Madrid’s Mad Cool festival announced on Monday its program for its 2026 edition, which will run from July 8th to 11th, with top artists such as Foo Fighters, Florence and the Machine, Lorde and Nick Cave.
Unlike this year, it will be held on an extra day, with South Korea’s Jennie, who just made her solo debut, joining the Black Crowes, Moby, Pulp, The War on Drugs, Wolf Alice Pixies, Halsey, Teddy Swims and K-Pop band Black Pink, also joining the lineup.
The organizers emphasized that Festival celebrates 10th anniversary Since the first edition in 2016, which is in fact their ninth edition, they have rolled out a series of significant organizational innovations.
Mad Cool 2026 festival poster.
New abilities will be born, 55,000 people per dayIt is lower than in 2025, the total number of people per day has also been reduced for the comfort of participants, and entry into the venue, which will be Iberdrola Music for the fourth year, will be held an hour later to combat the July summer heat in Madrid.
Equally important is the stage rearrangement. One of the large stages will be eliminated, making way for more water stations, bathrooms and a bar, as well as more space for rest, catering and movement areas.
With one more day of offers, here are some programming ideas: Make daily themes more consistent Allocate them better in your schedule in terms of musical tastes.
The opening night, Wednesday, July 8th, will feature Foo Fighters, Moby, The War on Drugs, Wolf Alice, The Last Dinner Party, The Warning and Jenny Beth, among others.
On Thursday 9th July, the most definitively pop acts will be performed by Florence and the Machine, Jenny, Lorde, Teddy Swims, Zara Larsson, Renee Rapp, Charlie Puth, The Blaze in the form of a DJ set, CMAT and Spain’s La Paloma.
Friday, July 10th will feature music from Twenty One Pilots, Kings of Leon, Pixies, Halsey, A Perfect Circle, Interpol, Sigrit, Holly Humberstone and more.
Finally, on Saturday, July 11th, we close with some of the most alternative rock from Matt Berninger, vocalist of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Pulp, David Byrne, Kasabian, The Vaccies, The National, and most famously The Black Crowes.
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