The year is taking shape. 2026 is gaining momentum. And February is shaping up to be an intense, very intense musical month, with 28 days to go. A month full of concerts with concentrated energy that kicks off with Ángeles Toledano, continues with the phenomenon that is President and the iconic Biffy Clyro (both sold out), the fantasy of The Last Dinner Party, and continues with the bombshell that is Nathy Pelusso, ending with Judeline’s eagerly awaited Movistar Arena and Austra’s return to Madrid.
Ángeles Toledano (February 1)
Inverfest is Madrid’s quintessential winter festival. Or rather, a series of concerts that spreads throughout the city over several months. February 1 kicks off with Ángeles Toledano, the reinvention of flamenco: the singer who doesn’t let go of the spell but evolves it and takes it to an almost mystical and fantastical experience. Thus, her intricate imagery, full of darkness but also flashes of light, can be seen in Sangre Sucia. An album that grows to unexpected heights when performed live.
Tickets: from €25
Where? Circo Price, at Ronda de Atocha, 35 (Arganzuela)
Emo Revival Night (February 2)
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Ginger Records and Aquí y Ahora. HC present an evening dedicated to emo with Invierno (a band from Santiago de Chile), Ulises Lima (emo fans will know who we’re talking about) and Comisario Cosme, the promising young stars of Madrid’s Midwest Emo scene.
Tickets: advance, €8; at the box office, €10
Where? Wurlitzer Ballroom, Calle Tres Cruces, 12 (Downtown)
Israel Fernández (February 3)
Israel Fernández || Editorial credit: Antonio Delgado
Following in the flamenco footsteps of Inverfest, the journey continues with Israel Fernández: we saw him at the Teatro Real, and also playing at the Puerta del Sol a few weeks ago… and now he returns to Circo Price with all his rawness and grandeur.
Tickets: from €25
Where? Circo Price, at Ronda de Atocha, 35 (Arganzuela)
HINDS (February 5)
HINDS will play at Inverfest in their beloved Riviera, a venue they know inside out, to bid farewell to this stage of their career: the VIVA HINDS era.
Tickets: from €22
Where?La Riviera, at Paseo Bajo de la Virgen del Puerto, 3A (Arganzuela)
Sidonie (February 5 and 6)
Editorial credit: Last Tour
Tickets for February 6 sold out, so a new date was added: two consecutive days of Sidonie at one of Madrid’s century-old theaters. All this fanfare is fair and necessary when we talk about the celebration of Catalan Graffiti, the only album in their entire discography composed entirely in Catalan.
Tickets:from €26
Where?Teatro Eslava, Calle del Arenal, 11 (Sol)
Kiko Veneno (February 5)
Also part of Inverfest and on the same day, Kiko Veneno returns to the capital with his band G-5.
Tickets: from €25
Where? Circo Price, at Ronda de Atocha, 35 (Arganzuela)
The Last Dinner Party (February 10)
This won’t be a concert, it will be a declaration of intent full of theatricality, performance, and fantasy. The Last Dinner Party are the icing on the cake of live music: they will present their second album , From the Pyre, debuting in Madrid, and we can only expect surprises and punk attitude.
Tickets: from €40
Where?La Riviera, at Paseo Bajo de la Virgen del Puerto, 3A (Arganzuela)
A.A. Williams (February 12)
A.A. Williams is pure emotion, a live performance that hurts, that cuts deep and is also uncomfortable at times. She doesn’t let go of the gothic, she doesn’t let it go. She embraces it and accompanies it with heart-wrenching epicness. We can’t wait to hear her live.
Tickets: from €20
Where?Sala Villanos, at 18 Bernardino Obregón Street (Embajadores)
Wednesday (February 15)
Bring on the layers of sound, bring on the distortion, bring on the depth. Wednesday is everything that fans of MJ Lenderman love, but above all, it’s for those who enjoy and get caught up in the infinite spiral of guitars in live performances.
Tickets: from €20
Where?Sala Copérnico, at 67 Fernández de los Ríos Street (Chamberí)
Miles Kane (February 16)
Have you heard of The Last Shadow Puppets? Miles Kane started out here alongside Alex Turner before embarking on a solo career full of references to classic rock, Britpop, and psychedelia.
Tickets: from €28
Where?Sala Wagon, on the top floor of Chamartín station (Chamartín)
Nathy Peluso (February 17)
We love you, Peluso. She is strength, boldness, rhapsody, but also the rhythms of her native Argentina. She is everything. A hurricane force on stage that envelops everything: fun, hilarious, and always combative.
Tickets: from €62
Where?Movistar Arena, Calle de Goya, 90 (Salamanca district)
STAVROZ (February 19)
From the worlds of electronic music and DJ decks to a disco-funk band. The new album, Take a Seat, is an invitation to sit back and enjoy the show. Although, be warned, you’ll end up dancing.
Tickets: from €26
Where?Sala MON, at Calle Hilarión Eslava, 36 (Moncloa)
Andrea Vanzo (February 19)
Pianist Andrea Vanzo is pure cinematic sound: his compositions transport us to places, memories, scenes… His music is intimate, penetrating and stirring. Yet it is always warm, nostalgic and deeply organic. He will be presenting Intimacy Vol. 2, his new album.
Tickets: from €38
Where? The Music Station Príncipe Pío at Cuesta de San Vicente, 44 (Downtown)
Ralphie Choo (February 20)
The adjectives that populate the semantic field that Ralphie Choo has been plowing concert after concert include words such as innovation and avant-garde. Also alternative pop and experimentation. All this, added to carefully crafted visuals in tune with the above, is the Choo universe.
Tickets: from €35
Where?Movistar Arena, at 90 Goya Street (Salamanca neighborhood)
Nudozurdo (February 21)
The Madrid band Nudozurdo has always remained on the fringes. It has always been supported by a loyal audience and its live performances are full of universes. They are now celebrating a milestone: 15 years of one of the albums that revolutionized alternative music, Tara Motor Hembra. Metaphors laden with mystery, impossible analogies, verses that stand out in contemporary music and should be celebrated every day.
Tickets: from €18
Where?Sala Copérnico, at Calle de Fernández de los Ríos, 67 (Chamberí)
Judeline (February 22)
Judeline at KALORAMA Madrid 2024. Credit: Sergio Albert
We know how to pronounce it because she told us herself: Judeline. We dare say she is one of the most interesting voices on the alternative music scene. She is also an absolute reference point for urban sounds. She is emotion on stage and she is bold. The Movistar Arena seems too small for everything she represents.
Tickets:from €38
Where?Movistar Arena, Calle de Goya, 90 (Salamanca district)
Wavves (February 27)
They’re back. We couldn’t wait. Wavves was born in the midst of the garage punk explosion of the 2010s, when noise, urgency, and attitude were everything. Fifteen years later, the band has traded its youthful hangover for a more polished and conscious power pop sound on Spun.
Tickets: from €20
Where?Sala Copérnico, at 67 Fernández de los Ríos Street (Chamberí)
Austra (February 28)
The last time we danced to Austra live in Madrid, the atmosphere was so electric, delirious, and enjoyable that the dancers’ shared sweat condensed on the ceiling of La Nasti (or La Maravillas, depending on which generation you belong to). We can only think about doing it again.
Tickets: from €31
Where?Sala Villanos, at 18 Bernardino Obregón Street (Embajadores)