Overview
- The free festival in Plaza de Cibeles, which runs Saturday from 6:30 to about 9:30 p.m., opens gates at 5 p.m.
- Gipsy Kings with André Reyes, Hakuna Group Music and Boney M with Liz Mitchell lead the bill, with Javi Nieves presenting and DJ El Pulpo onstage between sets.
- Madrid will close Plaza de Cibeles and stretches of Paseo de Recoletos, Paseo del Prado, Calle Alcalá and Gran Vía from about 3:30 to 10:30 p.m., with partial lane cuts from 11 a.m.
- Twenty-five EMT bus lines will detour, and the Banco de España Metro station on Line 2 is expected to close, with nearby stops like Sevilla, Retiro, Sol and Gran Vía as alternatives.
- Authorities plan about 170 municipal police, mobility agents and a Samur-Protección Civil medical post, expecting around 65,000 attendees after roughly 85,000 last year.