Free plans in Valencia today and this weekend

What is dated from 21 to 25 October 2026

This page covers Valencia city and the provinces of Valencia and Castellón, using what organisers had published on Wednesday 21 October 2026. Anything added later the same day belongs on today's agenda. The official pages opened for this edition do not give a free, dated plan in the province of Castellón for these days. Outside the city, the confirmed plan is in Paiporta, in l'Horta Sud.

Wednesday 21 October

At 19:00, Lluís Vich Vocalis sings in the Capella de la Sapiència at Centre Cultural La Nau, Universitat 2. The University of Valencia autumn programme lists works by Gallus, Janequin and Arne. Cycle entry is free with an invitation, booked from 72 hours before the concert. The programme can change. Without that invitation, do not count on getting in.

Two free rooms stay open through the afternoon with no invitation. The Fine Arts Museum, San Pío V 9, is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 20:00. Last entry is 19:30, and the galleries start to clear ten minutes before closing. Mondays are shut. The Holy Chalice centre in the Almudín, Sant Lluís Bertran square 2, is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00, and on Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 14:00. Admission is free, with an audio guide in Spanish, Valencian and English, through 29 October 2026.

Thursday 22 October

Thursday repeats the free hours at Fine Arts and the Almudín. The autumn sheet at La Nau has no concert that day. Anything announced overnight goes on today's agenda.

Friday 23 to Sunday 25: Open House Valencia

Open House Valencia holds its eighth edition from 23 to 25 October 2026. Visit València lists more than 70 guided visits across 74 places, including the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre, Santos Juanes church, Mercado de Colón, Teatre El Musical and CC Escorxador. Visits are free, and you need a personal OHV Pass. You show it at the published time. Each place has a capacity cap and a set length of visit.

There are 20 themed routes: Roman and Muslim layers of the city, Central Park, Valencian brutalism, industrial buildings in the maritime district, and post-Civil War architecture. Sign-up opened on 19 October at 12:00 in the app and on the website. Whatever capacity is left is in the programme. Dates, PDF and site: openhousevalencia.org.

On Saturday 24 the IVAM runs two free building tours, with no advance booking, in arrival order until full. At 12:00, The IVAM and its wall, with archaeologist José Ferrandis. At 17:30, The hidden IVAM, with deputy director Kristine Guzmán Saratán. The Wall Room shows foundations of the 14th-century wall. The museum covers 18,200 m² and has eight galleries. Those two tours are Saturday only. Details are on the IVAM page.

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25: ValenCirc in Paiporta

On valencirc.com the festival runs from 26 September to 25 October 2026. Visit València marks this weekend's shows in Plaça del 3 d'abril, Paiporta, as free. Saturday 24: 18:00, Sublunar, by BotProject; 20:00, Abans de caure, by Barreto and La Victoria; 22:30, Foc Místic, by Diana Gurrea. Sunday 25: 11:30, circus workshop by Sargantana Circ Inclusiu; 18:00, Paco Panjabi, professor de ioga, by Cia. Suso Imbernón; 20:00, El millor atracament de la teua vida, by Cia. Espenta. Confirm each time on the Visit València card.

Sunday 25: MuVIM at 12:00 and the half marathon from 08:25

At MuVIM, Quevedo 10, the Cor Jove de la Comunitat Valenciana sings Sacrum Novum at 12:00. The cycle runs from 27 September to 29 November 2026, and the concerts on that page are free with limited capacity. Tickets are handed out the same day from 11:00 in the lobby, first come, two per person. The next date on the page is 29 November. Metro L1, L2, L3, L5 and L9. Buses 7, 9, 10, 11, 27, 28, 31, 60, 62, 63, 67, 71, 72, 73 and C1.

The same Sunday, S.D. Correcaminos runs the 35th Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Half Marathon, from 08:25 to 14:00. The course is 21,097.5 metres. The start is on Avinguda de Tarongers, at door R of the Polytechnic University. Running requires an entry. If you need to cross the city, the road closures are on the city mobility page, the notice the sports foundation asks you to read the previous Wednesday.

Free plans this weekend

Marked free by the organiser for Saturday 24 and Sunday 25:

• Open House, Friday to Sunday, with an OHV Pass. Visit València.
• Two IVAM tours on Saturday, at 12:00 and 17:30, no booking.
• ValenCirc in Paiporta, Saturday and Sunday, at the times above.
• Sacrum Novum at MuVIM, Sunday at 12:00, tickets from 11:00. Visit València.
• Fine Arts Museum, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 20:00. Hours on the regional museum page.
• Almudín, Saturday in both shifts, Sunday 10:00 to 14:00. Visit València.

Year-round free ideas, with other conditions, are in free plans in Valencia. The old riverbed gardens and the seafront are public ground, with no ticket window.

With children, without paying

On Sunday at 11:30, in the Paiporta square, Sargantana Circ Inclusiu runs a circus workshop inside the programme Visit València marks as free. That is the morning slot. Foc Místic on Saturday is at 22:30. In the city, Fine Arts covers Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 20:00, last entry 19:30. The Almudín on Sunday closes at 14:00, so it fits in the morning, around the MuVIM queue at 11:00. At Open House the limit is capacity and the length of each visit. With the programme in hand, two nearby buildings are easier than the full list. The pass is personal.

This afternoon and tonight

Today is Wednesday 21. Through the afternoon Fine Arts stays open until 20:00 and the Almudín until 19:00. At 19:00, Lluís Vich is at La Nau if the invitation is already booked. After those three close, the pages checked do not list another free event with a published time for the rest of the night. On Friday night the timed plan is whichever Open House building is still on the programme. On Saturday in Paiporta the sheet has 20:00 and 22:30. On Sunday in Paiporta the last time on the sheet is 20:00, and in the morning MuVIM is at 12:00.

If it rains this weekend

Indoors and free: Fine Arts, the Almudín, Open House visits inside a building, the Saturday IVAM tours, and the MuVIM concert. Paiporta is a square. If the weather turns, the show that counts is the one still on valencirc.com that day. In the Open House programme, each building's line says whether the visit is indoors. In rain, use those covered addresses.

Getting there

La Nau is at Universitat 2 and the Almudín is at Sant Lluís Bertran 2, in the old centre. Fine Arts lists EMT buses 6, 11, 16, 26, 94, 95 and C2, and metro Alameda and Pont de Fusta. MuVIM lists the metro and bus lines in the Sunday section. The Paiporta card does not name a bus line worth repeating: the meeting point is Plaça del 3 d'abril. On Sunday, from 08:25 to 14:00, the half marathon starts on Avinguda de Tarongers. Read the mobility notice before you try to drive across the city.

The weekend after this one

Open House ends on Sunday 25. On the festival site, ValenCirc also runs through 25 October. The La Nau cycle continues, still with an invitation: Tuesday 27 October at 19:00 is Sérénade in the Sala de la Muralla at Colegio Mayor Rector Peset, Forn de Sant Nicolau square 4, and Wednesday 4 November at 19:00 is Compositores valencianes in the Capella de la Sapiència. Both are in the Music Club PDF, bookable from 72 hours before.

For Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, the published list is today's agenda when that week arrives. The undated shape of a weekend is in what to do in Valencia at the weekend. A paid concert at Roig Arena is read on the venue's card, with its own price and time.

Questions people ask

Is Open House Valencia free?

Building visits are free, and you need a personal OHV Pass. Each site caps the number of people. Themed routes are a separate sign-up from 19 October at 12:00. Each building's hours are in the programme for 23 to 25 October 2026.

Do the Paiporta circus shows charge entry?

Visit València marks the six performances on 24 and 25 October in Plaça del 3 d'abril as free. The time for each one is on that page and on valencirc.com. The festival site dates the run from 26 September to 25 October 2026.

What can you visit without paying this Saturday and Sunday?

The Fine Arts Museum, 10:00 to 20:00 both days, last entry 19:30. The Almudín, Saturday 10:00 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 19:00, Sunday 10:00 to 14:00. The IVAM publishes Saturday tours at 12:00 and 17:30 as free. MuVIM hands out free tickets on Sunday from 11:00 for the 12:00 concert.

Can you cross the city on Sunday morning?

The half marathon starts at 08:25 on Avinguda de Tarongers, and the organiser runs the event until 14:00. Closures are on the mobility notice. Read it before you agree to meet on the far side of the course.

Does this list cover next weekend?

It runs through 25 October 2026. The Open House dates and the ValenCirc shows cited here end that Sunday. On the MuVIM page, the cycle's next concert is 29 November. For 31 October and 1 November, open that week's agenda.