Chocolate fair, board games and a family race: plans with kids for this week

This month of November is full of family plans and it is very difficult for us to choose. As always, we have prepared a selection of plans for you to do with your children on November 13th, 14th, and 15th, such as playing board games at Fabra i Coats with DAU Barcelona, enjoying chocolate and sweet arts at Xoco Fusió in Camarles, and running as a family in La Milla, the inclusive race open to all ages, genders, and conditions.

We also propose a review of current events through the section To think about and we offer you the data and statements that have caught our attention the most.

Cultural and leisure activities

DAU Barcelona turns 15 and from November 12th to 15th it celebrates it with a new edition at the Fabra i Coats in Barcelona. This festival is the meeting point for fans, publishers, and board game professionals in Spain. With more than 60 scheduled activities and 400 games, for four days you will be able to participate in a host of proposals for families, such as workshops, demonstrations, shows, and participatory proposals. The little ones have their own space, the Dauet, and the DAU Tranquil offers a calmer environment for people with high sensitivity. In addition, they have a special activity for children and the educational community, Schools at the DAU. On Friday, November 13th, around 1,000 students and 90 teachers from more than 30 educational centers in the Barcelona area and throughout Catalonia will participate in a playful experience designed to live and demonstrate the advantages of the board game as a tool for learning, communication, and integration.

If you like board games at home, take advantage of this opportunity to play and discover all the new releases in the sector. More than 10,500 square meters with 11 themed game spaces, specialized shops, and dining areas for all audiences. As always, admission to all areas and activities of the festival will be free and open to the public, with limited capacity.

A plan for those with a sweet tooth. From November 13th to 15th, you can head to Camarles, where the third edition of Xoco Fusió, the chocolate and sweet arts fair, is being held. A space to delight in chocolate and discover new flavors and pastry experiences for all ages.

You will find live showcookings, tastings, children's workshops, family shows, gastronomic proposals, and many more surprises! Chocolate awaits you at the Camarles sports pavilion; take advantage of the fact that admission is free.

Doing sports is always good, and this Sunday you have a good excuse. Once again, The Mile arrives, a race open to all ages, genders, and conditions. It is an inclusive proposal where school-age children are the protagonists. In fact, if you are part of a school, sports club, or organization, make a collective registration and you will be eligible for the Àlex Garcia Participation Award.

This race takes place on Mallorca Street, between Lepant and Sicília streets, in the heart of the city. And there are different distance options beyond The Mile, which is 1,609 meters, and the 800-meter circuit adapted for the little ones. If what you want is to run together, from the oldest to the youngest, you have a 200-meter family race modality, suitable for strollers and everything.

The Niu de Ciència (Science Nest), the family activity par excellence at the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona, turns 15 this year. To celebrate, they have prepared an open house day this Sunday for families with children aged 0 to 6. A day to do science and better understand the world around us.

You will find a host of proposals to explore, experiment, play, observe, listen, imagine, and discover together. Thus, you will be able to enjoy the Niu de Ciència, experiment with the physics proposals from Lab 0-6, delve into music for babies, discover the stories hidden in nature through art, browse knowledge books, and attend Una pometa, un pomer, a family show by the company De_paper.

A new festival of children's and young adult literature, Fullaraca, is born this November 14th in Bagà (Berguedà). The cooperative Tàndem LIJ Cooperativa organizes this festival with the aim of putting children's and young adult literature of Catalan authorship at the forefront and, very especially, those backlist books that continue to have a lot to say beyond editorial novelties.

A meeting space for authors, book professionals, educational centers, and families. There will be oral storytelling, literary performances, family workshops, reading recommendations, free reading, and stalls from bookstores and publishers. In addition to a meeting space for professionals with the aim of creating a literary experience open to the community aimed at teachers, librarians, and reading mediators.

If you have children between 0 and 5 years old, don't miss the elPetit Festival. From November 14th to 29th, 2026, the festival celebrates its 22nd edition, spreading across various municipalities in the territory with a national and international live arts program aimed at early childhood. The motto of this edition, "Small steps, big horizons," is a vindication of the value of small gestures, one's own rhythms, and everything that is built without haste. Because often it is in the smallest experiences where the greatest horizons open up.

For several days you will be able to enjoy contemporary artistic experiences that invite you to discover, explore, feel and connect from the earliest years of life. Beyond the artistic programming, the 11th International Meeting of Arts for (Early) Childhood will bring together artists and professionals from culture, education, social action and health from all over the world to continue imagining collectively new ways to guarantee the cultural rights of childhood. A unique experience in our country that builds community among children, artists, families and professionals from the same territory.

There is also a festival for young people! Until November 20th, your teenage children can enjoy the RBLS Youth Theatre Festival. In the program of this tenth edition, you will find theatrical proposals in eleven Catalan municipalities (Barcelona is the main stage), a party at Razzmatazz, and professional activities to boost the cultural participation of young people.

The festival seeks to connect with the concerns of new generations and enhance their critical sense. For this reason, the shows address topics such as historical memory, mental health, violence, disobedience, and the contradictions of contemporary society.

From November 6 to 15, free activities have been scheduled throughout Catalonia that promote the dissemination of science to all audiences, with open house days, virtual activities, exhibitions, scientific workshops, and much more. A great initiative to bring science and technology closer to the public and encourage scientific vocations among the youngest.

The Science Week, which this year reaches its 31st edition, is organized by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI), with the support of the Department of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia. And it has the collaboration of numerous institutions and entities in the field of knowledge, research, and the dissemination of science and technology. This year, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Year of Gaudí, the proposal will have as its thematic axis the figure and work of Antoni Gaudí, and therefore some activities will be dedicated to his architectural legacy, his creativity, and the way in which he integrated nature, art, and innovation into his constructions.

If you are fans of illustrated albums at home, do not miss this essential event by the Association of Independent Publishers of Children's and Youth Literature. The Album Week is the only literary festival at a national level dedicated to the picture book and promotes activities for all audiences in bookstores, schools, and libraries in Barcelona, Girona, Mollerussa, Madrid, and Almeria.

Throughout a whole week, they have scheduled meetings, workshops, storytelling, presentations, and training for different ages. Furthermore, in parallel, the forum The album in the classroom is organized, a space for dialogue between professionals in the sector that offers the opportunity to discover everything that the album can contribute to the education of artistic and literary sensibility, and also in the promotion of reading.

Save the first three weekends of November, because a new edition of My First Film Festival is already here. Like every year, you will find international premieres, auteur animation, local talent, classics, film-concerts, experimental proposals, and meetings with creators. In addition, children are part of the jury and spectators can vote for your favorite pieces in the short film competition which is organized in four age ranges: +3, +5, +7, and +10 years old. An ideal occasion to discover cinema as a family and help children experience their first cinematic encounter.

Julián, produced by Cartoon Saloon, will inaugurate the program, with proposals for children from 3 to 12 years old. In the International Feature Film Competition, you will see productions like Jungle Expedition, by Edmunds Jansons; My Life in Versailles, by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H’Limi; Little Casbah, by Antoine Colomb, and Iron Boy, by Louis Clichy. In addition, you will have the opportunity to rediscover family classics like The Goonies. In this edition, the festival pays tribute to Les Films du Nord, a French production company specialized in auteur animation for children. It also makes a clear commitment to accessibility with audio-described sessions for people with visual impairments, which will be added to the screenings adapted for deaf people and to sessions designed for children with ASD.

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This month, families have a very special appointment: on November 22nd, theaters and cultural spaces across Catalonia will join together to celebrate 'Porta'm al Teatre' (Take Me to the Theater), a grand day dedicated to family theater and performing arts for all audiences. The initiative features the participation of 51 theaters and other cultural facilities throughout the country, where 62 shows by 52 different companies have been scheduled. The time has come to place children at the center of the cultural experience and for them to ask adults to accompany them to the theater. Because going to the theater is much more than just watching a show; it is also about sharing, imagining, feeling, asking questions, and discovering other perspectives that help them grow.

The project claims the cultural, educational, and social value of family theater and aims to establish itself as a reference annual event within the Catalan cultural calendar. A proposal promoted by Adetca's family commission with the collaboration of the Association of Theater for All Audiences (TTP), the La Xarxa Foundation for children's and youth theater of Catalonia, and 3Cat, with the support of the Government of Catalonia within the framework of the 1st Theater Promotion Plan of Catalonia 2023-2026.

Things that happen (to me)

The recommendation for little ones

This month of November, within the Cicle Gaudí you can see Tanit, written and directed by Pep Garrido and which premiered last September. It is one of those films that allow for sharing a good quality time as a family. It is the film adaptation of the children's novel by Núria Albó which won the Vaixell de Vapor award in 1984. A story that speaks to us about the ages of life, the space we give to childhood and old age, and also about a delicate issue that is only just now beginning to stop being a taboo: perinatal grief.

In the middle of Montseny, Tanit, a 10-year-old girl, lives happily and wild, while a high-risk pregnancy forces her mother to rest. One day, while looking for her dog Xuc in the forest, she meets Grandma Perona, a grumpy old woman who lives in isolation and whom everyone takes for a witch. But she is not one! Tanit will become her apprentice and disciple of her wisdom. But an unexpected event shakes her world and forces her to grow up before her time.

The recommendation for adults

We suggest you go to La Villarroel to see Morning Sun, a play that reviews the history of a family, three different generations, in the city of New York. A life journey where relationships, friendships, glances, and daily routines are transformed.

Through the passage of time we will meet three women (Míriam Iscla, Raquel Ferri, and Anna Güell), mothers and daughters, who narrate their sorrows and joys, emotions in which we can all feel reflected. A text by Simon Stephens under the direction of Pau Roca and which is recommended for ages twelve and up: ideal for going with adolescent children.

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There are collaborations that you fall in love with! The Catalan designer Lorena Canals has created an entire children's collection dedicated to Casa Batlló and the imagination of its creator, Antoni Gaudí. One of the most fun pieces is this recycled scrap toy that represents a four-meter-long path that takes you to discover the most emblematic architectural spaces of the building: the roof terrace, a window, a balcony, or a door. The characters that walk through it hand in hand with the little ones and their imagination are pillow-shaped puppets representing Saint George, the princess, and the fierce dragon. The best part is that it is portable because it transforms into a practical bag.

Food for thought

“Without time to assimilate it, my boy has been born and my life has changed / And once again thinking about the fucking legacy / About the name, about the hunger I will leave him”. After a lustrum without music, the musician C. Tangana presents unreleased material with his baby in the carrier and shopping bags in his hands. The singer released Milko Freestyle, a rap full of barbs at the industry, where he talks about the recent death of his friend Óscar Botello due to medical complications from a hospital admission he could not afford and for which he even ran a solidarity campaign among the producer's friends to cover the healthcare costs. He also flies the flag of his fatherhood, which came just in the midst of mourning, when he begins to consider what role his artistic work will have. He thus flies the flag of raising a child and capitalizes on it in front of the megaphone and the influence he has among his young followers. “I will spoil my boy, but I will educate the rest of you”, raps the man from Madrid. The artist returns to the scene just after reproaching the left for the “pure ego” of going to the polls divided on November 29th. C. Tangana makes it clear that his legacy no longer belongs to him, but belongs to the creature he has in his arms. The new father welcomes his son, worried, however, about the world he will leave him.

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