Mad Cool Festival marks 10th anniversary

Rolling Stone UK published a May 15 feature highlighting five acts it said readers should watch at Mad Cool Festival 2026, putting fresh attention on a Madrid event that organizers have billed as the festival’s 10th anniversary edition. The festival is scheduled for July 8-11 at Iberdrola Music in Villaverde, Madrid, according to the official Mad Cool site. Organizers say the anniversary lineup includes more than 70 artists. (madcoolfestival.es) Tickets are already on sale through the festival’s official ticketing platform. (madcooltickets.com) ### When and where is Mad Cool Festival 2026 taking place? Mad Cool Festival says its 2026 edition will run from July 8 to July 11 at Iberdrola Music in Villaverde, Madrid. The official lineup announcement, published by the festival on Nov. 10, 2025, described the event as its 10th anniversary edition. The festival’s ticketing site repeats those dates and says the event will span four full days of live music in Villaverde. Madrid’s tourism website also lists Mad Cool 2026 in the city during the same July 8-11 window. (rollingstone.co.uk) ### Who is on the bill for the anniversary edition? Mad Cool says the 2026 lineup includes Foo Fighters, Florence + The Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, Pulp, Wolf Alice, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, JENNIE, Moby, Kings of Leon, The War on Drugs, Halsey, Teddy Swims, Pixies, The Black Crowes and David Byrne, among others. (madcoolfestival.es) The festival says the anniversary edition brings together more than 70 artists. The official site describes the program as a set of “distinctive, curated days,” while Madrid’s tourism listing says the event has a “new, revamped artistic proposal.” Those characterizations come from organizers and local tourism materials rather than an independent review. (madcooltickets.com) ### Which acts did Rolling Stone UK single out? Rolling Stone UK’s May 15 article by Nick Reilly said the publication was “less than two months away” from the festival and named five acts it “can’t wait to see.” In the text visible from the article, those acts include Foo Fighters, JENNIE, Lorde and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. (madcoolfestival.es) Rolling Stone UK said Foo Fighters would play on July 8, while JENNIE and Lorde were both listed for July 9. (madcoolfestival.es) The article described Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds as part of the final day lineup. ### How is the lineup spread across the four days? Rolling Stone UK’s feature gives at least part of the day-by-day shape of the festival. Foo Fighters are identified there with July 8, and JENNIE and Lorde with July 9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are described as appearing on the final day, which would be July 11 under the festival schedule. (rollingstone.co.uk) Other listings around the festival also point to a multi-day bill built around major headliners. (rollingstone.co.uk) Madrid tourism materials name Foo Fighters as the first-day lead act, while the official lineup page lists major names including Florence + The Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Kasabian, Interpol and Nina Kraviz among the broader roster. ### What do tickets cost and what happens next? Mad Cool’s official ticketing site lists four-day tickets from 240 euros and Wednesday single-day tickets from 95 euros. (rollingstone.co.uk) The same site says wristband delivery is included and also offers hotel-and-ticket packages for July 8-11 stays in Madrid. July 8 is the next key date for the festival, when the first day of the 2026 edition is scheduled to begin in Villaverde. Rolling Stone UK’s feature and Mad Cool’s official pages remain the main public guides to the anniversary lineup as the event approaches. (esmadrid.com) (rollingstone.co.uk) (madcooltickets.com)