Primavera Sound Barcelona 2023 + Primavera Sound Madrid 2023

[ConfidenceMan]

1 minute ago, xxialac said:

You've got 12 months to find a friend based in Barcelona who can put you up for free ; )

If they'll buy me a ticket and give me 10 months to decide if I want it, that would be great 😅

[BenG92]

Still well over £1000 for tickets, flights and a hotel for two of us for just the main festival days so no way I can justify jumping in without an insane lineup like 22 had

If I lived in BCN it would be a no brainer every year probably though

[Rhak]

2 minutes ago, BenG92 said:

Still well over £1000 for tickets, flights and a hotel for two of us for just the main festival days so no way I can justify jumping in without an insane lineup like 22 had

If I lived in BCN it would be a no brainer every year probably though

If you book a refundable hotel now it might just be the flight that's too expensive if you wait too long but by the time the line up is revealed there's still plenty of time for booking that one

[bananaa52]

Porto from 7 to 10 of june. They added one more day?

[livenstu]

I'll be doing the Barcelona one for sure - Madrid a definite no, even though you technically get 4 line ups out of the 1

[xxialac]

6 minutes ago, bananaa52 said:

Porto from 7 to 10 of june. They added one more day?

Assume it means a light Ciutat style bonus day. They had this at the very first one.

[Festcrazy]

Early bird is pretty expensive, hmmm I'm not brave enough to buy it without lineup (partrial).

I don't think it's worth try to do Ciutat shows with Barcelona+ madrid tickets, so I'll probably there only for Forum part.

[puckno]

No communication on how this years issues will be solved? No info on if the vip product will be improved or if it will be the same shitty solution as this year? Not much to base a purchase decision on.

[puckno]

I have been to Primavera 11 consecutive editions. I still trust the lineup, but they have lost me on everything else.

[puckno]

(double post)

Edited June 29, 2022 by puckno

[xxialac]

3 minutes ago, puckno said:

I have been to Primavera 11 consecutive editions. I still trust the lineup, but they have lost me on everything else.

Whilst the festival was definitely oversold, I thought the technical aspects (especially the quality of the sound) were as good as ever this year.

Edited June 29, 2022 by xxialac

[puckno]

... except for the sound bleed problem on the pitchfork stage at multiple shows

[xxialac]

3 minutes ago, puckno said:

... except for the sound bleed problem on the pitchfork stage at multiple shows

Yes, fair point albeit on this aspect still ‘as good’ as in previous years 😉

[Martin_89]

Gabi will be on RPS tomorrow to talk about this years festival and the plan for next year.

[blurfan]

So if we buy how do we sell if we cant go? In past years it was easy via Dice. 

 

[JedTheHumanoid]

15 minutes ago, puckno said:

I have been to Primavera 11 consecutive editions. I still trust the lineup, but they have lost me on everything else.

I think Primavera suffers here from being the first big festival this year.

as summer goes on, we'll hear about the overcrowding and lack of staff from more and more festivals, we already have on Glastonbury. I guess this is the new normal now, hopefully it will be better next year

[puckno]

6 minutes ago, Martin_89 said:

Gabi will be on RPS tomorrow to talk about this years festival and the plan for next year.

If we are lucky the price hike is to bring the volume down... Anyway, great to get some info before ticket sales open.

[adforperu]

The 'price hike' of 50 euros isn't so bad when you appreciate that 2 years were missed.  That's 2 years of rising inflation, costs of materials/services that they weren't able to adjust for because they'd sold tickets at 2020 prices. 

Edited June 29, 2022 by adforperu

[xxialac]

3 minutes ago, adforperu said:

The 'price hike' of 50 euros isn't so bad when you appreciate that 2 years were missed.  That's 2 years of rising inflation, costs of materials/services that they weren't able to adjust for because they'd sold tickets at 2020 prices. 

That’s a very fair point.

And the current inflation in rate in Spain is above 10%. Why would festivals be immune from price inflation?

[puckno]

17 minutes ago, adforperu said:

The 'price hike' of 50 euros isn't so bad when you appreciate that 2 years were missed.  That's 2 years of rising inflation, costs of materials/services that they weren't able to adjust for because they'd sold tickets at 2020 prices. 

Ticket price is up from 245 to 325 for general pass, 450 to 545 for VIP pass, in general sale. Less so for early bird. This is compared to going rate in 22 for the 22 edition.

Edited June 29, 2022 by puckno

[xxialac]

For almost all of us though on here (I imagine) it's a 50 euro increase in 3 years. Seems fair, given rampant inflation?

The more I think about the massive VIP hike, however, the more I think it's deliberate and they want to get rid of the huge (expensive) grandstand they provided last year which was mostly empty by all accounts.

I don't like too much 'wealth segregation' at festivals, so a strategy to reduce VIPs is alright by me.

[Rhak]

41 minutes ago, JedTheHumanoid said:

I think Primavera suffers here from being the first big festival this year.

as summer goes on, we'll hear about the overcrowding and lack of staff from more and more festivals, we already have on Glastonbury. I guess this is the new normal now, hopefully it will be better next year

I have a hunch this is the case. Not everywhere but more than we would expect. 

[Rhak]

Just now, xxialac said:

For almost all of us though on here (I imagine) it's a 50 euro increase in 3 years. Seems fair, given rampant inflation?

The more I think about the massive VIP hike, however, the more I think it's deliberate and they want to get rid of the huge (expensive) grandstand they provided last year which was mostly empty by all accounts.

I don't like too much 'wealth segregation' at festivals, so a strategy to reduce VIPs is alright by me.

Well, yes, I was actually pondering this myself this very moment but why not just cut it? 

[jannybruck]

Just now, xxialac said:

The more I think about the massive VIP hike, however, the more I think it's deliberate and they want to get rid of the huge (expensive) grandstand they provided last year which was mostly empty by all accounts.

I don't like too much 'wealth segregation' at festivals, so a strategy to reduce VIPs is alright by me.

I know you're a fan of the festival but you're being extremely generous in this assumption. They are a multimillion euro business with profit motives: they're not purposefully doing some 4D chess move where they're setting a ticket price in order to... not sell those tickets. If they wanted rid of the headache of VIP, they'd get rid of VIP.

[JIMBO666]

2 hours ago, JedTheHumanoid said:

no tickets sale from the end of the early bird (next week) until lineup announcement

I have to say, this sounds weird

 

is this on their site or a response to a tweet?

edit: found it on the email! 😀

Edited June 29, 2022 by JIMBO666
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