Madrid has its own open-air summer festival. It is the DCODE Festival which is held in September. It is a perfect month to enjoy he good weather and bid farewell to the summer season, accompanied by eighteen hours of good music from the morning onwards (like in European festivals) and is aimed at families. The 2019 edition was attended by 20,000 people who enjoyed performances by groups like Two Door Cinema Club, Amaral, The Cardigans, Eels, Kaiser Chiefs, Miss Caffeina, Tom Odell and Viva Suecia.
In 2020 the festival will celebrate its tenth anniversary at the Cantarranas Complex on the Madrid Complutense University Campus (behind the Faculty of Information Sciences) which will host the best on the national and international indie rock scene, where artists of the likes of Crystal Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Suede, Neuman, Natalia Lafourcade and Hinds have performed, among many others.
With such an impressive lineup DCODE festival has established itself as one of the Spanish capital’s most eagerly anticipated summer events, with tickets always in high demand. It is celebrated in one of the greatest and best connected green areas of the city, Complutense University campus and it includes activities for all ages (children aged 10 and younger have free entrance to the festival and a space Dcode Kids with games, storytelling and facepainting), because DCODE is a festival where the day is filled with music (from noon to 6 AM, and you can go in an out of the venue until 5 PM), food, fashion, sports and trends at amazing prices.
Location Map and Entrances:
