Main Mass in Plaza de la Almudena
esMadrid lists the main Mass for 9 November at Plaza de la Almudena.
The esMadrid page for 2026 still shows the previous year’s detailed programme and gives no 2026 times, so we show none. Read on 24 Oct 2026.
Day plan
Monday 9 November: morning or evening
Tap a part of the day. Only what we can source is listed; nothing is guessed.
Morning: Mass and procession
Procession to Plaza Mayor
After the Mass, esMadrid says the image leaves the Catedral for Plaza Mayor and returns the same way.
The esMadrid page for 2026 still shows the previous year’s detailed programme and gives no 2026 times, so we show none. Read on 24 Oct 2026.
Evening: solo-friendly events nearby in time
We have no Madrid event in our data for the evening of Monday 9 November yet. Event lists fill in 2–6 weeks ahead and this page is rebuilt as they arrive. The nearest evenings in our data (17:00 or later, within 3 days):
18:00–19:30 · 1 day after 9 Nov
Talk at the Museo de Historia: art and nature in the age of AI
Museo de Historia de Madrid
Artist and fine-arts lecturer Antonio Vigo talks about the value of working directly with materials in a post-digital world — part of the art critics' free autumn cycle on art, nature and AI.
19:00–20:30 · 2 days before 9 Nov
Concert: from operetta to waltz — violin and piano in Vallecas
Centro Cultural Zazuar
A free 90-minute concert of light classics for violin and piano: Viennese songs, Satie, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty waltz and Strauss's Blue Danube.
17:30–19:30 · 3 days after 9 Nov
Make your own zine: a free fanzine workshop
Biblioteca Francisco Ayala
Discover the fanzine as a free, cheap and creative way to tell your own stories: drawing, writing and experimenting, alone and in group exercises, around a shared theme.
18:30–20:00 · 3 days after 9 Nov
Talk: Roman aqueducts, sewers and dams through an engineer's eyes
Museo de San Isidro
Engineer Julio Cortés Martín looks at the water engineering of ancient Rome — aqueducts, sewers and dams — through the writings of Vitruvius and Frontinus, and weighs what worked and what didn't. Part of the free autumn lecture cycle.
Event titles and descriptions are written in English from Madrid’s open city calendar. Times and prices can change: confirm on the official page.
Going alone? What to expect. Public events like these are mostly drop-in or small groups, so arriving solo is normal. Arrive ten minutes early and keep your way home in mind; on a local holiday, check opening hours before you go.
Sources
Where this comes from
- Ayuntamiento de Madrid: official 2026 calendar ↗: lists “Día 9 de noviembre, lunes, festividad de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena” among the municipality’s two local holidays.
- Comunidad de Madrid: calendario laboral 2026 ↗: Decreto 75/2025 (BOCM no. 229, 25 Sep 2025) sets twelve regional holidays and 9 November is not one of them; local holidays for Madrid: 15 May and 9 November (Resolución of 2 Dec 2025, BOCM no. 296).
- esMadrid: Almudena festivity ↗: Mass and procession description; no 2026 times published when we read it on 24 Oct 2026.
Checked 24 Oct 2026. If your work or school is outside the city of Madrid, your own local calendar decides.
How it works
A holiday Monday alone: how it works
- Read the answer at the top and open a source if you need it for work or school.
- Pick morning or evening in the plan and open the official page to confirm the time.
- Open Meet & Mint to see who else is going and say hi in the event chat.
Questions people ask
Is Monday 9 November 2026 a holiday in Madrid?
Yes, but only in the city of Madrid: it is the local holiday for Nuestra Señora de la Almudena. The Ayuntamiento’s official 2026 calendar lists it, and the Comunidad de Madrid lists “15 de mayo y 9 de noviembre” as the local holidays of Madrid.
Is 9 November a holiday in the rest of the Comunidad de Madrid or in Spain?
No. The Comunidad de Madrid’s twelve regional holidays for 2026 (Decreto 75/2025) do not include 9 November, and it is not a national holiday. Other towns have their own local holidays on other dates.
What time are the Almudena Mass and procession in 2026?
Not published yet when we checked on 24 Oct 2026: times TBC, check esMadrid (esmadrid.com/agenda/actividades-festividad-virgen-almudena). The festivity centres on Plaza de la Almudena, the Catedral and Plaza Mayor.
What can I do alone in Madrid on the evening of 9 November?
Check the evening list on this page, the full Madrid list at /events/madrid/ and tonight’s picks at tonightsolo.com/madrid/. We only list entries that exist in our data and link to the organiser’s page.
Related
Answers for Madrid · Events in Madrid · Tonight in Madrid (tonightsolo.com) · Closed days in November (Newcomer Kit)
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