Medusa Festival 2026: the clash guide — set times are out, here are the hard calls

The horarios are out. Medusa published its 2026 timetable in the days before gates (13–16 August, Cullera), and the beach now has an hour-by-hour shape: roughly 124 of 171 billed acts have a published slot, the nights run to 06:00 and beyond, and the last music of the festival is Sara Landry at 05:00 on Monday morning. Here is every hard call of the weekend — and what's still missing from the grid.

FestWave is an independent tool — not affiliated with Medusa. Times per the published timetable as of 12 August; a chunk of the grid is still TBA (details below), so always confirm against the official app before you commit your night to a walk across the beach.

Still TBA as you read this

The published grid is not complete. As of 12 August there is no slot yet for Adam Beyer, most of the Masters of Hardcore block (Angerfist, Furyan, AniMe, DRS) beyond a handful of times, and a mystery TBA on the mainstage Sunday at 23:10 — directly after Tiësto. Friday and Saturday look finished; Sunday will get a grid update, probably day-of in the app. If your night hinges on Beyer or Angerfist, keep checking.

Thursday 13 August — one stage, one warm-up

The opening night is a single-stage beach club affair, and it's a comfortable one: Nicky Romero at 19:00, then the night's real draw for the techno crowd, Andres Campo 21:30–23:30, running into local selectors until 02:00. No clashes, no decisions — the only mistake available on Thursday is burning your legs before the three real nights.

Friday 14 August — the 01:30 fork

Friday's early evening is generous: Fatima Hajji takes the techno stage at 20:00–22:00 while the mainstage is still warming up, so you get Spain's peak-time institution with no cost. The bill comes due after midnight:

• Nico Moreno, 00:00–02:00 on the techno stage (Resonance)
• Dimitri Vegas, 01:30–03:00 on the main (Apsaras)
• The hardstyle conveyor on Arcade Land: Sound Rush 00:00 → Phuture Noize 01:00 → D-Sturb 02:00 → Wildstylez 03:00 → Gunz For Hire → Partyraiser till 06:00

Three lanes, total overlap. The connoisseur's route: Moreno to 02:00, then ride the hardstyle conveyor to sunrise — Partyraiser at 05:00 on a beach is a rarer sight than anything on the mainstage. And Friday hides the weekend's most local treasure: the Beyond stage is a full makina history lesson — Javi Boss 21:45, DJ Marta 23:00, Rafa XL, Raúl Ortiz, Miguel Serna at 03:30, Nuria Jump closing at dawn. Nowhere north of the Pyrenees gets that lineup. Miss Monique (23:10) and Vendex (02:00–04:00) round out a night that runs deeper than its poster.

Saturday 15 August — two lanes, one 03:00 decision

Saturday resolves into exactly two lanes:

• The main lane (Apsaras): James Hype 23:10 → Alok 00:30 → Steve Aoki 02:00–03:30 → DJ Nano 03:30
• The club lane (Resonance): Nic Fanciulli b2b Mita Gami 00:00 → Mau P 01:30 → Carl Cox 03:00–05:00 → Ben Sims 05:00–06:30

The generational referendum we predicted when the lineup dropped turns out to be softer than feared: Aoki and Cox only overlap for half an hour. You can genuinely do Aoki until 03:00 and still get 90 minutes of Cox — or skip the main lane entirely, because Fanciulli b2b Mita Gami into Mau P into Cox into a Ben Sims sunrise is, on paper, the club night of the Spanish summer. Meanwhile the Beach Club runs a hardcore museum all night — Art of Fighters 21:00, Javi Boss, Skudero, The Viper, Stunned Guys, Neophyte, Promo, Endymion, one legend per hour until 06:00.

Sunday 16 August — the heaviest closing night in Spain, now with times

Sunday runs latest and hits hardest. Tiësto plays early — 21:30–23:00 on the main — then the night splits:

• Apsaras: the TBA 23:10 slot → Oliver Heldens 00:00 → Timmy Trumpet 01:30 → Holy Priest 02:45 → NERVO 04:15–05:45
• Resonance: Hugel 23:00 → Marco Carola 02:00–03:30 → Sara Landry 05:00–06:30, the literal last set of Medusa 2026

The hour to circle is 02:00–03:00: Marco Carola against Holy Priest against DYEN closing the Beach Club (01:00–03:00) — tech house, techno-priest theatrics, or hard techno, pick one. The published Masters of Hardcore slots (Ophidian 21:00, Tha Playah 23:30, Mad Dog 01:30, Lil Texas 04:00) run their own 200-BPM universe on Arcade Land, with the Angerfist placement still to drop. And Landry at 05:00 Monday morning means the hardest set of the weekend is also its send-off.

158 acts is a shortlist problem

The grid is out, the nights run eight hours, and you'll physically see maybe a dozen sets per night. The fastest way to cut 158 acts down to your dozen: FestWave — export your Spotify liked songs (two minutes, no login), upload the file, and the whole Medusa lineup is colour-coded: green for artists already in your library, amber for acts that match your sound. The Carola-or-Holy-Priest question answers itself in one glance. Your library is read entirely in your browser and never uploaded.

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