Your June 2026 Electronic Music Guide for the Costa del Sol

Summer is officially on. By June the Costa del Sol is operating at full capacity — terraces packed, beach clubs in session, and the first proper festival weekends landing on the calendar. The headline event this month is Chicnic 2026 at the Don Carlos Resort in Elviria on Sunday 28th June — a Music, Food & Wine experience headlined by house legend Sandy Rivera (Kings of Tomorrow), and proudly sponsored by BeachGrooves Radio and JBL Professional. Beyond that, the final weekend of June is stacked: three consecutive nights of electronic music across Marbella and Nerja that rival anything you will find in Ibiza at the same time of year.

There is also a new name to know. Solaris Nerja arrives this month as a brand-new ten-day festival at El Playazo beach — concerts, DJs, a food market, digital art installations and a 40-metre Ferris wheel. Among the eight events running from June 18–28, four are electronic or electronic-adjacent. Nerja is quietly becoming a proper destination for this audience, and June 2026 is where it announces itself.

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June at a Glance

Date	Event	Venue	Location
Sat 6 June	WThouse x LHMusic Beach Party — Terry Farley, Ronnie Herel, Tito Pulpo	El Charcon Beach	Mijas Costa
Sun 28 June	⭐ Chicnic — Sandy Rivera (Kings of Tomorrow) BeachGrooves x JBL sponsored	Don Carlos Resort & Spa	Marbella
Thu 18 June	Solaris Open Day — Les Castizos, Peppe Citarella	El Playazo (Solaris Nerja)	Nerja
Tue 23 June	Aaron Sevilla — Noche de San Juan	El Playazo (Solaris Nerja)	Nerja
Fri 26 June	Defected — DJ EZ, Eliza Rose, Melé	Marbella Arena	Marbella
Sat 27 June	Techno Flamenco — Marsal Ventura	El Playazo (Solaris Nerja)	Nerja
Sun 28 June	Space of Sound — Claptone	El Playazo (Solaris Nerja)	Nerja

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WThouse x LHMusic Beach Party — El Charcon Beach, Mijas Costa

Saturday 6 June · 12:00–00:00 · El Charcon Beach, Mijas Costa · Age: 18+

The third annual edition of this one, and it has earned its reputation the honest way — it sells out every year. The concept is simple: London House Music (LHMusic) bring a selection of UK selectors to the Costa del Sol to join the local What The House crew for a full-day beach party at El Charcon, one of Mijas Costa’s most open and naturally beautiful stretches of coastline. Midday until midnight, outdoors, on the sand, with a strong house lineup from start to finish. There’s an afterparty in nearby Fuengirola — less than ten minutes away — running until 6am for those who want to extend the night.

The lineup is the real draw. Terry Farley is a cornerstone of UK house history — a founding member of the Boys Own collective, one of the crews that shaped the British house and rave scene from the late 1980s onwards. His DJ sets draw on over thirty years of crate knowledge, and he remains one of the most informed selectors on the UK circuit. Alongside him: Ronnie Herel, the Kiss FM broadcaster and DJ whose Saturday night shows defined a generation of UK garage and house listeners; Stuart Patterson, a respected fixture of the UK house scene; and from closer to home, three names you will know from BeachGrooves Radio’s own airwaves — Tito Pulpo, Terry Hobbs, and Milady, all resident DJs on BeachGrooves Radio. Their presence on this bill is a mark of how well the local scene has developed: these are selectors who hold their own alongside the UK contingent without any caveats. Also on the lineup: Dan the Drum, Stanley Hood, and Mick Hood.

Tickets are priced at €19–29 and this event has sold out in advance every previous year. If you are in or around the Costa del Sol on the 6th and this kind of music is your thing, do not sleep on it.

Tickets (€19–29): ra.co/events/2423288

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⭐ Chicnic 2026 — Sandy Rivera (Kings of Tomorrow) at Don Carlos Resort

Sunday 28 June · 14:00–22:00 · Don Carlos Resort & Spa, Elviria, Marbella · Dress code: Picnic Chic

BeachGrooves Radio and JBL Professional are proud sponsors of Chicnic 2026.

Chicnic is a Music, Food & Wine experience set in the tropical gardens of the five-star Don Carlos Resort in Elviria — 20,000 square yards of shaded lawns opening onto one of Marbella’s finest beaches. The concept centres on The Tasting Garden, where celebrated regional restaurants set up across the grounds alongside Malaga wines and spirits. You eat well, you drink well, and the soundtrack is curated by an exceptional lineup running across the full afternoon and evening.

Headlining is Sandy Rivera, the New York-born producer and DJ who operates as Kings of Tomorrow — a genuine house music legend. Rivera started DJing at 13 in Spanish Harlem, began producing in 1992, and built his reputation on a strain of deeply soulful, emotionally direct house that has never gone out of fashion. His track Finally (2000) featuring Julie McKnight remains one of the most loved records in the soulful house canon, but his catalogue through Deep Vision Records runs far deeper than one record. Having Sandy close out the afternoon is a strong booking for any event.

Building through the day before Sandy takes over: Tito Pulpo, Aruhtra, Paul Hutchinson and Kawtar Tamwy — a mix of local scene figures and international guests setting the right pace across the hours.

JBL Professional is providing the professional audio setup for the event. Given the outdoor scale of the Don Carlos gardens and the kind of music Sandy plays — soulful, dynamic, built on low-end and vocal clarity — the quality of the sound system is not a minor detail. JBL Professional have been behind live sound at the Super Bowl, the Grammys, and major festival touring rigs for over seven decades. It means the music will be heard the way it was intended.

Ticket	Price	Includes
General Admission	€49	Access to Tropical Garden (food & drink not included)
VIP Access	€249	Open bar 14:00–17:00 (Champagne, Rosé, wine, beer), tapas, VIP lounge seating
Table for 4	€1,500	Full open bar 14:00–17:00, 2 bottles of Champagne, tapas, VIP lounge

Tickets: feverup.com (also on the door, cash only, subject to availability)  |  Group / press enquiries: info@rocklounge.com  |  Full event details: beachgrooves.com/events

Chicnic 2026 is proudly supported by BeachGrooves Radio and JBL Professional.

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Solaris Nerja Opens — Les Castizos and Peppe Citarella

Thursday 18 June · El Playazo, Nerja · From €5

Solaris Nerja is a first-edition festival, which always carries a degree of unknown. But the opening night lineup — Les Castizos heading up a session with Peppe Citarella, Manu BS and Rafa Nandez — signals the right intentions. This is a house and electronic session on the beach at El Playazo, and at €5 a ticket it is one of the most accessible entry points to live electronic music on the Costa del Sol this summer.

If you are curious about the festival but not ready to commit to a full weekend, this is the night to check it out. Solaris Village — the market, food area and digital art installations — is free entry throughout all ten days.

Tickets from €5: universe.com  |  Festival info: solarisnerja.com

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Aaron Sevilla — Noche de San Juan at Solaris Nerja

Tuesday 23 June · El Playazo, Nerja · Solaris Nerja

The Noche de San Juan is one of the great Spanish summer rituals — bonfires on the beach, the longest night of the year stretching out across the Mediterranean. This year, El Playazo in Nerja marks the occasion with an Afro-House set from Aaron Sevilla, one of the most distinctive selectors working in Spain right now. His sound sits in that warm, percussive space where deep house meets African rhythm: the kind of music that sounds exactly right on a beach in June with a fire glowing at the waterline.

If you have not made it to Nerja before, the Noche de San Juan is as good a reason as any for the drive east. The combination of the festival setting and the midsummer ritual makes this one of those nights that is hard to replicate anywhere else on the coast.

Tickets: universe.com

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Defected at Marbella Arena — DJ EZ, Eliza Rose, Melé

Friday 26 June · 19:00 · Marbella Arena, Marbella

Defected returns to Marbella Arena for a third year running, and this is the strongest lineup yet. Heading the bill is DJ EZ — the UK garage legend whose sets have become a masterclass in selector craft over three decades. There is a reason he still headlines festivals: a level of control and musicality on the decks that very few can match. Supporting him are Eliza Rose, whose house track B.O.T.A. crossed into the mainstream charts without losing any of its dancefloor edge, and Melé, the London producer whose sound pulls from UK garage, house, and bass music with precision and wit.

The Marbella Arena is a converted bullring with the kind of open-air setting that makes an evening set genuinely special — warm air, fading light, 360-degree acoustics. Defected sold it out twice last year. Book early.

Doors: 19:00  |  Tickets: defected.com

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Techno Flamenco — Marsal Ventura at Solaris Nerja

Saturday 27 June · El Playazo, Nerja · Solaris Nerja

This one is exactly what it says. Techno Flamenco brings Marsal Ventura — a Barcelona-based producer who has spent years fusing the rhythmic intensity of techno with the percussive roots of flamenco — alongside live flamenco performers on stage. It sounds like a gimmick until you hear it: the compás of flamenco and the grid of techno share more than you would expect, and Ventura knows how to make the two forms push against each other rather than simply sit side by side.

The setting does a lot of the work too. El Playazo is one of the wider, more open beaches on the Costa del Sol, and the Solaris Arena stage faces the sea. Playing this kind of music as the sun drops over the Mediterranean is a very particular experience.

Tickets: universe.com

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Space of Sound with Claptone — Solaris Nerja Closing Night

Sunday 28 June · El Playazo, Nerja · Solaris Nerja

Space of Sound is one of Spain greatest dance music brands, launching in Madrid in the 1990s and remaining a fixture of the national electronic music scene ever since. For the closing night of Solaris Nerja debut edition, they have brought in Claptone: the masked Berlin-based DJ and producer whose sound sits in peak-time house with a melodic sensibility that keeps floors moving for hours. He is an Amnesia Ibiza regular, a Printworks veteran, and a consistent presence across the major European festival circuit. His sets run long and warm — exactly what a festival closing night calls for.

Support comes from Crusy, Nic Vesperi, Aafraa, and Claudia Tejeda. If you are picking one event this month that represents electronic music done properly on the Costa del Sol, this is the one.

Editor note: The Saturday and Sunday at Solaris Nerja work brilliantly as a pair. Techno Flamenco into Space of Sound with Claptone makes for one of the stronger electronic music weekends on this coast all summer.

Tickets: universe.com  |  Ticketmaster.es  |  Festival info: solarisnerja.com

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Also Worth Knowing

Starlite Occident opens (19 June): Marbella biggest boutique festival launches its 2026 edition on 19 June. The June lineup skews toward Latin pop and rock, but the full calendar at starlitefestival.com is worth checking for later summer bookings. The venue — carved into the Marbella hillside — is one of the best in southern Spain.

Weekly pool parties at Mogli Marbella (Puerto Banús): Babylon Marbella runs every Saturday and Certti Marbella every Friday through the summer season, both offering DJ sets and beach club vibes. Good options if the bigger events sell out.

Brunch Electronik Málaga: The spring season wrapped in May, but keep an eye on malaga.brunchelectronik.com for summer edition announcements. When it returns it is one of the most consistently well-programmed electronic music events in the province.

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Book ahead: Solaris Open Day (18 June)  |  Aaron Sevilla — Noche de San Juan (23 June)  |  Defected at Marbella Arena (26 June)  |  Techno Flamenco (27 June)  |  Space of Sound with Claptone (28 June)  |  Full Solaris programme: solarisnerja.com