Although it may not seem like it, in Madrid the sun shines high in November. It doesn’t heat up in the same way, but it invites you to take to the streets during the day and take refuge in the warmth of the interiors at night. Get comfortable, open your autumn notebook and warm up your engines with these November plans that we will make in Madrid. The cold, sometimes, can be beautiful.
Table Of Contents
- Official Marvel Exhibition (from November 15)
- The Berlin Wall. A World Divided (all month)
- Autumn Festival (from November 6 to 30)
- Spring of Dreams: The Origin of Christmas (dates tbc)
- Candlelight's candlelight concerts (all month)
- Madrid Hotel Week (from November 8 to 17)
- My First Film Festival 2024 (from November 9 to 24).
- Rizoma (from November 19 to 24)
- Feriarte (from November 23rd)
- Discover this route of autumn in Madrid
- Madrid's Christmas lights (late November)
Official Marvel Exhibition (from November 15)
A gift for comic book lovers, also of the most awaited blockbuster: both Marvel comics and movies have marked generations, have generated quotes that are already part of the collective imagination and have moved masses. Now, the great immersive exhibition Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes, is installed in Madrid to make us happy among more than 200 original objects that cover 85 years of the House of Ideas.
Recinto Ferial de IFEMA Madrid (Avenida del Partenón, 5, Barajas).
The Berlin Wall. A World Divided (all month)
In November 2023, almost a year ago, the exhibition that tells the story of the Berlin Wall in an exhaustive way and with more than 300 original objects and testimonies, opened. Through the stories of the lives of Berliners on both sides of the wall, a history of the escalation of this global conflict between capitalism and communism is constructed.
The Berlin Wall. A World Divided also reflects on a not-so-previous moment whose consequences are still valid from the personal to the collective; from the social to the political.
Sala Castellana 214 (Fundación Canal) Paseo de la Castellana, 214
Autumn Festival (from November 6 to 30)
The Autumn Festival returns for its 42nd edition and, as usual, will join arts such as theater, performance… A festival that has placed Madrid as a reference in the international performing arts circuit and brings together innovative and avant-garde national and international proposals. This 2024, dedicated to its first director, Pilar de Yzaguirre, will expand to eight municipalities and seven venues in the capital.
It will kick off on November 6 with Cántico espiritual de San Juan de la Cruz, by Amancio Prada. It will close on November 30 having presented 25 shows (three world premieres and twelve premieres in Spain), with companies from fifteen countries. Among the highlights, the performance of María Hervás, who will face 24 hours of continuous interpretation with the Spanish adaptation of The Second Woman. Here you can access the complete program.
📍 Various locations
Spring of Dreams: The Origin of Christmas (dates tbc)
A magical kingdom will be installed in the Royal Botanical Garden Alfonso XIII to live a total immersive Christmas experience. A story that this year focuses on the origin of Christmas, discovering “the secret of The Kingdom of Neverland”. As in previous editions, inside this space there will be shows, activities, a canteen … All framed in a Christmas atmosphere, in a real Christmas story.
📍Royal Botanical Garden Alfonso XIII, Complutense Av. s/n (Ciudad Universitaria)
Candlelight’s candlelight concerts (all month)
Candlelight’s program for this November includes tributes to Queen, Coldplay, The Beatles, Metallica, Abba… also a flamenco tribute (to Camarón, Morente, Lola Flores…) as well as thematic ones like the one dedicated to Rings and Dragons and the new show with the best of the Bridgertons.
In addition, the classics among the classics: Tchaikovsky’s Lake of the Cinemas, a Puccini vs Verdi concert or a tribute to Ludovico Einaudi.
Various locations.
Madrid Hotel Week (from November 8 to 17)
The Madrid Hotel Week initiative is divided among various hotel establishments that propose options to attendees, from tastings and cocktails to live experiences related to sport and wellness, technology, music and Madrid’s cultural scene… For a week, Madrid’s hotels are open to all audiences.
Various locations.
My First Film Festival 2024 (from November 9 to 24).
Bringing cinema closer to the little ones (from 2 to 12 years old) and doing it from a festival perspective: that is, screenings, talks, workshops, delving and deepening not only in knowledge and film language but also in the culture of the image and references.
📍 Different spaces.
Rizoma (from November 19 to 24)
The audiovisual festival RIZOMA will inaugurate its 12th edition with the premiere of Eduardo Casanova’s new film, Al margen, a feature-length documentary that will compete in the international official section Contemporary Surrealism.
Various locations.
Feriarte (from November 23rd)
FERIARTE is the gathering of Spanish antique dealers and gallery owners in a great event that this year celebrates its 47th anniversary. It is a way of understanding ancient (and current) art and a business opportunity for the sector. This year more than 70 antique dealers and art galleries will participate and more than a hundred pieces from all periods and artistic disciplines will be exhibited.
📍 Parthenon Avenue, 5
Discover this route of autumn in Madrid
The most beautiful time of the year is here. It’s autumn in Madrid and the city is more colorful than ever: we want to see the capital dyed red and brown, to crunch with our feet the blankets of dry leaves and see how this season manifests itself in all neighborhoods.
We have prepared a route to find the best pictures of Madrid’s autumn: Real Jardín Botánico, Plaza de Olavide, Retiro… among many others.
📍 Several locations
Madrid’s Christmas lights (late November)
As every year, Madrid turns on its Christmas lights in the twilight of November (date still to be specified). The lights will glow until January 6, as they do every season, and many streets throughout the city will premiere Christmas lighting: virtually every corner of Madrid (some 230 locations in 21 districts) will be decorated by a luminous arch, a cherry tree or a chain.
📍 Various locations in Madrid