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Festival Estéreo Picnic#2023

{{Short description|Music festival in Bogotá, Colombia}}

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| name = Estéreo Picnic Festival

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| frequency = Annually

| location = Bogotá, Colombia

| years_active = {{age|2010|4|24|df=y}}

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| last = {{start date|2022|3|25|df=y}} – {{end date|2022|3|27|df=y}}

| attendance = ~63,000 (2016)

| genre = Alternative rock, punk rock, reggae, electronica, hip hop

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| website = {{url|http://www.festivalestereopicnic.com/}}

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Estéreo Picnic is a music festival that takes place annually in Bogotá, Colombia. It began in 2010 as a one-day festival showcasing mainly Colombian artists, but low turnout and financial losses during its first three years resulted in a strategic change of direction in 2013, becoming a multi-day festival on a bigger site and inviting major international bands to play alongside artists from Colombia and other Latin American countries. As a result, attendance increased markedly and Estéreo Picnic is now Colombia's biggest alternative music festival and one of the most important music festivals in South America. The musical style of the festival is similar to that of Lollapalooza and European festivals such as Glastonbury, focusing on alternative rock, indie music, punk rock, reggae, electronica and hip hop. Among the acts to have played at Estéreo Picnic since 2013 are American artists The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pixies, Nine Inch Nails, Kings of Leon, Jack White, and Snoop Dogg, British groups Gorillaz, New Order, Foals, Kasabian, Mumford & Sons, and Florence and the Machine, and Australian bands Empire of the Sun and Tame Impala. The festival has also featured many of the major groups of the Latin American alternative music scene, including Calle 13, Babasónicos, Café Tacuba, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and Aterciopelados, as well as sets from high-profile DJs and dance acts such as Deadmau5, Tiësto, Skrillex, Major Lazer, and Calvin Harris.

History

The festival was the brainchild of four Colombian friends, Sergio Pabón, Santiago Vélez, Julián Martínez and Julio Correal, who came up with the idea of holding a festival of alternative music in Bogotá after discussing similar festivals that they had attended abroad. Recruiting three more acquaintances, Juan David Shool, Philippe Siegenthaler and Gabriel García, the seven founded a company, Sueño Estéreo (Stereo Dream), to put on the festival.{{cite magazine |title=¿Qué tan exitoso en términos económicos es el festival Estéreo Picnic? |url=http://www.dinero.com/edicion-impresa/negocios/articulo/festival-estereo-picnic--version-2016-en-colombia/220998 |magazine=Dinero |language=Spanish |date=3 March 2016 |accessdate=24 May 2016 |archive-date=22 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322064502/http://www.dinero.com/edicion-impresa/negocios/articulo/festival-estereo-picnic--version-2016-en-colombia/220998 |url-status=dead }} The first edition of Estéreo Picnic was held on 24 April 2010 and featured mostly Colombian acts, headed by American rapper Matisyahu and Belgian dance act 2manydjs. However, the festival attracted fewer than 3000 people. In 2011 and 2012 the promoters more than doubled the number of acts appearing, but attendance was still low, with 4500 people turning up in 2011 and 6000 in 2012.{{cite magazine |title=Estéreo Picnic: de la quiebra al éxito |url=http://www.semana.com/cultura/articulo/estereo-picnic-historia-del-festival-musical/382394-3 |magazine=Semana |language=Spanish |date=2 April 2014 |accessdate=24 May 2016}} The promoters made a loss of US$80,000 on the 2011 festival, and US$200,000 on the 2012 festival, with the festival only surviving by being subsidised by the money made on other concerts put on by the promoters.{{cite magazine |title=Las razones por las que casi muere el Estéreo Picnic en sus primeros años |url=http://www.dinero.com/pais/articulo/festival-estereo-picnic-2016-cuanto-costo/220929 |magazine=Dinero |language=Spanish |date=3 February 2016 |accessdate=24 May 2016}}

Faced with continuing losses, the promoters took the decision that they needed a major headlining act to boost ticket sales. They booked the Killers, whose debut concert in Colombia in 2009 had attracted 10,000 people, as well as other major supporting acts including New Order and Café Tacuba, and reduced ticket prices by 25%. The organisers hoped that with this new strategy they would sell 18,000 tickets compared with the previous year's 6000: in the event the 2013 festival was attended by 23,324 people. Attendance has since increased every year: the 2015 festival had an attendance of 50,133 and the 2016 edition was attended by an estimated 63,000 people.{{cite magazine |title=A pesar del clima y el tráfico, Estéreo Picnic cerró con broche de oro |url=http://www.semana.com/galerias/galeria/asi-se-registro-el-festival-de-estereo-picnic/465308 |magazine=Semana |language=Spanish |date=13 March 2016 |accessdate=30 August 2016}}

Line-ups by year

= 2010 =

The first edition of the festival took place on 24 April 2010.{{cite web |title=Matisyahu en el Festival Estéreo Picnic |url=http://www.shock.co/articulos/matisyahu-en-el-festival-estereo-picnic |magazine=Shock |language=Spanish |date=18 January 2010 |accessdate=29 August 2016}}

= 2011 =

The 2011 edition of the festival took place on 9 April 2011.{{cite news |title=Estéreo Picnic, en cuenta regresiva para el festival 2011 |url=http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/estereo-picnic-cuenta-regresiva-el-festival-2011-articulo-258682 |newspaper=El Espectador |language=Spanish |date=23 March 2011 |accessdate=29 August 2016}}

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Estéreo Stage:

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El Tiempo Stage:

  • The Twelves
  • Bag Raiders
  • Frente Cumbiero
  • Jiggy Drama
  • Modex
  • Profetas
  • Revolver
  • Ciegossordomudos
  • V for Volume
  • Reino del Mar
  • Purple Zippers
  • LSCFJ
  • Sexy Lucy
  • Frankie ha Muerto
  • Bendito

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= 2012 =

The 2012 edition of the festival took place on 30 March 2012.{{cite news |title=Festival Estéreo Picnic 2012: Lineup oficial |url=http://www.shock.co/articulos/festival-estereo-picnic-2012-lineup-oficial |magazine=Shock |language=Spanish |date=9 February 2012 |accessdate=29 August 2016}}

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Estéreo Shock Stage:

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Picnic Stage:

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= 2013 =

The 2013 edition of the festival took place on 5 and 7 April 2013. It was the first edition of the festival to take place over more than one day, and the first in its new venue of the Parque Deportivo, which has remained its home ever since.{{cite news |title=Así quedó la programación del Estereo Picnic 2013 |url=http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/asi-quedo-programacion-del-estereo-picnic-2013-articulo-411418 |newspaper=El Espectador |language=Spanish |date=20 March 2013 |accessdate=24 May 2016}}

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;Friday 5 April

Picnic Stage:

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;Sunday 7 April

Estéreo Stage:

Picnic Stage:

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= 2014 =

The 2014 edition of the festival took place from 3 to 5 April 2014.{{cite news |first=Carlos |last=Solano |title=Estéreo Picnic, el parque de diversiones del rock |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/musica-y-libros/estereo-picnic-en-bogota/13751323 |newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish |date=29 March 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2016}}{{cite web |title=Listos los horarios y tarimas del Estéreo Picnic 2014 |url=http://www.lamega.com.co/noticia/listos-los-horarios-y-tarimas-del-estereo-pic-130484 |work=La Mega |language=Spanish |date=11 February 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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;Thursday 3 April

Tigo Music Stage:

Caracol Stage:

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;Friday 4 April

Tigo Music Stage:

Caracol Stage:

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;Saturday 5 April

Tigo Music Stage:

Caracol Stage:

  • Axwell
  • Zedd
  • Jovanotti
  • La 33
  • Gerard
  • RVSB
  • Lospetitfellas
  • Charles King
  • Consulado Popular
  • Lianna
  • El Freaky

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= 2015 =

The 2015 edition of the festival took place over 12–14 March 2015. The festival was expanded to include a third stage, the Club Social Music Stage dedicated to DJs and dance music.{{cite news |title=Festival Estéreo Picnic publica cartel por días de edición 2015 |url=http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/festival-estereo-picnic-publica-cartel-dias-de-edicion-articulo-530048 |newspaper=El Espectador |language=Spanish |date=27 November 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2016}}

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;Thursday 12 March

Tigo Music Stage:

Caracol Stage:

Club Social Music Stage:

  • Designer Drugs
  • Mitú
  • La Tostadora
  • El Mató a un Policía Motorizado
  • Planes
  • Grupo de Expertos Solynieve
  • Tan Tan Morgán

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;Friday 13 March

Tigo Music Stage:

Caracol Stage:

Club Social Music Stage:

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;Saturday 14 March

Tigo Music Stage:

Caracol Stage:

Club Social Music Stage:

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= 2016 =

The 2016 edition of the festival took place from 10 to 12 March 2016.{{cite news |title=Festival Estéreo Picnic 2016 publica los horarios día por día |url=http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/festival-estereo-picnic-2016-publica-los-horarios-dia-d-articulo-615299 |newspaper=El Espectador |language=Spanish |date=8 February 2016 |accessdate=23 May 2016}} It was preceded by an "inauguration party" in the evening of 9 March at the Bogotá music venue Armando Music Hall, featuring a live set by Eagles of Death Metal.{{cite news |title=Eagles of Death Metal vendrá a fiesta de lanzamiento de Estéreo Picnic |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/musica-y-libros/eagles-of-death-metal-vendra-a-fiesta-de-lanzamiento-de-estereo-picnic/16498136 |newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish |date=2 February 2016 |accessdate=23 May 2016}} The 2016 festival gained some unexpected international publicity after one of its invited artists, the American rapper Snoop Dogg, mistakenly tagged himself on his Instagram account as being in Bogata, Romania, instead of Bogotá.{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Feldman |title=Snoop Dogg makes Transylvania village famous with accidental Instagram tag |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/snoop-dogg-accidentally-transylvania-village-famous-article-1.2569430 |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=18 March 2016 |accessdate=23 May 2016}}{{cite web |title=Snoop Dogg tags himself in Bogata, Romania. He's in Bogota, Colombia |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35845502/snoop-dogg-tags-himself-in-bogata-romania-hes-in-bogota-colombia |publisher=BBC Newsbeat |date=18 March 2016 |accessdate=23 May 2016}}

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;Thursday 10 March

Tigo Music Stage:

Huiwei Stage:

Pepsi Music Stage:

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;Friday 11 March

Tigo Music Stage:

Huiwei Stage:

Pepsi Music Stage:

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;Saturday 12 March

Tigo Music Stage:

Huiwei Stage:

Pepsi Music Stage:

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= 2017 =

The 2017 edition of the festival took place from 23 to 25 March 2017.{{cite news |title=El Festival Estéreo Picnic 2017 ya tiene fechas |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/musica-y-libros/fecha-y-precio-boletas-de-estereo-picnic-2017/16690143 |newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish |date=12 September 2016 |accessdate=18 September 2016}}

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Thursday 23 March

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Friday 24 March

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Saturday 25 March

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= 2018 =

The 2018 edition of the festival has been confirmed to take place from 23 to 25 March 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/musica-y-libros/artistas-del-cartel-de-estereo-picnic-2018-135098|title=Conozca el cartel del Festival Estéreo Picnic 2018|last=Tiempo|first=Casa Editorial El|work=El Tiempo|access-date=29 September 2017|language=es-CO}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/musica/festival-estereo-picnic-anuncia-su-cartel-para-2018-articulo-715240|title=Festival Estéreo Picnic anuncia su cartel para 2018 {{!}} ELESPECTADOR.COM|date=27 September 2017|work=ELESPECTADOR.COM|access-date=29 September 2017|language=es-CO}}{{Cite web|url=http://caracol.com.co/radio/2017/09/27/entretenimiento/1506517494_788272.html|title=Conozca las bandas que estarán en el Estéreo Picnic 2018|last=Radio|first=Caracol|date=27 September 2017|website=Caracol Radio|language=es|access-date=29 September 2017}}

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Friday 23 March

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Saturday 24 March

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Sunday 25 March

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= 2019 =

The 2019 edition of the festival took place from 5 to 7 April 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radionica.rocks/estereo-picnic-2019-cartel-artistas|title=Este es el cartel por días de Estéreo Picnic 2019|date=18 December 2018|website=Radiónica|language=es|access-date=18 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publimetro.co/co/entretenimiento/2018/11/21/cartel-del-festival-estereo-picnic-2019.html|title=Estéreo Picnic 2019 revela los artistas que estarán en su 10ª edición|last=López|first=Laura|website=Publimetro Colombia|language=es|access-date=21 November 2018}}

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;Friday 5 April

Tigo Stage:

Adidas Stage:

Axe Stage:

  • Silvina Moreno
  • Mabiland
  • ha$lopablito
  • Rap Bang Club
  • Mula
  • Khruangbin
  • Don G
  • Jon Hopkins

Budweiser dome:

  • Anti
  • DJ. Cas
  • Las Hermanas
  • Debit
  • Cayetano
  • Kenny Larkin

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;Saturday 6 April

Tigo Stage:

Adidas Stage:

Axe Stage:

Budweiser dome:

  • Juana Valeria
  • Kat
  • Leeon
  • Volvox
  • Defuse
  • DJ. Pierre

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;Sunday 7 April

Tigo Stage:

Adidas Stage:

  • Arrabalero
  • Da Pawn
  • Irie Kingz
  • St. Vincent
  • Foals
  • Odesza

Axe Stage:

  • Montaña
  • Las Yumbeñas
  • Margarita Siempre Viva
  • Quemarlo todo por error
  • Los Espíritus
  • Carlos Sadness
  • Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80
  • DJ Koze

Budweiser dome:

  • Stay at Home
  • Aletti' S 72
  • Dorado
  • Project Pablo
  • Nuclear Digital Transistor
  • Soul Clap

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= 2020 =

The 2020 edition of the festival was due to take place from 3 to 5 April 2020. The site for the festival this year was moved further north of Bogota to the Briceño 18 golf course in the municipality of Sopó.{{cite news |title=Conozca el line-up del Festival Estéreo Picnic 2020 |url=https://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/musica/conozca-el-line-del-festival-estereo-picnic-2020-articulo-885314 |newspaper=El Espectador |language=Spanish |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=10 October 2019}} On 30 January 2020, it was announced that the Wu-Tang Clan would be surprise special guests on the Saturday.{{cite news |title=Festival Estéreo Picnic presentó su acto sorpresa: Wu-Tang Clan |url=https://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/musica/festival-estereo-picnic-presento-su-acto-sorpresa-wu-tang-clan-articulo-902239 |newspaper=El Espectador |language=Spanish |date=30 January 2020 |access-date=3 February 2020}} However, on 13 March it was announced that the festival had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and had been rescheduled for 4 to 6 December 2020.{{cite news |title=Festival Estéreo Picnic 2020, aplazado hasta diciembre por coronavirus |url=https://www.elespectador.com/coronavirus/festival-estereo-picnic-2020-aplazado-hasta-diciembre-por-coronavirus-articulo-909191 |newspaper=El Espectador |language=Spanish |date=13 March 2020 |access-date=12 April 2020}} On 4 September 2020, it was announced that the 2020 event would not take place, and had been rescheduled for 10 to 12 September 2021.{{cite web |title=El Estéreo Picnic ya no será en 2020 |url=https://www.rcnradio.com/entretenimiento/el-estereo-picnic-ya-no-sera-en-2020 |website=RCN Radio |language=Spanish |date=4 September 2020 |access-date=26 September 2020}}

= 2022 =

The 2022 edition of the festival took place from 25 to 27 of March 2022.{{cite news|title=Prográmate con los horarios del Festival Estéreo Picnic 2022|url=https://www.radionica.rocks/musica/musica-internacional/horarios-festival-estereo-picnic-2022|work=Radiónica|date=16 February 2022|language=Spanish}}

Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins died on 25 March 2022, hours before the band were scheduled to perform on the first night of the Festival.{{cite news|last=Bouza|first=Kat|title=Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-obituary-1327112/|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=25 March 2022}} The festival stage in which Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform that night was turned into a candlelight vigil for Hawkins.{{cite web |last1=Hanna |first1=Jason |last2=Watson |first2=Michelle |last3=Elamroussi |first3=Aya |title=Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died, band says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/entertainment/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-obit/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=en |date=26 March 2022}}

= 2023 =

The 2023 edition of the festival took place from 23 to 26 March 2023.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-12 |title=Estéreo Picnic 2023: Billie Eilish, Morat y Tame Impala se presentan en Bogotá {{!}} Billie Eilish {{!}} Morat {{!}} Drake {{!}} Rosalía {{!}} Tame Impala {{!}} Bizarrap {{!}} Lil Nas X {{!}} LUCES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/musica/estereo-picnic-2023-billie-eilish-morat-y-tame-impala-se-presentan-en-bogota-billie-eilish-morat-drake-rosalia-tame-impala-bizarrap-lil-nas-x-noticia/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=El Comercio Perú |language=es}}

=2024=

The 2024 edition of the festival took place from 21 to 24 March 2024. For the first time, the festival was not held outside of Bogota, but in the Simón Bolívar Park in the center of the city.{{cite news |last=Barrientos Nieto |first=Omar |title=Festival Estéreo Picnic 2024: horarios, cartel y dónde ver los conciertos en el Parque Simón Bolívar |url=https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2024-03-21/festival-estereo-picnic-2024-horarios-cartel-y-donde-ver-los-conciertos-en-el-parque-simon-bolivar.html |newspaper=El País |language=es |date=21 March 2024 |access-date=23 April 2024}}

See also

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References

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External links

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