Primavera Sound

Kim Gordon performing at Primavera Sound Festival in 2005. (Photo by Michael Morel)

Estrella Damm Primavera Sound Festival is an event that takes place in Barcelona, Spain, usually between May and June. Since 2005 the festival moved to the Parc del Fòrum site.

The festival collaborates closely with All Tomorrow's Parties who curates one of the four big stages. ATP takes place one week earlier and many of the acts on that festival also perform on the this festival. The festival attracks approximatelly 60.000 visitors per edition.

Pasts years' lineups have included Aphex Twin, Antony and the Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Cat Power, Françoiz Breut, Giant Sand, Julian Cope, LCD Soundsystem, Michael Gira, Smog, Mogwai, New Order, Shellac or Television.

2005 festival

The 2005 edition of the festival took place between May 26 and May 28. Some of the artists included in the lineup were:

Art Brut, Maxïmo Park, Arcade Fire, Vitalic, Jesu, Max Tundra, Broken Social Scene, Iggy & The Stooges, New Order, The Human League, Ron Sexsmith, Brigitte Fontaine, American Music Club, Mercury Rev, Kristin Hersh, Micah P. Hinson, Sondre Lerche, Antony & The Johnsons, Josh Rouse, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Sonic Youth, Gang Of Four, The Wedding Present, They Might Be Giants, The Go! Team, The Futureheads, M83, Vic Chesnutt, Tortoise, Echo & the Bunnymen

2006 festival

Some of the artists included in the lineup were:

Motorhead, Drones, Yo La Tengo, 2ManyDjs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Killing Joke, Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr, Drive By Truckers, Sleater-Kinney, Richard Hawley, Mick Harvey, Isobel Campbell, ESG, Animal Collective, Final Fantasy, Jose Gonzalez, Stuart Staples, South San Gabriel, Lou Reed, Violent Femmes, Big Star, Mogwai, Stereolab, Deerhoof, Gang Gang Dance, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Centro-matic, Lambchop, Vashti Bunyan, Shellac, Erol Alkan

2007 festival

The festival took place from May 31 to June 2. At the Primavera Sound 2007 edition, ATP's staff selected the whole lineup of one of the stages.

The current lineup included:

Thursday 31 May 2007 The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, Dirty Three, Slint, Comets on Fire, Melvins, Bola, Fujiya & Miyagi,

Friday 1 June 2007 The Fall, Blonde Redhead, Billy Bragg, Low, Maxïmo Park, The Rakes, Hot Chip, Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, Death Vessel, Brightblack Morning Light, Oakley Hall, Los Planetas, Built to Spill,

Saturday 2 June 2007 Wilco, Sonic Youth, The Apples in Stereo, Patti Smith, Jonathan Richman, Isis, Buzzcocks, Pelican, Grizzly Bear, The Durutti Column, The Good, the Bad and the Queen, Architecture in Helsinki, The Long Blondes,

Sunday 3 June 2007 (closing Party) Of Montreal, Erol Alkan, Apostle of Hustle, The Orchids,

2008 festival

The 2008 edition of the festival took place between May 29 and May 31. Some of the artists included in the lineup were: 808 State, A Place To Bury Strangers, Alan Braxe, Animal Collective, Apparat Band, DJ Assault, Atlas Sound, Autolux, Awesome Color, Bill Callahan, Bishop Allen, Bob Mould Band, Bon Iver, Boris, British Sea Power, Buffalo Tom, Caribou, Cat Power, Clipse, The Cribs, De La Soul, Deerhunter, Digital Mystikz, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty Projectors, Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith + Kutmasta Kurt, Edan & MC Dagha, El Guincho, Ellen Allien, Enon, Eric's Trip, Fanfarlo, The Felice Brothers, Fuck Buttons, Dj Funk, Gentle Music Men, The Go! Team, Grande-Marlaska, Health, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Holy Fuck, It's Not Not, Kavinsky, Kinski, Les Savy Fav, Lightspeed Champion, Madee, Man Man, The Mary Onettes, Mary Weiss, The Marzipan Man, Menomena, Messer Chups, Midnight Juggernauts, Mission Of Burma, Mixmaster Mike, Model 500, MV & EE with The Golden Road, Nick Lowe, No Age, The Notwist, Okkervil River, Om, Para One, Pissed Jeans, Polvo, Port O'Brien, Portishead, Prinzhorn Dance School, Public Enemy performing It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Robert Hood, Rufus Wainwright, The Rumble Strips, Scout Niblett, Sebadoh, Shipping News, Silver Jews, Simian Mobile Disco, Six Organs Of Admittance, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, The Strange Death of Liberal England, Subterranean Kids, Supermayer, Surkin, The Swell Season, Tachenko, Tarántula, Thomas Brinkmann, Throbbing Gristle, Tiefschwarz, Tindersticks, Träd Gräs och Stenar, Vampire Weekend, Vórtice, Voxtrot, White Williams, Why?, Young Marble Giants

Acoustic performances at Estrella Damm Primavera Sound at the MySpace Hall

Friday 30th: Yuri Landman (lecture), McEnroe, Lidia Damunt, Tachenko + Abraham Boba, Russian Red + Havalina, The Right Ons, Holy Fuck

Saturday 31st: Aaron Thomas, Kinski, Lightspeed Champion, Stephen Malkmus, La Bien Querida, Manos De Topo, Cultural Solynieve

2009 festival

A Certain Ratio, A-Trak, Alela Diane, Andrew Bird, Angelo Spencer, Aphex Twin, Ariel Pink, Art Brut, Bat For Lashes, Black Lips, Bloc Party, Bowerbirds, Carsick Cars, Chad VanGaalen, Crystal Antlers, Crystal Stilts, Cuzo, Damien Jurado, Dan Deacon Ensemble, Deerhunter, Dj Mehdi, Ebony Bones, El-P, Extra Life, Extraperlo, Fucked Up, Gang Gang Dance, Ghostface Killah, Girl Talk, Girls, Jarvis Cocker, Jason Lytle, Joe Crepúsculo, Joe Henry, John Maus, Karl Blau, Kimya Dawson, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, Lemonade, Lightning Bolt, Magik Markers, Magnolia Electric Co., Mahjongg, Marnie Stern, Michael Mayer, Michael Nyman, My Bloody Valentine, Oneida, Phoenix, Plants & Animals, Ponytail, Rosvita, Shearwater, Shellac, Simian Mobile Disco, Skatebård, Sleepy Sun, Sonic Youth, Spectrum, Spiritualized, Squarepusher, Sunn O))), The Bad Plus, The Bug, The Drones, The Extraordinaires, The Jayhawks, The Jesus Lizard, The Lions Constellation, The Mae Shi, The New Year, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Secret Society, The Soft Pack, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Vaselines, Throwing Muses, Uffie, Veracruz, Vivian Girls, Wavves, Women, Wooden Shjips, Yo La Tengo, Zombie Zombie.

External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace site