Calapop impartial rock and pop pageant returns to Mijas Costa – Costa Spain Information

The Calapop impartial pop-rock music pageant returns to the Costa del Sol subsequent month, a two-day occasion that may happen at El Charcón seashore (Mijas Costa), and at Café Teatro by Ocean Drive (Fuengirola).

The pageant, which began in 2008 below the identify Fuengirola Pop Weekend, and which was renamed Calapop in 2022, has introduced greater than 200 nationwide and worldwide bands, musicians and DJs over the past 16 years. These have included established bands like The Seaside Boys, The Muffs, The Yum Yums, The Mockers, The Whiffs, Kurt Baker, Child Shakes and Radio Days, amongst others.

For the 14th instalment, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 September, an equally various line-up of bands and performers will take to the primary stage on the seashore.

Lately, the pageant has opted to scale back its format and due to this fact its capability (400 folks most), adapting a transparent underground give attention to genres comparable to power-pop, punk rock, storage and ska.

American rocker Kurt Baker will return once more this yr (on the Friday), a musician greatest recognized for his work within the pop-punk band, The Leftovers. Additionally on Friday can be Sheffield-based rock ‘n’ roll trio The Harringtons; Marbella new wave band Briatore; and The Neuras, a Seville mod band whose music is rooted within the subculture of the Sixties.

Saturday will proceed with Malaga’s most authentic power-punk band, The Wasps, who first fashioned in East London in 1976; Star Journey, a power-pop band from Valencia; and The Peawees, one in every of Italy’s best punk bands. Additionally on the Saturday, on the Cafe Teatro in Fuengirola, The Silver Beats will current their tribute to The Beatles.

For the complete schedule, instances and tickets, see: www.calapop.com