In recent days, the festival's organization has held several meetings with the various agents who promoted the strike, listening firsthand to their demands and concerns regarding the precarious labor conditions prevalent in the live music and entertainment industry. Although they share many of the stated demands, it is logistically impossible for them to completely suspend the first day due to the organizational, technical, and contractual consequences this would entail.

Batbatean is a festival created by individuals who are active participants in the music industry of Euskal Herria, and they are intimately familiar with—and in many cases also suffer from—the precarious situation of the leisure and entertainment sector. For these reasons, they feel the need to join this call and to make visible the reality of the workers behind the cultural scene.

Therefore, they will implement a pause in concerts during the festival's peak hour, from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM. With this gesture, they reaffirm their commitment to a more just and dignified cultural landscape.