The people of Getafe and Madrid who attended the game last weekend ‘Festival Coca-Cola Music Experience 2024’ They will be able to boast that they attended the most popular edition in the 14-year history of this festival. The event was held on the 13th and 14th on the grounds of the Air Barracks (ACAR),
The John Lennon Venue brought together more than 60,000 spectators in person, thus breaking a new attendance record. Two days of festival and More than 20 hours of live music from 30 national and international artists of very varied musical styles with such outstanding figures as Rauw Alejandro, Myke Towers, Chiara, Manuel Turizo, Chanel, Isabel Aaiún or Arde Bogotá.
Myke Towers (Photo: RR/SS)
In this fourteenth edition, the festival returned to hanging the “no tickets” sign and with the massive attendance at CCME 2024More than 330,000 people have already visited the festival in this time.
20 hours of music
This year, the John Lennon Venue in Getafe was the place chosen to make the more than 1000 people vibrate. 30,000 people every day They met at the festival in person to enjoy more than 20 hours of live music.
Added to this are the experiences and surprises of the CCME that were from the «From the legendary Ferris wheel to photocalls and merchandising customization points, Make Up and Tattoo Points also passing through the areas to try the new Coca-Cola Creations flavours and Fanta and Sprite Limelight activations.
The John Lennon Venue brought together more than 60,000 spectators in person, thus breaking a new attendance record. Two days of festival and More than 20 hours of live music from 30 national and international artists
For those who were unable to attend in person, Coca-Cola once again offered the opportunity to enjoy the festival without leaving their homes. A streaming through the global Coke Studio channelwith interviews and exclusive content accessible to the general public, thanks to the simultaneous translation into sign language of much of the content.
Isabel Aaiúnthe ‘Wild Filly’ (Photos: RR/SS)
Meanwhile, each performance was a blockbuster with giant screens, careful production down to the last detail, pyrotechnics and lighting effects They accompanied the artists, giving them the opportunity to give the best show possible.
“CCME has been materializing Coca-Cola’s historic commitment to music and young people for fourteen years. In all this time, we have not stopped growing and evolving to continue being its reference festival,” he says. Tania de Torresdirector of Coca-Cola Music Experience.
The artists
Raw Alejandro was in charge of putting an end to two days full of music. The Puerto Rican said goodbye to CCME 2024 by setting fire to a stage where his compatriot had previously performed Young Mikoand big names on the international scene such as the Belgian DJ Dimitry Vegas, the Colombian Sky Rompiendo -who surprised with the presence of Kapo- or the Hungarian Azahriah.
«CCME has been materializing Coca-Cola’s historic commitment to music and young people for fourteen years. In all this time, we have not stopped growing»
Tania Torres, director of the Coca Cola Music Experience
At the national level, Isabel Aaiún I reach 30,000 assistants to sing the lyrics of the summer hit, ‘‘Wild Filly’, taking the baton from Veintiuno, Violeta, Niña Polaca, Mar Lucas, Vilu Gontero, Judeline and Paul Thin.
Another Puerto Rican artist closed the first day of the festival: Myke Towers, who was preceded by the Colombian Manuel Turizo in an unforgettable hour-long performance that got 30,000 people dancing to songs like ‘La Bachata’.
The stage of the Coca Cola Music Experience (Photos: RR/SS)
An afternoon in which Chiara, Ruslana, and Denna They shared the stage again, giving the audience that filled CCME on Friday the 13th the first hits of their careers.
Bogota is burning
For its part, the group Bogota is burning, who released her single, ‘La Torre Picasso’, that same day, made the CCME stage vibrate to the maximum after a Chanel who surprised with the company of five contestants from Drag Race. The first unforgettable day was completed by the performances of Íñigo Quintero, Besmaya, Soge Culebra, Michenlo, Almacor, Polo Nández, the Swiss-Colombian Loco Escrito and the British Donnie Sunshine.
On the other hand, this year the accessibility and inclusion plan has been updated and improved, facilitating equal access to the festival for people with some type of disability (visual, hearing, intellectual or developmental, and people with reduced mobility), and other special needs.
Fans at the Getafe festival (Photo: RR/SS)
This has included initiatives such as accessible signage, a raised platform reserved for anyone with a PMR (Person with Reduced Mobility) entrance, as well as other spaces reserved for them throughout the venue, vibrating backpacks and performances subtitled and interpreted in sign language, among many other measures.
It has also been said with support staff throughout the space and a Music For All Foundation information point to ask for help and request the loan of the aforementioned equipment, as well as crutches, wheelchairs, insulating helmets and earplugs.
