In short
- The main characters in ‘Festival’ are the people organising the event, not the artists: the series follows its three days amid logistical setbacks, personal problems and stories from the audience.
- HBO Max is not producing it; it has bought it to show exclusively: it is a co-production between Onza and Moiré Films that has been in development for years and is already shooting.
- There is still no release date, cast or real festival attached, so for now it is not known whether the festival in the series is made up or whether it is being filmed at one the public knows.
Three days of a festival seen from inside the organisation. That is the starting point of ‘Festival’, the new comedy from Marc Crehuet, which HBO Max will show exclusively, as El Periódico revealed in its YOTELE section on Saturday 24 October. Crehuet created, wrote and directed it, and the series is now in full production.
So far there has been no official announcement from the Warner Bros. Discovery platform or from the production companies, so what is known is limited to the premise, who is producing it and the type of deal.
What ‘Festival’ is about: the organisers take centre stage
According to El Periódico, the series takes a humorous look at what happens in front of and behind the stages during the three days of a major music festival. Its main characters are the people in charge of the organisation, who face one setback after another as they try to keep the event on track. Logistical problems and unexpected incidents mix with their personal conflicts and with the stories of festival-goers, in an ensemble comedy.
The focus, then, is not on those who go on stage but on those who build it. And the premise hardly needs to exaggerate to feel familiar: this autumn, Love to Rock called off its Friday in València because of an orange weather warning and had to move Lori Meyers to Saturday, and Feroe has cancelled its night at the Poble Espanyol because it did not reach 2,000 tickets. These are the kinds of mishaps the series plays with, judging by what has been reported.
HBO Max will show it, but it is not an original series
The distinction matters for knowing where and how it will be available. ‘Festival’ is a co-production between Onza and Moiré Films that had been in development for several years, and HBO Max did not commission it: it has acquired it to show exclusively. In other words, it will be seen first on the platform, but it is not one of the company’s own productions.
Moiré Films previously produced, together with Rodar y Rodar, In vitro, the series Crehuet has just released, and Onza is behind comedies such as Sin gluten, which premiered on La 1 in 2025.
Marc Crehuet, from theatre to ‘In vitro’
Crehuet is a filmmaker and playwright. His play El rey tuerto (2013) enjoyed a long and popular run, and he adapted it for the cinema himself in 2016; he then directed the film Espejo, espejo.
His most recent work has just reached screens: In vitro, a series about the dilemmas of assisted reproduction that he created with Alejandra Guimerà, starring Bruna Cusí and David Verdaguer. It premiered on 19 October on 3Cat and HBO Max, in its original Catalan version, and that same day it opened the Serielizados series festival in Barcelona. With ‘Festival’ he returns to ensemble comedy, swapping the clinic for a concert venue.
Still to be revealed: release, cast and real-life setting
Almost all the details that festival followers care about are yet to be announced. The cast, the number of episodes and the release date or window are not known. Nor has it been said whether the festival in the series is fictional, whether filming is taking place at a real festival or in which city, or whether recognisable artists or festivals will appear.
That is the first thing to look out for when HBO Max, Onza or Moiré Films present the series: the venue, the line-up, fictional or real, and the cameos will show how closely ‘Festival’ resembles the events that fill the Spanish calendar every summer.
Sources: El Periódico (YOTELE), 24 October 2026; Serielizados Fest 2026 programme, Que.es and Rubik Audiovisual, on In vitro; Onza, on Sin gluten; Wikipedia, on Marc Crehuet’s career.
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