Canadian Bryan Adams will open the 26th anniversary edition of the Cap Roig Festival on July 3rd. This summer concert will serve as a prelude to his tour, which will take him to the Palau Sant Jordi on November 14th. The Empordà festival's program includes 23 concerts, one fewer than last year (which drew over 51,000 attendees), and once again features the culinary collaboration of the Torres brothers. Other international artists on the 2026 lineup include Diana Krall, Rick Astley, Mika, Anastacia, cellist Hauser, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez. Representing Catalonia will be the debut of the group 31 Fam, and returning artists from previous editions include Antonio Orozco, Lax'n'Busto, and Miki Núñez. As is customary, Cap Roig also features a number of Spanish artists, reflecting the festival's essentially eclectic character. For example, younger artists like Amaia and Valeria Castro, and others with longer careers like Miguel Ríos, Víctor Manuel, Ana Torroja, Luz Casal, and Rosario, in addition to other artists and groups such as Pablo López, Café Quijano, Taburete, and Malú, who has returned to the stage after a hiatus and will be performing in March.

More than 100 kilometers of coastal paths run the length of the Costa Brava, from Blanes to Portbou. Sometimes they are steep and rocky, winding through pine forests and along cliffs, right next to the sea. Historically, fishermen and sailors used them to travel on foot between coastal towns, patrolled by the Civil Guard and the Carabineros to control smuggling. Now, they are frequented mainly by hikers on trails or beachgoers seeking access to more secluded coves. But in many places along this route, there are barriers. Despite being a public area, villas and private properties block access with threatening signs, forcing walkers to take detours along forest tracks or footpaths. In Garbet, A property belonging to the Peralada Group diverts pedestrians for 300 meters over the rocks. In Lloret, a mansion belonging to a Kazakh tycoon It also closes the path, and in Palafrugell, from Golfet beach to the Cap Roig Gardens, owned by the La Caixa Foundation, it is impossible to walk along the seafront.

From 300 to 500 euros. This was, no less, the average price of tickets for the Michael Bublé concert that brought the Cabo Rojo Festival to a close in Calella de Palafrugell. The performance by the famous Canadian singer, the only one in Spain and one of the few in Europe this year, was undoubtedly one of the great musical events of the summer in our country. And one of the most expensive, of course. Before a completely devoted audience, made up mainly of vacationers from the Costa Brava and foreigners who had traveled specifically for the occasion, the artist performed with great aplomb fifteen songs, both his own and covers, imbued with his unmistakable style of pop-jazz and classic swing.

Night of revival musical in Cabo Rojo Festival of Calella de Palafrugell with Simple Minds, one of the most iconic bands of European rock of the 80s and 90s. The Scots, led by singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill, were key to renewing the sounds of classic rock with an alternative electronic style, initiating the era of postpunk and the new waveWith a solid track record spanning more than four decades, they remain committed to the same successful formula that made them famous, without experiments or revolutions, and they remain in good shape on stage, with a tight sound and an energetic live performance.

Argentine Fito Páez will inaugurate the 25th Cap Roig Festival The festival will be held on July 12th and Joan Dausà will close the event with two consecutive concerts on August 17th and 18th. In between, five weeks of summer with performances by such popular names as Simple Minds, Silvia Pérez Cruz & Salvador Sobral, Sebastián Yatra and Ana Belén. Nine of the artists on the bill will be making their debut at Cap Roig, there will be eight bands singing in Catalan and seven women on the bill. 51,000 tickets will be on sale at an average price of 66 euros. The festival budget is 3.7 million euros. The unique thing about this year is that, to celebrate the first quarter of a century, the festival organised by CaixaBank and the Clipper's Group has announced that all the concerts will be charity concerts, donating part of the proceeds to social organisations in Girona and Baix Empordà.

Argentine Fito Páez will inaugurate the 25th Cap Roig Festival The festival will be held on July 12th and Joan Dausà will close the event with two consecutive concerts on August 17th and 18th. In between, five weeks of summer with performances by such popular names as Simple Minds, Silvia Pérez Cruz & Salvador Sobral, Sebastián Yatra and Ana Belén. Nine of the artists on the bill will make their debut at Cap Roig, there will be eight bands singing in Catalan and seven women on the bill. 51,000 tickets will be on sale at an average price of 66 euros. The festival budget is 3.7 million euros. The unique thing about this year is that, to celebrate the first quarter of a century, the festival organised by CaixaBank and the Clipper's Group has announced that all the concerts will be charity concerts, with part of the proceeds going to social organisations in Girona and Baix Empordà.