Festivals near Málaga

On the Costa del Sol, the festival is something you experience with your feet in the sand. In Torre del Mar, Weekend Beach Festival sets up its stages facing the Mediterranean and weaves electro, rock and hip-hop into the same strip of shoreline for days on end — the true signature of Málaga, Picasso's Andalusian city turned summer open-air capital. Closer to the harbour, Brisa Festival lines up its pop and urban headliners as the sun drops over the bay.

The local identity leans hard towards electronic music: Dreambeach Fest unrolls its techno and house nights along the nearby coast until daybreak, while up in Torremolinos, Canela Party keeps a wilfully indie, off-beat spirit alive. Even metal gets its own beach date with Sun and Thunder. To make sense of it all, FestT computes your FestiScore — how closely a line-up matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates and ticketing up to date.