It’s not even a beach. It’s not even Barcelona. All that’s left is the Festival. Barcelona Beach Festival, known as BBF, has announced that it will be held this Friday. Madrid will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the electronic music event this summer after leaving the Catalan capital, as organizers confirmed last December after some disputes with the City Council of Sant Adrià del Besòs, the beach area where the event was held. belongs to those celebrated historically.
The council has rejected event licenses from festival organizer Live Nation from 2023 after deciding not to host major events on ‘its’ beach. (A region that Primavera Sound has not visited since that year, and like BBF, they tried to go to Madrid but to no avail). This was carried out in 2022, after many problems with the relevant mandatory documents, the edition of which was ‘extreme’ thanks to a last-minute agreement with the City Council of Sant Adrià de Besòs and the Generalitat Grenadiers. When it announced the cancellation of the festival, the organization defended: “During the seven years of the festival we have not created any problems or controversy in the community and have always respected all safety regulations as well as the natural environment of the beach.” The festival in 2023.
Thus, BBF will also be in Madrid on July 14, after announcing at the end of last year that it would pass through Santiago de Compostela (part of O Gozo Festival 2024).In the Villaverde district of Madrid, in the same venue where Mad Cool was celebrated (Iberdrola Music). Last year, the celebration of another festival in this region caused complaints from Getafe Norte residents, who asked for the event to be suspended after the problems it caused in terms of traffic congestion, noise and risk situations.
In Madrid, the leading roles will be Armin Van Buuren, Claptone, Hardwell, Koro Lova, Marshmello, Martin Garrix and Sam Feldt, and tickets will go on sale on Friday, February 9.