We review the important Galician presence in the nominations for the Iberian Festival Awards
Además de los mejores percebes que uno puede degustar sobre la faz de la tierra, en los paisajes de Galicia residen algunos de los festivales más destacados de la península ibérica. A eventos míticos como el de Ortigueira y otros más modernos como el FIV de Vilalba, se suman los nominados a los Iberian Festival Awards que se celebran este marzo, que demuestran que los festivaleros han venido para quedarse en tierras gallegas.
Without delay, we review this selection of musical festivals formed by Atlantic fest, Live for Madness Metal Fest, Northwest, Portamérica, Resurrection Fest, Sinsal, Smiles Baixas, Vdevalarés and Wos Festival.A list that rewards the highlights of the Festival Universe in Spain and Portugal during 2016.In fact, and until January 22 it is possible to vote in the second edition of this contest.
Atlantic fest
This musical appointment with sea views has Temper Trap in 2017 as one of its great musical confirmations.A selection of concerts to listen with some of the best beaches in Pontevedra on June 30 and 1 and 2 July.The Aruous Illa is the place chosen to live a festival that chooses to take the prize to the Revelation Festival and the award that is delivered to the best of events that host between 1.500 and 10.000 spectators.
Live for Madness Metal Fest
The Galician Festival could receive up to five awards at the Iberian Awards, highlighting its nomination to take the award that recognizes the small format festivals.After six years of success, this event based in Ourense, lives by and for Galician and National Metal Music.Its objective: to promote new bands of this genre in the Peninsula.
Northwest Star Galicia Festival
The Coruña Festival stands out on this list for having had one of the best direct of the year for the performance of the Galician Banda Bizarro Triangle.In the Fest awards it was also nominated in the category of best large format festival.This free concert selection is celebrated outdoors in August and has had international artists such as editors and Ocean Color Escene, in addition to reserving a prominent place for national and regional bands.
Portamérica
He is one of the nominees in the Iberian awards as the best medium format festival and has one of the best restoration areas that one can imagine in an event of these characteristics.Music and gastronomy that managed to gather in the last edition of numerous Michelin stars in Nigrán.Portamérica has five editions behind them and is celebrated in July with a musical program that in 2015 had Love of Lesbian or Molotov in its poster.
Resurrection Fest
The Fest Award for Best 2016 Large Festival repeats nomination in the Iberian Awards and competes as a favorite in five other categories.Viveiro's musical quotation has become one of the great events of the Peninsula and hopes to repeat success in 2017 with names of authentic luxury like Rammstein, which supplies Iron Maiden at the head of the poster.
Sinsal Festival
This paradisiacal appointment is located on the island of San Simón, in Redondela, and is nominated for the Iberian Festival Awards as a small format festival and in the best programming category.The sinsal gains followers every year that passes, has its own official currency, the Nemos, and you can only access the boat concerts.An unforgettable experience in the full July in which you can see groups like extraperlo.
Baixas smiles
Nominated by the direct of the Great Sticker, this festival is held in early August in Bueu, Pontevedra and in 2017 celebrates its fifteenth anniversary.This event is a mini Rock vineyard with a Galician accent and has a spectacular mixture of music, beach and gastronomy.
Vdevalarés
It is the festival par excellence of the Costa da Morte Gallega, and is specifically celebrated on the beach of Valarés, in Ponteceso, an incredible natural space that is prepared every August to receive a large musical selection.In the last edition he had names such as León Benavente or the premises novelties Carminha.This event is organized by the Eduardo Pondal Foundation and opts for the Best Medium Format Festival in the Iberian.
Wos Festival
The Santiago de Compostela Festival has a program that defends a broad vision of alternative and avant -garde culture.With music as the main engine but with a clear multidisciplinary vocation, it promotes the dissemination of new cultural proposals.The WOS is nominated for the best small format festival.
About the firm
She is Editor Seo and professor at El País School of Journalism.In this newspaper he was also responsible for the Miss Festivals blog.Author of the 'Festibook', previously worked in media such as La Voz de Galicia, Onda Zero and RNE, and on pages such as Skyscanner or New Code.She has a degree in Journalism and Master on Radio from the UCM.
