If 2024 was the time to celebrate the first decade of Life, this year the mission (explicit in the hashtags promotional) was to go beyond the anniversary and bring the Vilanova i la Geltrú festival to a new life. This resulted in a lineup that explored areas that had been little explored in the event's programming, an aspect that was particularly noticeable on the main day, Friday, July 4, led by the Argentinians Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, who exhibit trap muscle with a tendency toward lyrical mischief. The duo performed with a band that enhanced the Latin rhythms of their performance, which might have gone unnoticed by those following the concert on screen, since the performance never strayed from the focus of the two lead vocalists. It might have seemed an eccentric move for those who associate Vida with indie pop, but the feeling was that of watching a team playing at home, in front of a legion of fans who returned every wink of the rhymes. In fact, it was the only moment of the entire weekend when, to secure a good spot, they had to deal with the kind of confines the festival prides itself on avoiding.

The three massive summer festivals held in early July, during the fifth wave caused by the delta variant, led to 76% more infections than the Health Department expected, and as many as double the cases expected in Vida Festival and Canet Rock. In total it is estimated that 2,279 people were infected, 842 cases more than expected in the 14 days after the festivals, out of a total of 49,570 attendees. It has also been identified that 271 people entered the festivals after testing positive. Instead of quarantining, they continued towards the venue and hoped they wouldn't be stopped - and weren't.

Yes, the audience of Oques Grasses received the sun on Sunday at Canet Rock and the desire to dance in the open air spread throughout the Vida Festival on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Once inside the concert venue, everything was almost the same as before the pandemic, except that the public had to wear the FFP2 masks provided by the organization (in practice, their use was rather relaxed). For months work had been done to create safe environments from the health point of view and the experience of the pilot concert at the Palau Sant Jordi convinced the Government, which with the authorization of the Procicat gave the go-ahead to the three festivals with prior antigen screening ( the third is the Cruïlla). But not everything went as planned.