Rincón announces the artists for the Benalrock music festival: 14 uninterrupted hours and a tribute to Extremoduro

Rincón de la Victoria/Rincón de la Victoria presents its new edition of the Benagalbón rock music festival, Benalrock. It will be the longest in the history of this event with 14 uninterrupted hours of live music featuring up to ten bands, among them, the Extremoduro tribute, "ExtremoPuro".

The mayor of the municipality, Francisco Salado, has described the event as "a meeting not only for rock lovers, but for all those who want to enjoy good live music."

“It is an event that has been established and to which more and more groups are coming. Benagalbón is once again the epicenter of culture, especially this year with 14 consecutive hours of music,” the mayor added.

Benalrock will take place on Saturday, May 17 at the Benagalbón esplanade in its fourth edition with the new format. This 2025 edition will start at 12:00 PM with cover bands, kicking off the festival itself at 5:00 PM with seven bands. The grand finale of this musical day will be provided by ExtremoPuro, a tribute to Extremoduro scheduled to start their performance at midnight.

"The most ambitious edition of Benalrock"

For his part, the Youth Councilor, Nacho Cuadra, has stated: “We are talking about the most ambitious edition of Benalrock and we are convinced that there will be a huge response from the general public. Benalrock is gaining significant impact throughout the province and naturally, we promote it from the Municipality.”

Thus, the Councilor for Culture, Mari Paz Couto, highlighted that the municipality has "a broad and varied cultural program and Benalrock shows the enormous potential of both local bands and those wanting to come from other provinces. The performance of ExtremoPuro will be a spectacular finale to a unique day of live music.”

The bands come from Málaga province, Granada, Algeciras, and Rincón de la Victoria, such as Stone Bobbers, “although we have several locals in other bands like Sibelclan or in Los Turistas, where the local and teacher from Ben Al Jatib, Antonio Gallero, is a member,” detailed by the organization. Attending the presentation were: the coordinator of the Andalusian Youth Institute in Málaga, Alba Ortiz, members of the organizing team of the contest, and representatives of some bands like Belinte, Los Turistas, Soberbia Ninguna, and The Stone Bobbers.

Promoting bands that create their own music

“Although this year Benalrock is growing, we want to emphasize the importance of the festival itself, where we work to promote bands that create their own music. In fact, we are already brainstorming so that next year Benalrock will be in a contest format,” commented Andrea Camacho, one of the organizers.

Benalrock will start with covers by Metal Gods and Abelito y Terrones. In the festival proper, the following will perform: Cometa Diablo, Belinte, Sibelclan, Los Turistas, Los Habitantes, Soberbia Ninguna, and The Stone Bobbers. It will be ExtremoPuro who will provide the grand finale to this marathon day of rock.

The rock music festival of Benagalbón, which will take place at the plain entrance to the village, has the support of the Rincón de la Victoria City Council, through its Youth and Culture departments, as well as the IAJ of the Andalusian Regional Government.

“From the Andalusian Regional Government, we continue to support initiatives where young talent has a place. More and more groups include young people who bring their musical knowledge and clearly demonstrate their enormous potential at both the local and provincial levels,” explained Alba Ortiz.

It is worth remembering that the Youth area provides the rehearsal rooms of the Municipal Youth Center in Torre de Benagalbón to all groups that want to rehearse there. “It has been doing so since its opening in 2019 and the demand is spectacular,” explained Cuadra, noting that participants from this Benalrock regularly use the rehearsal rooms, such as The Stone Bobbers, Los Turistas, or Abelito y Terrones.