Autumn cycle · International choral singing · Palacio Euskalduna and Catedral de Bilbao
For invited choirs, chamber vocal ensembles, sponsors, musical foundations, choral production offices, music critics and visiting cultural press attending the Festival Internacional de Canto Coral de Bilbao who need tour apparel, giveaways for subscribers, gifts for regional authorities, packs for patrons and press kits before the first concert of the cycle. Coverage of the Palacio Euskalduna (chamber hall), the Catedral de Santiago de Bilbao and the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao in the autumn cycle, production from the peninsular hub with consolidation at the Plaza Circular and road delivery to the Euskalduna, the choir hotel or the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia. EUR + 21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT), with reverse charge for intra-EU clients holding a valid VIES number and exemption for shipments outside the EU.
The Festival Internacional de Canto Coral de Bilbao is one of the highest-profile choral cycles in the Basque calendar: every autumn it brings together in the chamber hall of the Palacio Euskalduna, in the gothic head of the Catedral de Santiago de Bilbao and in the auditorium of the Museo de Bellas Artes invited choirs (frequently national ensembles such as the Coral de Bilbao, the Orfeón Donostiarra, the Coro Nacional de España, alongside European chamber vocal groups such as the Collegium Vocale Gent or the Monteverdi Choir) and vocal soloists in classical and contemporary music. For the visiting choirs, the operational challenge is to coordinate shipment with the night-by-night calendar of the cycle, plan rehearsals at the Euskalduna and deliver material to the choir hotel or straight to the hall, while the cycle sponsors, musical foundations and cultural press require a separate operation that combines protocol pieces and merchandising for subscribers of the Euskalduna.
Bilbao has a privileged logistics position on the Cantabrian corridor: the Palacio Euskalduna stands on Avenida de Abandoibarra, next to the Nervión estuary, the Catedral de Santiago faces the Plaza de Santiago and the Museo de Bellas Artes sits in the Parque de Doña Casilda, all in central Bilbao within twenty minutes walk of each other. The high-speed rail connection (not AVE yet, but ABF from Madrid) and direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona and several European airports to the Aeropuerto de Bilbao (BIO) allow consolidation of shipments in the peninsular hub of Madrid and delivery by road to the choir hotel, the Palacio Euskalduna or the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia (on Gran Vía de Diego López de Haro) in 24–48 hours with prior appointment.
The client profile Corp-Merch serves at the Festival includes invited choirs and chamber vocal ensembles bringing their own merch to the Bilbao halls, musical foundations and patrons of the cycle who deliver unique pieces to visiting vocal soloists, communications offices of soloists preparing packs for local and regional cultural press (Deia, El Correo, Berria), banking and automotive sponsors moving hospitality between the Euskalduna and the noble hall of the Diputación, and press offices of the artistic direction of the cycle coordinating the global operation.
Fine combed cotton polos in the choir colours, technical organic cotton sweatshirts with embroidery of the cycle coat-of-arms, white concert shirts for the institutional reception at the Euskalduna, silk scarves with the Catedral de Santiago rose window motif for the artistic team, light technical jackets for rehearsals in the chamber hall, thermal t-shirts for backstage and fine wraps for the afternoon concerts at the Cathedral.
Bound printed programmes with the poster cover, fine-tip pens engraved with the silhouette of the Euskalduna, canvas tote bags silkscreened with the cycle calendar, enamel pins with the Festival seal, Basque cloth bookmark ribbons for subscriber notebooks, A5 agendas with the Euskalduna and Museo de Bellas Artes floor plans, and collectible badges per night —180 to 1,200 units per edition depending on cycle capacity.
Premium notebooks wrapped in Biscayan leather, Basque oak desk sets, hand-signed limited editions of the Festival poster by the artistic director, Basque gourmet lots (PDO Txakolí de Bizkaia wine, PDO Idiazábal cheese, natural Basque cider, north bonito from Bermeo, Agurain eel), and press sets with hall plans, cycle dossier and a Guggenheim Bilbao postcard —30 to 140 premium units per edition.
Numbered premium sets with the Festival filigree, art books on Basque Choral Heritage, numbered limited editions of the Euskalduna catalogue, trilingual Spanish-Basque-English packaging for autonomous and EU delegations, named delivery to the noble hall of the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia (on Gran Vía de Diego López de Haro) or to the sponsor suite at Hotel Carlton (Plaza de Federico Moyúa, Bilbao) or Hotel Ercilla (Calle de Ercilla, Bilbao), with waybill signed on delivery.
The merch operation at the Festival Internacional de Canto Coral de Bilbao is coordinated from the Madrid and Bilbao hubs (when the operation requires it) because of the peninsular context: the Madrid warehouse handles most graphic and light textile pieces (fine polos, programmes, notebooks) and acts as the dispatch node for unique pieces (PDO gourmet sets, art books, limited editions); for large operations the Bilbao warehouse is also used. Delivery is by road to a named consignee —the artistic direction of the Festival at the Palacio Euskalduna, the sponsor office at Hotel Carlton or Hotel Ercilla, or the press office of the artistic direction at the Museo de Bellas Artes— with a 24–48 hour window with prior appointment, given that the cycle runs in autumn and the AP-1 from Madrid supports seasonal traffic. For urgent deliveries from Barcelona or Valencia the A-2 corridor to Madrid is used and then the AP-1 or A-68 to Bilbao.
We hold reserved stock in the Madrid and Bilbao hubs for the recurrent pieces —fine polos, programmes, agendas, tote bags— that we can produce and ship in 7–10 working days. For pieces with personalised embroidery (sponsor coat-of-arms, patron monogram, Festival filigree) the window rises to 12–14 working days. For sponsors with bespoke hospitality pieces (numbered sets with Biscayan leather, art books for international patrons, limited editions for regional authorities) we recommend locking the order 4–5 weeks before opening day due to the seasonality of PDO gourmet products and the print lead time at the Casco Viejo workshops.
The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe (the e-invoicing platform of the Spanish General State Administration) or the real-time VAT ledger of the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) at the Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VAT-NIF registered in VIES the reverse-charge rule applies without Spanish VAT; for British and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the relevant article of the EU directive. Each delivery is confirmed with a waybill signed on arrival and, when the client requests it, with a photo of the material unloaded at the Palacio Euskalduna door or at the noble hall of the Diputación Foral.
Historically in autumn, with choral cycles in the chamber hall of the Palacio Euskalduna, recitals in the gothic head of the Catedral de Santiago de Bilbao and contemporary music evenings at the auditorium of the Museo de Bellas Artes. The exact dates of each edition are confirmed by the Área de Cultura of the Ayuntamiento de Bilbao and the artistic direction of the cycle.
Yes, to a named consignee: the artistic direction of the Festival at the Palacio Euskalduna, the sponsor office at Hotel Carlton or Hotel Ercilla, or the press office at the Museo de Bellas Artes. For sponsors with multiple recipients we consolidate in a single hub address (operational frequency at Hotel Carlton or Hotel Ercilla) and the sponsor internal team distributes.
21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-EU clients with a valid VIES VAT-NIF the reverse-charge rule applies without Spanish VAT; for British and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the relevant article of the EU directive.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps invited choirs, sponsors, musical foundations and visiting cultural press prepare their own merch for the event. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Festival Internacional de Canto Coral de Bilbao, the Ayuntamiento de Bilbao or the artistic direction of the cycle.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier to companies participating in the Festival Internacional de Canto Coral de Bilbao. This page helps those teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the Festival, the Ayuntamiento de Bilbao or the artistic direction of the cycle.