2017 is the 5th anniversary of the Dreambeach Electro, Techno, Dance festival at Villaricos. It runs from August 10th until 15th.
I must admit the only people I’ve heard of are Chase and Status and that’s only because I’ve seen them plastered all over the London tube a couple of years ago. But hey it’s for people a lot younger than me, a bit like when my parents couldn’t understand why I sat in a field all weekend listening to people who needed a damn good haircut, happy days!
When we first moved here the festival was part of the Creamfields group and did use to feature some more mainstream acts, even The Pet Shop Boys played one year. Other acts included The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Goldfrapp,Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack, Groove Armada and Basement Jaxx who I’m familiar with but wouldn’t go and see.
Four days of music on 4 stages will be enjoyed by over 100,000 people with the campsite holding around 30,000. The first sign that something is happening is when the average age of people in the supermarkets plummet as the sales of booze rises. We then realise there is a bass pounding in the distance at bedtime and that it is still there when we wake, great stamina these kids.
It normally passes without incident and we hope they all have a great time.
Vera’s half marathon as well as 5K and 10K races will take place on the evening on 15th July 2017.
Starting yesterday Vera will be holding holding traditional pottery workshops.
“Mundos de Papel”, a disturbingly funny, tender and daring story, combines humour and spontaneous circus techniques, theater and dance, where the spectators are witnesses to a continuous coming and going, where nothing is what it looks and everything looks as it is.
On 27th – 28th May Indalo Beach Tennis Club in Vera Playa will be hosting the Spanish Grand Prix with a first prize of €1500.
The singer and composer “Ele” performs the concert “Summer rain” (Folk, soul and rhythm & blues, stylish and modern), on Saturday May 20, at 9:00 pm, in the “Ciudad de Vera” Auditorium. Promoted within the Andalusian Cultural Circuit ENREDATE. Price on the day € 7 and in advance from the Convento de la Victoria only € 5.