Will new events put Madrid on the festival map?
New promoters, an improving economy and government support are creating a fertile ground for festivals in the Spanish capital
News By | 4 February 2016
In a period of less than two weeks in late January, it emerged that Madrid suddenly had two new music festivals for 2016: Mad Cool Festival, headlined by Neil Young, Two Door Cinema Club and The Prodigy, and Utopía (subtitled Madrid Dance Island), with David Guetta, Maceo Plex and Nicky Romero.
This means the Spanish capital will host no less than four festivals in a three-week period in the summer: Utopía on the 4 and 5 June; Mad Music City…
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