Festimad is an

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festival and cultural event held yearly in

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since 1994, usually in the last week of May. Festimad includes several parallel cultural festivals such as Performa, Graffiti, Universimad o Cinemad, although its central event continues to be the music festival, standing alongside the

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as Spain's main rock concert.

External links

Official Festimad website
* Spanish Wikipedia featured article. Rock festivals in Spain Music festivals in Spain Festivals in Madrid Móstoles Recurring events established in 1994 {{music-festival-stub