Mad Cool Festival

The Mad Cool Space (located in Valdebebas–Ifema) is hosting the third edition of Mad Cool, an eclectic music festival that presents a wide variety of artistic manifestations in a fully sustainable and responsible way, with a remarkable line-up that includes Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Jack White, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Massive Attack, Jack Johnson, Fleet Foxes, sir Was, Airways, MGMT and Future Islands.

In store for festivalgoers at this new edition are over 60 top national and international artists and a range of artistic disciplines, which will all come together in an incomparable setting.

In 2018, the festival will be hosted in a brand new venue with seven stages instead of five, bringing audiences more bands and a greater variety of music genres. There will also be a new restaurant area, and the Mad Cool Gallery and the Art Market will be returning this year.
 

      Thursday 12 July​

                                          PEARL JAM 

                    TAME IMPALA  •  KASABIAN  •  JUSTICE  •  FLEET FOXES  •  MGMT 

              Leon Bridges  • Blackbear  •  Japandroids  •   The Last Internationale...   and others

     Friday 13 July
 

                   ARCTIC MONKEYS  •  JACK WHITE

        MASSIVE ATTACK  •  FRANZ FERDINAND  •  SNOW PATROL  •  ALICE IN CHAINS 

               James Bay  •  Sampha  •  Odesza  •  The White Buffalo...   and others
 

    Saturday 14 July
 

               DEPECHE MODE, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 

 NINE INCH NAILS  •  JACK JOHNSON  •  RICHIE HAWTIN CLOSE  •  RAG'N'BONE MAN  • DUA LIPA  • UNDERWORLD

              Kase.O  •  Future Islands  •  Portugal. The Man  •  Kaleo  •  Wolf Alice...   and others 

Based on the concept of regeneration, Mad Cool has become a different option in both form and content, appealing to a society that has evolved towards innovation, quality and efficiency. The Festival goes beyond the conventional music event and takes the idea of communal entertainment to the next level on the basis of a model according to which the city and the environment are allies.

For its first edition, MAD COOL was nominated for 7 FEST AWARDS, including BEST LARGE SCALE FESTIVAL.