Celebrate Christmas in Barcelona

From strolling through illuminated streets to visiting Christmas markets and attending unique shows, Christmas in Madrid offers endless ways to enjoy the final days of the year with family or friends.

Porto transforms into a truly magical destination at Christmas time. Thousands of lights illuminate its streets, festive markets fill the city with atmosphere, and the scent of traditional seasonal dishes drifts through the air.

If you’re looking for a unique destination to experience the magic of Christmas, Budapest is the perfect choice.

Madrid, one of Europe’s great sporting capitals, is gearing up to host one of the most anticipated events in the motorsport calendar: the Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix 2026.

Primavera Sound Barcelona is just around the corner, bringing with it the musical experience of the year. Check out the dates, the lineup for Primavera Sound 2025, and other details about the upcoming edition.

Find out everything about Pride in Barcelona, an event that turns the city into the epicentre of LGBTQ+ pride, visibility, and activism.

Madrid bursts into life and diversity to host one of the year’s most iconic celebrations: Madrid Pride.

If you are planning to visit Barcelona in the spring, there is one celebration you can't miss: Sant Jordi's Day.

If you're a book lover, mark your calendar for Feria del Libro de Madrid (Madrid’s Book Fair)! Now in its 84th edition, this beloved literary event returns with its traditional bookstalls, author signings, and presentations of the latest editorial releases.

The Mutua Madrid Open 2025 is just around the corner, promising another thrilling year of world-class tennis.

The musical scene in Madrid is more alive than ever, offering an incredible variety of live shows that you can't miss.

Barcelona is a paradise for music lovers, thanks to its diverse offering of concerts throughout the year.

The Spanish capital is renowned for its musical scene, surprising every year with an agenda full of must-attend events. In 2025, Madrid will host prominent international artists and bands at major festivals.

Porto, a vibrant and cultural city, becomes the perfect setting for music lovers with exciting festivals that fill the streets with captivating notes and rhythms.

One of Barcelona’s greatest cultural attractions is its music festivals. From Primavera Sound to Sónar, discover the best music festivals in Barcelona.

Don't miss the best concerts in Madrid in 2025! As one of Europe's leading music capitals, Madrid promises an exciting year of live shows.

Desde sus humildes comienzos hasta su actual estatus como uno de los festivales más importantes, el Festival de Jazz de Madrid ha contribuido significativamente a consolidar la ciudad como un centro cultural y musical.

The Pride 2024 celebrations are just around the corner and the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Porto are getting ready to have another great party.

The history, tradition and vibrant culture of Madrid becomes more alive than ever during the Fiestas de San Isidro.

Photography lovers should not miss the World Press Photo exhibition in Barcelona, a must for anyone who appreciates art, culture and stories told through powerful images.

One of the most awaited events of the year for fashion lovers is the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Madrid.

If you are planning to visit Barcelona in September, there is one event you can't miss: the popular festival of La Mercè.

Project led by Silvia Prada. This stirring artist created a series of photographs for our chic&basic Born hotel. For this she chose boys and girls on the street and locked them in a hotel room to "play" while she photographed them. The photographs were taken in the rooms as well as in the restaurant and common areas.

chic&basic hosted the second edition of Art Photo Bcn. A hybrid event where, in addition to discovering the latest photography by emerging artists, conferences, workshops, and courses were held for the general and specialised public.

Committed to culture and art from Barcelona, chic&basic hotels supports local theatre with the events of ‘Microtasting’ theatre.

Theatrical pieces in a small format, lasting no more than 20 minutes, for guests and citizens of Barcelona. Every Wednesday and Thursday at our hotels in Barcelona. (Note: Season finished).

chic&basic converted itself into an exhibition space to give voice to the third edition of the Art Photo BCN festival, an initiative of the Art Deal Project gallery that brings photographic creation to all kinds of audiences. chic&basic became the stage where 20 photographers exhibited and explained their works to a professional jury from the art sector.

chic&basic shows its commitment to the world of images by collaborating with the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Festival DOCfield>16, an event organised by the Photographic Social Vision foundation.

chic&basic collaborates with Read or Die, a call to the creative community that supports the printed format. A meeting point where you can connect with different agents of creation and find new publications that are emerging in the publishing market.

During Barcelona Fashion Week 2015, Sight Management Studio set up a unique space in chic&basic dedicated to the meeting of models and celebrities represented by this great international agency.

At chic&basic we love music and we want to share it. Every Friday we organised a dj session with DJ WYLD for people to dance, have fun, and enjoy a good beat.

The Portuguese duo Schmitz Deejays filled our lobby with “groove” and good music. The Schmitz Deejays are a duo formed by Xminder and Giltz in Lisbon. They started with alternative music styles like indie, rock, and funk. Their career has led them to experiment and evolve in the creation of electronic music, minimal, techno, house, breakbeat and many more styles.

ROOM ART FAIR is an international and independent fair that brings together the most recent creations of emerging artists from Europe. The 2011 edition was held at chic&basic.

Weekend Art is an event where a selection of designers, artists, and fashion designers exhibit and sell their creative work over the course of a weekend.

One day, one hotel, 40 designers. Changing Room is where the contemporary, fresh, and cool design of our hotels merges with the creations of 40 national and international designers, who are offered a room to display their work.