Starlife Marbella 2023.

Starlife Occidente is the best boutique festival in World. Star-Studded Festival… Cultural, Culinary and Social.

As every summer in Marbella, Starlite festival takes place at a quarry (the Nagüeles Quarry), an open space surrounded by nature, which is located at the high part of the Marbella Golden Mile, below the Concha mountain.

Now in its twelfth year, Starlife Marbella offers both a glittering programme of international stars on stage and a veritable feast of celebrity watching in the festival’s stunning amphitheatre setting. In fact, often the VIP guest list is even more star-studded than the array of global artists dazzling us with their performances under the lights!

The stage is in a quarry surrounded by 60 metre-high rock walls, which creates an interesting, intimate atmosphere, like a secret, hidden venue beneath the stars for the 3,500 seat auditorium. Cars need to be parked a mile away and minibuses shuttle guests up and down the hill, except for VIPs.

The concerts are intimate affairs, with the stars not only on stage but also rubbing shoulders with the audience, enjoying a drink, dining on haute cuisine or simply savouring the natural al fresco atmosphere of this former quarry that every summer is transformed into a focal point of European culture and glamour.

Sitting in the stalls and casually wandering around the venue are many leading Spanish and international celebrities, from singers, musicians and actors to sports stars, entrepreneurs and politicians – as well as, of course, a healthy bevy of socialites.

Crème de la crème.

Up on stage, the portfolio of performers since 2012 has been truly world-class… Anastacia, Lionel Richie, Lenny Kravitz, Bryan Adams, Andrea Bocelli, Plácido Domingo, Julio Iglesias and son Enrique Iglesias, Tony Bennett, Laura Pausini and Ricky Martin.

This year, the bar is just as high – perhaps even higher! Described as “a micro-universe where everything is possible”, the +2 month-long Starlite Marbella includes, in addition to music concerts, gastrobars, fashion premieres, art galleries, a discotheque and DJs – plus cinema.

Starlife Marbella 2023 Artists line up:

Charity Events.

Málaga-born Antonio Banderas also co-hosts the annual Starlite Gala, which raises funds for several charities. The gala has previously been supported by top celebrities including Boris Becker, Joseph Fiennes and Jermaine Jackson, and has honoured the humanitarian commitments of Mia Farrow, Carlos Slim, Deepak Chopra, Daryl Hannah and Melanie Griffith.

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