BIGSOUND
- Jun 29, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 6
On Friday 28th and Saturday 29th June – BIGSOUND Festival returned to ‘La Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències’ here in Valencia.
Without a doubt, it is one of the most beautiful venues for music events in Valencia and the perfect location for a family feelgood festival weekender.
The event was sold out over both days and 22,000 partygoers were treated to musical performances from top Spanish pop artists across two stages and partied on into the early hours.
Those that were not lucky enough to get tickets partied on the bridge that overlooks the venue and created their own mini-festival. The atmosphere both inside and outside of the La Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències was one of pure musical joy.
Fridays highlights included performances from Enol, Henry Mendez, Cali Y El Dandee, Aitana and Juan Magan on the Turia stage, with Love Yi, Pimp Flaco, Orslok,Sen Senra and Steve Lean rocking the BIGSOUND stage. There was also surprise guest appearances from King Africa and Chema Rivas.
Saturday continued with performances from Jose De Rico, The Tyets, Alvaro De Luna, Maria Escarmiento, Ana Mena, Recycled J, Quevedo, Kabasaki and Myke Towers.
Now these names propbably mean nothing to you (they didn’t to me!) but trust me, they are huge!
Now, I’m not gonna lie – Pop music and me go together like oil and water. However, I must secretly confess my usual cynical, miserable punkist demeanour faded somewhat and I found my mouth doing a weird thing (smiling I think it is called?), my feet tapped in time with music and I had a funny turn and felt happy – thankfully by the day after the festival had finished I was back to my normal self.
If you are suffering from the summertime blues, I strongly recommend finding a happy pop festival in your area, go along and immerse in the happiness! (Or even better, get a flight and come visit us here in Valencia!)
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Words and Photos: Rhyan Paul
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