Primavera Sound Barcelona 2023 + Primavera Sound Madrid 2023

[weirdfishes]

Last year I got a bed in a decent hostel for 30€/night, close to one of the tram stations that get you to the festival. I get that hostels aren't for everyone, but it's certainly much cheaper than 1400€!

[Last_Exit]

14 minutes ago, weirdfishes said:

Last year I got a bed in a decent hostel for 30€/night, close to one of the tram stations that get you to the festival. I get that hostels aren't for everyone, but it's certainly much cheaper than 1400€!

No issues with hostels when travelling solo, but this is always with my partner and private rooms in most hostels seem to get ridiculous. So may as well stay in a decent hotel and have our own bathroom, etc. Also historically had bad luck in a Barca hostel cancelling very late on, when they realised they could relist and make more money.

The main thing for me is being in walking distance.

Each to their own and all that in how much you want to spend, I was more insinuating that the F1 threating to be on the same weekend again, could be a massive pain in the arse.

Edited June 9, 2023 by Last_Exit

[Guy Incognito]

Last week I booked a two person twin room at Catelonia Albeniz for £520 which is pretty reasonable 

[Last_Exit]

10 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said:

Last week I booked a two person twin room at Catelonia Albeniz for £520 which is pretty reasonable 

Cracking price that!

Booking.com isn't giving me anything remotely close to that on the east side of the city right now.

[Yakkety Yak]

A lot of hotels won't have rooms available that far in advance yet - the one I stayed in this year has nothing bookable beyond March next year at the moment.

[xxialac]

Unless I’m missing something the forecast seems to be for a bit of light rain at times today and the same tomorrow.

In the end it’s Porto that’s been hit hard.

[festivalguy97]

Festival confirmed on their Twitter, but only in replies and only because someone asked. What a poor communication. 

[festivalguy97]

How do you guys think that Primavera is going to compensate those with the full festival ticket for the cancellation of Friday. A discount/voucher for next year? Cause I think it will either that or nothing. 

[joselito]

Yes, very very poor communication. 

I'm expecting at least 1/3 that I paid in credits for the fest. Or a credit for Primavera abroad. 

Going to auditorio now, very excited for Swans!

[yosoyyoberdi]

If anyone gets to Arganda early this afternoon please give us a report. Not sure what to expect.

[foolee]

8 hours ago, Guy Incognito said:

Last week I booked a two person twin room at Catelonia Albeniz for £520 which is pretty reasonable 

Did they exact same thing! 

[xxialac]

25 minutes ago, festivalguy97 said:

Festival confirmed on their Twitter, but only in replies and only because someone asked. What a poor communication. 

If they say it’s definitely going ahead and then there’s an unexpected storm and has to be cancelled they’d get even more abuse.

All events are open to being unexpectedly cancelled. And we simply cannot predict the weather with 100% accuracy.

 

[Fnmentaluk]

29 minutes ago, yosoyyoberdi said:

If anyone gets to Arganda early this afternoon please give us a report. Not sure what to expect.

It's so out in the middle of nowhere will you get a signal to report back 

[festivalguy97]

14 minutes ago, xxialac said:

If they say it’s definitely going ahead and then there’s an unexpected storm and has to be cancelled they’d get even more abuse.

All events are open to being unexpectedly cancelled. And we simply cannot predict the weather with 100% accuracy.

 

The weather here in Madrid was good, and specially today and tomorrow. There was a storm in Primavera Porto and still it happened. All those festivals like Glasto and Roskilde that are in rainy countries never had any problems and it rains like hell there. It’s just that Primavera should’ve done a better job with draining and so on, the site looked like a swimming pool, they had time to avoid it.

And even if there was nothing to do about it, the communication is terrible and they still didn’t say anything about what they are going to the with the full festival tickets. Plus the fact that they chose a super small place for Blur and only the lucky 10% or 20% could see them is outrageous. 
 

It’s a 350€ festival with a huge history, I didn’t expect this from them. Hopefully it goes good with these 2 days.

[xxialac]

16 minutes ago, festivalguy97 said:

The weather here in Madrid was good, and specially today and tomorrow. There was a storm in Primavera Porto and still it happened. All those festivals like Glasto and Roskilde that are in rainy countries never had any problems and it rains like hell there. It’s just that Primavera should’ve done a better job with draining and so on, the site looked like a swimming pool, they had time to avoid it.

And even if there was nothing to do about it, the communication is terrible and they still didn’t say anything about what they are going to the with the full festival tickets. Plus the fact that they chose a super small place for Blur and only the lucky 10% or 20% could see them is outrageous. 
 

It’s a 350€ festival with a huge history, I didn’t expect this from them. Hopefully it goes good with these 2 days.

I agree with the first point 100%. 
 

But I think they did brilliantly to rearrange Blur and find a reasonably big venue. The logistics of putting together a gig - managing tickets, securing the venue, agreeing the economics, getting staff, security, clearance etc. I'm amazed one can't see that this was an impressive feat at such short notice.

I'm sure they will give a discount to next year for ticket holders or some bar credit. Maybe not what people want but I don't see why this information is needed already.

[weirdfishes]

I have a ticket for the auditorium today but can't go to Julia Holter, can I still go for Swans? Are there enough seats for everyone with a ticket or is it like the first ones that arrive get the seats?

[Fnmentaluk]

16 minutes ago, weirdfishes said:

I have a ticket for the auditorium today but can't go to Julia Holter, can I still go for Swans? Are there enough seats for everyone with a ticket or is it like the first ones that arrive get the seats?

Yes as far as I'm aware, as people were coming in for Boris  after emeralds had finished 

[xxialac]

31 minutes ago, weirdfishes said:

I have a ticket for the auditorium today but can't go to Julia Holter, can I still go for Swans? Are there enough seats for everyone with a ticket or is it like the first ones that arrive get the seats?

Half empty now

[yosoyyoberdi]

Good reports from the ground coming in already. See you there in a few hours.

[xxialac]

Have a feeling the ground might be too dry if anything if this sunshine persists.

Any weather forecasts other than last minute ones are not to be trusted!

 

[joselito]

I don't know if a can hear something until DM show. Swans destroyed everything. And Julia Holter was beautiful. 

 

[xxialac]

Prize to the first person to report on the quality of the ground...

[Fnmentaluk]

I just got on the bus , so see how long it takes.

[xxialac]

37 minutes ago, Fnmentaluk said:

I just got on the bus , so see how long it takes.

Still not there? A shuttle bus implies quick but do have concerns is a schlep to get there.

[xxialac]

We have a first review of the site.

"Not muddy at all"...