Marbella will commemorate LGBT Pride Day on the upcoming June 27 at Glorieta de la Fontanilla.

Marbella will commemorate LGBT Pride Day on June 27th at Glorieta de la Fontanilla, an event "with which we want to claim the rights of this group," pointed out yesterday evening the Councilor for Equality and Diversity, Isabel Cintado, during the presentation held at the gastrobar A-Terapia in San Pedro Alcántara, which was attended by the deputy mayor of San Pedro, Javier García, and the councilors for Citizen Participation and Youth, Enrique Rodríguez and Alejandro González, respectively.

Cintado, who invited all citizens to join the event, explained that it will start at 19:00 with activities aimed at the youth, including makeup workshops and a diversity trivia game. An information booth will also be set up, and at 20:00, the proclamation will be given by journalist Roberto Caballero Martín, "a colleague from Radio Television Marbella, who has been notable for his defense of equality, diversity, and LGBT rights," she noted. In addition, special acknowledgments will be given to the companies Hard Rock Hotel Marbella, Café Baqué, Import Montes, and to the artist José David González, known as DashStar.

For his part, the Councilor for Citizen Participation recalled that this event, supported by the Provincial Council of Málaga and the mentioned hotel establishment, "is prepared with great affection from Diversity, involving transversally other delegations, starting with the mayor herself, Ángeles Muñoz, since it is a very important matter for our City Council."

Rodríguez advanced, regarding the artists who will participate, that the day will feature "big names like María Isabel, the singer from Huelva, who conquered Europe at 9 years old by winning the Junior Eurovision 2004 with the song 'Antes muerta que sencilla'. Performances will also include Xenon Spain, an actress, singer and reference in Andalusian scenic art, with her distinctive style and staunch defender of LGBTIQ+ rights; Mr. Proper, a cover band that will make the audience vibrate with their Spanish pop-rock classics; Venedita Von Däsh, one of the country's most influential drag artists; Pepino Marino, a well-known DJ from the LGBTI+ scene, who will blend pop, electronic, and 90s nostalgia; the local academy Muévete, directed by Rocío Guerrero and David Benítez, and Katrina, another drag queen from the Costa del Sol. "With these and many other performances, the city will become the epicenter of the Pride Day celebration, a space for visibility, respect, and fun for everyone," the councilor pointed out.

In the same vein, the municipal delegate for Youth highlighted the work of all the involved council departments and stated that "Pride in Marbella is a movement that has been growing each year and showing signs that we are doing well and offering something that people demand. The day will be completed with a bar, creating, as a whole, an open, accessible space designed for all citizens to enjoy and participate."