Cala Mijas 2023

[Afterlife]

Am I the only one camping? Everyone here seems to be staying in hotels or apartments. Is camping a bad idea?

[Drums Please Fab]

1 hour ago, Afterlife said:

Am I the only one camping? Everyone here seems to be staying in hotels or apartments. Is camping a bad idea?

I just booked my flights this evening. 
 

I didn’t even know there was camping , and then checked my tickets and seen I bought a camping ticket 😂. I have put no effort into this. I was focused on Primavera and Madcool (which was a disaster of a festival). 
 

I basically just want to see Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Foals and M83.

i would have paid full price just to see the strokes. I’m 38 now and they were huge “in my day”.

Probably hotel or Airbnb for me but just need to figure out where to stay and how to get there. 
 

Leaning towards Fuengirola based on comments in here.

Edited July 22, 2023 by Drums Please Fab

[xxialac]

I would never camp in Spain in Summer - intense heat and bright early mornings.

[aaalive]

16 hours ago, Afterlife said:

Am I the only one camping? Everyone here seems to be staying in hotels or apartments. Is camping a bad idea?

I camped last year an it was ok, they had some kind of huge canopy to protect the tents from the sun, bit it only covered half of the area, so come early. Also it's pretty far away from the festival area and there's nothing around, but they had free shuttles which mostly worked ok. If we don't count the Arctic Monkeys day, that queue was a nightmare.

[xxialac]

Hoping for timetables next week. Can’t be far away!

[Drums Please Fab]

anyone how much a taxi is from Fuengirola to the festival?

 

These shuttles people keep mentioning....were are they from/to? and how does one book them?

 

[clasher]

8 minutes ago, Drums Please Fab said:

anyone how much a taxi is from Fuengirola to the festival?

 

These shuttles people keep mentioning....were are they from/to? and how does one book them?

 

Don't know how much the taxis cost. Uber fare estimate tells me about 15€. I'm in a group of 4, so even if the price quadruples due to demand/late hour/the fact there's a festival we won't be too bothered. 

We'll probably use the regular public transport to get there, local buses all along Costa del Sol are generally frequent, reliable and cheap. This is the timetable of the M-220 line that gets you from Fuengirola to Cala de Mijas in 15 minutes. Just realized there's a 1:40 and 2:40 departure, so that's an option to get home as well.

As for the shuttles, there's a number of different ones, what you're looking for is in the "organized trips" section of the festival website under "daily trips". Seems like you have to book them in advance though, you can do so here. They depart to Fuengirola each hour from 01:00 to 06:00 and cost 4€.

[xxialac]

I'd say new poster = clearest sign that the poster is closed

[xxialac]

Timetable came out on July 22 last year.

+3 days and counting...

[josemalaga]

1 hour ago, xxialac said:

Timetable came out on July 22 last year.

+3 days and counting...

They said"timetable soon" eight days ago...

[Drums Please Fab]

What time roughly do the headliners come on at? Is it like Primavera? 

Midnight-ish?

[aaalive]

1 hour ago, Drums Please Fab said:

What time roughly do the headliners come on at? Is it like Primavera? 

Midnight-ish?

Something like that, you can check last year's schedule here: https://clashfinder.com/s/mijas22/

[xxialac]

TIMETABLES!!!

[clasher]

 

 

Edited July 26, 2023 by clasher

[xxialac]

No real clashes unsurprisingly given alternating Sunrise and Victoria.

Strokes->M83->Underworld is a tasty run.

[GmasterWomble]

What time do the djs on la caleta generally finish?

[aaalive]

Metronomy/Ethel Cain clash 😞

all good otherwise

[xxialac]

Playback Maracas are surprisingly excellent. Should be much bigger.

[Daniel Comino Royuela]

… but do we have the finishing hour of each concert? Do we know how long each concert would be?

Edited July 26, 2023 by Daniel Comino Royuela

[xxialac]

1 hour ago, Daniel Comino Royuela said:

… but do we have the finishing hour of each concert? Do we know how long each concert would be?

Bands play for about 50 mins these days apart from headliners.

[Sarahw2]

2 hours ago, GmasterWomble said:

What time do the djs on la caleta generally finish?

5-6

[clasher]

2 hours ago, xxialac said:

Playback Maracas are surprisingly excellent. Should be much bigger.

Them and La Elite by far my favourite finds of this festival. 

[xxialac]

Kalorama has a run on the first day of:

M83 ->Yeah Yeah Yeahs -> Metronomy -> Blur -> The Blaze (and ending with) -> The Prodigy

Must admit, a bit jealous there...

[Florence2010]

1 minute ago, xxialac said:

Kalorama has a run on the first day of:

M83 ->Yeah Yeah Yeahs -> Metronomy -> Blur -> The Blaze (and ending with) -> The Prodigy

Must admit, a bit jealous there...

You forgot Amyl 😂

[Florence2010]

To be honest I’m pretty angry at the disparity between Cala Mijas and Kalorama. I feel hard done by…