Mad Cool Festival 2018

The Mad Cool music festival has grown so quickly and is so popular that it's moved this year to the Espacio Mad Cool in Valdebebas–Ifema and has a capacity for 80,000 festival-goers, some 35,000 more than the Caja Mágica where it has taken place previously. The other announcement is that the five stages are now seven, and you'll still find the food area, art gallery and market.

The big macrofestival that Madrid once only dreamt of is set for July 12 to 14, and among the 75 artists taking to the stages over the three days are Pearl Jam (who haven't played Madrid in over a decade!), Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age, Jack White, Eels, Wolf Alice, MGMT, Franz Ferdinand, Fleet Foxes, Massive Attack, Future Islands, Real Estate, Black Pistol Fire, Justice, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Kasabian, Tame Impala, and Richie Hawtin. Though the full festival passes are sold out, you can still get VIP passes or day passes.