Indie music festival · July · Kobetamendi (Bilbao)
For sponsor delegations, brand activators and attending teams taking part in BBK Live Bilbao (Kobetamendi, three days in July, open-air venue on Mount Kobetamendi with main stage, second stage, food-truck area and sponsor village), with international headline acts, afternoon programming in the Bilbao BBK Live Kulturra and a brand-activation operation that combines hospitality in Casco Viejo and Abando hotels, fan zone in the Old Town and after-office on the Uribitarte dock along the river. EUR + 21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT), 24–48 h delivery from the Bilbao/Madrid hub and batch traceability for numbered pieces (vinyls, lanyards, artist kits).
BBK Live Bilbao is one of the reference indie, rock and electronic music festivals on the European summer calendar: three days with an international headliner on the main stage at Kobetamendi, alternative programming on the second stage and a third stage dedicated to Basque local artists and national emerging acts. The enclave on Mount Kobetamendi — 500 metres above the city — offers views over the Guggenheim Museum and the La Salve bridge, with access by funicular, shuttle bus from Plaza Moyúa and park-and-ride at San Mamés. The event draws a mixed audience of Spanish aficionados, European music press and an international crowd that crosses the border through Biarritz or Irún.
For sponsor delegations and brand-activation teams the operational challenge is to work with an open-air festival in mid-July Bilbao: temperatures rise to 30 °C in the afternoon and drop to 16 °C at night, the Kobetamendi slopes demand technical footwear for the front-of-house staff, and last-mile logistics get tangled with access road queues between 16:00 and 21:00. The typical briefs we receive combine technical staff apparel (quick-dry technical polos, packable raincoats for the odd shower, caps and sunglasses), lanyards and accreditations for guests and press, collectible merchandise (vinyls, catalogue books, limited-edition T-shirts) and a final gifting set with Basque product (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 Casco Viejo or Abando, the fan zone enabled by the festival at the riverside or the dressing room enabled in Kobetamendi. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, since the festival runs in the first fortnight of July and the AP-8 towards San Sebastián carries heavy weekend traffic. 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.
180 GSM technical polos in navy or graphite with two-colour embroidery of the sponsor's monogram, quick-dry technical T-shirts for the hall team, packable raincoats with hood for the front-of-house staff, caps with front embroidery of the festival logo, polarised sunglasses for the VIP team and hi-vis vests for the night staff.
Limited-edition T-shirts with screen print of the festival poster, organic-cotton tote bags screen-printed with the Bilbao skyline, enamel pins with the Kobetamendi icon, recycled cardboard coasters with the sponsor's mark, promo vinyls in limited numbered editions and linen bookmark ribbons for the printed programmes — 1,000 to 5,000 units per edition.
Compact 5,000 mAh power banks in white with engraved sponsor logo, USB hubs for the accreditation zone, foldable wireless chargers for the music press, screen-printed notebook + pen sets for national and international programming delegates and mini-bluetooth speaker sets for social media draws — 50–200 premium units per edition.
Premium hard-bound notebooks stamped with the festival seal, Basque gourmet sets (txakolí wine, preserves, Idiazábal cheese, Loyola chocolate), limited editions of the festival catalogue, trilingual Spanish-Basque-English packaging and named delivery to the Kobetamendi dressing room, Casco Viejo hotel or visiting programmer's office.
The brand operation at BBK Live Bilbao 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, numbered vinyls, premium packaging). Delivery is by road to the named consignee — sponsor's office in Bilbao, reference hotel in the Casco Viejo, organisation's offices in Abando or storage enabled at Kobetamendi. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, since the festival runs in the first fortnight of July and the AP-8 towards San Sebastián carries heavy weekend traffic.
We keep reserved stock at the Bilbao hub for the recurring items — technical polos, tote bags and notebooks 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 at the Kobetamendi access road.
Historically the first fortnight of July, across three days. We recommend confirming the exact dates of the current edition on the official festival website before closing the order planning.
Only when the organiser or the venue has confirmed the freight slot, access via the Kobetamendi path and the named consignee. Many sponsors split the delivery between Kobetamendi and a hotel in Casco Viejo or Abando.
Yes. The front-of-house staff, the general giveaways, the lead-capture gifts and the artist kits can be packed and labelled as separate allocations, tied to each recipient, with named delivery to the dressing room or the hotel.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps participating companies prepare their own merch. It does not organise, sponsor or represent BBK Live Bilbao or Last Tour International.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier to participating companies. This page helps teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent Last Tour International, BBK Live Bilbao or the Kobetamendi venue.