Australian singer Vance Joy headlines the first night of the 2024 Vida Music Festival

Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy is the headliner of the Vida music festival on Thursday, the first night of the event, which takes place in the coastal town of Vilanova i la Geltrú, 30 minutes drive south of Barcelona.

During the first Night of the eventThere were several Catalan singers, including Julieta, Meritxell Neddermann and Clara Peya, who were the opening act, accompanied by Sílvia Pérez Cruz, who will perform on Friday evening.

The music festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary with “the most comprehensive lineup in its history,” as the organizers explained, having put together the lineup “uniquely, sustainably, decentrally and with financial responsibility.” This year’s motto is “10th Revolution”.

This year, in addition to Vance Joy, English singer MIA will be performing on Saturday and James Blake and Ride on Friday. Among the first to perform, after “having been awake since 4am and flying straight from London”, were The London duo Dolores Forever with the two friends Hannah Wilson and Julia Fabrin.

Even though the audience was not that big, Concert started at 18:15A few minutes after the entrance, the approximately 200 spectators enjoyed all the songs of the duo, who were far from exhausted and had already gotten up very early in the morning.

Joy has already performed in Catalonia in the past. In fact, he wrote a song called “Catalonia”, which has a video shot mostly on the beaches of the Costa Brava.

“I didn’t want the video for the song to be cheesy, and I didn’t want people here to think, ‘Are you trying to tell our story?'” Vance Joy told Catalan News at the time. “I’ve been lucky to work with some really talented filmmakers,” he added.

Among the the most diverse touchesThe organizers point to Sid Siriam, an Indian artist who mixes soul and sounds from his home country, as well as the Madrid duo Pipiolas, the Frenchwoman Crystal Murray and the Catalan rapper BOYE.