The festival blockparty is forced to change location when the Madrid City Council revokes the authorization to hold it in Madrid Río.
Blockparty will continue to be held on Saturday June 6but instead of taking place in the Madrid Río Multiple Use Esplanadewill take place in the Sala Mon in Madrid.
The reason is that the Madrid City Council has revoked the authorization to hold the festival in the original location due to the coincidence with the apostolic trip of Pope Leo XIV to the City.
In any case, the festival will continue to bring together five bands with a marked international presence, united by a direct and honest way of understanding live performance and by their way of approaching punk, rock and garage without losing urgency or identity.
For this year’s event, the programming says it all. Die Spitz is one of the most powerful bets of the year: a quartet from Austin (Texas) that in just a few years has managed to translate the intensity of punk and the aggressiveness of alternative metal into its own, visceral language. His first album, “Something to Consume”published in 2025 via Third Man Recordshas been widely highlighted by critics for its mix of strength, melody and politically and emotionally charged lyrics.
Women they come to blockparty at a particularly sweet moment in his career. The Barcelona band will release an album these months and, as usual, it arrives with songs that function as a generational thermometer: clear guitars, lyrics that are said almost without raising the voice and that ability so characteristic of turning everyday doubt into shared celebration.
Californians join the mix Uni Boysone of the most important international proposals of this edition, with a repertoire that moves easily between punk energy and pop melody, always from a logic of direct and effective songs that work especially well in a format like blockparty. Next to them will be Fast Kids, a project also American, led by Mike Brandonwell known artist in the universe blockparty for his career at the head of The Mystery Lightsnext to Noah Kohllmember of Color Green. Here Brandon and Kohl They move in a more melodic terrain, with a clear power pop spirit, but without losing tension or urgency.
Complete the poster Sandréa band that has been gaining presence within the state scene thanks to a live performance that is as concise as it is forceful. Their proposal is based on the most essential punk, with short songs, direct lyrics and a way of stepping on stage that does not need too many explanations.
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