The festival will be held on June 20 and 21, 2025 at Caja Magica, with limited capacity.
It’s time to know the schedule of KALORAMA Madrid, which will hold its second edition in Madrid on June 20 and 21, 2025 in Caja Mágica, with limited capacity. After a successful debut in 2024, the festival returns to the capital to consolidate itself as one of the essential dates on the music calendar. With two days of outdoor music, KALORAMA Madrid maintains its commitment to a careful experience, where the diversity of styles and artistic proposals converge in a lineup that combines big international names with the emerging local scene. This year, the festival marks the beginning of summer with a program designed to enjoy unhurriedly. Now your summer begins.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20. JORJA SMITH, FATHER JOHN MISTY, THE FLAMING LIPS playing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Alizzz
Friday will kick off with three proposals that reflect the creative pulse of the capital: Bloodstein, Irenegarry and La Plata will open the afternoon with sounds ranging from experimental pop to the most direct guitar energy. Next, BADBADNOTGOOD will offer their acclaimed instrumental fusion of jazz, hip-hop and electronica, marking the first international leap of the day. The focus will then shift to some of the big names on the bill. Jorja Smith, one of the most influential voices of her generation, will give a concert that will elegantly traverse the territories of R&B, soul and electronica. She will be followed by Father John Misty, cult artist and singular storyteller, with a live performance full of charisma, criticism and lyricism that promises to be one of the most personal moments of the festival. The night will reach its climax with The Flaming Lips, who will celebrate 20 years of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: an experience between psychedelia and fantasy. The closing will come from the hand of two proposals that invite to dance and contemplation: the refined retro electronic pop of L’Impératrice, and the fusion of pop and electronica of Alizzz, one of the most innovative producers of the current Spanish scene.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST. PET SHOP BOYS, AZEALIA BANKS , SCISSOR SISTERS, MARIA ARNAL
Saturday will start with the intensity of Laura Sam and the everyday songs of El Buen Hijo. PUTOCHINOMARICÓN will present their freest proposal, full of speech, rhythm and personality to then give way to the visceral live performance of Model/Actriz. Maria Arnal, in full artistic transformation, will present for the first time in Madrid her new solo stage and after her the duo Boy Harsher will take over with an enveloping staging, where tension and magnetism mark every movement.
Later in the evening, Pet Shop Boys will return to Madrid with their Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live tour, a visual and sound show that reviews decades of anthems. In one of the most anticipated shows of the weekend, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe will display a universe of their own that continues to mark generations. The return of Azealia Banks to the Spanish stages will mark another of the great moments of the festival. Charismatic, unpredictable and with an overwhelming presence, the artist returns with the desire to demonstrate why she remains an undisputed cultural reference. The second edition of the festival in Madrid will end with the return of Scissor Sisters and their hedonistic spirit. After more than a decade without performing on the peninsula, their return promises to be a true collective celebration.
3. Father John Misty tinges melancholy with intelligent irony.
Father John Misty unfolded his repertoire with the serenity of someone who controls his own emotional story. The American musician combined a melancholic tone with moments of subtle irony, intelligent humor and generated an immediate complicity with the audience. Each cut, performed without hesitation, brought a new nuance to a setlist that oscillated between the intimate and the grandiloquent.
4. Jazz, soul and electronica live and seamless
The Canadian trio BADBADNOTGOOD offered one of the most celebrated live performances of the first day. They guided the audience through an instrumental journey where labels were conspicuous by their absence. Their set moved organically between jazz, electronica and soul, offering an enveloping narrative that kept the audience’s attention from the first chord to the last silence. With precise execution and hypnotic energy, they created a space that invited active listening and to let oneself be carried away by the rhythm, without maps or borders.
5. Aesthetic celebration to the beat of electropop.
The day also offered a privileged space for dancing and celebration, with moments where electronic music met the sophistication of live sound. L’Impératrice, turned the stage into a luminous dance floor with elegant funk, retro disco and French electropop with a cinematic aroma. The group connected with the audience from the first song, claiming hedonism as a legitimate – and necessary – form of collective connection.
6. A sensory ritual between epic, tenderness and psychedelia.
One of the highlights of the second day came with The Flaming Lips, who offered a full performance of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, their influential 2002 album. The show was a waste of imagination and sensitivity, with an overflowing staging and a magnetic Wayne Coyne, navigating between visual delirium and emotional connection with the audience. The band turned the stage into a kind of cosmic theater where the infantile and the existential coexisted in perfect harmony. Beyond the concert, it was a multi-sensory experience that appealed to both nostalgia and the capacity for collective amazement, blurring the boundaries between music, performance and visual art.
7. Local talent present from minute one
The day started with a powerful sample of the creative present of the state scene. Bloodstein opened with a live performance without concessions, visceral and magnetic, which caught the attention of those who opened the doors of KALORAMA Madrid. Then Irenegarry transformed the space into an emotional capsule, with an intimate set full of generational references. La Plata reaffirmed their place in the independent circuit with a strong, energetic and self-confident performance. To end the day, the multi-awarded Alizzz in his frontman facet led his show to the club terrain with a solid proposal supported by his personal discography that kept the dance floor moving until the end of the night.
8. Two cities, one heartbeat
While KALORAMA Madrid kicked off its first day, MEO KALORAMA celebrated its second day in Lisbon. Two capitals connected by music. Artists like Azealia Banks, Scissor Sisters or Model/Actriz performed today in the Portuguese capital and will perform tomorrow in Madrid, marking a common story that transcends borders.
So ends a first day of KALORAMA Madrid that tomorrow will give way to its second day with international names like Pet Shop Boys or Azealia Banks or national proposals such as Maria Arnal, PUTOCHINOMARICÓN or El Buen Hijo. Direct that promise emotion, intensity and a new way of inhabiting the music.
KALORAMA MADRID
20, 21 June 2025
Caja Mágica, Madrid
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https://KALORAMAmadrid.com
Schedule:
Friday, June 20
Stage 1
17:55 Bloodstein
19:00 La Plata
20:50 Jorja Smith
23:00 The Flaming Lips
01:30 Alizzz
Escenario 2
18:25 Irenegarry
19:45 BADBADNOTGOOD
21:55 Father Jonh Misty
00:20 L’Impèratrice
Sábado 21 junio
Escenario 1
17:55 Laura Sam
19:05 Putochinomaricón
20:45 Maria Arnal
22:30 Pet Shop Boys
01:30 Scissors Sister
Escenario 2
18:25 El Buen Hijo
19:45 Model/Actriz
21:30 Boy Harsher
00:20 Azealia Banks
