10 essential encounters with music and film in Malaga
Put on some comfortable clothes and footwear, get your hat and sunglasses, put your swimming costume, towel and a fan in your rucksack, because we're going on a trip to the essential festivals in Malaga. Are you ready?
Whether you're a fan of rock or films, if you like pop music or you have jazz in your soul, Malaga offers a very wide choice of cultural events you will not want to miss.
Malaga has been the home of Spanish cinema's great festivity since 1998, when the Malaga Festival made its appearance on cultural events scene in Spain.
The Malaga Film Festival is dedicated to films produced in Spain and offers the possibility of attending the projection of films in different formats.
During the Festival, you will find a wide range of parallel activities relating to music, gastronomy and even to education (such as forums relating to the world of production and audiovisual creation.) Do you like the beach?Do you like films? Well then, why not enjoy the best of both worlds? Come along and enjoy the open film sessions from the Malaga Festival held on the beach!
All these activities take place in a number of different cultural venues around the city: the Echegaray Theatre, the Picasso Museum and the Carmen Thyssen Museum are just some of the centres chosen.
Every year the streets of a small town on the Sierra de las Nieves vibrate to the sounds of La Monda Rock. If you're into soul, funk, Flamenco, rocksteady, jazz and/or electronic music, in La Monda you'll be able to dance to all these beats, because this is much more than a rock festival! A perfect festival for getting together with all your friends!
Good atmosphere, good music, great weather and excellent tapas! Take advantage to go on a tapa tour in Monda between concerts, so you can get your strength back before returning to jump around in front of the stage!
Another of the musical events in Malaga that you'll not want to miss is the South Moon Festival. Fans of electronic music should put away their headphones and come to Fuengirola, this is the festival for you. Coming and enjoy the best on the worldwide Techno and House scene at the South Moon Festival, in a unique venue, Sohail Castle!
We are still in Fuengirola, but were changing the style of the music, now for lovers of Pop, we have the Fuengirola Pop Weekend.
Power Pop, Punk Pop, Beat, Surf, Soul, Pop-Rock...
Pop in all its styles and always with the presence of the top groups on the independent scene, both in Spain and internationally, in each of the editions held since 2008. A frenetic weekend of music and fun where you'll find fans attending the festival from all over Spain, from north to south, from Vitoria to Valencia as well as lots from overseas.
For the more nostalgic among you looking to return to the 80s, Malaga holds the Rock & Roll Radio Festival, offering 8 hours of classic Spanish Rock & Roll concerts: Loquillo, Celtas Cortos and Danza Invisible, are just some of the bands that will take you back in time!
With an impressive line-up of bands, the town of Ojén welcomes every year the Ojeando Festival, which is defined as "an independent pop-rock music festival with its own personality”. Here we have seen performances by everyone from Iván Ferreiro to Triangulo de Amor Bizarro, via Niños Mutantes in such unique surroundings as the centre of the town with the same name.
Discover new bands on the Spanish pop-rock scene with the competition for Andalusian bands and soloists organised within the framework of the Ojeando Festival. You'll be surprised by the endless musical talent in Andalusia!
Weekend Beach Festival is not a question of styles, only music and so offers four days of varied rhythms in a musical event organised right next to the beach in Torre del Mar. A great way to enjoy the summer combining dips in the sea, laughs with friends, endless conversations, good music and loads of fun.
The Weekend Beach Festival awaits you with spectacular concerts that will take you to the limit and for those of you who have a band and would like to share your musical talent with thousands of people, you just need to sign up for the band competition. You'll share the stage with the greatest on the national and international scene!
But there are not only prizes for emerging bands at this festival; DJs will also have the chance to be put to the vote of popular panel of judges, at the Torre del Mar Weekend Beach DJ competition. Don't miss a wonderful opportunity to discover the new talent!
Since the mid-90s Alhaurín de la Torre has played host to an essential Jazz event. El Portón del Jazz offers you the chance to savour all the variations of this musical genre, combined with other styles like Flamenco, which is exactly what you would expect. Nationally and internationally renowned artists of the stature of Chucho Valdés, Robert Cray, Víctor Bailey and Nicole Henry come together in Alhaurín every year. And you can also attend the new Jazz talent competition!
Would you like to experience the festive atmosphere of the 70s in Torremolinos? If so, you're invited to Los Álamos Beach Festival, held every year in Playa de los Álamos, in the city of Torremolinos in Malaga, with the hope of returning to the time of "beaches lit up until dawn”.
Starlite Marbella, more than a festival this is a social and cultural meeting point, with facilities for all types of activities which will leave you no time to be bored. As the stage is so close to the public, in Starlite you'll be able see your favourite artists in full detail and to hear them so much better! From Enrique Iglesias to Lenny Kravitz, the great names from many styles appear at this festival.
