Jan €9 / €7 · Tue–Sat 10–19, Sun 10–14:30
Girbent: Pintar en el siglo XXI Fundación Bancaja until 24 Jan €10 / €5
The Last Days of Pompeii (immersive projections, metaverse, VR, real artefacts) Bombas Gens 7 Oct – 4 Apr 2027 (end date pending) daily 10–21 · tickets · Metro L4
Rembrandt: Un mundo en grabados (with the British Museum) CaixaForum València 2 Oct – 7 Feb 2027 €6 · daily 10–20
El aura de una saga moderna: Ignacio, José y Marisa Pinazo (~150 pieces) IVAM, Sala de la Muralla until 7 Feb €5
Magdalena. Ni santa ni pecadora Museo de Bellas Artes (Joanes and Ribalta rooms) 29 Oct – 14 Feb Free · Tue–Sun 10–20
Ximo Michavila: Centenario (~100 works, 1951–2004) Fundación Bancaja until 14 Feb €10 / €5
La mujer en la obra de Julio González IVAM, gallery 2 until 28 Feb €5
Holy Grail exhibition (Jubilee Year legacy) L'Almudín until 28 Feb 2027 see Visit Valencia
NEW Extraterrestres: ¿Hay vida fuera de la Tierra? (Mars meteorite, Perseverance model; good for families) CaixaForum opens 27 Nov – 5 Apr 2027 €6, under-16s free
NEW Joana Vasconcelos: Floración (Valkyria Amparo plus a new work; Premio Julio González 2026) IVAM, planta B, G1 opens 15 Dec – 5 Apr 2027. IVAM's own page says 15 Dec; ocioenvalencia.es said 10 Dec, which was wrong. €5
Regina de Miguel: Un mundo turbiamente vivo IVAM, gallery 6 28 Oct – 11 Apr 2027 €5

Free or cheap tips:

Permanent immersive shows:

Additional exhibitions (from valencia.ins.museum, not in the table above)

Exhibition Venue Dates
Pepa L. Poquet: Trazar-ordenar-construir Centre del Carme until 29 Nov
Territorios en tránsito (irene grau & Marco Giordano); closing visit with the curator Thu 26 Nov IVAM until 29 Nov
Con adivinaciones del amor construía tu rostro: Arquitecturas cómplices 1939-1999 La Nau until 29 Nov
Todo lo sólido se desvanece en el aire Centre del Carme 23 Oct – 13 Dec
José Segrelles: El ilustrador fantástico Centre del Carme until 10 Jan
Arte, dolor y compromiso: Mujeres en la Colección Martínez Guerricabeitia La Nau until 10 Jan
Un destello de posibilidad Bombas Gens until 17 Jan
MEMPHIS Milano (1981-1986) MuVIM 3 Nov – 28 Feb
Jaume I, regnar el futur MuVIM 12 Nov – 7 Feb
Diseñar interiores (Archivo Valenciano del Diseño) La Nau 14 Oct – 14 Feb
Fotografía, activismo y creatividad en salud mental (Col·lectiu Obertament, 25 years) La Nau 10 Nov – 12 Mar
La revolución de los derechos humanos (illustrations) La Nau until 31 Jan
Las que escuchan Jardí Botànic 20 Nov – 13 Apr
Experiencia inmersiva: Jules Verne 200 Museu de les Ciències 13 Nov – 28 Nov 2027
Metamorfosis: el poder de la transformación; ¡Bailar! El arte de moverse Museu de les Ciències until 10 Jan 2027 / until 2028
Vicente Barreira: València y otros paisajes Museo Nacional de Cerámica until 15 Mar
El viatge de Fantasia L'ETNO 20 Nov – 17 Oct 2027
La Colección del IVAM hasta hoy IVAM until 23 Apr 2028

3. Day-by-day (23 Nov – 19 Dec)

Price in brackets where the agenda lists one. Free = free entry.

Mon 23 – Sun 29 Nov

Mon 30 Nov – Sun 6 Dec

Mon 7 – Sun 13 Dec

Mon 14 – Sat 19 Dec

3b. Classical, jazz, museum events and cinema

From valencia.konzert.haus, valencia.ins.museum and valencia.lichtspiel.haus, pulled 15 Nov. The concert site excludes pop and rock. Cinema data thins out after 13 Dec (0–2 listings per day on 14–19 Dec) because cinemas have not published yet, not because nothing is on. Likewise konzert.haus shows 0 concerts on 23 Nov, 3, 7, 8 and 14 Dec. That is 0 in its coverage of 16 venues, not proof those days are empty. Undated permanent MuVIM items (Espai Gutenberg, Medieval Tower; the Pare Tosca model is in the free tips above) are left out of the exhibition tables.

Classical, jazz, chamber (konzert.haus)

Palau = Palau de la Música. Cambra al Palau is its chamber series.

Cross-check against the earlier FindeValencia entries. konzert.haus scrapes the venues' own sites. Where the two agree, the date, time and venue match: Falla recital, Haydn/Mozart, Schubert, Scheherazade, Beethoven III, Bach, Mahler 1, Fagioli, Brownlee, Manacorda, Lohengrin. Differences:

Museum events (ins.museum)

Prices are not listed except where stated. Check the venue.

Date Event Venue
Mon 23 Nov Medieval Iberian ceramics in Flanders, symposium (09:30). Film En quin món vivim, quin món volem? (17:00, free) Museo Nacional de Cerámica; MuVIM
Tue 24 Nov Martel's Nuestra tierra with live Docs&Talks podcast recording. Sea-turtle release, Acciones Anfibias IVAM
Wed 25 Nov Talk with Izaskun Chinchilla and Estudio Savage IVAM
Thu 26 Nov Closing visit to Territorios en tránsito with the curator. Lecture on Javier Goerlich's architecture. Talk on the formation of chemical elements IVAM; Cerámica; Museu de les Ciències
Fri 27 Nov Mucho miedo y muy poca vergüenza (20:00) L'ETNO
Sat 28 Nov Alimara (12:00). Family guided visit (17:30) L'ETNO; Hortensia Herrero Art Center
Sun 29 Nov Guided visit Viajeras en el tiempo (12:45). Open doors and guided tours for Science Day L'ETNO; Jardí Botànic
Tue 1 / Wed 2 Dec T. J. Demos in Pensamiento Anfibio; talk with Raquel Buj and Estudio Savage IVAM
Thu 3 Dec 10 years of exhibitions at the Puçol school museum (18:00). "The Moon, the next frontier" talk L'ETNO; Museu de les Ciències
Sat 5 Dec Family dance workshop ¡No hay color! (17:30) IVAM
Sun 6 Dec Guided visits (11:30 and 12:45) L'ETNO
Tue 8 Dec Family workshop La veueta del museu (12:00) IVAM
Thu 10 Dec Visit with Sandra Moros, "60 years of the dematerialization of the art object" IVAM
Sat 12 Dec Jove Big Band Sedajazz Jardí Botànic
Sun 13 Dec Special visit to the Melanie Smith show. Bookmobile reading event IVAM; Jardí Botànic
Sat 19 Dec Club anfibio family workshop (17:30). Mazzotta and Refree (21:00) IVAM

Cinema (lichtspiel.haus)

Mainstream releases (Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping etc.) are everywhere; the specials are:

4. Recurring and all-window items

5. Just outside the window

6. Still to check

  1. Lights switch-on date, Plaza de la Reina fair, pyromusical shows, free Christmas concert schedule: https://www.valencia.es/cas/navidad (the page was still stale on 15 Nov). Also follow @festesdeVLC and @visit_valencia.
  2. Opera and big concerts sell out: https://www.lesarts.com, Roig Arena.
  3. Whether Mon 7 Dec is a holiday.
  4. Cinema for 14–19 Dec is mostly unpublished. Re-check https://valencia.lichtspiel.haus/tag/YYYY-MM-DD nearer the date.