Cintia Vincze
Cintia Vincze

Freelance Journalist, a cat lover who enjoys a good tune on in the background. Fascinated by the arts world and a pretty sky.

bilbao BBk Live Reveals New Names For Their 2023 ANNUAL LINE-UP FEATURING FRIDAYS NEW HEADLINER, PAVEMENT 

BBK Bilbao Live will be coming back for its annual summer festival with a lot of heat packed! The festival will take place from the 6th to the 8th of July this very 2023 in Northern Spain. The three-day event is filled with big headliners including the soulful Florence + The Machine on the first day with her bright voice and eerie style. The recently resurfaced cult indie heroes Pavement tackle the second, while Arctic Monkeys lead the third. 

Alongside the Headliners, some of the follow-up artists are ArcaPerfume GeniusArt School GirlfriendDalilaMaría Escarmiento and so many more. All the performances named so far provide a huge variety with indie, house, pop, rock amongst others, ensuring that there is something for the festival-goers to recognise and explore.

BBK takes place in the Basque region of Spain. The festival itself sits on-top of the natural space of Mountains of Kobetamendi (Mount Cobetas in Basque) and Arazzi which allows for a gorgeous view from the festival, overlooking the city of Bilbao

The live acts begin at 5pm each day and end as late as 5am. Art and the importance of natural environment are a fundamental part of the festival’s creative assets and the artwork will be featuring the legend of Tximistarri, a Basque word meaning light stone’, made by the artist Vicente Paredes. As the morning sun shines, there are also free yoga classes to join, and you can even take the coach to explore the city of Bilbao. Bilbao is a gorgeous city packed with a lot of sight-seeing opportunities, surrounded by mountains and a vibrant-coloured riverside.

BBK strives to emphasise the importance of raising awareness around climate change. Alongside making changes to the festival that are environmentally friendly, they will continue to use €3 from every purchase of a ticket to go towards reforestation of the area burned in Balmaseda, Enkarterri, to help rebuild the affected area that was burnt away.

You can read more about the festival here, and purchase the tickets here.

2023 LINE UP SO FAR
  (A-Z)

070 SHAKE
 ALBANY
 AMAIA
 ANZ
 ANTILLEAN VILLAIN 
  ARCA
 ARDE BOGOTÁ
 ARCTIC MONKEYS
 ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND
 AVALON EMERSON
 BAIUCA
 BEN YART
 BEN UFO
 BENGO
 BILBAO
 BOY HARSHER
 THE BLAZE
 CALA VENTO
 CALL SUPER
 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
 COLECTIVO DA SILVA
 DADABE
 DALILA
 DELAPORTE
 DESIRE 
 DINAMARCA
 DRY CLEANING
 DUKI
 EEE GEE
 ENERITZ FURYAK
 FAXU
 FEVER RAY
 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
 GAZZI
 HAAi
 IDLES
 JAMIE XX
 JOB JOBSE
 JOHN TALABOT
 LA ÉLITE
 LA PALOMA 
 THE LATHUMS
 LOVE OF LESBIAN 
 M83
 MARÍA ESCARMIENTO
 MERINA GRIS
 MENTA
 MORGAN
 THE MURDER CAPITAL
 PAVEMENT
 PERFUME GENIUS
 PHOENIX
 PLAYBACK MARACAS
 ROJUU
 RÖYKSOPP
 ROÍSÍN MURPHY
 RÜDIGER
 RY X 
 SAMA YAX
 SHERELLE
 TINARIWEN
 TXOPET
 VIOLET
 YOUNG MARCO