Thu22Oct
FreeGuided garden walk: Campo del Moro
Jardines del Campo del Moro
A free interpretive walk with an environmental educator through the Campo del Moro gardens below the Royal Palace: their trees, fountains and history.
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Events in Madrid, easy to join alone.
42 upcoming events in Madrid you can go to alone, 42 of them free, from Thursday 22 Oct to Saturday 12 Dec. Picked from city open data and official agendas. Check the official page before you go: times and prices can change.
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What is on in Madrid
17 events in the next 14 days.
Thu22Oct
FreeCooking workshop: buñuelos de viento for All Saints' Day
Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo
Learn to make buñuelos de viento — the light, cream-filled fritters Madrid eats around All Saints' Day — in a two-hour hands-on class in the centre's kitchen. Ages 16+.
Fri23Oct
FreeBoleros and tangos with Juan Gorrín
Parque Cerro del Tío Pío
Singer Juan Gorrín closes the classical music cycle with an evening of boleros and tangos for voice, violin and guitar — classic melodies performed in a close, personal way.
Sat24Oct
FreeBuenos Aires in Madrid: tango and milonga classes + DJ
Centro Cultural Casa de Vacas — Parque del Retiro
Tango and milonga with experienced teachers and dancers and DJ Loic Vix: learn your first steps or improve them. Partner dancing is one of the easiest ways to meet people — come alone, everyone rotates.
Sun25Oct
FreeWorkshop: discover artisan cheeses of the Madrid region
Centro de Educación Ambiental Casa de Campo (by the lake pier)
A free workshop at the Casa de Campo environmental centre about the artisan cheeses made in the Madrid region — where they come from and what makes them special.
Sun25Oct
FreeBotanical walk: around the world in 80 plants
Centro de Educación Ambiental Dehesa de la Villa
A free guided botanical walk in the Dehesa de la Villa park: meet plants from all over the world that grow in Madrid and hear their stories.
Tue27Oct
FreeGuided visit at the Museo de Historia: 'Lost Madrid — the Royal Sites' (second date)
Museo de Historia de Madrid
The museum's free themed Tuesday visit (max. 20 people) returns for its second October date: the royal estates and places of old Madrid that no longer exist, told through the collection.
Wed28Oct
FreeGuided nature walk: the lake area of Casa de Campo
Meeting point: Metro Lago exit
A free guided walk for adults through the lake area of Casa de Campo, Madrid's largest park: trees, birds and the story of the place, with an environmental educator. Meeting point at the Lago metro exit.
Wed28Oct
FreeReading workshop at CSIC: Schrödinger, Galileo and poetry with Clara Janés's book
CSIC — Calle Serrano 117
A two-hour reading and discussion workshop around Clara Janés's book on the humanist, poetic side of the physicist Erwin Schrödinger and his link to Galileo. Science and literature at the table — a good place to talk with curious people.
Thu29Oct
FreeUrban garden session for adults in El Retiro
Aula ambiental La Cabaña del Retiro
A free participatory session for adults about the urban vegetable garden, sustainable food and biodiversity — with hands-on dynamics and time to share experiences with others. An easy way to meet people who like plants.
Thu29Oct
FreeTalk at Museo de San Isidro: the origins of physics and ancient atomism
Museo de San Isidro
A free talk on how Greek thinkers of the 7th century BC began to explain the world through reason instead of myths — and how their ideas about atoms still inspire physicists. In a museum in the heart of La Latina.
Thu29Oct
FreeTalk: Álvaro de Bazán, the undefeated admiral
Centro Cultural Casa del Reloj — Sala La Lonja
A free evening talk by José Luis Nieto Fernández on the campaigns and life of Álvaro de Bazán, the Spanish admiral who never lost a battle.
Thu29Oct
FreeAuthor talk: Marcos Chicot on 'The Murder of Aristotle'
Centro Cultural Sanchinarro
The best-selling novelist Marcos Chicot talks about his historical thriller set in ancient Greece, part of a free autumn lecture cycle. Bring your questions — and maybe meet fellow readers.
Thu29Oct
FreeDance and live music: 'ECO' by La Figuranta
Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo
A free 90-minute piece where two performers connect movement with melodies and rhythms, telling stories without words — dance and music bouncing off each other.
Fri30Oct
FreeWorkshop: how Madrid measures air quality — visit a monitoring station in El Retiro
Jardines de El Buen Retiro — Cabaña de la Rosaleda
A free short course in the Retiro: what we mean by air pollution, how it relates to climate change and what affects the air we breathe — then a visit to a real air-quality monitoring station.
Thu5Nov
FreeImmersive theatre with your eyes closed: 'Ibiza'
Biblioteca María Lejárraga
Put on a blindfold and travel without moving: a free immersive show built from soundscapes, live music, actors, smells and textures, where every spectator becomes part of the story. Created by Carlos Pontini.
Thu5Nov
FreeTalk at Museo de San Isidro: the puzzles of ancient geography
Museo de San Isidro
Was the Earth round? Was the ocean one? Where did one continent end and the next begin? Irene Pajón walks through the questions ancient geographers asked and how they tried to answer them from travel stories, experience and theory. Part of the free autumn lecture cycle.
Fri6Nov
FreeGuided nature walk: Parque del Oeste, section I
Parque del Oeste
A free interpretive walk through the first section of Parque del Oeste, the historic hillside park near Moncloa.
Sat7Nov
FreeGuided 8 km walk in Casa de Campo: the hidden Barranco de la Zorra
Casa de Campo — next to the lake pier
A free circular walk of about 8 km through a quiet, little-known western part of Casa de Campo, with historic remains, riverside vegetation and some of the park's most varied terrain. From age 12.
Sat7Nov
FreeHands-on workshop: how writing was invented — from first signs to the alphabet
Museo de San Isidro
A free, participatory workshop for Science Week: follow writing from its earliest signs to the alphabets we use today, with examples, visuals and small activities. In a museum in the heart of La Latina.
Sat7Nov
FreeConcert: 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.
Sun8Nov
FreeBirdwatching walk in Dehesa de la Villa
CIEA Dehesa de la Villa
A free guided route to get to know the birds of Dehesa de la Villa, one of Madrid's most natural parks — an easy Sunday morning outdoors.
Tue10Nov
FreeTalk 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.
Thu12Nov
FreeMake 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.
Thu12Nov
FreeTalk: 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.
Fri13Nov
FreeGuided 11 km walk: from Dehesa de la Villa to Casa de Campo
Casa de Campo — next to the lake pier
A free, mostly flat linear hike of about 11 km linking two of Madrid's big green spaces that were once part of one natural system with El Pardo and the Manzanares river. About 4 hours, from age 12.
Sat14Nov
FreeBirdwatching walk in Casa de Campo
Casa de Campo — next to the lake pier
A free circular bird walk with stops to spot water birds, woodland species and raptors — residents and autumn visitors. No expertise needed; bring binoculars if you have them.
Sun15Nov
FreeGuided 8 km hike through the Encinar de San Pedro holm-oak reserve
Casa de Campo — next to the lake pier
A free circular hike of about 8 km with moderate climbs through the strictly protected holm-oak woodland of Casa de Campo, learning about the living things of its ecosystems. About 4 hours, from age 12.
Tue17Nov
FreeTalk at the Museo de Historia: AI-generated art and nature
Museo de Historia de Madrid
Jorge Varas speaks in the art critics' free autumn cycle on how artificial intelligence is changing art and our idea of nature. Good for anyone curious about AI and creativity.
Wed18Nov
FreeLibrary film club: 'Grease' followed by an open chat
Biblioteca José Saramago
A free film meet-up: watch the classic 'Grease' together, then join an open conversation about it led by psychologists from the local health centre.
Thu19Nov
FreeTalk: what drove ancient Greek astronomy
Museo de San Isidro
Cristian Tolsa (University of Barcelona) traces the roots of Greek astronomy — Babylonian traditions, calendars and early cosmologies. Part of the free autumn lecture cycle.
Fri20Nov
FreeGuided walk in El Capricho, the Duchess of Osuna's romantic garden
Jardín El Capricho
A free three-hour guided walk with an environmental educator through one of Madrid's most beautiful historic gardens, spotting the Duchess's follies and its plants. Adults only (18+).
Sat21Nov
FreeHands-on workshop: how prehistoric people tamed fire
Museo de San Isidro
A free Science Week workshop on how our ancestors learned to light, keep and carry fire — with live demonstrations of flint, tinder fungus and friction techniques, and real archaeological materials.
Sat21Nov
FreeConcert: great film soundtracks in Vallecas
Centro Cultural Zazuar
A free 90-minute trip through famous film music — John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Morricone, Lalo Schifrin and more.
Thu26Nov
FreeTalk: how science learned to speak — Greek scientific vocabulary
Museo de San Isidro
Where do words like 'atom' or 'planet' come from? A free talk on how Greek science created a new vocabulary that passed to Rome and into every modern language. Part of the autumn lecture cycle.
Thu26Nov
FreeAcoustic flamenco: Kiki Morente at the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
Museo Lázaro Galdiano
One of the most personal voices of today's flamenco, heir to the Morente family, sings an intimate free acoustic set in the garden-palace museum, mixing tradition and freshness.
Fri27Nov
FreeGo underground: the 17th-century Amaniel water galleries
CIEA Dehesa de la Villa (start)
A free guided route from Dehesa de la Villa into the underground galleries of the Amaniel 'water journey', the 17th-century system that brought water to part of Madrid. Adults only (18+).
Wed2Dec
FreeTalk: the bronze offerings of the Iberian sanctuary of Alarcos
Museo de San Isidro
A free evening talk at Madrid's city-origins museum about the small bronze votive figures left at the Iberian sanctuary of Alarcos — who made them and what people asked for.
Thu3Dec
FreeTalk: Pliny the Elder and women's medical knowledge
Museo de San Isidro
How did ideas about the body and health travel from Pliny the Elder to women writers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? A free university talk on old medical knowledge, the body, the soul and the passions. Part of the autumn lecture cycle.
Fri4Dec
FreeGuided nature walk: Parque del Oeste, part one
Parque del Oeste
A free interpretive walk through the first stretch of Parque del Oeste: its trees, history and views over the west of Madrid. Comfortable shoes recommended; places may need booking on the official page.
Fri11Dec
FreeGuided walk: the follies of El Capricho garden
El Capricho de la Alameda de Osuna
An environmental educator leads a free walk through El Capricho, the Duchess of Osuna's romantic garden, looking at its follies and plant species. For adults; about 3 hours; booking required (see the official page).
Sat12Dec
FreeHike to Cerro Garabitas: Casa de Campo's hidden history
Casa de Campo — environmental centre by the lake
A free 10 km circular hike through Casa de Campo's recent past — a vanished church, old farm threshing floors, Civil War bunkers and trenches — up to the park's big viewpoint, Cerro Garabitas. Moderate climbs; booking required.
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Questions people ask
What is on in Madrid soon?
The next event in Madrid is "Guided garden walk: Campo del Moro" on Thursday 22 Oct at 10:30. 17 events are listed in the next two weeks, and 42 up to Saturday 12 Dec.
Are events in Madrid free?
42 of the 42 upcoming events listed here are marked free. The rest are low-cost or ticketed; the price is on each official page, so check it before you go.
What kinds of events can I find in Madrid?
Right now: learning (16), outdoors (14), music (6), culture (3), food and drink (2). Common venues are Museo de San Isidro, Casa de Campo — next to the lake pier, Museo de Historia de Madrid.
Is it OK to go to an event in Madrid alone?
Yes, that is the point of this list. We pick talks, concerts, walks, language cafés and workshops where many people arrive on their own and there is a natural moment to start talking. Nobody checks whether you came with a friend.
How do I find out who else is going?
Many of these events are also in the Meet & Mint app, where every event has its own chat and you can join alone. If one is not there yet, tap "+" in the app to add it and gather a group to go together.
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