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12 upcoming free programs at 5 library venues in Donostia / San Sebastián — book clubs, talks, workshops and more. No booking for most, and nobody asks why you came on your own.

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Tabakalera (5) · Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades (San Jerónimo) (4) · Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades (1) · Centro Cultural Egia (1) · Tabakalera - (Punto de Información) (1)

Tabakalera5 upcoming

Sat28Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
11:00–12:15

Guided visit Conoce Tabakalera, Donostia / San Sebastián

Tabakalera

On Saturday 28 November 2026 at 11:00 Tabakalera in Donostia / San Sebastián offers the guided visit Conoce Tabakalera, held in Basque. The listing presents the centre as a place where many voices meet and many stories are heard, with two cinemas, exhibitions, a library and creation lab, artists in residence and a film school. It adds that spaces for thought and debate are activated there, along with courses, workshops and live music. The guided route proposes a general approach to this variety, so that visitors can discover the corners and programmes of the cultural centre and the people who form its community of neighbours. The listing notes that the Saturday morning visit is offered at 11:00 in Basque and at 12:30 in Spanish. Entry is free, with registration. A group tour like this is easy to enjoy alone, since a guide leads the way and fellow visitors share the same curiosity about the building. «Tabakalera ezagutu propone un acercamiento a esta diversidad, a través de un recorrido guiado» Starts 11:00, ends about 12:15. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as free with registration, in Basque at 11:00.

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Sat28Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
12:30–13:30

Conoce Tabakalera, guided visit in Spanish, Donostia

Tabakalera

On Saturday 28 November 2026 at 12:30 Tabakalera in Donostia / San Sebastián runs Conoce Tabakalera, a guided tour of the cultural centre in Spanish. The listing says that many voices meet at Tabakalera, many stories are heard and many people cross paths. It mentions two cinemas, exhibitions, a library and creation laboratory, artists in residence and a film school, along with spaces for thought and debate, courses, workshops and live music. The tour offers a general walk through the centre to see the different spaces, programmes and people of this community. It is held on Saturday mornings, at 11:00 in Basque and 12:30 in Spanish. Participation is free, with registration. A guided walk like this is easy to join alone, since the group follows one guide and visitors meet others along the route. «Conoce Tabakalera propone un acercamiento a esta diversidad, a través de un recorrido guiado» Starts 12:30, ends about 13:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as free with registration, and the 12:30 slot as the Spanish-language tour.

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Fri4Dec
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–21:17

La reine Margot, Klasikoak film screening, Tabakalera, Donostia

Tabakalera

On Friday 4 December 2026 at 19:00 Tabakalera in Donostia / San Sebastián screens La reine Margot (La reina Margot) as part of Klasikoak 2026, the cycle of the Basque Film Library, Filmoteca Vasca. The listing describes a story set in sixteenth-century France during the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants, when King Charles IX and his mother Catherine de Medici arrange the marriage of Princess Margaret of Valois to the Protestant king of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon, hoping to end the bloody struggle between the two sides. The film was directed by Patrice Chéreau in 1994, runs 137 minutes, is in French with Spanish subtitles and stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Pérez and Virna Lisi. The screening is introduced by Margot Le Peltier of the French Institute in Bilbao. A ticket costs 4.50 euros. A film screening is easy to attend alone, since everyone sits facing the same story in the dark. «Dentro del programa del ciclo Klasikoak 2026, de la Filmoteca Vasca» Starts 19:00, ends about 21:17. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as 4.50 euros and the running time as 137 minutes.

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Fri11Dec
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–20:40

Voldtekt (Violación), 1971 film, Tabakalera, San Sebastián

Tabakalera

On Friday 11 December 2026 at 19:00 Tabakalera in Donostia / San Sebastián screens the 1971 Norwegian film Voldtekt (Violación) as part of the Klasikoak 2026 cycle of the Basque Film Library. The listing describes the story of a housewife who is brutally raped and a young woman who soon after suffers another attempted rape. The police arrest Anders, a young man who works on road maintenance and was seen at the scene both times, and everything points to him although certainty is not absolute. The listing says that everyone depends on the rigid Norwegian judicial system. The film was directed by Anja Breien, runs 96 minutes, is in Norwegian with Spanish subtitles, and features Svein Sturla Hungnes, Anne Marie Ottersen and Liv Thorsen. The price is 4.50 euros. A film screening like this is easy to attend alone, since the audience watches together and the film leaves room for conversation afterwards. «Una ama de casa es brutalmente violada, y poco después una joven sufre otro intento de violación.» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:40. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as 4.50 euros and the film's running time as 96 minutes.

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Fri18Dec
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–20:49

The Sugarland Express, film at Tabakalera, Donostia / San Sebastián

Tabakalera

On Friday 18 December 2026 at 19:00 Tabakalera in Donostia / San Sebastián screens The Sugarland Express (Loca evasión), part of the Klasikoak 2026 cycle of the Basque Film Library, Filmoteca Vasca. The listing describes a young prisoner of barely twenty who escapes from jail with the help of his wife, and the couple set out to get back their son, whose custody the law has given to a foster family. It adds that the escape succeeds even though the pair have serious mental limitations. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1974, runs 109 minutes, is in English with Spanish subtitles and stars Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks and Gregory Walcott. The screening is introduced by Gérald Duchaussoy, programming head of Cannes Classics. A ticket costs 4.50 euros. A cinema evening like this is easy to enjoy alone, since the audience shares one story on the same wall of light. «Se proponen recuperar a su hijo, cuya custodia ha sido entregada por la ley a una familia de acogida» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:49. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as 4.50 euros and the running time as 109 minutes.

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Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades (San Jerónimo)4 upcoming

Mon16Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–20:30

Fabio Neri, Páramo herido, at Biblioteca Central, Donostia

Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades (San Jerónimo)

On Monday 16 November 2026 at 19:00 the activity hall of the Biblioteca Central on San Jerónimo in Donostia / San Sebastián hosts a literary conversation as part of the Literaktum 2026 programme. The writer Fabio Neri will talk with Ander Izagirre about his novel Páramo herido. The listing describes the book as a reinvention of the western set at the southern tip of the Americas. Among outlaws, settlers and indigenous peoples, Neri, born in Santiago de Chile in 1988, builds a coming-of-age novel in which adventure sits alongside a critical look at conquest and violence. The landscape, beautiful and hostile in equal parts, becomes another protagonist in an intense, visual story full of narrative tension. The event is held in Spanish and the listing gives the price as free. A book talk like this is easy to attend alone, since everyone in the room has come for the same conversation about a novel. «El escritor Fabio Neri charlará con Ander Izagirre sobre su novela Páramo herido» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as free and the language as Spanish.

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Tue17Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–20:30

Garazi Kamio on Moebiusen ertzak, Biblioteca Central, Donostia

Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades (San Jerónimo)

On Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 19:00 the activities room of the Biblioteca Central on San Jerónimo street in Donostia / San Sebastián hosts a conversation within the Literaktum 2026 programme. The listing says the writer Garazi Kamio will talk with Julen Apella about her novel Moebiusen ertzak. It tells of Ángela, born in the middle of the twentieth century in a small town, who after many obstacles flees to the city and becomes Ángel. In old age, illness forces a return to the family and a new reckoning with identity. The listing calls it the discreet epic of people who lived on tiptoe, told without tragedy or sentimentality, and says Kamio, born in Andoain in 1979, won the Kutxa Fundazioa Irun literary prize with it. The event is in Basque and the price is free. The end is estimated at 20:30. A talk like this is easy to attend alone, since the room shares one conversation. «La escritora Garazi Kamio charlará con Julen Apella sobre su novela Moebiusen ertzak» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as free and the language as Basque.

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Tue24Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–20:30

Literary gathering on «Luciérnaga», Central Library, San Sebastián

Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades (San Jerónimo)

The Central Library of San Sebastián, in the activities room on San Jerónimo, hosts a literary gathering, or tertulia, on a Tuesday evening. The group discusses the book «Luciérnaga» by Natalia Litvinova, and the conversation is moderated by Ylenia Benito. The meeting is in Spanish and is free. The library notes that the book can be borrowed from the Donostia Kultura libraries, so it is possible to read it beforehand, and a dossier with more information about the author and the work is attached to the listing. The gathering starts at 19:00 and the listing gives no end time, so we assume about an hour and a half. Reading groups are one of the simplest ways to meet people in a new city, as the shared book gives everyone a topic to start a conversation on. «Tertulias literarias: "Luciérnaga" (Natalia Litvinova)» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0).

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Thu26Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
18:30–19:45

Book presentation: Laennec by José María Urkia Etxabere, Donostia

Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades (San Jerónimo)

On Thursday 26 November 2026 at 18:30 the activity room of the Biblioteca Central in Donostia / San Sebastián hosts the presentation of the book Laennec by its author, José María Urkia Etxabere. The listing describes the book as a biographical essay on the many-sided Breton physician René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec, who lived from 1781 to 1826, published in the bicentenary of his death. It reviews the historical context of his Treatise on mediate auscultation of 1819 and the discovery of the stethoscope at the Paris medical school of the nineteenth century. The book follows the physician-poet among pioneers and critics of pathological anatomy and between supporters of old and new regimes. Entry is free, and the event is in Spanish. The listing gives no end time, so a talk of about an hour and a quarter is likely. A book presentation like this is easy to attend alone, since the audience is there to listen and ask questions. «Presentación del libro Laennec a cargo de su autor José María Urkia Etxabe» Starts 18:30, ends about 19:45. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives the price as free and the language as Spanish.

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Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades1 upcoming

Mon23Nov
Free
SocialDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–20:30

French-language book club on J'emporterai le feu, in San Sebastián

Biblioteca Central - Sala de actividades

On Monday 23 November 2026 at 19:00 the activities room of the Biblioteca Central in Donostia, San Sebastián, hosts a literary salon in French led by Miren Garmendia on the book J'emporterai le feu by Leïla Slimani. The listing, which comes from Donostia Kultura, says the book is available in the municipal libraries of Donostia, so you can borrow it beforehand. The price is free. It gives the start at 19:00 and no end time, so the end shown is estimated. A discussion in French about a novel is a good fit for people who want to practise the language, and a small group that has read the same book is an easy way to meet people when coming alone, since everyone already has something to talk about. «Tertulia literaria en francés dinamizada por Miren Garmendia.» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown here is estimated. The listing gives the price as free.

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Centro Cultural Egia1 upcoming

Wed25Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
19:00–20:30

Literatur solasaldiak: Iragan atergabea, Egia, Donostia

Centro Cultural Egia

On Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 19:00 the Centro Cultural Egia in Donostia / San Sebastián holds a literature conversation session, Literatur solasaldiak, in Basque. The listing says that this month, under the direction of Edu Zabala, the group will talk about the book Iragan atergabea by the writer Julen Belamuno. It adds that the book is available in the libraries of Donostia Kultura, so readers can borrow a copy before the meeting. The event is presented by Donostia Kultura and is listed as a talk. Admission is free, and the listing does not mention any booking. The centre is at Baztan 21. A book conversation like this is easy to attend alone, since the whole evening is organised around talking about one shared book with other readers, and the moderator guides the discussion for the group. «este mes hablarán del libro Iragan atergabea del escritor Julen Belamuno» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives free admission, the event language as Basque and Edu Zabala as moderator.

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Tabakalera - (Punto de Información)1 upcoming

Sat28Nov
Free
CultureDonostia / San Sebastián
11:00–12:15

Conoce Tabakalera, guided tour in Basque, Donostia

Tabakalera - (Punto de Información)

On Saturday 28 November 2026 at 11:00 the information point of Tabakalera in Donostia / San Sebastián is the starting place for Conoce Tabakalera, a general guided tour of the cultural centre held in Basque. The listing describes Tabakalera as a place where many voices meet, many stories are heard and many people cross paths. It names two cinemas, exhibitions, a library-laboratory for creation, artists in residence and a film school, along with courses, workshops, spaces for thinking and debate, and live music. The tour offers a closer look at these spaces, programmes and personalities that make up what the listing calls a community of neighbours. The Saturday morning visit runs at 11:00 in Basque, and the listing adds a second tour at 12:30 in Spanish. Entry is free. A guided walk like this is easy to join alone, since visitors naturally follow the guide together and can chat along the way. «En Tabakalera se dan encuentro muchas voces, se escuchan muchas historias y se cruzan muchas personas.» Starts 11:00, ends about 12:15. Source: Kulturklik — Basque Government / Open Data Euskadi (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives free entry and a Saturday 11:00 guided tour in Basque, with a 12:30 tour in Spanish.

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New in Donostia / San Sebastián?

How to use the library as a newcomer

  1. Get a card — it is usually free. Bring photo ID and a proof of address (rental contract, utility bill). Rules differ per library, so check the branch page first.
  2. Events rarely need a card. Talks, book clubs and language cafés are open to everyone; just walk in a few minutes early.
  3. Use it as your base. Free wifi, a quiet desk, notice boards with local groups, and often newspapers and courses in several languages.
  4. Go back to the same program. The second visit is when people remember your name.

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Questions people ask

Are library events in Donostia / San Sebastián free?

Almost all of them. The 12 upcoming programs on this page are public library events in Donostia / San Sebastián; most need no booking and no library card. Workshops with limited places say so on the official page.

Can I go to a library event in Donostia / San Sebastián alone?

Yes. Most people at library book clubs, talks and language cafés come alone, there is a host who starts the conversation, and nobody asks why you are there. Arrive a few minutes early.

How do I get a library card in Donostia / San Sebastián?

Usually it is free: bring photo ID and a proof of address (a rental contract or a utility bill) to any branch. Rules differ per library, so check the branch page before you go.

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