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21-487: Initially the festival was going to take place every two years, but on 2010 the organizers announced there was not going be a Festival Imperial that year due to sanitary reasons (AH1N1 Virus) and the world economic crisis. On December 15, 2011 Cerveceria Costa Rica announced that, after four years of absence, the third edition of the Festival Imperial would take place on March 24 and 25 wil. The event will take place at

42-649: A contract with Tsingtao that allowed it to start exporting its beer and refreshments into China, as well as importing Chinese beverages into Costa Rica. In 2011 FIFCO purchased Corporación Musmanni, a large bakery chain in Costa Rica with franchisees in Central America and the Caribbean . In March 2012 the company entered the dairy market with the purchase of Coopeleche R.L.; the move put pressure on Cooperativa de Productores de Leche R.L. (Dos Pinos) which has dominated

63-521: A secondary stage with electronic music and fashion shows, food courts and public transportation to the event. The 2008 edition was held on April 19 and 20. The headliners were Smashing Pumpkins and Duran Duran . Smashing Pumpkins Incubus Cafe Tacvba Babasónicos Le*Pop Duran Duran Enrique Iglesias Seal Zoé Porpartes For this edition, a musical ensamble of national artists (Ensamble Nacional de Artistas) also performed covers of Costa Rican rock and pop music during

84-800: Is a concert promotion, event production and artist management company based in Austin, Texas . C3 also produces several multi-day festivals including Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin Texas, Two Step Inn Music Festival in Georgetown Texas, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, and Lollapalooza in Chicago along with its six international editions. Since 2014, C3 has been owned by parent company Live Nation Entertainment . C3

105-408: Is focused on indie and alternative music as opposed to previous years were the focus was rock music. They also increased the line up to 30 performers, a huge difference from previous years when they had about 10 performers. Cerveceria Costa Rica confirmed during their press conference that they are looking for a new audience and a new way to experience Festival Imperial. They explained that this year

126-624: The Autódromo La Guácima , a racetrack located in Alajuela , 20 minutes away from San José as it did on previous occasions. The 2006 edition featured 10 performers, both international and national. It was held on April 1 and 2. The headliners were Sting and Jamiroquai . Jamiroquai Gandhi Diego Torres Vicentico ( Los Fabulosos Cadillacs ) Belanova Sting Malpaís The Rasmus Miranda! Héctor el Father The festival also featured other attractions including

147-737: The Bolsa Nacional de Valores (the Costa Rican National Stock Exchange). In 1995 FIFCO introduced the "Rock Ice" beer to the local market, which highlighted the innovative use of " ice brewing ". In 1998 the company acquired “Cervecería Tropical”. In 2001, the company introduced its line of fruit refreshments "Tropical", and also began distributing the Tampico brand locally. In 2006 the company purchased Industrias Alimenticias Kern's y Compañía S.C.A. for $ 86 million. The move further diversified its operations and brought along with it

168-582: The Costa Rican dairy market for years. In October 2012 FIFCO purchased North American Breweries Holdings (NAB) from KPS Capital Partners , for US$ 388 million through its subsidiary Cervecería Costa Rica S. A. NAB sells Genesee and Labatt beer in the United States, as well as craft or small batch beers including Magic Hat and Pyramid . Under contract FIFCO brews Heineken beer at its facility at La Ribera de Belen . C3 Presents C3 Presents

189-534: The Lindo Brothers of Jamaican origin, founded a company in Siquirres , the third canton in the province of Limón , one of seven provinces in Costa Rica. The newly formed company was dedicated to agriculture and the making of ice. The finca (property) in which the company was located was called "La Florida", from which the company took its name of "Florida Ice and Farm Company". The brothers used an English name due to

210-564: The Ortega Family of Spanish origin, the Ortega brewery had been one of the main competitors with brands such as Imperial and Bavaria. The consolidation of these breweries allowed FIFCO to make investments in a new brewery and bottling plant which it called “Cervecería Costa Rica” in 1966. The plant is located in Río Segundo de Alajuela . In 1979 the company went public and commenced trading on

231-684: The Radio , Gogol Bordello , Major Lazer , Manchester Orchestra , Felix Martin & Al Doyle ( Hot Chip ) (DJ Set), A-Trak , Bomba Estéreo , Cage the Elephant and Bonobo (DJ Set), Porter Robinson Part of the line up are the 10 Costa Rican bands, 8 of them have already been confirmed and the remaining 2 will be chosen in a contest via social media during the "Ruta Festival Imperial". The bands that have already been confirmed are 424, The Great Wilderness , Zópilot!, Akasha, Sonámbulo, Huba & Silica, Colornoise and Patiño Quintana. Gustavo Cornejo, manager of

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252-416: The brand Imperial, announced in the next days they would be revealing 2 more international performers that will complete the line up for the electronic music stage for Festival Imperial 2012. The two new bands added to Festival Imperial are Cage the Elephant and Bonobo (DJ Set), plus on the electronic stage DJ Shadow and Madeon were added as the last inclusions of Festival Imperial lineup. On March 10, 2012,

273-457: The canned beans, sauces, and pasta products under the Kern's and Ducal brands. In 2007, FIFCO purchased the operations of SAB Miller in Costa Rica for US$ 116 million. The purchase included the distribution rights for Pepsi Cola in the country, as well as some real estate investments. In 2008 after two years of the opening of political relationships between China and Costa Rica, the company signed

294-456: The fact that English was their native language, as it was for many Caribbean migrants who lived in the Atlantic region of Costa Rica. With that same company, they purchased the brewery and beverages business owned by José Traube in 1912. This is how a company that was mainly an agricultural concern entered the beverages market. In 1958, the company purchased Cervecería Ortega. Founded in 1910 by

315-439: The festival concept, they joined forces with C3 Presents company responsible for producing festivals such as Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festival . C3 Presents provided most of the line up. The international performers for Festival Imperial 2012 are Maroon 5 , Björk , LMFAO , Moby (DJ Set), Ximena Sariñana , La Mala Rodríguez , Thievery Corporation , Cypress Hill , The Flaming Lips , Skrillex , TV on

336-403: The festival days. The ensamble featured the following artists: Marta Fonseca , Pedro Campmany , Pato Barrasa , Mechas (former Kadeho vocalist), and Bernardo Quesada . In the months before the main event, Cerveceria Costa Rica also hosted free concerts with national and international bands like: Moderatto , Kumbia All Starz and Aleks Syntek . This plan was called "Ruta Festival" and

357-501: The idea was to reveal little pieces of information regarding the Festival. Ruta Festival also featured renowned national bands and artists like: Kurt Dyer , Parque en el Espacio , The Movement in Codes and Moonlight Dub Experiment . On January 31, 2012 Cerveceria Costa Rica revealed the official line up for the festival and also important information about the event. This year's festival

378-468: The intention is to go beyond just music, they are inviting people to listen to new musical trends and they are advocating for a new way to live the festival. They made many modifications, besides the format of the activity. One of them is that this year there will be 12 hours of music per day, from noon to midnight. Another change is that there will be 3 stages instead of one. One of them will be dedicated completely to electronic music. In order to achieve

399-600: The last two national bands, Dissént and Alphabetics, were selected to be part of Festival Imperial 2012. Cerveceria Costa Rica Florida Ice and Farm Company S.A. (abbreviated as FIFCO) is a Costa Rican food and beverages company headquartered in the province of Heredia , Costa Rica . It has a catalog of over 2000 products, sold in over 15 countries. FIFCO is structured as a holding company with three subsidiaries: Florida Bebidas (food and beverages), Florida Capitales (investments in bottling facilities), and Florida Inmobiliaria (investments in resort hotels). In 1908,

420-500: The time, C3 was largest independent concert promoter in the world. The deal was completed in December of that year. Annually, C3 Presents produces the following festivals: C3 also books and promotes over 1,000 shows nationwide, including Austin venues Stubb's BBQ (sole promoter), Emo's (C3 owned and operated) and Historic Scoot Inn (C3 owned and operated). C3 bought the rights to Australian festival Big Day Out in 2014 and hasn't run

441-573: Was founded by Charles Attal, Charlie Jones and Charlie Walker in 2007(2) and headquartered in Austin, TX, with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New Orleans. The company also promotes more than 1,100 concerts annual in arenas, casinos and clubs throughout North America. In the Fall of 2014, Live Nation began talks to purchase a 51% stake in the Austin company’s events production and promotions businesses. At

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