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Live music, flamenco and karaoke in Almuñécar

The best music in Almuñécar is heard in summer under the open sky. Jazz en la Costa in El Majuelo park in July is known throughout Spain, and there is flamenco, free concerts on the beach and big concerts during the town festival in August. The rest of the year, live bands play at a couple of pubs in town and in La Herradura. Here is what we have been able to confirm, and where to find the programme.

02-11-2026 · 8 min. read

Fact-checked 02-11-2026

Checked against The Seaside Gazette (05-2026), Euro Weekly News (13-09-2026, 21-04-2026 and 13-05-2026), festivalesdeespana.com, taquilla.com, Almuñécar Council's festival programme 2026 (via COPE 29-07-2026), Almuñécar Council (Noches en Azul), The Big Bang Ocean Club's own website, costatropical.com and almunecarinfo.com. Internet access was limited: we could only read search results, not the pages themselves. What we could not confirm: the programme for Jazz en la Costa 2027, a peña flamenca (flamenco club) in Almuñécar, regular flamenco nights at bars in 2026, and a karaoke bar that is still open.

El Majuelo on an evening in May 2025. In summer the park below the castle is the town's big stage for jazz and flamenco
El Majuelo on an evening in May 2025. In summer the park below the castle is the town's big stage for jazz and flamenco Photo: Plazadelcamino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

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Jazz en la Costa – July in El Majuelo

Jazz en la Costa is one of Spain's oldest jazz festivals. In 2026 it was held for the 39th time, from 21–26 July on the stage in the botanical garden Parque El Majuelo, below the castle and by the ruins of the Roman fish-salting factory. Tickets cost 25–60 € (≈ 448 kr.) and went on sale on 1 June at jazzenlacosta.es.

The 2026 programme was Paquito D'Rivera Quintet (21/7), Joe Lovano Paramount Quartet (22/7), Chico Freeman & Francesca Tandoi Trio (23/7), Erik Truffaz and Antonio Lizana (24/7), Jacky Terrasson Trio (25/7) and Roberto Fonseca (26/7).

After the concerts the night continues with Trasnoches de Jazz: jam sessions and concerts in bars and squares in the old town. They are usually free, but one source from 2025 mentions a price of 25 € (≈ 186 kr.), so check the programme.

In autumn there is more jazz: Ciclo de Jazz on 18–20 September 2026 at 20, with tickets from Azul Marino Viajes, at the box office in the Casa de la Cultura and from Bravo Entradas according to Euro Weekly News. In 2025 there was also an autumn jazz festival on 9–11 October.

The stage and rows of seats in El Majuelo, where Jazz en la Costa plays
The stage and rows of seats in El Majuelo, where Jazz en la Costa plays Photo: Zarateman · CC0 · Commons
El Majuelo with the Castillo de San Miguel castle behind
El Majuelo with the Castillo de San Miguel castle behind Photo: Dguendel · CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Flamenco

Almuñécar is not a flamenco town like Granada, and we have not found a peña flamenca (flamenco club) in the town. But there is flamenco in summer:

  • Caña Flamenca Costa Tropical: a flamenco festival on the coast from 15 July–31 August 2026, with El Majuelo among the venues according to festivalesdeespana.com.
  • Venta Luciano, Carretera del Suspiro, approx. 3 km outside town: flamenco show with dinner on Fridays from 20 in a large Andalusian farmhouse above the town, with flamenco since 1956, according to the venue's listings on almunecarinfo.com and costatropical.com. Book a table and ask about the next date. None of the sources is dated.
  • Chiringuito El Tesorillo at Playa del Tesorillo is called "the only place with a flamenco show all year round" by almunecarinfo.com. The source is not dated.

Call or ask before you go. If you want to experience genuine flamenco in the caves of Sacromonte, Granada is worth the trip: see Worth the trip: Granada.

Flamenco in the Cueva de la Rocío cave in Sacromonte, Granada
Flamenco in the Cueva de la Rocío cave in Sacromonte, Granada Photo: Yair Haklai · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
The dancer Miguel Conde at the La Alboreá tablao
The dancer Miguel Conde at the La Alboreá tablao Photo: Pepe Torress · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
The memorial bust of the flamenco singer Rafael Muñoz Barbero, «El Niño del Cerval», on Calle Alta del Mar in Almuñécar
The memorial bust of the flamenco singer Rafael Muñoz Barbero, «El Niño del Cerval», on Calle Alta del Mar in Almuñécar Photo: Zarateman · CC0 · Commons
Peña flamenca Costa del Sol-Axarquía in July 2012. The peñas are small flamenco clubs where locals sing and play
Peña flamenca Costa del Sol-Axarquía in July 2012. The peñas are small flamenco clubs where locals sing and play Photo: Peña flamenca axarquia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

Live bands in pubs

  • La Cochera, Paseo Andrés Segovia 45, La Herradura: live bands playing jazz, rhythm & blues, pop, rock and Celtic music. In 2026, for example, Rodriguez Celtic Band played in April and The Turkish Gang in May according to Euro Weekly News. Programme on the venue's Facebook page.
  • The Big Bang Ocean Club, Paseo del Altillo: concerts on Sunday and Monday at 22 according to the autumn 2026 programme, and live concerts Sunday to Thursday 22–24 in summer 2025. Read more in House, chillout and disco.
  • Robert's Top, Calle Livry Gargan 1, Almuñécar: live music on Fridays and Saturdays according to costatropical.com (not dated) and jam sessions on Sundays according to The Seaside Gazette. In October 2025 live music was back after the summer break. Blues, soul, funk, rock and Celtic music.
The beach in La Herradura. La Cochera is on the promenade along the beach
The beach in La Herradura. La Cochera is on the promenade along the beach Photo: Zangarreon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Karaoke

We have not been able to find a karaoke bar in Almuñécar or La Herradura that we can confirm is open in 2026. The well-known "Kasbah Discoteca Karaoke" in La Herradura closed in March 2024. A single review mentions karaoke at a tardeo at a chiringuito in Velilla, but we have not been able to find it again. If you know of a place, write to us via the contact page.

Free concerts: the beach and the town festival

In summer the council holds Noches en Azul with free concerts and outdoor films on the beaches of Almuñécar and La Herradura (see Beach bars in the evening).

During the town festival for the Virgen de la Antigua from 9–15 August there are free concerts every evening in the Caseta Oficial. In 2026 the performers included Antonio José, Rosa López, Café Quijano, Laura Gallego and El Arrebato, and there were five free concerts at the daytime feria. The festival ends on 15 August with the sea procession and a big musical firework display. Read more in Virgen de la Antigua – Almuñécar's big festival in August and in the festival calendar.

Plaza de la Constitución in the old town, where there is music during the festivals
Plaza de la Constitución in the old town, where there is music during the festivals Photo: Zarateman · CC0 · Commons
Fireworks over a boat during a sea procession. The photo is from L'Ampolla in Catalonia, but this is also how the festivals end in Almuñécar
Fireworks over a boat during a sea procession. The photo is from L'Ampolla in Catalonia, but this is also how the festivals end in Almuñécar Photo: Adescarrega · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Maps and routes

The buttons below the map open the route from Playa Tropical directly in Google Maps. You can walk to El Majuelo in approx. 30 minutes along the beach.

Red star = Playa Tropical. Click on a point for the name and distance. Map data © OpenStreetMap.

Open the route in Google Maps

The routes start at Playa Tropical. On mobile devices, they open directly in the Google Maps app, ready for navigation.

Good advice

  • Buy jazz tickets early. The best-known names sell out. Ticket sales usually start in June.
  • Bring a cushion and a jumper to the concerts in El Majuelo. The chairs are hard, and it can get cool late in the evening.
  • The concerts start late. Expect 22 or later, and for them to go on until after midnight.
  • Check Facebook on the day. Small pubs post their programme on Facebook and often change it.
  • Walk home. There is a lit promenade all the way from El Majuelo to Velilla. Otherwise take a taxi from the bus station.
  • Do's & don'ts. Read the most important rules on alcohol, driving and safety in the nightlife overview.

More articles in the series: Bars and tapas in the evening, La Herradura in the evening and Nightlife – practical guide.

Sources

Krone amounts are converted at 1 € ≈ 7.46 kr. and rounded.

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