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20s & 30s Madrid — social & activities
20s 30s Madrid. A busy Meetup running casual social plans, activities and nights out for people in their 20s a…
Las Expateñas — expat women in Madrid (30s)
Las Expateñas. A welcoming circle of expat women in their 30s meeting for coffee, dinners and city plans.
MadLife Madrid — make new friends
MadLife Madrid. Near-daily plans — picnics, trips, dinners and exchanges — one of the easiest ways in for newc…
Matadero — collective embroidery day (families)
Matadero Madrid. A day devoted to textile work — workshops and conversations for grown-ups and children, with …
Working from Madrid: wifi, cafés and the unwritten rules
Where to open a laptop without being that person.
Cine Doré (Filmoteca Española)
€3 films in an art nouveau cinema. The best-value evening in Madrid.
Free-hours Prado run, then vermut
Queue at 17:30, three rooms, then a drink.
Free organ recital — San Ginés
Half an hour of Bach in a church older than the country.
Feria del Libro del Retiro
The book fair takes over the park for a fortnight from late May.
Matadero Madrid
A converted slaughterhouse that is now the best free cultural space in the city.
Flamenco tablao — late show, Lavapiés
Small room, no microphones, two guitarists and a singer.
Carmen Laffón
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Retrospective of Sevillian painter Carmen Laffón at the Thyssen this autumn.
Festival Cine por Mujeres
Various venues, Madrid. The 9th Films by Women festival spotlighting women in film, 27 Oct – 8 Nov.
MADHORROR — horror & dark-fantasy festival
IFEMA Madrid. International festival of horror, dark fantasy and Halloween culture, 30 Oct – 2 Nov.