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- AgoraEU and the Future of Culture in Europe: A Common Cause
Since May 2025, Fundació Primavera Sound has been a proud member of Culture Action Europe (CAE) — the leading European network advocating for the role of culture in public policy, democratic dialogue, and the construction of a sustainable, just and creative Europe. As an active part of this community, we’ve contributed to a historic achievement: the European Commission’s proposal to double the budget for culture and creativity in the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034). The new AgoraEU programme envisions a record €8.6 billion, twice the amount currently allocated to Creative Europe, MEDIA and CERV. This result is the outcome of a coordinated mobilisation across Europe. In Spain alone, over 150 organisations and artists have signed an open letter to the Ministry of Finance calling for a firm commitment to culture in Europe. Similar actions have taken place in France, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Italy and beyond — showing a shared determination to put culture at the heart of Europe’s future. - Primavera Sound joins the official programme of MONDIACULT 2025
Primavera Sound Barcelona, together with Primavera Pro and the Primavera Sound Foundation, have been officially recognised by UNESCO as international cultural events that will steer the way towards MONDIACULT 2025, the World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development, to be held in Barcelona from 29th September to 1st October. This recognition confirms the role of the festival, the professional meeting and the foundation as spaces where culture moves, and in particular recognises a model in which it acts as an element for social transformation and fairer development. - Primavera Sound Foundation supports the Barcelona NSC 2025 of the European Youth Parliament
The Primavera Sound Foundation is proud to announce its support for the 20th National Selection Conference of the European Youth Parliament (EYP Spain), which will take place in Barcelona from July 9 to 15 with the theme “Reshaping Europe through the window of change.” - Unsilence Gaza
We have normalised seeing war, but not listening to it. We live in a world saturated with violent images. Hypervisibility has anaesthetised us: we see, but we do not react. Sound, on the other hand, can still move us. At Primavera Sound, sound is emotion, connection, pleasure. But sound can also be the opposite: it can become a weapon. With this installation, we want to remind you that in Gaza and other parts of the world, sound is pain. It is fear. It is torture and trauma. Bombings can reach up to 170 decibels. That is much more than the… Lee más: Unsilence Gaza
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