Primavera Sound 2022

[Matt1976]

Hi Folks, I managed to bag a ticket for the festival, via a resale on Dice (really surprised how simple and easy they make it). Whilst I’m a seasoned festival(ler), I’ve never been to Barcelona or this festival. I have the first weekend pass, which I’m really looking forward to. 
 

Can anyone give me any tips for ideal location area for accommodation (looking to book either Airbnb or hotel), along with ease of commuting to and from the festival? I’ve been to Bilbao BBK and they put a shuttle bus service on, do they provide any service like that, or is everything very walkable? 
 

Thanking you in advance 

[jannybruck]

1 hour ago, Matt1976 said:

Can anyone give me any tips for ideal location area for accommodation (looking to book either Airbnb or hotel), along with ease of commuting to and from the festival? I’ve been to Bilbao BBK and they put a shuttle bus service on, do they provide any service like that, or is everything very walkable?

The rule of thumb is generally anywhere along the yellow metro line (L4) which runs to the site, or within an easy change of that, is best. Nothing too far out as the metro only runs late hours on Fri/Sat nights: Thursday the vast majority of people walk back, grab a cab, cycle, etc. Be aware the festival may run a little later than you're used to – headliners often only on at 12/1am and then other popular acts on other stages afterwards.

Forum is towards the edge of the city and most visitors stay further back into the centre of town near the touristy stuff, around 30-60 minute walk. There are shuttle buses that run to and from but it's not a huge operation so most find alternate ways to get to and from the site.

[Fnmentaluk]

2 hours ago, Matt1976 said:

Hi Folks, I managed to bag a ticket for the festival, via a resale on Dice (really surprised how simple and easy they make it). Whilst I’m a seasoned festival(ler), I’ve never been to Barcelona or this festival. I have the first weekend pass, which I’m really looking forward to. 
 

Can anyone give me any tips for ideal location area for accommodation (looking to book either Airbnb or hotel), along with ease of commuting to and from the festival? I’ve been to Bilbao BBK and they put a shuttle bus service on, do they provide any service like that, or is everything very walkable? 
 

Thanking you in advance 

Also the tram line t5 runs all night during the festival so is good place to stay near.

[Quadrophobia]

Possibly indirectly affecting PS Weekender: Rolling Stone Beach in Germany got the permission to go ahead and will be held under "normal" conditions, requiring all attendees to be either vaccinated, recovered or tested on daily basis, but with no distancing or mask requirements.

Edited September 16, 2021 by Quadrophobia

[Matt1976]

On 9/15/2021 at 10:44 AM, jannybruck said:

The rule of thumb is generally anywhere along the yellow metro line (L4) which runs to the site, or within an easy change of that, is best. Nothing too far out as the metro only runs late hours on Fri/Sat nights: Thursday the vast majority of people walk back, grab a cab, cycle, etc. Be aware the festival may run a little later than you're used to – headliners often only on at 12/1am and then other popular acts on other stages afterwards.

Forum is towards the edge of the city and most visitors stay further back into the centre of town near the touristy stuff, around 30-60 minute walk. There are shuttle buses that run to and from but it's not a huge operation so most find alternate ways to get to and from the site.

Brilliant and thank you. I’m ok with late gigs, as I’ve been to Bilbao when The Cure played and that finished pretty darn late. Sounds all very easy and accessible. Thanks again for your assistance. Much appreciated 

[xxialac]

Confidence Man seem to be touring around the time of PS2022. Hope to see them added...

[Martin_89]

Snail Mail is not playing in Spain on the Euro tour, and is finished with the US tour a few weeks before PS. Would love to see her at Primavera again.

[Fabrizzo]

5 hours ago, Martin_89 said:

Snail Mail is not playing in Spain on the Euro tour, and is finished with the US tour a few weeks before PS. Would love to see her at Primavera again.

In 2019 she played in the afternoon and it was very boring, too bad, I expected more ...

[Quadrophobia]

31 minutes ago, Fabrizzo said:

In 2019 she played in the afternoon and it was very boring, too bad, I expected more ...

Yeah the tour for the first Album was a huge letdown. I guess the band just wasn't eperienced enough back then, it felt like they simply weren't ready to play live yet. Hoping they have more practice now. 

[kingcrawler]

This seems like it will be a nightmare for bands touring multiple European festivals, particularly smaller bands

[xxialac]

10 minutes ago, kingcrawler said:

This seems like it will be for bands touring multiple European festivals, particularly smaller bands

Slow hand clap, what an idiotic act of self sabotage it's been.

[Fabrizzo]

53 minutes ago, kingcrawler said:

This seems like it will be a nightmare for bands touring multiple European festivals, particularly smaller bands

Are Mogwai in lineup?

Edit : 11th June,last day

Edited September 20, 2021 by Fabrizzo

[xxialac]

Bergenfest have announced Robyn, M Kiwanuka and Grace Jones the week after Primavera, in case reinforcements or replacement are needed.

[burnleynotbarcelona]

Slightly disconcerting as BC,NR have in a separate tweet cited visa difficulties. Used to enjoy my regular gigs in Barcelona. 

Here’s the BC,NR tweet:

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by burnleynotbarcelona
Update

[unodosseb]

Just got my weekend 2 e-ticket from Festicket after having transferred over my 2021 ticket earlier in the year, and it says that it is valid from the 9th-12th June. Does this mean that I don’t have access to the A La Ciutat gigs during the week?

[Ohad]

A friend of mine wishes to buy a ticket for weekend 1. He joined the waiting list, but is there a way to buy directly from someone using the Dice app? Is anyone selling? 

[xxialac]

Les amazones d’afrique played in the Forum yesterday (down in the mordor area) and were absolutely infectious. Had everyone up on their feet dancing. Strong recommend for next year.

[foolee]

Looking at the weekend 1 lineup Turnstile are showing as playing on the 2nd June and the 5th of June. Does that mean they’re playing twice? As on the bands website they’ve only got the 5th June. Looking at getting a couple of spares from Dice for this but will only be coming for 2-4 main festival due to work. 

[FloorFiller]

1 hour ago, foolee said:

Looking at the weekend 1 lineup Turnstile are showing as playing on the 2nd June and the 5th of June. Does that mean they’re playing twice? As on the bands website they’ve only got the 5th June. Looking at getting a couple of spares from Dice for this but will only be coming for 2-4 main festival due to work. 

Turnstile are playing the main festival on the 2nd and then also a weekday show away from the main site on the 5th.

[foolee]

1 hour ago, FloorFiller said:

Turnstile are playing the main festival on the 2nd and then also a weekday show away from the main site on the 5th.

That was my thinking but needed the reassurance, thank you! Hopefully something comes up on dice. 

[Tony Zografos please]

anyone got a link to the day splits for a la ciutat? i can't find it anywhere

 

thanks

[FloorFiller]

1 hour ago, hhunting said:

anyone got a link to the day splits for a la ciutat? i can't find it anywhere

 

thanks

Not sure about an official source but it’s all on this clashfinder:

https://clashfinder.com/m/ps2022p/

[JedTheHumanoid]

2 hours ago, hhunting said:

anyone got a link to the day splits for a la ciutat? i can't find it anywhere

 

thanks

https://www.primaverasound.com/en/barcelona/2-weekends-programme-202x2

 

you can filter by day here

[Tony Zografos please]

2 hours ago, JedTheHumanoid said:

https://www.primaverasound.com/en/barcelona/2-weekends-programme-202x2

 

you can filter by day here

Thanks!

[frankburns]

On 9/16/2021 at 1:34 PM, Quadrophobia said:

Possibly indirectly affecting PS Weekender: Rolling Stone Beach in Germany got the permission to go ahead and will be held under "normal" conditions, requiring all attendees to be either vaccinated, recovered or tested on daily basis, but with no distancing or mask requirements.

Rolling Stone Beach will go ahead but it was announced that Modest Mouse, Warpaint, Lucy Dacus and Sleaford Mods are no longer part of the line-up. So we shouldn't expect them at PS Weekender.

https://www.rollingstone.de/rolling-stone-beach-17-neue-namen-darunter-tocotronic-element-of-crime-und-blumfeld-2360861/