Primavera Sound

Up to four stages at the next edition of the festival in Barcelona will run on clean energy by being connected to the grid to reduce emissions.

The agreement with TRAM Barcelona, the shuttle bus service and the free bicycle parking services will facilitate the use of public and sustainable transport by festivalgoers.

As part of its commitment to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN, Primavera Sound will promote different measures for responsible production and consumption at Primavera Sound Barcelona.

If every artistic line-up at Primavera Sound sets its sights on the future to bring it closer to the present, everything surrounding the music at the festival has the responsibility to help guarantee that future. Aware of the consequences of a great cultural event that attracts attendees from all over the world, but also of its inspirational capital and the media attention it enjoys, Primavera Sound continues to take steps to be an event that is more aware of its surroundings every day. Once again, the search for strategies and options that make an environmentally friendly event possible continues.

Everything starts even before the festivalgoers enter the Parc del Fòrum, the site that will host the main days of Primavera Sound from the 30th of May to the 1st of June. Both the agreement with TRAM Barcelona, which will exceptionally allow the T4 line to run nonstop during those three days, and the Plaça Catalunya-Parc del Fòrum shuttle bus service and the free bicycle parking services will facilitate the use of public and sustainable transport by the attendees.

Once inside, the Parc del Fòrum will reveal itself to be a site that, in accordance with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals with which the festival is aligned, favours responsible production and consumption. A music city that will be largely built with materials that continue to extend their useful life: signage, tarpaulins, reed fencing, bars, litter bins, backstage furniture… Even 98% of the grass that turns the main stage area into a large green meadow will be reused.

So will the structures of the catering area, which will also offer a wide range of vegan and local cuisine that will reduce the environmental impact. And in the search for a plastic-free Primavera Sound, the catering points will have compostable crockery and all the glasses at the festival will be reusable. At the end of the chain will be the selective waste collection system that has been perfected and expanded over the last few years and validated by such reliable external auditors as Ecoembes and A Greener Future.

In addition, continuing along the path started at the 2022 edition, up to four stages will operate with clean energy by being connected to the grid and two more will combine grid and batteries to reduce emissions. And to minimise water consumption, which is essential in times of drought, 85% of the toilets in the Parc del Fòrum will have a system to optimise water consumption, and the recirculation of wastewater will mean a saving of 90%.

A greener Primavera Sound? In other words, a better Primavera Sound. The festival is intensifying its ecological awareness to continue thinking about the future.