Autumn jazz cycle · October–November · Bilbao
For sponsor delegations, brand activators and attending teams taking part in the Bilbao Jazz Festival (Bizkaia, autumn, programming spread across the Euskalduna Palace, the Azkuna Zentroa, the Teatro Arriaga and the Kafe Antzokia club), with night concerts, jam sessions, daytime masterclasses and a brand-activation operation that combines hospitality in Casco Viejo hotels, institutional receptions at the city hall and a sustained after-office on the Uribitarte dock along the river. EUR + 21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT) and 24–48 h delivery from the Bilbao/Madrid hub.
The Bilbao Jazz Festival is one of the reference autumn dates on the Basque cultural calendar: three weeks of programming that combine headline concerts in the Auditorium of the Euskalduna Palace, intimate evenings in the Atrium of the Azkuna Zentroa (the former Alhóndiga redeveloped as a civic-cultural centre), recitals with local soloists at the Teatro Arriaga — the neoclassical building on the Ensanche plaza — and jam sessions into the small hours at the Kafe Antzokia club. The event draws a stable audience of Basque aficionados, national music press and European programmers who cross the border through Biarritz or Irún to scout the next season.
For sponsor delegations and brand-activation teams the operational challenge is to work with an urban festival in November: the Basque weather swings from 16 °C at dusk to 8 °C at night, the river breeze conditions the last-mile logistics and hospitality is set up in either Casco Viejo hotels (Hotel Carlton, Hotel María Cristina, Hotel Ercilla) or corporate apartments in the Ensanche. The briefs we typically receive combine rain-resistant staff apparel (softshells, packable raincoats), lanyards and badges for accredited guests and press, premium catalogues and promo vinyls for collectors and a final gifting set with Basque gourmet products (txakolí wine, preserves, Idiazábal cheese) for international artists and visiting programmers.
The Bilbao production hub — with fallback to the Madrid hub — handles the entire order and delivers by road (SEUR, Correos Express, DHL) to the named consignee in Greater Bilbao: the sponsor's office in Bilbao, the reference hotel in the Casco Viejo, the organisation's offices by the river or the dressing room enabled in the Euskalduna. The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article.
320 GSM corporate softshells in navy or graphite with two-colour embroidery of the sponsor's monogram, 220 GSM polos for the hall team, packable raincoats with hood for the street staff, fine merino wool scarves for night hospitality at the Arriaga and recycled-cotton aprons for the press booth at the Euskalduna.
Premium notebooks with covers wrapped in Basque craft paper, fine-tip pens engraved with the festival seal, organic-cotton tote bags screen-printed with the Bilbao skyline, enamel pins with the Euskalduna icon, branded matchboxes for the after-office and linen bookmark ribbons for the printed programmes — 200 to 1,500 units per edition.
Compact branded power banks in muted design, USB hubs for the accredited press booth, foldable wireless chargers for the welcome team, screen-printed notebook + pen sets for programming delegates, national cultural press and invited programmers from France and Portugal — 50–120 premium units per edition.
Premium hard-bound notebooks stamped with the sponsor's seal, Basque gourmet sets (txakolí wine, preserves, Idiazábal cheese, Loyola chocolate), limited editions of the festival catalogue, bilingual Spanish-Basque-English packaging and named delivery to the Euskalduna dressing room, historic-quarter hotel or Kafe Antzokia headquarters.
The brand operation at the Bilbao Jazz Festival is usually coordinated between Bilbao and Madrid: the local production hub handles most graphic and light textile pieces, while the Madrid hub serves as the backup warehouse for special pieces (gift sets, ceramics, premium packaging). Delivery is by road to the named consignee — sponsor's office in Bilbao, reference hotel in the Casco Viejo, organisation's offices downtown or the storage enabled at the Euskalduna. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, since the cycle runs in the All Saints' Day holiday and the AP-8 towards San Sebastián carries heavy weekend traffic.
We keep reserved stock at the Bilbao hub for the recurring items — softshells, notebooks and tote bags with generic artwork — that we can produce and ship in 7–10 working days. For pieces with personalised embroidery (sponsor's monogram, limited-edition number) the window moves to 12–14 working days. For sponsors with bespoke hospitality pieces (Basque gourmet boxes, numbered sets with Bizkaia ceramics) we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before the first concert due to the seasonality of the gourmet products and the cold-chain handling.
The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article. Every delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note on arrival and, when the client requests it, with a photo of the unloaded material at the Uribitarte dock or in the Euskalduna lobby.
Historically between late October and mid-November, with concerts in the Euskalduna Palace, the Azkuna Zentroa, the Teatro Arriaga and the Kafe Antzokia club. Exact dates for each edition are confirmed in the Bilbao City Council cultural agenda and on the festival website.
Yes, to a named consignee: sponsor's office in Bilbao, reference hotel in the Casco Viejo, organisation's offices by the river, storage enabled at the Euskalduna or dressing room of the Arriaga. For sponsors with multiple recipients we consolidate to a single hub address and the client's internal team distributes.
21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps sponsoring companies, brand activators and delegations prepare their own merch for the event. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Bilbao Jazz Festival, the Bilbao City Council or the Euskalduna Palace.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier for companies that take part in the Bilbao Jazz Festival. This page helps those teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the Bilbao Jazz Festival, the Bilbao City Council or the Euskalduna Palace.