From cowboy caps to Scottish skirts, through phosphorite pants, grid tops, impossible heels, XXL sunglasses and kilos of glitter. Everything is worth in the brava Madrid under a single condition: that it is pink. This has started the first day of the festival – which is celebrated this Friday and this Saturday in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) – marked by the Mamarracheo And the diversity, in which they have also been able to see shy samples of support for Palestine and Proisraelí “we support the boycott,” says Elisa Morell and her companion, of 31 and 32 years respectively, two of those attending the festival. The silence of the organization in the face of the cancellations of artists such as Villano Antillano, Pixie Lott, Aquaria or Abril Zamora, which appeared in the first versions of the poster and the lack of returns have only amplify the discontent of the public.
“It is unfortunate that they do not even return the money when they have changed the poster without warning,” Amaia and Lucía, 30 and 32, in front of one of the multiple scenarios distributed throughout the concert enclosure of Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) and the leisure park, angry with the negative of the organization. Others, such as Sergio González (36 years old), who came with his partner, were more direct: “We are totally against Israeli funds. If we had been able to return the tickets, we would not be here.” These two festival share the same reflection with many other people, such as Alberto – he prefers not to reveal his last name – that he attended the two previous editions of the Brava and that “does not plan to return” after seeing how the organization has acted: “I think it is outrageous that Brava has not been able to condemn the genocide, and since they do not reimburse us the money is the height.”
Before the flood of criticism of the last hours, the organization of the event was forced to publish a statement through its Instagram account, in which it condemned the “”. He also assured “not having any commercial or economic link with the state of Israel”, although Brava Madrid belongs to Superstruct Entertainment, which in turn is owned by various investment funds, including KKR, an American fund that maintains business with Israel. Brava’s statement has not convinced hundreds of festival. Not after the organization rejected reimburse the money to those who at the last minute discovered that it was financed by the Proisraelí Fund and regretted having bought the tickets.
José García, 35, is cooling with a fan that carries a watermelon as a print, representing the Palestinian flag. He had no way to come, but in the end he has weighted losing the money from the entrance. “I was not going to come, I have come because I already had the entrance bought for a few months,” he laments. Elena Ruiz, 26, is the first time she came, so she asked some friends if last year she had managed so badly. “I want the desire to return,” he adds. “If next year the investment fund is still the same, I will not return,” he says goodbye.
With the voice broken, it has also been agreed as Palestine during the inauguration of the festival: “I want to point out that neither I equipment and I, and put my hand in the fire for those you are here, is in favor of what is happening in Palestine, but today we have come to work the people who signed a contract a long time ago.”
