Bilbao BBK Live
Bilbao BBK Live | |
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Dates | 12–14 July |
Location(s) | Kobetamendi Bilbao, Spain |
Years active | 2006–present |
Founded by | Basque Government Last Tour International |
Organized by | Last Tour Concerts |
Website | bilbaobbklive |
Bilbao BBK Live is a rock and pop music festival that takes place annually in the city of Bilbao, Spain. Since its beginnings, the festival is held in its entirety on a special complex built specifically for the event on the slopes of Mount Cobetas, located southwest of the city.
The first edition was organized by
The festival was nominated for "Best Foreign Festival" at the UK Festival Awards in 2010 and 2011,
History
Organization and first edition
After an unsuccessful attempt to establish a
Over 51,000 people attended this first edition, and was considered a "success".[8] LTI representative, Alfonso Santiago praised the organization and the music acts,[9] and defined the festival as a "good starting point".[8] The festival was well received by critics, the authorities, and the general public, and a second edition for the next year was confirmed on 28 July 2006, with the possibility of making it a "permanent musical event" of the city's cultural offer.[10][11]
BBK sponsorship and consolidation
In early 2007, local savings bank
For the 2008 edition, the festival moved back to its original dates in the first weekend of July and a three-day programme. This edition was headlined by American acts R.E.M., Lenny Kravitz, ZZ Top, and British bands The Police, The Prodigy, and Madness.[16] This year saw the introduction of a new festival in the city; Kobetasonik was focused in heavy metal music, was headlined by Kiss and Judas Priest, and was held two weeks before BBK Live in the same venue at mount Cobetas. Bilbao BBK Live 08 was attended by a little less than 80,000 people, well below the expected 95,000. Rain and difficult access to the site, available only through shuttle buses provided by a private party instead of the city's public buses as in past editions, were seen as factors for the decrease in attendance.[17] However, the edition was still considered a success, and despite a project of moving the festival to a new location at an abandoned amusement park in mount Artxanda,[18] the organization decided to stick to Cobetas, and promised improvements in the area and services for 2009.[19]
The fourth edition, held between 9–11 July 2009 suffered greatly from the
Lineups by year
2006
Number of visitors: 51.000
Stages | |||
13 July | 14 July | 15 July | |
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Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Lori Meyers Gatibu |
Guns N' Roses |
Placebo Tricky The Pretenders Los Planetas Rinôçérôse El Inquilino Comunista El Columpio Asesino Zodiacs |
Stages | |||
13 July | 14 July | 15 July | |
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Smoking Deluxx |
Iñigo Kriptonita |
Donnacha costello Junkie XL |
2007
Number of visitors: 94.712
Stages | |||
21 June | 22 June | 28 June | 29 June |
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Iron Maiden Juliette & The Licks Stone Sour Bloodsimple Lauren Harris Vhäldemar |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Fito & Fitipaldis |
Metallica |
2008
Number of visitors: 79.810
Stages | ||
4 July | 5 July | 6 July |
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Gari |
R.E.M. |
Madness |
2009
Number of visitors: 52.663
Stages | |||
9 July | 10 July | 11 July | |
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Depeche Mode |
Placebo |
2010
Number of visitors: 76.579
Stages | |||
8 July | 9 July | 10 July | |
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Volbeat
Rise to Fall |
Pearl Jam |
Faith No More |
2011
Number of visitors: 103.083
Stages | |||
7 July | 8 July | 9 July | |
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Mild Oink! Oink! Djs |
Suede |
Le Noise Independence Djs Optigan1 Dj |
2012
Number of visitors: 110.000
Stages | |||
12 July | 13 July | 14 July | |
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McEnroe Varry Brava Elbis Reber Ciudadano Kane Montxo & Javi Green |
Radiohead |
Garbage |
2013
Number of visitors: 105.000
Stages | |||
11 July | 12 July | 13 July | |
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Depeche Mode |
y The home phonema |
Green Day |
2014
Number of visitors: 120.000
Stages | |||
10 July | 11 July | 12 July | |
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Franz Ferdinand |
The Prodigy |
The Black Keys |
2015
Number of visitors: 120.000
Stages | |||
9 July | 10 July | 11 July | |
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Mumford & Sons |
The Jesus and Mary Chain |
Muse |
2016
Number of visitors: 102.865
Stages | |||
7 July | 8 July | 9 July | |
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Arcade Fire |
Slaves C. Tangana Sophie Nudozurdo Blossoms Hana John Berkhout Inheaven Green Class David Kano Daniless |
Father John Misty Soulwax Courtney Barnett 2Manydjs DJ Set Wolf Alice Jagwar Ma Triángulo de Amor Bizarro León Benavente Mcenroe Juventud Juché Bad Breeding Soleá Morente Soledad Velez Yellow Big Machine Correos Dekot Bilbadino DJ |
Basoa | |||
7 July | 8 July | 9 July | |
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Four Tet |
Erol Alkan |
âMe |
2017
Number of visitors: 112.114
Stages | |||
6 July | 7 July | 8 July | |
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Depeche Mode |
The Killers |
Die Antwoord |
Basoa | |||
6 July | 7 July | 8 July | |
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Dixon |
Daphni |
Andrew Weatherall |
2018
Stages | |||
12 July | 13 July | 14 July | |
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Childish Gambino Bomba Estéreo Cigarettes After Sex Mount Kimbie Bad Gyal Gaz Coombes Iseo & Dodosound Parquet Courts Temples Ed is Dead Let's Eat Grandma Lukiek Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés Melenas Morgan Quentin Gas & Los Zíngaros Rural Zombies Edu Anmu Inmir |
The xx |
Gorillaz |
Basoa | |||
12 July | 13 July | 14 July | |
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Modeselektor (DJ Set) |
Ben UFO |
John Talabot |
Lasai | |||
Romy |
Joe Goddard |
Discodromo |
2019
Stages | |||
11 July | 12 July | 13 July | |
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Baiuca BELATZ Biig Piig DELAPORTE Derby Motoreta's Burrito Kachimba EraBatera IDER Mr K Ms. Nina SUA The Psychotic Monks |
ANTIFAN Cecilio G. DJake Georgia Jonathan Bree The Intergalactic Republic of Kongo Lester y Eliza Mourn Mueveloreina Olatz Salvador Oso Leone UNIFORMS Zaza |
Weezer |
Basoa | |||
11 July | 12 July | 13 July | |
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Honey Dijon Midland Octo Octa Courtesy Ketiov |
Laurent Garnier |
John Talabot |
Lasai | |||
11 July | 12 July | 13 July | |
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Casper Tielrooij |
DJohnson |
Fenna Fiction |
Impact
The 2012 edition is said to have left an economical impact estimated in over 17.5 million euros, taking into account the expenditures of the general public, organization, sponsors, and artists during the three days of the festival. This indicates an increase of 1.3 million when compared to the previous edition.[2] During festival days, the city's hotels had an occupancy rate of 95%.[25] LTI spokesman, Alfonso Santiago, stated that Bilbao has established itself as the third Spanish concert capital, behind Madrid and Barcelona.[26]
Along with
Venue
Bilbao BBK Live is an open-air festival that takes place at Kobetamendi, located in Mount Cobetas, southeast from the city centre. With 18.5 ha (46 acres), it is Bilbao's largest park. The venue is built each year around a 110,000 m2 area and features three main stages, a DJs Tent, VIP zone, backstage facilities, food and drinks markets, and two camping areas, that total 30,000 m2 (320,000 sq ft) and have a total capacity of 15,000 people.
Bilbao BBK Live Bereziak
Since 2011, the organization decided to arrange a series of spin-off concerts to be held at Sala BBK, a small venue located at the centre of the city, on the Gran Vía, the city's main street. Under the name Bilbao BBK Live Bereziak (Basque: Bilbao BBK Live Specials), it consists of a cycle of small profile concerts with a very limited capacity, distributed along the year. Among the artists that participated in this specials are: Lambchop, M. Ward, and Tortoise.[29][30]
References
- ^ Olarte, Josu (11 July 2011). "Kobetas conquista su cima". El Correo. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ a b "El BBK Live cosecha 17,5 millones de euros, 1,3 más que en su edición de 2011". El Mundo. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "El BBK Live 2011, nominado en los UK Festival Awards a Mejor Festival Extranjero". El Mundo. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Bilbao BBK Live, nominado por tercer año seguido a los European Festival Awards". El Mundo. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ a b c José Mari Reviriego (1 February 2006). "El primer gran festival de rock y pop de Bilbao presenta en julio a 25 grupos en el monte Cobetas". El Correo. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Guns N' Roses y Placebo encabezarán un Bilbao Live que apuesta por la electrónica". El País. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Guns'n'Roses, Placebo y Pretenders, figuras destacadas del primer Bilbao Live Festival". El Correo. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b c "Más de 51.000 personas se dieron cita en la primera edición del Bilbao Live Festival". El Correo. 17 July 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "No hubo un concierto malo". El Correo. 18 July 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "El Bilbao Live Festival volverá a celebrarse en 2007". El Correo. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ José Mari Reviriego (18 July 2006). "El Ayuntamiento de Bilbao apuesta por repetir el festival de Cobetas". El Correo. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ G. Carrera (24 February 2007). "El festival Bilbao Live se adelanta a junio y tendrá en exclusiva a Red Hot Chili Peppers". El Correo. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Red Hot Chili Pepers encabeza el cartel del 'Bilbao Live Festival' que se adelanta a junio". El Correo. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- 20 Minutos. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Olarte, Josu. "Monte Pop". El Correo. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Ibáñez, Isabel (11 April 2008). "El Bilbao BBK Live da 'un paso más' y ficha a Madness". El Correo. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Éxito total". El Correo. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Rego, María (16 July 2008). "El PP propone trasladar el Bilbao Live al antiguo parque de atracciones de Artxanda". El Correo. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Ibáñez, Isabel. "El recinto de Kobetamendi será mejorado para las futuras ediciones del Bilbao BBK Live". El Correo. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Bilbao BBK Live '09". efestivals.co.uk. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ Ibáñez, Isabel (8 July 2009). ""El mejor cartel posible" en tiempos de crisis". El Correo. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ "La asistencia de más de 52.000 personas confirma la continuidad del BBK Live". El Correo. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ Fernández, Jon (14 July 2009). "El BBK se vuelve más internacional". El Correo. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ Ibáñez, Isabel (14 May 2009). "El Bilbao Live oferta bonos a 53 euros en Reino Unido". El Correo. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Los hoteles de Bilbao recibirán el BBK Live con un 95% de ocupación". El Correo. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ Cubillo, Óscar (27 April 2011). "Es importante que haya promotores que apuesten por la ciudad y que las instituciones apoyen sus iniciativas". El Correo. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ Barbó, Jorge (11 February 2011). "Bilbao se encarama a los 700.000 turistas". El Correo. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ M. Martínez (8 July 2011). "Muchas agencias de viajes ya ofrecen paquetes con el festival incluido". El Correo. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Bilbao BBK Live Bereziak: Lambchop y Corizonas en aforo limitado". EITB. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Sin asomo de nostalgia" Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Sala BBK. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
External links
- Official site (in English, Spanish, French, and Basque)
- Last Tour International