On September 29, 2018 the first edition of the Gran Canaria SUM Festival started its journey, in the attempt to
become an event that ends up consolidating to bring the best musical proposals within the national scene to the city of Las Palmas.

The maximum capacity of 11,000 people in the Infecar fairground, where the festival was held, was somewhat
comfortable in view of the influx of people, however the intention of the responsible is “to grow little by little and in asustainable manner, ensuring the comfort of the attendees and their access to services.”

It is, at this point, where it is acceptable to collect the criticisms that could be heard during and after the of the concerts. All about the waiting: too much waiting to buy tickets and too much waiting to order food. Oh, and also the entrance to the site, which when the main door was closed, it could be seen rivers of people, after rising on a hill, crossing a fence in improbable positions as if escaping from jail instead of entering a concert.

Now, turn to talk about the music. Many people came to the SUM Festival to see the headliners, Izal and Rozalén.
Or maybe, to remember old times with La Habitación Roja. Or maybe, for some reason that escapes us, they would
like to enjoy the Nancys Rubias. Also, they were Funanbulista and Novedades Carminha, with their danceable
repetitive electronic beats. However, we are not going to talk about any of them. Only Elefantes and Sidonie.

The power that gives the experience. Elephants flooded with a white light, almost divine, the stage, finally providing something of elegance to the audience that attended to the uneventful resuscitation of this group. We forget about them, we can live like they don’t exist, but once in front them they keep you attentive to their music the full hour.

The Sidonie thing, it’s a case apart. A tornado, a spin, a turn of the screw, an spiral staircase, a yoyo in the hands of a child, a tireless elegy, a rattle without rest, an enjoyment. The energy consumed by the group on stage
surpassed expectations as expected by a band that has already have done everything in the national music scene.
And despite that, they managed to amuse the entire audience.

The SUM Festival, a first edition with failures, but that can achieve, if it improves, being enshrined in the calendar of Spanish festivals.