Sonorama 2016. The Report: The Prologue

Aranda de Duero is such a lovely place with the beautiful historic old part and three rivers (river Duero and two creeks) that are crossing the face of the town. It's so nice to walk down the narrow streets by the evening looking at the happy families that are sitting in the caffeterias drinking cold white wine... It's all so quiet and beautiful being washed over by the light of the street lamps...

But everything is changed every year in the middle of August when Sonorama comes to town.

At least three important things could make you el perfecto festivalero when you come to Aranda de Duero, the land of music, wine and lechazo, in August:

1. The physical fitness.
2. The preparation.
3. The plan.

The first thing is obvious. It's about walking, running and staying up on you legs for 14-15 hours per day with the diet of beer, calimocho and fastfood - please remember that when you are off from the midday section of concerts, most of the restaurants are closing the kitchen, so you ain't going to have a good lunch with, dunno, soup and stake. Tapas and bocadillos are your only choice. Your sleep will clock in 5-5.5 hours at best. And yes, there's a lot of other people wanting to get to the first line at the stage. 

The preparation. You need to be learned about what you are going to see. There are 140+ bands in the line up - a lot of them you've probably never listened to. You should spend some time to give yourself a listen to get an impression of the most of them, or you're going to miss something great.

The plan. Oh, no. THE PLAN. Let me repeat it: there are 140+ bands in the line up. If you want to see the considerable part of them you shouldn't mess the things up. In every certain moment you should know when, where, and for what. You should have the route in your head. You should have the perfect timing to get where you want to be on time and to avoid getting through the overcrowded spaces on your way up there.

Or.

Or you may omit these rules and just slack around the area for 4-5 days interconnecting with other people and having fun. Maybe you're going to miss something, but surely you will be absolutely happy soaking up the atmosphere of the festival with every pore of your body.