Corona Capital


Corona Capital is an annual music festival held in Mexico City, taking place in the Autódromo [Hermanos Rodríguez]. It debuted in 2010 and is organized by Grupo CIE. It primarily features rock and alternative music.
The festival has managed to establish itself as one of the largest and most in-demand music events in Latin America, and its considered to be Mexico's equivalent to festivals such as Coachella Valley [Music and Arts Festival|Coachella] and Lollapalooza having headliners such as Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, The Stone Roses, Portishead and Pixies. In 2018, the festival expanded to the state of Jalisco during springtime with a completely different lineup billed as Corona Capital Guadalajara.
Despite the festival's commercial and media success, it has also been the subject of much criticism and controversy after banning all local and Spanish-speaking performers in its lineup since 2013. According to its organizers, the decision to focus only in English-speaking talent was made, as a "solely commercial movement" 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.

Editions

YearCityVenueHeadliner
2010Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2011Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2012Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2013Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2014Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2015Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2016Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2017Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2018Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2018GuadalajaraForo Alterno
2019Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2019GuadalajaraEstadio Akron
2021Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2022Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2022GuadalajaraValle VFG
2023Mexico CityCurva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2023GuadalajaraValle VFG