Bilbao BBK Live
bilbao bbk live rock pop music festival take place annually city bilbao spain since beginning festival held entirety special complex built specifically event slope mount cobetas located southwest city first edition organized basque musical promoter last tour international sponsored bilbao city council year name bilbao live festival since following year festival sponsored local saving bank bilbao bizkaia kutxa gave current name festival first kind size happen region edition festival exceeded visitor first time doubling attendance event reported left economical impact estimated million euro city festival nominated best foreign festival uk festival award best mediumsized european festival european festival award three consecutive time – unsuccessful attempt establish street circuit city formula renault july city government decided fill summer event calendar openair music festival early approached local musical promoter last tour international responsible organization azkena rock festival celebrated nearby vitoriagasteiz since newborn festival received name bilbao live festival budget million euro newly developed area mount cobetas chosen location included two main stage rock act two electronic music tent one pop music tent several bar shop national international band participated first edition celebrated three day july headliner included american hard rock band gun n rose british band placebo pretender argentinian andrés calamaro ariel roth former member rock band los rodríguez people attended first edition considered success lti representative alfonso santiago praised organization music act defined festival good starting point festival well received critic authority general public second edition next year confirmed july possibility making permanent musical event city cultural offer early local saving bank bilbao bizkaia kutxa decided become official sponsor festival part action th anniversary celebration campaign result festival name changed bilbao bbk live unlike sponsorship renamings sponsor name usually dropped informal context festival commonly referred bbk live simply bbk second edition enjoyed significant budget rise area designated stage camping also increased edition also first currently celebrated june decision took based european summer festival calendar extra date also added spanning two weekend – june american band red hot chili pepper metallica incubus new york doll chemical romance british heavy metal band iron maiden among international headliner edition meanwhile local rock band fito fitipaldis stood among spanish act received largest audience event people attended event produced economical impact estimated million euro edition festival moved back original date first weekend july threeday programme edition headlined american act rem lenny kravitz zz top british band police prodigy madness year saw introduction new festival city kobetasonik focused heavy metal music headlined kiss juda priest held two week bbk live venue mount cobetas bilbao bbk live attended little less people well expected rain difficult access site available shuttle bus provided private party instead city public bus past edition seen factor decrease attendance however edition still considered success despite project moving festival new location abandoned amusement park mount artxanda organization decided stick cobetas promised improvement area service fourth edition held – july suffered greatly financial crisis struck spain period result lineup considerately less commercial defined organization headliner included depeche mode janes addiction kaiser chief editor secondtimers placebo among others festival received visitor foreseen decrease although considered step back continuity festival confirmed edition saw increase foreign visitor point increase past edition totaling foreign attendee came principally france united kingdom mainly due special offer aimed anyone postal address outside spain threeday ticket £ one third standard price number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor number visitor edition said left economical impact estimated million euro taking account expenditure general public organization sponsor artist three day festival indicates increase million compared previous edition festival day city hotel occupancy rate lti spokesman alfonso santiago stated bilbao established third spanish concert capital behind madrid barcelona along aste nagusia local patronage festival held august bbk live often cited important component city cultural offer responsible tourist bilbao receives summer many travel agency offer special package transportation accommodation festival ticket bilbao bbk live openair festival take place kobetamendi located mount cobetas southeast city centre ha acre bilbaos largest park venue built year around area feature three main stage dj tent vip zone backstage facility food drink market two camping area total sq ft total capacity people since organization decided arrange series spinoff concert held sala bbk small venue located centre city gran vía city main street name bilbao bbk live bereziak basque bilbao bbk live special consists cycle small profile concert limited capacity distributed along year among artist participated special lambchop ward tortoise official site english spanish french basque last tour international