Antonio Banderas, Daryl Hannah and Estella del Carmen at the 2012 Starlite Gala.
STARLITE GALA CHARITY
The Starlite Gala is held annually since 2010 on the first saturday in August in Marbella. The first two editions took place at Villa Padierna Hotel, Estepona whilst the spectacular auditorium Cantera de Nagüeles was prepared.
The Starlight Gala is a platform created by Sandra Garcia-Sanjuan and Maria Bravo to collect funds for the chosen charities of the principal supporters and spotlight Marbella as celebritary destination. It is probably the most glamourous of the Marbella summer chaity Galas and what it lacks in history is made up for in high fund raising power.
STARLITE GALA CHARITY EVENT 2013
The fourth annual Starlite Gala will take place this year on Saturday 10 August, which also happens to be Antonio Banderas' 53rd birthday! The event will again take place at 'Cantera de Nagüeles', the quarry turned auditorium in Nagüeles park and will feature performances from Spanish singers Marta Sánchez, Alejandro Sanz and Roko and flamenco dancer, Sara Baras. Juan Peña will also be performing some more flamenco at the afterparty.
Two awards will also be presented: the Starlite Gala Humantiarian Award 2013 to Alejandro Sanz for his support work and Argentinian model Valeria Mazza will be presented with the Starlite Gala Philanthropy Award 2013. The night will be hosted by Anne Igartiburu and actor Imanol Arias. The food will be prepared by the three judges of Spanish Masterchef: Samantha Vallejo-Najera, Jordi Cruz and Pepe Rodríguez Rey.
Once again, the Starlite Gala will be taking place during the Starlite Festival which will run this year from 23 July - 24 August. This year's line-up will feature performances from Bryan Adams, Jamie Cullum, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias, Malú, UB40 and David Bisbal, just to name a few. Buy your tickets for the Starlite Festival now.
Antonio signs the car for the auction.
STARLITE GALA CHARITY EVENT 2012
The third edition of the Starlite Gala took place on Saturday 4 August 2012. The gala was held in Marbella´s quarry turned auditorium 'Cantera de Nagüeles' and raised 267,861 euro from the sale of tickets and tables. The 2012 Gala saw the departure of Maria Bravo and Eva Longoria, who together started a new gala: The Global Gift Gala.
This year the Starlite Gala event took place within the Starlite Festival, a month of live musical performances (13th July - 14th August) by famous artists from all over the world, including: Hugh Laurie, George Benson, Tony Bennett and Julio Iglesias, among others. The Starlite Gala took place on 4th August at the 'Cantera de Nagüeles' in Nagüeles park, where all the concerts took place.
Cantera de Nagüeles, Auditorio de Marbella.
Special appearances were made by Antonio´s wife Melanie Griffith, their daughter Stella, and friend, American actress Daryl Hannah. As every year Antonio signed a Ford car to later auction for charity, as did special guest Daryl. Other guests included, Spanish Eurovision singer, Pastora Soler, Antonio Carmona, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, David Bisbal, Ana Obregon and Flamenco artist Ana Cecilia Gomez.
Surprise guest Daryl Hannah also signed a car for auction.
This year the Red Carpet event began at 20:30 followed by a cocktail reception, and a seated dinner catered by Paco Roncero´s El Bulli catering. The 2012 Starlite Humanitarian Award was presented to Anthony Kennedy Shriver, founder of "Best Buddies International". The gala also included the traditional "Auction of Experiences" whereby special life experiences and trips of a lifetime (this year including two tickets for the 2013 Oscars in Hollywood, and a night at the Royal Albert Hall with David Bisbal) time are auctioned off to raise funds for the gala´s charities. After the auction a special musical performance was given by guest of honour, John Secada. Later in the evening Antonio Banderas gave a one time performance with David Bisbal of "Canción de Mariachi"
STARLITE GALA CHARITY EVENT 2011
The second edition of the charity Starlite Gala took place at Villa Padierna Hotel, Estepona on the evening of 6 August 2011, with an after-party at Purobeach club in Estepona.Over 450 guests attended, most paying 800€ or 1,000€ each for tickets. Sponsors included Ford, Pernod Ricardo España, Fundacion Iberostar, DHL, L’Oreal and Banco Sabadell. More>
STARLITE GALA CHARITY EVENT 2010
The first edition of the starlight gala took place in 'Hotel Villa Padierna Marbella' on the 7th August 2010 a platform created by Sandra Garcia-Sanjuan y Maria Bravo to unite the world of business, celebrities and philanthropy and to gather funds to improve the life of communities , families and children without resources in any location. Helped, by coincidence, by Michelle Obama's private holiday plans, the event raised substantial funds (297.634,38 Euro) for the three charities of the Starlite Gala founders.
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