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Cala de Mijas International Festival 2022
Contemporary music and dance festivals in Andalucia
Cala de Mijas International Festival 2023
by Alex Cutts
The Cala de Mijas 2022 international festival
The first edition of the music festival in 2022 welcomed headline shows from the Arctic Monkeys, where they showcased their most recent album The Car, ahead of its release in October later that year. It was announced that the 2023 Iberian Festival Awards awarded Cala Mijas the Best Live Performance award for the Sheffield band’s show at their 2022 edition, as well as winning the award for Best New Festival.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and Liam Gallagher of the 90s Britpop band Oasis, also made headline performances at the inaugural Cala Mijas Festival. The dates were September 1st to 3rd 2022 and the line-up also featured live shows from Bonobo, Chet Faker, and James Blake. This first edition of the music festival in 2022 was big enough to welcome a capacity of 107,000 entrances over the three days. It featured four stages; Sunrise (main stage), Victoria, and Renault stage, plus La Caleta stage for DJ performances.
Supporting artists also included Kraftwerk, Hot Chip, Nathy Peluso, Chemical Brothers, Liam Gallagher, Love of Lesbian. Full line included 35 bands on the four stages from 17.00 to 02.30. Entrance was 70€ per day or 160€ for three days. A parallel free festival took place on the beach at La Cala de Mijas with five bands each day headlined by Dengue Dengue Dengue, Kumbia Queers and LVL1.