Les Mills brings international filming event to Barcelona for first time

Barcelona is set to become Les Mills’ next global stage, with the brand bringing its official filming event to Spain for the first time and turning Fira de Montjuïc into a two-day showcase for group fitness. The October 10-11, 2026 production already had 3,000 registered participants from more than 60 countries, a sign that the city is being used not just as a host venue but as a visual platform for the brand’s next wave of workouts.

The filming will feed Les Mills’ international content pipeline, with programs including BODYPUMP, BODYCOMBAT, BODYBALANCE, BODYATTACK and LES MILLS CORE captured on the official set and later distributed as reference material for millions of users and instructors worldwide. Les Mills said the Barcelona stop will place international presenters and attendees on the same stage, reinforcing the brand’s model of high-production live fitness that is designed to travel far beyond the room where it is filmed.

The Barcelona edition is also being framed as LES MILLS LIVE Barcelona 2026, and Les Mills’ Spanish event page described it as the first time Spain will host the official filming of the new workouts. A special BEST OF BODYCOMBAT masterclass will sit outside the standard ticket packs and must be purchased separately. Les Mills said the session will be a charity class featuring the best instructors in Spain alongside national trainers and international presenters, and the event is open to people 16 and older.

For Barcelona, the significance goes beyond a crowded convention calendar. Les Mills’ global tour page places the city alongside Bangkok and Riyadh as one of three 2026 festival stops, while the brand’s Barcelona city page says its workouts are already available across the city and surrounding areas. That makes this less a one-off spectacle than a confirmation of Barcelona’s place in the fitness export economy, where local clubs, boutique studios and tourism operators can use a globally recognized production to deepen credibility long after the cameras leave Montjuïc.

The city has already shown it can pull this kind of crowd. A previous LES MILLS LIVE Barcelona event at INEFC Barcelona drew 1,200 attendees from 40 countries, along with more than 40 trainers and guest international stars. Les Mills’ Stockholm event offered another scale reference with 1,900 participants and 34 classes. Barcelona’s 2026 filming event looks larger, louder and more strategically valuable, because it will not only fill a venue but also help define what the brand’s next generation of workouts will look like around the world.