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The Los40 Music Awards will return to Barcelona on 20 November
Barcelona will once again be a music capital on 20 November. The Los40 Music Awards Santander 2026 will be held at Palau Sant Jordi in an especially symbolic edition: it will coincide with LOS40's 60th anniversary and promises to bring together performances, awards and many familiar faces from music, television and popular culture.
The gala returns to the Catalan capital after taking place in Valencia in 2025. Barcelona had already hosted these awards in 2016 and 2024, and now returns to the calendar of one of the events most closely followed by fans of commercial music in Spain. The chosen venue comes as no surprise: Palau Sant Jordi remains one of the major stages for large-scale events.
Tickets will start becoming available soon. The exclusive pre-sale for Banco Santander customers will begin on 16 June through SantanderSmusic.com. A few days later, general sale will open through Santander Music and Los40’s official channels, although prices and the allocation by area have not yet been announced.
The organisers are also drawing on recent memory: in 2025, tickets sold out in just two hours, a figure that anticipates high demand once the pre-sale is activated. For those wishing to attend, the recommendation is quite clear: do not wait too long and check the official channels carefully before buying.
For now, the line-up remains under wraps. Los40 has indicated that the first confirmed artists will be revealed in the coming months, so anticipation will grow as autumn approaches. The usual format of the gala is to mix national and international names, live performances and moments designed to circulate quickly on social media.
The impact on Barcelona will go beyond one night of awards. An event of this size brings young audiences, hotels, hospitality, transport and activity to Montjuïc, an area used to major concerts but affected every time Sant Jordi fills up. For the city, it is also a way of reinforcing its position as a regular stop for major music events.
Palau Sant Jordi has something that suits this kind of gala well: the scale of a major spectacle, Olympic memory and the capacity to turn an awards ceremony into a concert night. If the line-up delivers, 20 November will not be only a date for LOS40 fans, but another of those days when Barcelona once again measures its appeal as a top-tier music venue.