This year it was held from 6th to 9th November at Palma’s Teatre Xesc Forteza and the Es Gremi venues, and two of the four days were sold out.
FiraB! de Música 2024 consisted of 58 musical proposals of all genres, with 255 musicians on the stages of the Teatre Xesc Forteza and Es Gremi, between the 6th and 9th of November. This year it has reached a new record of participation, and both on Friday at Es Gremi and Saturday at the Teatre Xesc Forteza all the available tickets were sold out. Meanwhile, during the four days of Professional Days at the Mar y Tierra Municipal Theatre, more than 400 professionals took part, 11% more than last year’s edition.
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FiraB! de Música 2024 reaches a record number of participants
As for the programme, the great majority of the artists were from the Balearic Islands (from all the islands), although there were also some proposals from Spain, specifically from Catalonia, Madrid and the Valencian Community. Internationally, there were artists from Italy, Germany, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Iceland, Sweden, Romania, Austria and Greece.
Fira B!, with its interest in showcasing emerging music from the Balearic Islands, presented the winners of Art Jove Joves Intèrprets (Marc Laliga) and Art Jove de Creació Musical (J Bordoy) and the winner of the Pop Rock prize organised by Palma City Council (Negre).
This year’s programme also included the Enderrock Balearic Music Awards 2024 for the first time, which were held at Palma’s Teatre Principal.
The fair has had 8 exchanges with other fairs and markets, both national and international. On a national level, we have collaborated with the Mercado de Música Viva de Vic, in Catalonia, with Raquel Lúa, and with the TROVAM fair; in the Valencian Community, with Sandra Monfort. Internationally, we have presented artists sent by Napoli Worl from Italy (Suonno d’Ajere), Mastering the Music Business from Romania (K not K), Spike from Bulgaria (Trigaida), Future Echoes from Sweden (Stockholm Noir), InJazz from the Netherlands (Rembrandt Trio) and Jazzfestival Saalfelder (Other:M:Other).
A total of 16 talks, including round tables, workshops and presentations, were held over four days at the Mar y Tierra Theatre. They dealt with current issues in the sector, such as the new musical generations, coprogramming and mental health. Five speed meeting sessions were also held, with the aim of facilitating relations between the artists and the invited professionals.
In addition, we had the collaboration of Spanish and foreign institutions. The Association of Music Producers co-organised the talk on the new musical generations. Plataforma Jazz España, an association that brings together most of the jazz festivals in Spain.
We have also collaborated with Spanish and foreign institutions. The Association of Music Producers co-organised the talk on the new musical generations. Plataforma Jazz España, the association that brings together most of the jazz festivals in Spain, once again held its assembly within the framework of Feria B! and presented its experience in co-programming. Music Export Poland, as part of the focus on Poland, presented the Polish market and brought ten relevant professionals from the country.
Among the guests were representatives of festivals, venues and international companies, such as Sziget, Hanvetö, Southbank, Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Jazzahead!, Flagey, Lantaren Venster, Montreaux Jazz, Musicamorfosi, Bertholdt Records, Sounds of Europe, Wise Music, Universal, Out There Music, Kobuz and Pias Integral. It has also had representatives from the national sector such as Last Tour, Talent Barcelona (Cruïlla), Promusicae (Sounds from Spain), Crash Music, Playplan, Virgin, Fundación Caja Burgos, Diputación de Barcelona, Auditorio de Girona, Ayuntamiento de Olot, Ayuntamiento de Martorell, Mercat de Música Viva de Vic, Jazz Cádiz, Canarias Jazz y Más, among others.