Bilbao BBK Live guide: useful information
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The festival Bilbao BBK Live will celebrate its seventeenth edition on July 6, 7 and 8 in Kobetamendi, and the venue will be open every day from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.. Remember that some of the participating groups are M83, Florence + The Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Arca, Amaia, Txopet and Bengo (Thursday), Pavement, Phoenix, Duki, The Blaze, Rüdiger and Ben Yart (Friday) and Arctic Monkeys, Idles, 070 Shake, Love of Lesbian, Merina Gris, Eneritz Furyak and Hofe X 4:40 (Saturday, with all day tickets sold).
HOW TO GET
Bus
To go up to Kobetamendi or down from the enclosure, there is a free bus service. On the way out, the buses are taken at two stops: near San Mamés (Capuchinos de Basurto street, behind the EITB headquarters) and at the BEC! from Barakaldo, next to the Ansio metro stop.
Schedule
Wednesday: 12:00 – 00:00
Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 24 hours
Sunday: 00:00 – 15:00
During the days of the festival, starting at 4:00 p.m., the buses will arrive at the old Beyena factory, so attendees will have to walk 800 meters to the entrance of the venue.
Meter
Metro Bilbao will offer a special night service from Thursday to Sunday so that those who go to Kobetamendi can return home.
On Thursday, services will be as follows

Special service for Thursday
private vehicle
The ascent to Kobetamendi is prohibited for private cars, so those who arrive by car can park from Wednesday at noon in the BEC parking lot for 18 euros.
Departure to Kobetamendi
This year the organization of Bilbao BBK Live has organized a walk through Kobetamendi to get to know the surroundings of the venue better. Those who intend to do it, can sign up on the festival website.
BRACELETS
The voucher or day ticket must be exchanged for a bracelet, which can be withdrawn at the following times: Sala BBK (July 4 until 8:00 p.m.), BEC! (July 5-8, 10:00-02:00) and San Mamés (July 5-8, 10:00-02:00).
The bracelet is mandatory to enter the concert venue, the buses. In addition, all payments within the venue (food, drink and merchandising) must be made with the bracelet.
Here we leave you the days, times and places where you can get your bracelet for #bilbaobbklive. WILL NO BRACELETS BE PUT ON THE PREMISES? WILL THE BRACELETS BE PUT ON INDIVIDUALLY WHEN DELIVERING YOUR TICKET, YOU CANNOT COLLECT ANOTHER PERSON’S BRACELETS? pic.twitter.com/Ykhl2M8Ttl
— Bilbao BBK Live (@bilbaobbklive) June 27, 2023
On-line
The bracelet can be loaded online until the end of the festival. When you have your bracelet, the amount you have charged will be automatically charged to the chip of your bracelet.
Once the cashless account is created, you have two options:
Automatic charge: Once your balance drops below 10 euros, you will be automatically charged 20 euros, a maximum of seven times. It is a voluntary option that each person has to activate.
Manual loading: the bracelet can be loaded as many times as you want through the mobile, a form and the profile.
In the festival
The bracelet contains a QR code with a chip. Once the bracelet is collected, it can be scanned with the mobile and loaded with the bank card, Apple Pay, Google Pay.
Source: Eitb

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