The eighth edition will be held on August 18 and 19 in Puerto de la Cruz with an eclectic lineup of artists and references from the national scene such as Natalia Lacunza, Arde Bogotá and Second
The music and trends festival is a unique holiday experience that completes its offer with a wide range of activities including yoga meetings, workshops, exhibitions, shows of emerging art and wine culture.
Countdown to the eighth edition of the Phe Festival. The music and trends festival disembarks in Puerto de la Cruz the next 18 and 19 August with an eclectic artistic poster that translates into more than 20 hours of live music in the days of Friday and Saturday, and that in this 2023 it maintains its commitment to the internationalization of the event with the presence of the British Orbital, a leading group, innovator and pioneer of dance music since the early 90s, made up of the brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll, in what will be their first live show in the Canary Islands; and the Argentine rapper Trueno, who also makes his debut on the stages of the Archipelago at the hands of the Phe Festival.
An exceptional appointment in the summer calendar of festivals in the Canary Islands with an event that is a benchmark in the island and national sphere, as revealed this afternoon by the mayor of Puerto de La Cruz and Councilor for Culture, Marco González. "There are many festivals, but few are aware that they are taking place in Puerto de la Cruz and have a real commitment to their surroundings," Gonzalez said at an informative event held on the terrace of the Dwo Nopal hotel, in Puerto de la Cruz, in the Also present were the vice president of the Cabildo de Tenerife and Minister of Tourism, Lope Afonso; the insular Councilor for Culture, José Carlos Acha; and the co-director of Phe Festival, Ulises Salazar.
"Phe Festival is the cultural insignia as the best event in the entire Canary Islands, as recognized by the Observatory of Culture at a national level, and this distinction has been achieved by positioning itself above institutions that even triple budgets," recalled Marco González. The mayor highlighted in his speech that "Phe Festival is much more than a festival, and not only because of its varied program of parallel activities, but also because of the effort they make every year regarding the festival's social awareness and the 2030 agenda." An event that in its history and on the eve of its eighth edition "has been a committed festival example and one of the festivals that most and best meet the Sustainable Development Goals, updating and renewing its commitments in each edition. That awareness must be put into value ”.
For his part, the vice-president of the Cabildo de Tenerife and insular Councilor for Tourism, Lope Afonso, congratulated the organization of Phe Festival for being “a reality that is no longer emerging but a consolidated and successful product. Eight years ago Phe Festival arrived in Puerto de la Cruz to tell what indie music was, being the first festival of its kind. Such has been the success that after eight editions it has established itself as a national and international reference”. A success that in his opinion is due to "a consolidated pairing of culture and tourism, have managed to generate a great capacity to attract visitors to the Port, becoming a reference that refreshes the type of visitors in Puerto de la Cruz”. A festival that "positions Tenerife's tourism strategy very well", according to Afonso, as confirmed by the public from up to 14 different autonomous communities that have Puerto de la Cruz as their destination and that attend the eighth edition of the Phe Festival. .
The insular Councilor for Culture, José Carlos Acha, also appreciated the commitment of the Phe Festival in this new edition and the fact that it works with music and culture together with tourism and the participation of the social environment. “We value the example that it represents for other initiatives, an event with a proposal and values that can be replicated, designed for a diverse audience in ages and tastes, musically eclectic but adequate in its combination”, pointed out Acha.
For his part, Ulises Salazar, co-director of Phe Festival, highlighted regarding the eighth edition of the event that "we continue to bet on a medium format event, following an event model almost gourmet, but without losing the popular character. We work with limited capacity to enjoy the experience with comfort, relaxation and a pleasant way of living it, avoiding queues and crowds. The person in charge of the festival also recalled that this year “very affordable access and consumer prices are maintained. This distinction is important to generate a quality vacation experience”.
The artists
Wide-register electronics Orbital, who arrives in Tenerife with the tour of his latest studio album, Optical Delusion, the tenth in his discography, released in February of this year, and which includes collaborations with Coppe, Dina Ipavic, Penelope Isles, The Little Pest, The Mediaeval Baebes, Anna B Savage and Sleaford Mods; and the sharp verb of Trueno, an artist who has grown spectacularly, a new phenomenon of the urban genre, who elegantly mixes salsa and funk, who arrives at the Phe Festival with a full band and his overwhelming live show, are the international bets of this edition, along with to the also British The Reytons, and headliners on Friday and Saturday.
The Navarre singer Natalia Lacunza and the Murcian bands Arde Bogotá and Second -the national indie quota of this edition that celebrates its farewell tour this year- are other of the bets of the eighth edition that proposes a sound menu between established artists and with trajectory , and other emerging ones that should not be lost sight of.
Orbital, The Reytons, Second, Jimena Amarillo, Sexy Zebras, Bala, Rocío Saiz, Adora and Antiplancton are the artists who will star in the first day of live shows on Friday the 18th in the two usual stages of the festival; while on Saturday the 19th it will be the turn of Trueno, Arde Bogotá, Natalia Lacunza, Shinova, Rocío Márquez & Bronquio, Morreo, Ghouljaboy, Hoonine and Zurych.
Subscriptions and tickets per day to attend the festival are on sale on the platform Tickety.es.
The Phe Festival is due to live music and it is its main strength as has been verified in all the editions held to date in Puerto de La Cruz. But the festival offers visitors an exceptional holiday experience and a catalog of parallel leisure and entertainment activities for children and adults during the week of the event. Puerto de la Cruz and spaces such as Jardines Playa Jardín, Plaza Europa and Playa Martiánez, will be the settings for different experiences related to urban sport, active leisure, and healthy lifestyles for adults and children.
On the one hand, the proposals Phe Summer and Phe Yoga, which are part of the PheXperiences, are implemented together with other initiatives already consolidated in the history of the Phe Festival, such as Urban Sports and Gallery; and on the other, a meeting around the culture of wine with three reference wineries from Valle de la Orotava, in addition to the Phe Market, which brings together a dozen brands linked to fashion, crafts and other proposals for new trends in the concert venue.
Phe Yoga and Summer
The unique vacation experience offered by Phe Festival has a date set for this eighth edition, Saturday August 19, with the celebration of the fourth edition of Phe Yoga. A popular and extraordinary meeting that combines various disciplines of meditation and physical well-being in the Plaza de Europa, in which five yoga sessions have been scheduled for fans of this practice and people who want to discover it. An initiative that is organized in collaboration with FuenteAlta. From 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Phe Yoga we will enjoy a full day of balance and well-being, with a variety of styles of this discipline, such as Balance inspiration, tai chi and pilates, hatha yoga, rocket yoga, meditation and breathing, and ecstatic yoga dance session, the latter taught by Matías Carbó.
From Monday, August 14, the Phe Festival inaugurates the activities of the Summer, which is sponsored by Hospiten, with classes in surfing for children and adults, which are held at La Marea Surf School, in Playa Martiánez; workshops capoeira, slackline, acroyoga and inverted, in the Playa Jardín Gardens; and workshops surfskate and slackline, as well as initiation workshops to BMX, skate and scooter for all ages, in Plaza Europa, in Puerto de La Cruz.
urban sports
On Friday, August 18, at 1:00 p.m., as an activity prior to the opening of the festival site, the event has been organized Aqualia Water Jump, a contest of BMX stunt jumps into the sea from the fishing pier that has been held in all festival editions, with cash prizes for the best valued by the jury of this meeting organized by Phe Festival with the coordination of Island BMX. Prior to this contest and in the dock area there will be a slacklining display: a tape that is placed from side to side on the water that must be crossed as if we were an expert tightrope walker. In addition, on Thursday 17 in the afternoon and in the Plaza de Europa, an assembly with a mini ramp and modules for a BMX and skate exhibition which ends with a rooster battle organized by the Vans brand.
art and wine
Also highlight the coming-out of Phe Gallery next Friday, July 28 at the Castillo de San Felipe. It is a collective exhibition of 24 emerging artists that discovers a score of works. In addition to the exhibition that the Castillo de San Felipe hosts, several of the creators who participate in Phe Gallery hang their work in four other spaces: the Alteza supermarket, Ágora Bar & Café, Autos Plaza and La floristería.
On the other hand, the culture of wine has a leading role in Phe Festival. During the week of the festival, three days of visits to two reference wineries in the Orotava Valley: Arautava and The Hague. There will be a tasting of the wines of these brands and also a gastronomic tasting. The festival site will have a space dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of wines in the so-called Wine Garden, where in addition to these wineries, outstanding references will be present, with one of the best wineries in the world, according to the prestigious American magazine Wine & Spirits, such as Suerte del Marqués; and the creative commitment of Bodega LOMAR.
The website phefestival.es and the festival's social networks occasionally offer information with details of the activities, promotions and news that make up the Phe 2023 program.
Aware that the celebration of a festival in a privileged environment such as Tenerifeand requires a exceptional commitment to sustainability, in each edition Phe Festival is concerned with correctly managing the event at an environmental, social and economic level, an effort that is recognized for its incorporation into the Biosphere Sustainable Lifestyle 2023 platform, also maintaining collaboration with entities such as Ecoembes and Ecovidrio, with which develops a selective collection of waste and work to fully enjoy the festival.
Phe Festival celebrates its eighth edition consolidating its commitment to music and current trends on the islands, a task for which it has been recognized as cultural insignia of the Canary Islands and first reference on the islands, for the third consecutive year, in the ranking of cultural events produced each year by the Observatory of Culture of the Contemporary Foundation.
As regards external promotion and the attractiveness of the festival for different audiences outside of Tenerife, it should also be noted that the organization has identified the origin of 14 autonomous communities and 48 municipalities of the peninsula among its season ticket sales. In the Canary Islands it can also boast of acceptance, since the public is expected from all the islands.
Phe Festival is promoted by the Culture area of the Puerto de la Cruz City Council, with the executive production of Phe Team. It also has the sponsorship of the Government of the Canary Islands through the Canarian Institute for Cultural Development and the General Directorate of Youth, Canary Islands Tourism, as well as the Cabildo de Tenerife through its cultural and tourism management entities. The brands and companies Heineken Silver, Deichmann, Aqualia, Hospiten, IKEA, Levi's, Vans, Gordon's, Pepsi, Schweppes, Jägermeister, Ron Guajiro, Fuente Alta, Grupo Rahn, Labrador Cepsa Puerto de la Cruz, Vuse also collaborate. , Alehop, Isola, La Fast, Libby's. Collaborations in the mobility sector are grateful to Fred Olsen and Titsa. And in the local hotel field they have the support of the establishments Atlantic Mirage Suites & Spa (Macaronesian Hotels), Grupo Pez Azul, Atypicap, AFHoteles, Alua Soul Orotava Valley, Dwo Nopal, Hotel Marte and Skyview Hotel.
