this Primavera Sound FestivalThis Saturday, which closed its biggest edition after 10 days and more than 670 concerts, It will continue in Barcelona until at least 2027. This was confirmed by the exhibition’s co-director, Gabi Ruiz, at the traditional balance press conference. a meeting with the mayor Ada Colau has made progress in fixing some of the glitches that have made it difficult for the festival to continue in the city, and this is next week the contract will be signed guaranteeing that the event will be held at the Parc del Fòrum for the next five years.
Ruiz, who has not hesitated to openly criticize the Colau administration in recent months, thanked the public this time. personal “participation” of the mayor and his “love” to “solve the problems” that threaten the future of Primavera Sound in Barcelona. “This is not an economic issue, we don’t want money; it’s a matter of willRuiz insisted.
a matter of history
This “will issue” is basically summed up in three questions: be sure Festival It is celebrated in June (Not May, the month when many international bands tour the United States, according to Ruiz); will negotiation with a single interlocutor (not with three as before: Barcelona City Council, Sant Adrià del Besòs City Council and port authority) and the festival’s conflict with the municipality of Sant AdriàThis year, for example, caused a forced reduction in the capacity of the Bits field.
The organizers also pointed out that it would be desirable to be able to occupy the Fòrum site earlier (“one more week,” Ruiz said) to avoid a reoccurrence of problems in the bars and services that made the Fòrum opening day in the future. On Thursday, June 2, the festival is at the source of complaints and criticism. “We arrived very firmly on time and also We were surprised that so many people showed up first thing in the morning.”, also the assistant director explained Alfonso Lanza.
Barcelona’s claim
“Our will is to stay in Barcelona because we are a Barcelona festival and we know that one of the keys to our success is the city of BarcelonaThat’s an impressive claim,” said Ruiz, who also took the opportunity to express his gratitude to the Madrid community for “all the possibilities” for Primavera to be celebrated there from next year (there will be a weekend in every city).
With two weekends at the Parc del Fòrum, the show’s management assured that this year’s experience would not be repeated. The 20th of the festival took place. participation of almost half a million people (more than 220,000 in the first weekend and 240,000 in the second week) from 139 countries and, as Alfonso Lanza explained, it made sense for Barcelona. Economic impact of 349 million euros. Numbers to be proud of. “After the Mobile World Congress, we are the event with the biggest economic impact in the city,” Lanza said.