Lastest Benicassim News
See the articles below for all the latest Benicassim news, including line-up announcements and rumours, recent happenings in the town of Benicassim, ticket sales and availability and much more.
Holidays in Benicassim
With Benicassim music festival now done and dusted for 2010 people’s attention is shifting now to taking a holiday in the sunshine town of Benicassim. Popular Year Round Although interest in the town hits an all time high during July each year when the festival carnival arrives in town and kicks-off 4 days of...
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Interviews with Fans of Benicassim 2010
Benicassim 2010 went down an absolute treat with the fans this year. Here we’ve got interviews with several festival goers on what they thought after seeing a range of great performers including The Prodigy, Kasabian, PIL, The Specials, Ray Davies, Peter Hook, Dizzee Rascal, Gorillaz, Ellie Goulding, Ian Brown,...
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Review of Benicassim 2010
As the curtains come down on another great festival those who went to Benicassim in 2010 were not disappointed! Here we take a quick look at a small selection of the acts. Make sure you add your memories by using the comment form below. The festival got off to a roaring start with Magnetic Man members Skream and...
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Things to do in Benicassim other than the Festival itself
Benicassim is a great little town that has plenty of attractions if it all gets a bit too much for you at the festival. Here’s a list of some of the stuff you could do during your stay: Go Karting at the towns circuit – the go kart circuit is right on top of the festival site – you’ll see...
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VillaCamp or CampFIB for camping at Benicassim
Update: Benicamp has now been approved by the local authority, this article was updated in June 2010 to reflect this information. At Benicassim you have two options on where to pitch your tent for the duration of the festival: VillaCamp (formerly BeniCamp) – an extra 65 € to camp here! CampFIB – included...
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Not long to go until this year’s festival kicks off
The excitement around Benicassim 2010 is really starting to build now. With little over a month until thousands of festival goers descent on the seaside town. Benicassim is one of a small group of European music festivals which has recently been awarded the “Green N Clean Award” by Yourope (European...
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Benicassim nearly killed the Kings of Leon
Anybody who went to last year’s Benicassim Festival is likely to remember vividly the freak storms that hit the town on the Friday night. This is the first time in the festival’s history that such a storm, nearly bordering on a hurricane, has happened. We’d put money on it not happening again...
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Sales of Benicassim Tickets Hotting Up
Tickets for Benicassim 2010 have been selling at the fastest rate ever during the first half of May. We’ve got a sneaking suspicion that people are getting a little bit fed up with the appalling start we’ve had to the “great British Summer” and are starting to turn to overseas festivals. ...
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Ash, Funkagenda, Efterklang and more added to line-up
We’re really excited to announce that the following acts have been added to this year’s line-up: Alex Under Ash Brendan Benson The Clientele Efterklang Funkagenda I Blame Coco Jack Beats The Pinker Tones Puggy The Ruskins View the line-up page for full day-by-day line. The lineup will be fully...
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Lily Allen, Broken Bells and Ray Davies added to line-up
Benicassim has just announched the addition of several new acts to the already jam-packed line-up: Lily Allen Broken Bells Ray Davies Check out the full line-up for Beni 2010. Let us know what you think about this year’s line-up so far using the comments section below. Tell your friends and bookmark this...
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More acts added to Benicassim line-up
Breaking news… This summer’s Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (FIB) is pleased to announce a whole raft of new acts to add to the already bursting line-up. The famous open-air rock festival has secured Joy Division’s Peter Hook amongst a raft of other artists including: Peter Hook (performing...
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Tickets for this years festival selling at record speed
We are pleased to report that tickets for this year’s festival are selling at record speed! It’s definitely going to be a sell out and the feeling of excitement and anticipation is greater than ever. We’re certain that Benicasssim 2010 is going to be the best ever Beni festival! But don’t...
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Places to stay in Benicassim
With the line-up for Benicassim 2010 beginning to firm up and tickets selling rapidly, we’re keen to hear where you will be staying during Benicassim 2010. Will you be sweating it out on the campsites (which are included in the cost of a weekend ticket)? Or will you be coughing up a little bit more cash and...
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Warning about benicassim2010.com website
We have had several messages from concerned festival goers who have purchased tickets from benicassim2010.com. This site appears as a paid for listing when you search Google. Please be warned that benicassim2010.com is not an official Benicassim ticketing partner. We strongly recommend that you do not purchase...
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Tickets for Benicassim 2010 are selling fast
If you’re interested in coming along to Benicassim this year then make sure you buy your tickets soon! They’re selling fast despite the fact that the full line-up is yet to be confirmed. However, with acts like The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, The Specials, Ian Brown, Kasabian and PiL already confirmed that...
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First Acts for Benicassim 2010 announced
The first batch of acts for Benicassim 2010 have just been annouced. See our line-up page for further details – stay tuned for more acts to be confirmed very soon – you can follow us on Twitter for the latest Benicassim news as it happens – just use the link to the right of this article. Don’t...
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Benicassim FIB Line-up to be confirmed very soon
Keep checking our line-up page – we’re expecting to confirm the line-up for Benicassim 2010 very very shortly. We’re confident you’re going to absolutely love it. In the mean time please feel free to tell us who you’d like to see at FIB in 2010. Tickets for this year’s festival...
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VPMG take control of Benicassim Festival
Promoters VPMG, run by Mean Fiddler founder Mr Vince Power have taken over Benicassim Festival. The change in ownership comes as FIB founders José Luis and Miguel Morán, who established it in 1995, have decided to sell their share to Mr Power for an undisclosed sum. The Irish-born Mr Power’s VPMG have taken...
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Festival Campsites
If you buy the full 4-day festival ticket then camping is included in the price. On arrival you’ll have a choice of two main campsites as per the map below: The green patch in the top left of the map is CampFIB, whereas the green patch in the top right of the map is Benicamp, the blue patch to the left is...
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Places to Stay in Benicassim
If you’re visiting Benicassim for the festival then you can choose whether to stay on one of the festival campsites or in a hotel. Camping is included with full festival tickets, if you’re just going for one or two days then you may need to book your camping pass seperately. If you’re just visiting...
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