FiM Vila-seca closes its most crowded edition with 8,500 attendees

The emerging and family music fair in Vila-seca gathered over 700 professionals and featured more than 60 performances.

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Generic image of a microphone on a podium, with blurred musical instruments in the background.

The Fira de Música Emergent i Familiar (FiM) in Vila-seca concluded its 22nd edition with 8,500 attendees, over 700 accredited professionals, and a program featuring more than 60 performances.

The organization highlighted the fair's consolidation as

"a great showcase for emerging and family music in Catalonia."

a spokesperson for the organization
The Castell de Vila-seca became the nerve center of the Catalan music sector, bringing together artists, programmers, managers, producers, and cultural agents with the aim of fostering contacts and new collaborations.
This year's edition allowed for the identification of new trends in the Catalan music scene, with proposals such as Sodi, Makuka, and La Publicitat. There was also a notable return of influences from soul, funk, and black music, reinterpreted in contemporary projects like Muniats or Genni Knows.
In the family sphere, the FiM demonstrated a

"solid and quality generational handover"

a spokesperson for the organization
in children's entertainment, with proposals such as El Pony Menut, Filomena, and Sardines en Llauna. The program also stood out for its fusion of music with other artistic disciplines, including shows like Lumiero's musical clown act in La Menuda, the object theater of Cinc Minuts de De_Paper and Mular de Cinc Cèntims, and the combination of music and ceramics by La Portera.
The artistic director of the FiM, Martí Marfà, stated that the fair proves that Catalan musical creation enjoys

"good health"

Martí Marfà · artistic director of FiM
and has a guaranteed generational handover thanks to

"delicious and disruptive proposals."

Martí Marfà · artistic director of FiM
For his part, the mayor of Vila-seca, Pere Segura, emphasized that the FiM continues to consolidate itself as

"a strategic event"

Pere Segura · mayor of Vila-seca
for the emerging and family sector.
The fair also saw a 15% increase in accredited professionals compared to the previous edition and maintained its

"slow"

a spokesperson for the organization
model, focused on fostering conversations, trust-based relationships, and new collaboration opportunities. The next edition of FiM Vila-seca already has confirmed dates and will take place from May 6 to 9, 2027.