Veteran jazz festival · July · Álava
For sponsor delegations, record labels, Basque partner venues, European critics and attending teams at the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival (Teatro Principal, Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, Mendizorroza sports hall, Plaza de España, July), with headline concerts at the historic Teatro Principal, late-night jam sessions at Mendizorroza, free open-air programming on Plaza de España and a brand-activation operation that combines night hospitality in the Casco Viejo, photocalls on the Senda promenade and a parallel cycle in partner Basque venues. EUR + 21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT) and 24–48 h delivery from the Madrid hub.
The Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival is one of the longest-running jazz events in Spain: it began in 1978 and has spent almost half a century feeding the summer Álava calendar with a distinctive mix of international names (Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Diana Krall, Chucho Valdés in past editions), European programmers, Basque cultural press and a local community that fills the Casco Viejo every July night. A typical edition brings in around 30,000 direct attendees, a European critic delegation invited by the Basque Government's Department of Culture and an operation of partner venues spread between the Teatro Principal, the Mendizorroza sports hall and Plaza de España.
For sponsor delegations and record label teams the operational challenge is to run a jazz festival campaign in the middle of the Basque summer: concerts that kick off at nine in the evening at the Teatro Principal and end with jam sessions at Mendizorroza past midnight, free programming on Plaza de España that draws family audiences, hospitality at the Sociedad Gazteiz and in the Casco Viejo hotels, and a photocall operation on the Senda promenade that overlaps with the San Fermín calendar in Pamplona. The brief we usually receive combines staff clothing in dark tones with sober screen-printing, lanyards and credentials for European programmers, premium catalogue books and notebooks for invited critics, and a closing gift set with Álava txakolí and Basque ceramics for guest artists.
The Madrid production hub handles the full order and delivers by road (SEUR, Correos Express, DHL) to the named consignee in Vitoria-Gasteiz — sponsor's office in Madrid or Bilbao, Basque Government's Department of Culture office in Vitoria, Teatro Principal press room, reference hotel in the Casco Viejo or the dressing room set up by Mendizorroza. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with a pre-arranged appointment, since the festival falls in mid-summer July and the AP-1 connecting Madrid with Vitoria carries heavy weekend traffic.
B2B invoices are issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-Community customers with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU customers the invoice is issued without VAT, citing the relevant article of the EU directive.
Shirts and polos in black and anthracite grey with two-colour screen-printing or embroidery of the sponsor's monogram, lightweight blazers for the Teatro Principal house team, caps for the daytime Plaza de España operation, thin jackets for the night hospitality at Mendizorroza and canvas aprons for the festival press booth.
Premium Moleskine notebooks with covers wrapped in artisan Álava paper, fine-tip pens engraved with the festival seal, organic-cotton tote bags with Teatro Principal screen-printing, hand fans for the warm Álava sunset and linen bookmarks for the printed programmes — 200 to 1,500 units per edition.
Compact power banks with sober branding, USB hubs for the Teatro Principal press booth, foldable wireless chargers for the welcome team, notebook-and-pen sets with screen-printing for European delegates, Basque critics and national cultural press — 100-300 premium units per strand.
Premium gift boxes with limited-edition bottled Álava txakolí, artisan Basque ceramics (hand-painted plates from the Toledo Potters' Guild), trilingual Basque-Spanish-English packaging, numbered editions of the festival catalogue and named-delivery to the Teatro Principal dressing room, Mendizorroza press room or guest label office.
The brand operation at the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival is usually coordinated between Madrid and Vitoria: the Madrid production hub handles the full order and delivers by road to the named consignee — sponsor's office in Madrid or Bilbao, Basque Government's Department of Culture office in Vitoria, Teatro Principal press room, reference hotel in the Casco Viejo or the dressing room set up by Mendizorroza. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with a pre-arranged appointment, since the festival falls in mid-summer July and the AP-1 towards the north carries heavy weekend traffic.
We keep reserved stock in the Madrid hub for recurring items — black polos, notebooks and tote bags with generic screen-printing — that we can produce and deliver 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 special hospitality pieces (numbered boxes with Álava txakolí, gift packs for guest artists) we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before the opening concert because of the delicacy of the artisan piece and the txakolí bottling lead times.
B2B invoices are issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-Community customers with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU customers the invoice is issued without VAT, citing the relevant article of the EU directive. Every delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note at destination and, when the client asks for it, with a photo of the unloaded material.
Historically during the second half of July, with headline concerts at the Teatro Principal, jam sessions at Mendizorroza and free programming on Plaza de España. Exact dates for each edition are confirmed in the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council programme and on the festival's website.
Yes, to a named consignee: sponsor's office in Madrid or Bilbao, Basque Government's Department of Culture office, Teatro Principal press room, reference hotel in the Casco Viejo, Mendizorroza dressing room or guest label office. For sponsors with several destinations we consolidate into a single hub address and the client's in-house team distributes.
21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-Community customers with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU customers the invoice is issued without Spanish VAT, citing the relevant article of the EU directive.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps sponsors, record labels, partner venues, European critics and delegations prepare their own merch for the event. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival, the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council or the Teatro Principal.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier for companies taking part in the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival. This page helps those teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival, the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council or the Teatro Principal.