Spain's coast turns into one big open-air stage in summer. Castles, quarries, Roman amphitheatres and beachfront stadiums host everything from international rock and pop tours to jazz, indie and flamenco festivals. Marbella's Starlite, Fuengirola's castle concerts, Benidorm's Low Festival, the jazz festivals of the Murcia and Granada coasts — there's serious live music within easy reach of most resorts, often under the stars. Here's what's on and where to get tickets while you're visiting.
🎵 Concerts & Live MusicStories, context and live dates across SpainForget the wristband festivals — the best of a Spanish summer is free, outdoors and round the corner: flamenco in white villages, sardana dances
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A free summer-long run of open-air evening concerts on Arinaga's seafront promenade, paired with food-and-tapas (pinchos
25Apr
An intimate concert season set in the courtyard of the historic Casa de la Marquesa, mixing free and ticketed shows acro
30May
An open-air Canary Islands Day concert featuring local folk ensemble Agrupación Tendal and the band Candela & Son, with
12Jun
A free open-air world music festival on the seafront amphitheatre at Las Cucharas beach in Costa Teguise, organised by t
17Jun
An open-air showcase by Tijarafe's municipal folklore dance school and timple (small Canarian guitar) workshop, performi
19Jun
A small, sustainable music festival on a clifftop esplanade above the sea in the seaside village of Las Negras, headline
19Jun
Open-air summer-solstice concert by Milanesa Sound, a band blending styles from salsa to hip-hop, held on the esplanade
19Jun
A free open-air evening to welcome summer in the Town Hall Square, with a live set by the band Instinto Primate at 9pm f
20Jun
An open-air evening of sea-themed choral singing under the stars, bringing together three choirs: the Finestrat Choral G
20Jun
Eleven 'colles de tabals' (drum ensembles) from across Catalonia gather for an evening of percussion, building from stag
20Jun
A free choral concert by the Coral Ciudad de Benalmádena marking European Music Day, held at the photogenic seafront Bil
20Jun
An open-air evening concert by the Arundo saxophone quartet in the atmospheric square beside Sant Jordi's historic churc
20Jun
An open-air summer concert in the courtyard of the Massamagrell Cultural Centre, part of the free 'Música al Pati' serie
22Jun
A long-running national flamenco cante (singing) competition for amateur performers, organised by Vejer's town hall with
23Jun
A free open-air San Juan night at the Pozo Izquierdo ravine with fireworks and water displays set to live music. Tribute
24Jun
A six-day daytime fair filling Plaza Adolfo Suárez in Arroyo de la Miel with live flamenco-pop and Spanish bands each af
26Jun
Tortosa's long-running jazz festival, now in its 33rd edition, fills the city's streets and venues with live jazz over m
27Jun
A gathering of Balearic tuba and euphonium players with two free public concerts: a piano-and-tuba duo playing Piazzolla
27Jun
A free open-air rock and metal festival bringing several live bands to one stage in El Fraile for a night of loud guitar
28Jun
A free open-air music series in Cadiz's leafy Parque Genoves featuring alternative rock and pop acts from Spain and the
29Jun
Five consecutive nights of free classical music concerts at the Rafael Doménech auditorium, closing on July 3 with a cla
2Jul
Four nights of jazz in the old town, with free early-evening sets in Plaza Santa María and headline concerts at the Pala
3Jul
A free open-air summer music festival in central Águilas with eight live concerts by Spanish indie bands plus DJ sets, r
4Jul
A free open-air evening of havaneres, the nostalgic Catalan seafaring songs, beside the harbour at L'Estartit. Sing-alon
4Jul
The festival's big night: an 8pm concert (Cafe con Leche and El Meneo) rolling into an 11pm open-air verbena dance with
8Jul
Five evenings of live flamenco spread across Lepe's streets, the El Terron grounds and La Antilla beach, with most perfo
9Jul
The long-running international jazz festival brings concerts to squares and theatres across Las Palmas each July, mixing
1Aug
Open-air classical music festival held over about five nights in early August in the streets of the old town, with a wid
1Aug
A free open-air summer programme in a Nerja park, with flamenco, jazz, musicals, dance, magic, theatre and children's ac
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