Consellería de Cultura · annual cycle of traditional and contemporary Galician music
For invited folklore troupes, Galician centres abroad, the Consellería de Cultura teams, the provincial councils, host town halls, tourism offices, technical producers and brand activation teams bringing their own merch to the Galician Music Festival and needing stage apparel, audience souvenirs, protocol pieces, accreditation lanyards and press kits coordinated with the annual cycle of Galician music. EUR + 21% VAT invoiced via FACe / SII (AEAT) and 24–48-hour delivery from the Madrid hub to a named consignee in Santiago, Vigo, A Coruña, Ourense or Pontevedra.
The Galician Music Festival travels each year through different Galician towns with a programme that combines concerts by invited folklore troupes (pipe bands, choirs, regional dance groups, tambourine choirs), roots-music sessions of bands recovering repertoire, recitals by cantareiras and gaiteiros, contemporary Galician programme (musicians in dialogue with tradition) and parades that take the music to squares and pedestrian streets. For brand teams activating presence in the cycle the operational challenge is to coordinate delivery in historic centres of narrow streets, produce enough material for the troupe members performing on stage, coordinate giveaways for audiences that welcome the groups, and deliver protocol pieces to the officials who chair each act.
The brief we usually receive combines 220 GSM organic-cotton polos with screen-printing of the troupe or Diputación coat of arms, linen shirts for tambourine and pipe masters, linen aprons for the welcome stand, corduroy waistcoats for hall staff, organic-cotton or linen tote bags for cycle visitors, lanyards with wide ribbon and reinforced metal snap for accredited staff and invited Galician centres, 500 ml reusable bottles engraved with the cycle seal for invited authorities and press, and A5 notebooks in hardback binding with turned-wood pen as protocol courtesy set for the Xunta de Galicia and provincial council protocol teams.
The Madrid production hub handles the full order and ships by road (SEUR, Correos Express, GLS Spain) to the named consignee at each cycle venue — Consellería de Cultura offices in Santiago, the provincial council offices, the host town hall, the tourism office, the invited troupe's storage or the team's stopover hotel near the concert hall. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, since the Galician road network AP-9 / AG-53 / AG-56 carries the steady cultural-tourism flow of summer and local bank holidays. The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added and is filed via FACe with immediate registration in the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) of the Agencia Tributaria (AEAT); for intra-community 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 relevant article of the EU directive.
The client profile Corp-Merch serves at the Galician Music Festival includes invited folklore troupes bringing their own merch to the tour, Galician centres abroad participating as delegations, Cultura y Turismo teams of the Consellería and provincial councils, tourism offices of host town halls, technical producers moving stage between venues, culture and food press covering the edition and brand offices of dairy producers, canneries and wineries of the DO Rías Baixas, Ribeiro, Valdeorras and Monterrei sponsoring the cycle.
220 GSM organic-cotton polos with screen-printing or embroidery of the troupe monogram, 300 GSM hoodies for cold northern Galician evenings, linen shirts for tambourine and pipe masters, corduroy waistcoats for hall staff, canvas caps with metal buckle for the technical stage team. Sizes from XS to 3XL to cover musicians, dance corps and technical crew.
Galician linen and organic-cotton tote bags with screen-printing of the venue town's skyline, 500 ml stainless-steel reusable bottles engraved with the cycle seal, hand-held fans for the open-air recitals, lanyards with wide ribbon and reinforced metal snap for invited troupes, Galician centres and accredited cultural press — batch production from 100 to 1,000 units depending on concert venue.
A5 hardback notebooks with the Diputación or Consellería heraldic seal, turned-wood pens, compact 12 L backpacks with padded laptop pocket for journalists covering the tour from Santiago, 600 ml collapsible bottles for the tour team, and silver scallop-shell keepsakes in kraft box for protocol gifts to invited authorities.
Curated boxes with San Simón da Costa cheese, premium preserves from the ría, Albariño do Salnés or Mencía do Bierzo wine and Buño or Sargadelos pottery, with bilingual Galician-Spanish personalised card and linen ribbon closure. Neutral packaging and named delivery to the Consellería offices or the retreat hotel in the venue town for invited authorities and Galician centres.
The Galician Music Festival calendar leaves little reaction time: the different provincial editions are confirmed three to six weeks in advance and the operational model of the cycle demands that staff apparel is delivered the day before the concert. We usually hold reserved stock in the Madrid hub for the recurring pieces (white polos, tote bags, lanyards with generic Galician heraldry) that we can produce and deliver in 7–10 working days; for runs with personalised embroidery (troupe, Diputación or town hall coat of arms) the window stretches to 10–14 working days. For premium boxes with local product we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before due to the delicacy of the artisan piece and the production schedule of dairy and canning producers.
Road transport to the different cycle venues is booked with SEUR or Correos Express; most Galician towns fall on the AP-9 / AG-53 / AG-56 corridors and receive delivery in 24–48 hours with prior appointment at the named consignee (Consellería, Diputación, town hall, tourism office or troupe storage). For clients with addresses in Verín, O Barco, Mondoñedo, A Guarda or Baiona we apply the same standard rate with delivery in 48–72 hours across the SEUR / GLS network. For urgent deliveries (top-up for the final concert of the cycle) we operate from the hub with SEUR 24 guaranteed within 24 hours across the central peninsular network.
For troupes and technical producers we ship to a single hub address (Consellería offices, municipal storage or troupe storage) and the client's internal team handles the rest of the distribution among musicians and technicians; for the Consellería and provincial councils we deliver directly to institutional premises with prior appointment. The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-community 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 relevant article of the EU directive. Each delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note at destination and, when requested, with a photo of the material unloaded at the institutional storage or the dressing room.
After each cycle edition closes we collect residual merch for reuse in the next venue or return it to the hub if the troupe or Diputación branding has expired. Each campaign closes with a short report (SKU, units served, date and recipient, returns and operational notes) that we deliver together with the final invoice.
The cycle travels through different Galician towns across the year, peaking in the provincial summer/autumn editions. The exact dates and venues of each edition are confirmed on cultura.gal and at the provincial councils; we use that official reference for every shipment that cannot tolerate a date slip.
Yes, to a named consignee: Consellería de Cultura offices, provincial council offices, host town hall, tourism office, troupe storage or team hotel near the venue. For troupes we ship to a single venue hub and the client's internal team takes care of the rest of the distribution to musicians and technicians.
We hold reserved stock in the Madrid hub (polos, tote bags, lanyards with generic Galician heraldry) that we can produce in 7–10 working days and deliver before the concert. If the marking requires personalised embroidery of the troupe or Diputación coat of arms, the window moves to 12–14 working days.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps troupes, Galician centres and institutional teams prepare their own merch for the cycle. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Consellería de Cultura or the provincial councils that convene the cycle.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier for companies and teams participating in the Galician Music Festival. This page helps those teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the Consellería de Cultura, the provincial councils or the invited troupes.