Madrid’s nightlife is in full expansion mode, and the emergence of spaces like CORE makes it impossible to ignore. Hidden in plain sight in the city centre, CORE is the kind of space you don’t stumble into by accident. It’s a club designed as an experience where sound, architecture, and attitude lock together.
Conceived by artist and architect Guillermo Santomà, in close collaboration with Vandall & Kerri, CORE feels closer to an installation than a traditional nightclub. Raw materials, precise lighting, and a layout that makes the booth and the crowd feel inseparable.
A Dancefloor With Taste
CORE’s identity lives in its crowd as much as its programming. Open-minded, curious, and allergic to predictability, the room naturally leans toward faster tempos and riskier selections. You can expect hardgroove, bumping house, electro tension, latin heat, experimental edges and techno.
This is a space where small, sharp collectives coexist with familiar faces, where local selectors share air with artists who know how to read a room. The opening chapter already set the tone with names like Sita Abellán, Marcelo Pantani, drazzit and petit, sketching out a musical direction that’s fluid, forward, and unafraid. Now, the club continues to push the norm with artists such as fukcnormal, Cardopusher, Bitter Babe on their next dates.
Built for the Long Game
CORE isn’t chasing hype cycles or opening-weekend headlines. Its ambition is quieter and more dangerous. To become a reference point for Madrid’s contemporary nightlife: aesthetic, intense, and constantly evolving.As the city moves into winter, CORE is stepping into its first full season with confidence, shaping nights where style, attitude and openness matter just as much as BPMs. CORE is only getting started.
