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Azkena Rock Festival in Vitoria-Gasteiz
A classic rock, blues and Americana festival held each late June in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Basque Country's capital, since 2001. Its consistent booking of veteran American and British rock and blues acts, several making rare Spanish appearances, has made it a specific reference point for roots rock within Spain's largely pop- and electronic-leaning festival landscape.
Azkena Rock Festival built its reputation in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Basque Country's administrative capital, on a genre focus that most Spanish festivals of its era avoided: classic rock, hard rock, blues and Americana, booked with an emphasis on veteran acts and roots-driven rock rather than the pop-leaning or electronic bills common elsewhere.