Starlite Festival - Marbella
The Starlite Festival is a month-long music and cultural event held in July / August at the Cantera de Nagüeles, in Marbella. It is now established as one of the important annual social and entertainment events in Spain.
STARLITE FESTIVAL 2022
Starlite Festival 2022 was held at the Cantera de Nagüeles, Marbella between 11th June and 3rd September 2022. There were a record 63 concerts in the auditorium in 2022 including international artists such as Diana Ross, Placido Domingo, Myke Towers, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Nicky Jam, Jessie J, Simple Minds, Diana Krail, Passenger and Ara Mailkian.
Lionel Richie who postponed in 2020 was announced as rescheduled in 2022 for the 26th July 2022 but was cancelled. Alan Parsons due to play on 13th July was also cancelled. Anastasia has been rescheduled to 12 July 2023.
In 2022 the Starlite festival returns to its full capacity as a venue. Actually due to its nature as an open air all-seated venue, with appropriate social distancing measures, the festival was one of the few that was able to continue in Summer 2020 and 2021 for 1.000 socially distanced guests although there were no international artists. In 2022 some of the international artists have returned.
2022 Artists line up:
| Artists | Date |
|---|---|
| C Tangana | 11th June 2022 |
| God Save the Queen | 17th June 2022 |
| Jason Durelo | 22nd June 2022 |
| Sebastian Yatra | 23rd June 2022 |
| José Merce | Sat 26th June 2022 |
| Sergio Dalma | Thur 30th June 2022 |
| Vanesa Martín | Fri 1st July 2022 |
| Pica Pica | Sat 2nd July 2022 |
| Ozuna | Mon 4th July 2022 |
| Chucho valdés and friends | Tue 5th July 2022 |
| Diana Ross | Wed 6th July 2022 |
| Il Divo | Fri 8th July 2022 |
| Pablo Alborán | Sat 9th July 2022 |
| Placido Domingo and guests | Mon 11th July 2022 |
| C Tangana | Tue 12th July 2022 |
| Alan Parsons Live Project | CANCELLED was 13-07-22 |
| Myke Towers | Thur 14th July 2022 |
| Carlos Vives | Fri 15th July 2022 |
| Juanes | Sat 16th July 2022 |
| Carlos Baute & Chenoa | Mon 18th July 2022 |
| Nile Rodgers and Chic | Tue 19th July 2022 |
| Lional Richie | CANCELLED |
| Maluma | Wed 20th July 2022 |
| Nicky Jam | Thur 21st July 2022 |
| Jessie J | Fri 22nd July 2022 |
| Serrat | Sat 23th July 2022 |
| Christina Aguilera | Mon 25th July 2022 |
| Ozuna | Tue 26th July 2022 |
| Andrés Calamaro | Wed 27th July 2022 |
| Ana Torroja | Thur 28th July 2022 |
| Simple Minds | Fri 29th July 2022 |
| Diana Krall | Sat 30th July 2022 |
| Camilo | Sun 31st July 2022 |
| C Tangana | Mon 1st August 2022 |
| Passenger | Thur 4th August 2022 |
| Dvicio & Marlon | 8th August 2022 |
| Gloria Trevi & Mónica Naranjo | 6th August 2022 |
| Taburete | 7th August 2022 |
| Morat | 8th August 2022 |
| Hombres G | 9th August 2022 |
| Rafael | 10th August 2022 |
| Estrella Morente, Israel | 11th August 2022 |
| Diego Torres | 12th August 2022 |
| Jorge Drexler & Coque Malla | 13th August 2022 |
| Andrea Bocelli | 15th August 2022 |
| Sara Baras | 16th August 2022 |
| Leiva | 17th August 2022 |
| Antonio José | 18th August 2022 |
| Farruquito & Arcángel | 19th August 2022 |
| Carlos Rivera | 20th August 2022 |
| Café Quijano | 21st August 2022 |
| Luis Fonsi | 22nd August 2022 |
| Dani Martín | 23rd and 24th August 2022 |
| Vanesa Martín | 25th August 2022 |
| Siempre Äsi | 26th August 2022 |
| Miguel Poveda | 27th August 2022 |
| Morat | 30th August 2022 |
| Ara Malikian | 31st August 2022 |
| Bertin Osborne &anp; José Luis Rodríguez | 1st September 2022 |
| Due Dinámico | 2nd September 2022 |
| Estopa | 3rd September 2022 |
History
The first use of the former quarry site, situated above Marbella, was in 1983. Alfonso Hohenlohe, who founded the Marbella Club Hotel, and singers Julio Iglesias and Plácido Domingo, decided to create the Auditorio de Marbella open-air auditorium, and to found an internationally-renowned music festival. They held a successful Tenors concert, however the annual festival didn't happen, and the venue was left abandoned for nearly 30 years. In 2012 the quarry site was cleaned up and a new auditorium constructed for the inaugural Starlite Festival. I has been held annually since and grown to become on of Spain's leading music festivals. Over the years Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Lenny Kravitz, Lionel Richie, Andrea Bocelli, Ricky Martin, Tom Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Alejandro Sanz, Eros Ramazzotti, Luis Fonsi, Plácido Domingo and Anastacia have all played. The 2017 edition was overshadowed by a late license dispute with the Marbella town Hall, and 'Marbella' was removed from the Starlite Festival name and logo. Due to the nature of the open air all-seated venue the festival was able to continue in Summer 2020 and 2021 albeit with few international performers.
A parallel event, the Starlite Gala, a star-studded charity concert and dinner which started in 2010, usually takes place on second Saturday in August, and is led by Antonio Banderas.
All editions of Starlite festival
Line up and notes about the other editions of the Starlite festival:
