Society & Culture

On 20 September, Palma’s Nit de l’Art marks 30 years with 50-plus exhibitions, free tours, music and dance across Mallorca’s cultural venues.

Formentera schools get two Balearic Symphony Orchestra concerts on 23 September, with Laura de la Fuente and a string quartet performing live.

Barcelona, 19 September: a book of more than 700 pages tracks the Formentor Prize from Beckett and Borges to Annie Ernaux, with essays on its writers.

Palma, 19 September: the Balearic Symphony closes Mallorca’s Diada programme at Teatro Principal with music by Miquel Marquès and Manuel de Falla.

Palma's Nit de l'Art Jove puts 21 young artists on show on Saturday, from Plaza del Tubo to Espai Jove Llevant, with music, poetry and participatory activities.

Palma, 18 September: Casal Solleric opens two Mallorcan artists’ shows for Nit de l’Art, including acid-green light visible from Passeig del Born.

Eivissa, Ibiza, 18 September 2026: a 2.37 million cultural project backs a new walkway designed to protect Puig des Molins without increasing its budget.

Palma’s Balearic Parliament opens on Saturday 19 September for Nit de l’Art, with a six-language audioguide and entry through two doors.

Palma’s Obra Cultural Balear announces ten Catalan awards on 17 September. Nominations for language, culture and identity close on 16 October.

Palma, 17 September: City Hall condemns a €10,000 cut in Spain’s grant to the Miró Foundation, while Son Boter’s €833,000 refit continues in Palma.

Palma’s Miró Foundation opens three projects at 19.00 on Friday for Nit de l’Art, from palm-weaving traditions to immersive films, until 11 April.

Palma, 17 September: the PSIB launches annual Francesc Antich awards, with nominations open 21 September to 21 November in two categories.

On 24 September, Mallorca’s Balearic Symphony plays Harry Potter, Titanic and more at Palma’s Teatre Principal, with Oscar winner José Luis Garci narrating.

Palma’s Teatre de Barra starts on 17 September: five short 80s plays fill venues near Blanquerna before the 24 October final at Mar i Terra.

The Balearic Islands challenge a demand to return cinema aid after Spain changed its 2025 spending rule. The row emerged on 16 September 2026.

Balearic cinemas could lose €189,732.14 after a funding rule change. Spain’s cinema federation urges the Culture Ministry to act on 16 September 2026.

From 24 to 27 September, Palma’s book week brings readings, children’s tales, poetry and Scrabble to the Misericòrdia garden in Mallorca.

Palma’s Museu de Mallorca opens Digital Splash on 16 September 2026, showing Fabrizio Plessi’s final project, a video work and 11 drawings.

Palma, 16 September 2026: Balearic cinemas face a €188,889 funding clawback after a row over the deadline for 2025 cultural grants.

At Palma's CaixaFòrum, Ñaco Fabré's Càntic opens on 15 September 2026. Nine works of light and geometry invite a slower look until 24 January 2027.

Palma, Mallorca, opens Rafa Forteza’s Cráneo on Wednesday, bringing sculptures unseen outside his studio since the 1990s back into view.

Palma, 15 September: Madrid's decision puts €189,732 in cinema funding at risk across the Balearics, but the regional government has appealed.

In Palma on 15 September, Sebastià Alzamora wins the National Poetry Prize as Marga Prohens and Francina Armengol praise his literary work in public.

On 15 September 2026, Spain demands €189,732 back from 15 Balearic cinemas. Industry sources say a new rule is being applied after the event.

Palma’s Teatre de Barra opens on 17 September: five short 80s plays run in bars near Blanquerna and 31 de Diciembre before the 24 October final.