From late spring to the last summer encore
Music festivals in Spain
Festival sites, ticket phases, campsite tradeoffs and the late-night transport question—starting with the events whose official schedules are worth planning around.
Fixed, movable and annual date windows need different levels of booking confidence.
musicPrimavera Sound Barcelona
Annual: late May / early June; Parc del Forum
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Annual: mid-June; Sonar by Day / by Night split venues
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Annual: July; Parc del Forum
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musicMad Cool Festival
Annual: July; Villaverde site
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Annual: July; Kobetamendi hillside
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musicRototom Sunsplash
Annual: mid-August; 7-8 days
Plan this festivalmusicFestival Internacional de Benicassim
Annual: July
Plan this festivalmusicResurrection Fest
Annual: late June / July
Plan this festivalmusicArenal Sound
Annual: early August; beach site
Plan this festivalmusicMedusa Festival
Annual: August
Plan this festivalmusicVina Rock
Annual: late April / early May
Plan this festivalmusicSonorama Ribera
Annual: mid-August
Plan this festivalmusicLow Festival
Annual: late July
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musicStarlite Occident Marbella
Annual: mid-June to end-August; quarry auditorium
Plan this festivalmusicFestival de Ortigueira
Annual: mid-July; free festival
Plan this festivalmusicHeineken Jazzaldia
Annual: late July
Plan this festivalmusicFestival Internacional de Musica y Danza de Granada
Annual: mid-June to mid-July; Alhambra venues
Plan this festivalmusicBienal de Flamenco
Biennial: September of even years
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