Corona Capital

Corona Capital is an annual music festival held in Mexico City,[1] taking place in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.[2] It debuted in 2010 and is organized by Grupo CIE. It primarily features rock and alternative music.[2]

Miles Kane performing at Corona Capital in 2013

The festival has managed to establish itself as one of the largest and most on-demand music events in Latin America[3], and its considered to be Mexico's equivalent to festivals such as Coachella and Lollapalooza[4] having headliners such as Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, The Stone Roses, Portishead and Pixies.[5]

In 2018, the festival expanded to the state of Jalisco during springtime with a completely different lineup billed as Corona Capital Guadalajara[6].

Although the festival's commercial and media success, it has also being subject of many criticism and controversy after banning all local and Spanish-speaking performers in it's line up since 2013[7].

According to its organizers, the decision to focus only in English-speaking talent was made as a "solely commercial movement"[8] being also organizers of other festivals such as Vive Latino and Electric Daisy Carnival where they can support their local performers, resulting in Corona Capital being the only music festival in the world that hosts only foreigner talent from outside the hosting country[9].

Editions
Main article: Corona Capital festival line-ups
Year City Venue Headliner(s)
2010 Mexico City Curva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Guadalajara Foro Alterno
2019 Mexico City Curva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Guadalajara Estadio Akron
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References
  1. Young, Alex (11 May 2017). "Mexico's Corona Capital reveals massive 2017 lineup". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. Lopez, Ashleyan (1 June 2015). "Corona Capital announce their 2015 festival lineup". AXS. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. "Hablemos de la importancia del Corona Capital en México". Sopitas.com (in Spanish). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  4. "Corona Capital logra el nivel de Coachella". www.milenio.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. "Los 10 carteles de los 10 años del Corona Capital". De10 (in Spanish). 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  6. Staff, Forbes (2017-12-07). "Corona Capital llegará a Guadalajara en 2018". Forbes México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  7. Unknown. "No habrá artistas mexicanos y latinoamericanos en el CC13". Villa Indie. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  8. "Corona Capital 2015 Festival Review: 10 Standout Sets". Consequence of Sound. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  9. "¿Es malinchista el Corona Capital por excluir a músicos mexicanos de su cartel?". Reporte Indigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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