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Festival Ceremonia
Genre	Alternative rock, electronica, contemporary R&B, neo soul, hip hop
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Mexico City, Mexico
Years active	10
Inaugurated	14 September 2013 (2013-09-14)
Most recent	23 March 2024 (2024-03-23) – 24 March 2024 (2024-03-24)
Website	axeceremonia.com

AXE Ceremonia is a music festival that takes place in Mexico City. Once a one day-festival, it became a multi-day festival showcasing major international and local alternative acts. Throughout the years since its inception in 2013, attendance has rapidly increased and Ceremonia is now one of Mexico's biggest music festivals, and one of the most important alternative music festivals in Latin America. The musical style of Ceremonia is similar to European festivals such as Primavera Sound and Roskilde, focusing on alternative rock, electronica, contemporary R&B, neo soul and hip hop, with prominent figures of alt-reggaeton and corridos tumbados being featured as well.

Among the headliners that have played at Ceremonia are Tyler, the Creator, Snoop Dogg, Björk, Beck, Massive Attack, ASAP Rocky, Travis Scott, LCD Soundsystem and Kendrick Lamar, alongside many of the major acts of the Spanish-speaking music scene, such as Natanael Cano, Rosalía, Julieta Venegas, C. Tangana, Tainy and Fuerza Regida. The festival has also featured sets from DJs and alternative dance acts like Gesaffelstein, Underworld, Aphex Twin, Kaytranada, Arca and Peggy Gou.

History

The festival was created by Diego Jiménez, who came up with the idea of holding a festival of alternative music with inclusive activities and spaces. The name Ceremonia comes from the Joy Division-written song "Ceremony", which Jiménez considered as a "reference to alternative music". After being originally planned to be held at Parque Ecológico of Xochimilco in Mexico City, the first edition of the festival was held on September 14, 2013, at Centro Dinámico Pegaso in Toluca.

Following seven editions and a two years absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the site of Ceremonia was moved further to the Parque Bicentenario in Mexico City for the eighth edition in 2022. Additionally, the 2023 edition became the first year of the festival to take place over two days.

Line-ups by year

2013

The first edition of the festival took place on September 14, 2013.

2014

The second edition of the festival took place on August 16, 2014.

2015

The third edition of the festival took place on May 9, 2015.

2016

The fourth edition of the festival took place on April 9, 2016.

2017

The fifth edition of the festival took place on April 2, 2017. It was originally scheduled to take place the day before, but it was rescheduled due to weather conditions.

2018

The sixth edition of the festival took place on April 7, 2018.

2019

The seventh edition of the festival took place on April 6, 2019.

2020

The 2020 edition of the festival was due to take place on April 25 with The Chemical Brothers, Thom Yorke and FKA Twigs announced as headliners. The site for the festival this year was planned to be moved to Campo Marte in Mexico City. However, on March 16, 2020, it was announced that Ceremonia had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and had been rescheduled for the second half of the year. On October 1, it was announced that the 2020 event would not take place, and had been rescheduled for 2021. Neverthless, the festival had to be wrapped up until the eighth edition in 2022.

2022

The eighth edition of the festival took place on April 2, 2022. For the first time, the festival was held in Mexico City, specifically at the Parque Bicentenario.

2023

The ninth edition of the festival took place on April 1 and 2, 2023. It was the first edition of the festival to take place over more than one day.

2024

The tenth edition of the festival took place on March 23 and 24, 2024.

2025

The eleventh edition of the festival is set to take place on April 5 and 6, 2025, with Tyler, the Creator, Natanael Cano, Charli XCX and FKA Twigs announced as headliners.

References

1. Pineda, Ricardo (21 March 2024). "Estrellas rentables y nuevos sonidos: las claves del éxito para el AXE Ceremonia" [Profitable stars and new sounds: the successful keys for AXE Ceremonia]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Santillán, Ángel (20 March 2024). "Festival AXE Ceremonia ante uno de sus carteles más ambiciosos: los retos y pormenores" [Festival AXE Ceremonia in front of one of its most ambitious line-ups: challenges and details]. La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
3. ^ Vargas, Alejandro (23 March 2023). "Entrevista con Diego Jiménez, fundador de AXE Ceremonia" [Interview with Diego Jiménez, founder of AXE Ceremonia]. Sopitas (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
4. Fajardo, Jorge (13 November 2023). "Ceremonia 2024: Kendrick Lamar, Corridos Tumbados y más en el cartel del festival" [Ceremonia 2024: Kendrick Lamar, Corridos Tumbados and more at the festival line-up]. MVS Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
5. B, Majo (27 March 2018). "Así se ve el Festival Ceremonia a través de los años" [This is how Festival Ceremonia looks over time]. Bizarro FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
6. Escutia, Joan (18 March 2023). "Las mujeres detrás de AXE Ceremonia cuentan cómo han creado uno de los festivales más emocionantes de la música" [Women behind AXE Ceremonia explain how they have created one of the most exciting music festivals]. Vogue México y Latinoamérica (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
7. González, Jesús (20 March 2024). "Traición: Un Escenario de resistencia y diversidad LGBTQ+ en Axe Ceremonia" [Traición: a resilience and LGBTQ+ diversity stage at Axe Ceremonia]. Sopitas (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
8. Méndez, Dora (29 March 2023). "¿Por qué el Ceremonia se llama así? Origen y de dónde viene el nombre del Festival" [Why is it called Ceremonia? Origin and where does the name of the festival come from]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
9. ^ Noriega, Ana (17 September 2013). "Festival Ceremonia 2013". Códice Informativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
10. Camargo, Gil (18 January 2022). "Ceremonia 2022 en Ciudad de México" [Ceremonia 2022 in Mexico City]. Time Out México (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
11. ^ "Axe Ceremonia 2023: El festival de música que promueve la inclusión, la diversidad y la cultura" [Axe Ceremonia 2023: The music festival that promotes inclusivity, diversity and culture]. El Financiero (in Spanish). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
12. "Conoce el cartel completo de Ceremonia 2014" [See the official line-up of Ceremonia 2014]. FILTER México (in Spanish). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
13. Zugaide, Fabián (23 April 2015). "Conoce todos los detalles del Festival Ceremonia 2015" [Know all the details of Festival Ceremonia 2015]. Freim TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
14. Patlán, Daniel (11 April 2016). "Mucho baile y vibras cálidas: Así fue Ceremonia 2016" [Lot of dance and warm vibes: That is how it was Ceremonia 2016]. Vice (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
15. Coppel, Eugenia (4 April 2017). "La cancelación y cambio de fecha del Festival Ceremonia 'explicados' en 19 tuits" [The cancelation and reschedule of Festival Ceremonia 'explained' in 19 tweets]. Verne (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
16. Castro, Iván (20 December 2017). "Mira el cartel completo de Ceremonia 2018" [Check out the complete line-up of Ceremonia 2018]. Indie Rocks! (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
17. Nava, Anjo (2 April 2019). "Los imperdibles del line up del Ceremonia 2019" [The unmissable line-up of Ceremonia 2019]. GQ México y Latinoamérica (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
18. "Revelan cartel del Festival Ceremonia 2020; mira aquí todos los detalles" [The line-up of Festival Ceremonia 2020 has been revealed: look here all the details]. Excélsior (in Spanish). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
19. "Posponen festival Ceremonia por pandemia" [Festival Ceremonia has been postponed due to pandemic]. El Norte (in Spanish). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
20. Vega, Leonardo (1 October 2020). "POSPUESTO: Ceremonia se llevará a cabo en 2021" [POSTPONED: Ceremonia will now take place in 2021]. Indie Rocks! (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
21. ^ "Ceremonia comparte su line up para la edición 2022" [Ceremonia unveils the line-up for its 2022 edition]. Revista Marvin (in Spanish). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
22. Rodríguez, Alejandra (19 February 2024). "AXE Ceremonia 2024: cartelera, precios, boletos y más" [AXE Ceremonia 2024: line-up, prices, tickets and more]. Glamour México y Latinoamérica (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
23. Gonzalez, Alexandra (21 October 2024). "AXE Ceremonia 2025 revela CARTEL OFICIAL; Natanael Cano, Charli XCX y Tyler, the Creator lo encabezan" [AXE Ceremonia 2025 official line-up revealed: Natanael Cano, Charli XCX and Tyler, the Creator as headliners]. Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2024.

External links

• AXE Ceremonia

• Arts festivals in Mexico
• Music festivals in Mexico
• Spring (season) events in Mexico
• Alternative rock festivals