📍 Playa de Cullera · Cullera, Spain
The twelfth edition of Medusa, on the Playa de la Escollera in Cullera, south of Valencia: the Sun Down night on Thursday 13 August, then three days themed "Apsaras", after Hindu and Buddhist mythology, with a mainstage inspired by Angkor Wat. EDM, techno, house, hardstyle, trance and remember across several stages, camping at River Town Resort. The organisers reported 185,000 cumulative admissions.
Medusa Sunbeach Festival took place from Thursday 13 to Monday 17 August 2026 at Playa de Cullera, Cullera, Spain, across 5 days. 21 names are on the bill, led by Tiësto. It is one of 48 EDM, Techno, Hardstyle and House dates we list in Spain over the coming months.
Every August, a beach in Cullera, south of Valencia, sees a new mainstage rise from the sand, a castle, an Egyptian temple or a replica of Angkor, for one of Spain's biggest dance gatherings.
Medusa was born in August 2014 in Cullera, a seaside town south of Valencia, as an initiative by Valencian promoters. Its director, Andreu Piqueras, has said he chose the town for its potential as a music destination. The first line-up brought together DJ Nano, Cristian Varela, Fatima Hajji, DJ Marta and Christian Smith.
From 2015 the festival bet on scenery: an underwater mainstage some sixty metres wide, its DJ booth set in the mouth of a shark, by the fallas artist Fede Alonso. Atlantis followed in 2016, a jungle in 2017, an alien invasion in 2018 and the Queen's Castle in 2019. After two editions cancelled by the pandemic, the 2022 edition ended in mourning: overnight on 12 to 13 August, gusts of wind brought down structures, a 22-year-old festival-goer died and dozens were injured, and the organisers cancelled the rest.
Every edition has its theme, and the mainstage is rebuilt from scratch: Age of Times in 2023, The Dreams of Hathör for the tenth anniversary in 2024, Arcade Land and its pixelated castles in 2025, and APSARAS in 2026, a temple inspired by Angkor Wat about 105 m wide and 27 m high. Opening ceremonies there combine drones, pyrotechnics and video. According to its spokesperson in 2025, the festival's capital remains Valencian, in the hands of its two founding partners.
In 2026 the organisers reported 185,000 cumulative admissions over four days and a peak of 56,000 people at once on the Saturday, with 150 DJs. The crowd is mostly Spanish: in 2025, according to the organisers, nine in ten festival-goers were from Spain, with foreigners coming mainly from France. Medusa won best festival in Spain at the Vicious Music Awards in November 2025 and ranks 88th in DJ Mag's Top 100 Festivals in 2026, a reader-voted list.
The 2026 main stage, a temple inspired by the religious architecture of Southeast Asia and Angkor Wat: about 105 m wide, 27 m high and 120 tonnes, under the artistic direction of Ado García. The mainstage changes theme every edition.
On 14 August 2026, nearly 50,000 people in front of the mainstage for some 250 drones, fireworks and a horizontal pyrotechnic system strung on cables above the crowd, presented by the organisers as a first in Spain.
The bring-your-own-tent camping area of River Town Resort, next to the site by the sea and the mouth of the Júcar. Showers, toilets, lockers, phone charging and food trucks.
Ready-equipped tents for four (Bell Tent) or eight people (Emperor Tent), with mattresses and bedding, tables, chairs, a lamp and a padlock.
The comfortable side of River Town Resort: air-conditioned cabins with four bunk beds, a mirror and a clothes rail.
An area set aside for motorhomes and camper vans, with facilities and direct access to River Town Resort; the festival car park itself turns away any vehicle used for sleeping.
The festival covers EDM and house, techno on the Resonance stage (in 2025 a structure 60 m wide and 24 m high), and the rest of the site is shared between hard techno and hard groove, hardstyle and hardcore, trance, and a Remember area devoted to the Levantine music of the 1990s and 2000s, makina, poky and eurodance. In 2026 the poster also named the Arcade Land, Beyond, Beach Club, Rainbow, Vertigo the Club and Church Club stages, the last an open booth where selected festival-goers take the decks.
The programming mixes international stars with figures of the Spanish scene. In 2026 the official poster brought together Tiësto, Steve Aoki, Dimitri Vegas, Alok, Oliver Heldens and Timmy Trumpet, Adam Beyer, Marco Carola and Sara Landry on the techno side, Angerfist and Wildstylez on the hard side, with Andres Campo and Nicky Romero at the opening Sun Down; Carl Cox had to cancel after his flight failed to arrive in time. The 2027 line-up has not been announced yet.
The festival takes place on the Playa de la Escollera in Cullera, about fifty kilometres south of Valencia. Renfe serves Cullera and the station is about twenty minutes' walk from the site according to the official FAQ; the festival also runs long-distance buses and daily return shuttles. By car, the Bono Parking secures a space next to the site (€30 in 2027, from 12 to 16 August).
River Town Resort opens on Thursday 12 August 2027 at 9am. Every option (your own tent, Wind Camp, Luxury Village, Motel or Camper Area) requires the Rest Area Supplement, €57.20 in 2027, on top of a festival pass. Food is allowed but no glass or cans; for alcohol, only beer, sangria, tinto de verano and wine in sealed plastic are let in.
In 2027 the €87.95 General Pass covers 13, 14 and 15 August, and the €199 VIP + Front Stage Pass adds a VIP area, three drinks and access to the rows closest to stages 1 and 2. Tickets are named; a name change costs €15 plus a €3 fee until 13 August 2027.
16 on the day of entry, with the parental authorisation, a copy of the signatory's ID and your own ID when collecting the wristband. The rest area is for over-18s only.
The fabric NFC wristband is both your ticket and your payment method at the bars; it is topped up online or on site, and unused credit is refunded on request after the festival, excluding promotional amounts. Food trucks take cash, card or wristband depending on the stand.
The concert area opens at 5pm and closes after the last set. To leave and come back on the same day you need the re-entry wristband, included in the Kit Festivalero or sold for €15 a day on site. Food, drink, glass, large bags, professional cameras, selfie sticks and aerosols stay outside; non-spray sunscreen and small cameras are allowed.
From 12 to 16 August 2027 according to the official site: the Sun Down night on Thursday 12, then the concert area opens on 13, 14 and 15 August; the rest area closes on the 16th.
On the Playa de la Escollera in Cullera, in the province of Valencia, with the River Town Resort rest area next door, near the mouth of the Júcar.
For 2027 the three-day General Pass is on sale at €87.95 and the VIP + Front Stage Pass at €199, before booking fees. Camping requires a €57.20 supplement.
16 on the day of entry, with parental authorisation; the camping area is for over-18s only.
Yes, at River Town Resort: your own tent at Sea Camp, pre-pitched or equipped tents, air-conditioned cabins or a camper van pitch, always with the Rest Area Supplement and a festival pass.
Yes, the bars run on a top-up NFC wristband; unused credit is refunded on request after the festival.
In 2026 the organisers reported 185,000 cumulative admissions over four days and a peak of 56,000 people at once on the Saturday.
Not as of 17 October 2026: only the dates and passes have been published.
