The festival season is starting earlier and earlier. With the kick-off near San Isidro and the final touch in the throes of September, in the capital we have several months of outdoor music where we can see in one day our favorite bands, discover new ones and nostalgically revisit some of the bands of our past.
Among all the music festivals in Madrid, here is a list of the most relevant ones. And, as a gift, two extra bonuses: festivals outside Madrid– sign up!
Music festivals in Madrid
KALORAMA Madrid (from August 29 to 31)
What happens in Madrid is an infinite and endless explosion of experiences, exhibitions, concerts, festivals… Just when we thought our agenda was more than closed, a new window opens: a breath of fresh air with a festival that lands in Madrid after several editions in Lisbon. KALORAMA Madrid will take place from August 29 to 31 with an eclectic and danceable line-up: LCD Soundsystem, Peggy Gou, Sam Smith, Massive Attack... and many more. 📍 IFEMA Madrid
📅 From August 29th to August 31st.
Botanical Nights (until July 31)
The series of concerts in the green space of the Alfonso XIII Botanical Garden presents confirmations that would envy any subscription festival. From June 4 to July 31, artists such as PJ Harvey, Take That, James Blake, Queens of the Stone Age, Mitski, Pretenders or Sheryl Crow are the most international, and national talent with Sen Senra, Rulo y la Contrabanda (opened by Paul Alone), El Columpio Asesino, María José Llergo, Estrella and Soleá Morente, Israel Fernández or Iván Ferreiro, accompanied by his son’s group, Querido.
📍 Royal Botanical Garden Alfonso XIII. Av. Complutense, s/n (Ciudad Universitaria)
From June 4 to July 31.
💸 From 35 € per concert.
Road Trip Festival (del 16 al 25 de julio)
A new festival is coming to the city. It does so, moreover, in an already iconic place of this Madrid of leisure and entertainment: the great terrace of Autocine Madrid overlooking the skyline of the city. On different days, several bands will gather to give it all. Genre? There is no genre. There will be shoegaze, there will be punk, there will be trap, there will be everything: Triángulo de Amor Bizarro, Nudozurdo, Cecilio G, León Benavente and many more.
📍Calle de la Isla de Java, 2 (Fuencarral-El Pardo)
Madrid Live Experience (From September 26th to October 2nd)
Jethro Tull, Bonnie Tyler, Mikel Erentxun, Álex Ubago, Leo Rizzi, Siloé and Club del Río are the first confirmed for the festival that closes the summer in Madrid. Madrid Live Experience works as a cycle of concerts: one day, one show. Thus, each note, each performer, has the place it deserves, focusing the full attention of attendees and putting the perfect finishing touch to the end of the summer. With concerts scheduled until September 30 and the rest of the artists to be announced, tickets for the first concerts are already on sale.
📍 Cuesta de San Vicente, 44 (Moncloa)
📅 From September 26th to October 2nd.
💸 Tickets starting at 23 euros
Mad Cool (July 10, 11, 12 and 13)
The festival par excellence that in less than a decade has become the biggest and most international line-up of the peninsula. Mad Cool, which since last year has a new location, has closed its lineup for 2024 with names like Dua Lipa, Avril Lavigne, Black Pumas or Greta Van Fleet.
📍 Ciudad de la Música de Villaverde. Iberdrola Music (Villaverde Alto)
July 10-13.
💸 4-day tickets 210 €, day tickets 89 €.
Festivals that deserve a getaway from Madrid
Bilbao BBK Live (July 11, 12 and 13)
One of the festivals with the country’s most traveled has just closed its lineup for 2024 with the confirmation of the artists by days. In addition to Arcade Fire, Jungle or Massive Attack, who were the first headliners to be confirmed, AIR revisiting his album Moon Safari and Los Planetas celebrating the 30th anniversary of their album Super 8 have joined the line-up in this last round of confirmations, closing the edition in style.
Sustainability, the Basoa and Lisai stages or the incredible environment in which it has been organized for more than 10 years, are the flagship of the most consolidated rock-indie festival in the north of the country. From Madrid, the Bilbao BBK Live is worth a getaway this summer to escape the sweltering heat of the city and immerse yourself in the forest of Kobetamendi, the mountain where it takes place.
📍 Kobetamendi Park / Kobetamendi Parkea (Bilbao)
july 11, 12 and 13.
Son Rías Baixas (August 1, 2 and 3)
The essence of Galicia cannot be commensurated in a festival, however, its music and emerging talent does have a stage that does it justice: They are Rías Baixas Estrella Galicia, in Pontevedra.
Cool Nenas, Tanxungueiras or The Rapants will be some of the representatives of Galician talent from August 1 to 3 in Bueu, who will take the stage along with La Élite, Álvaro de Luna, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Rozalén, Ginebras or Ryden.
📍 Recinto Multiusos Da Estacada. Rúa Johan Carballeira, Xardins of Urbano Lugrís (Bueu, Pontevedra)
August 1 to 3.
Bonus track: Primavera Sound 2025 (from June 5 to 7)
We can’t avoid mentioning the festival of festivals, the mother of them all. Primavera Sound has not yet presented its 2025 line-up but it has already made the first wink to the festivalgoers: the full festival tickets for the 2025 edition are already on sale at a reduced price for a limited time (only until July 10).
📍 Parc del Fòrum.
📅 From June 5 to 7, 2025.
💸 ‘Early Bird’ tickets: 220 € only until July 10.