The Maresme festival offer begins a new stage with the Mar d'Estiu, a competition in front of the sea that will be held between the towns of Pineda de Mar and Santa Susanna, with the attendance of artists such as Malú, Luz Casal, Ara Malikian, Rozalén , Mushkaa or The Tyets. The festival takes over from the Arts d'Estiu, which was held 11 times until it was suspended last summer due to a conflict with the residents of Pineda de Mar. Now located in the area of La Llantia, with the Santa Susanna beach in the background and just a hundred meters away from the location of its predecessor, the Mar d'Estiu sets out with a commitment to sustainability and respect for the environment. neighbors by flag.
“It will be a festival that is respectful of both the population and the identity of Santa Susanna and Pineda, which will be tolerant with schedules and prices that are affordable for everyone,” said Tito Ramoneda, president of the Project promoter, at the presentation of the event. responsible for the event. In this sense, he highlighted that the average price of tickets will be 33 euros, “so that everyone has access” to the event, which this Friday will put a total of 31,000 tickets on sale with access included to the Village, where they will be held. carry out small-format performances with an entirely female program of emerging Catalan artists.
The dozen concerts that make up the festival will be held from August 3 to 18, opening fire with Ojete Calor (August 3), the musical-festival duo formed by Aníbal Gómez and Carlos Areces that has become one of the banners of the summer parties, as well as Juan Magán (August 8), the Badalona artist who is a reference in Latin urban music, who has recently published a new song, I will not doubt it.
In other musical parameters, and within a festival drawn “with the maximum possible transversality” in the words of its director, Judit Llimós, proposals appear such as Los Secretos (August 4), Álvaro Urquijo's band that will remember the hits that made them popular in the 80s like Déjame or Pero a tu lado. From the same generation is Luz Casal, who last year broke five years of musical silence with the publication of the album Las windows de mi alma. Sergio Dalma also brings new material (August 6), who recently published Smile, you are in the photo, where he recovers the sound of the 80s, which still arouses passion among the fans of the musician from Sabadell.
Another band that presents music is Sopa de Cabra (August 10), which is on tour presenting the songs from Ánima, an album that will be released at the end of the year, and which in its live shows combines with the classics of the Empordà band with which they celebrate 30 years of Ben Endins album. In the same situation is Antoñito Molina (August 5), sweet flamenco voice from Rota who will present his third album at the end of 2024. The list of presentations includes Rozalén (August 16), who plans to publish El embrace on April 26, after delving into roots music with Matriz that he published last year with multiple collaborations.
The cycle is completed with Malú (August 13), which has just filled the Teatre del Liceu twice, the violin of Ara Malikian (August 17) and the revival of God Save the Queen (August 7), one of the best tribute bands of Freddie Mercury and company. The icing on the cake will feature some well-known people from Maresme, The Tyets (August 18), who are still savoring the success achieved thanks to the mix of sardana and urban in Coti x coti. The couple formed by Oriol Ramon and .
