Málaga adds a new mega-festival: Dreambeach moves to Vélez

Vélez-Málaga is climbing the ranks in the summer festival scene and the electronic music circuit. Adding to the already veteran Weekend Beach... on Torre del Mar beach, now comes one of the most powerful EDM (Electronic Dance Music) events, setting up for the first time on the Costa del Sol. Dreambeach Festival is leaving Almería, where it started twelve editions ago, to begin a new chapter at the fairgrounds in Vélez (Avenida Juan Carlos I, next to El Ingenio shopping center), with a format concentrated over two days: July 31 and August 1.

It will be called Dreambeach Costa del Sol and its lineup, as announced in a press release, will retain the electronic DNA that it has championed since its beginnings in the Almerian village of Villaricos, but with nods to other styles. "Dreambeach is opting for a format that breaks with its traditional programming and will develop a 'line up' where the most powerful projects of the electronic scene will be a new draw along with the most prominent artists from the national and international scene," they state.

Last year, in a location near the capital of Almería (El Toyo-Retamar), they already pointed in that direction with Will Smith and Nathy Peluso sharing the lineup with Amelie Lens, Steve Angello, and Steve Aoki, among many others. Up to 90,000 people gathered in 2025 for the event, which in some of its previous editions of up to four days has surpassed 130,000 attendees. In Vélez-Málaga, in this first encounter, there will only be two days of live music, with four independent stages and "spectacular structures," one of its strengths, in a venue that -they warn- will seek "the comfort of the 'dreamers' as its main goal."

Surprises

According to the organization, the artist lineup for the twelfth edition will feature many international surprises, "where the most important global brands of the circuit will take over the festival, led by the most powerful artists both nationally and internationally, and continuing support for the local circuit."

Thus, Dreambeach is located just a few meters from its 'sibling' festival, Weekend Beach (from July 9 to July 11 in Torre del Mar), both driven by the Granada-based firm Producciones Toro.