Best one-off comedy shows in Barcelona

Score 84.5. A gong show on Friday 6 November at 23:00 at Canvis Nous, for €10 online and €12 at the door. Anyone who signs up can try a six-minute set. The club calls it "Barcelona's most brutal comedy showdown between audience and comedians".

Our own rating gives the format 10 of 10, and that mark decides the tie with Irene Sango Live. A ticket-site snippet shows earlier runs on selected Saturdays, yet only one date is in our data, so regularity is 5. The Canvis Nous review covers the stairs and the bar.

Score 84.5. A debut hour at Canvis Nous on Friday 6 November at 20:00, then a second date at Mint Bar on Saturday 14 November at 20:00. The ticket is €5 online and €7 at the door on both dates, tied for the lowest paid price in the list.

Her listing names a Gong Show win at the London Comedy Store, and the page text stops there. A second listing, on Fever, has her hosting a Saturday comedy night at Tinta Roja. That outside trace lifts the quality mark to 7, the top mark we gave from a show's own copy.

Score 81. A two-hander at Laietana on Tuesday 10 November at 20:00, for €10 online and €12 at the door. The club bills the pair as "two titans of the Barcelona comedy scene".

Two outside facts support the mark of 7. The club's About page records that Andy Casper won a Clubbie in 2023 for a solo show. Hector Ayala hosts Basemint Comedy, per Eventbrite and Tomaticket. It is a single date with tickets on sale.

Score 81. Two sessions at Laietana on Saturday 28 November, at 19:00 and 21:00, for €10 online and €12 at the door. The page says "Award winning comedian Pernille Haaland returns" and does not name the award.

It matters because it is the late-month headline. Almost everything else on this list plays during the Fringe, and the earlier start gives a visitor the option of a show and dinner on the same evening.

Score 79.5. The festival sampler, which the club describes as "a selection of the top acts performing at this year's Barcelona Fringe". Three dates are listed: Saturday 7 November at 20:00, Tuesday 10 November at 21:30 and Friday 13 November at 21:30.

The first date is at Casino Barcelona (Cotton Club), Carrer de la Marina 19-21 according to the Fringe site. The other two are at Laietana. The 7 November tickets are €15 online and €17 at the door, with "relevant original ID" for the door price, and €12 for groups of four or more. The Laietana dates are €12 online and €15 at the door.

It scores 6.5 for quality and 5.5 for value, since it costs more than most. For someone who cannot choose among the many Fringe hours, it is the single ticket that samples the festival.

Score 78.5. A solo show at Secret Comedy Club, Carrer de la Junta de Comerç 28 in El Raval, on Friday 6 November at 20:00. The Fringe site lists it at €5, and that is the only date we read. The ticket button is on the Fringe site, so there is no separate booking page.

The Fringe blurb calls it "a dark, movingly funny solo show" about grief, loss and finding laughter. Groves also organises Thorny Thursday at the same room, per the Meetup listing. It is a heavier subject than most entries here, and the blurb says so.

Score 78.5. A storytelling night at Laietana on Sunday 15 November at 20:00, for €8 online and €10 at the door. The page says comedians share stories of their time in Barcelona, and promises "Bad Tips. Good Intentions. Zero Legal Liability."

It earns an extra point for visitor fit because the theme speaks to a first-timer. The line-up is not named in the text we read, so the quality mark is only 5. It is the cheapest ticket in the list apart from the two at €5.

Score 78. His second full hour, at Canvis Nous on Saturday 7 November at 20:00, for €10 online and €12 at the door. The club's line is "One of Barcelona's stars brings his second full hour to the Fringe".

The same man hosts the Sunday show at Mint Bar. You can see him in two formats this month, a long solo set here and the host role on the recurring comedy nights list.

Score 71.5. An Australian comedian's Fringe hour at Mint Bar, Passeig d'Isabel II 4, on Saturday 7 November at 21:30. The venue page lists €14 at the door and €12 online. The blurb promises "comedy, kink and chaos", so it is for adults.

It is one of the two places set aside for shows at other venues. The Fringe page calls her award winning without naming the prize. It is a single date and the ticket button is on the Fringe site, so regularity scores 6.

Score 68.5. A Scottish comedian's hour at Bar Imprfcto on Saturday 7 November at 21:30, for €15. The blurb covers growing up in the 90s, mobile phones, relationships and being Scottish wherever you go.

The Fringe page gives no street. A ticket page puts the bar at Avinguda del Paral·lel 104, but the source page conflicts with itself, so treat the address as unconfirmed and check the Fringe listing. The price is the highest on the list, which holds the value mark to 4.5.