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Pueblos Blancos Music Festival 2023: A Cultural and Musical Experience in the Heart of Andalusia

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The 6th edition of the Pueblos Blancos Music Festival will be Thursday, July 27 through Sunday, July 30, 2023! Great music in spectacular settings! Fantastic national & international bands, playing in breathtakingly beautiful, ancient, mountain villages in southern Spain! Free entry!

Scroll down for the list of concert venues, times and dates for the Pueblos Blancos Music Festival 2023

The Pueblos Blancos Music Festival is a four-day festival that takes place in the Serranía de Ronda and Sierra de Grazalema in Andalusia, Spain. The festival features a mix of blues, country, rock, pop, and jazz music, and it is a great way to experience a diverse range of music and culture.

Pueblos Blancos Music festival 2023

The festival is free to attend, and it is a great way to meet new people and make new friends. The festival is also a great way to experience the local food and wine, and to explore the beautiful villages of the Serranía de Ronda and the Sierra de Grazalema.

Past festivals have featured a wide variety of international and local bands. In 2022, the festival featured bands from Spain, the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

Here are some of the reasons why you should attend the Pueblos Blancos Music Festival 2023
  • The festival is free to attend!
  • The festival features a wide variety of music genres, so there is something for everyone.
  • The festival is held in the beautiful Serranía de Ronda and Sierra de grazalema, some of the most scenic parts of Andalusia.
  • The festival is a great way to meet new people and make new friends.
  • The festival is a great way to experience the local food and wine.
Pueblos Blancos Music Festival
Lineups and concerts

The lineup may change (Check here: https://pueblosblancosmf.org) but here are the villages and concert times for the Pueblos Blancos Music Festival 2023

Thursday July 27th Montejaque (20:30 – 01:00)
  • Picky Pressure (Serranía de Ronda, ES)
  • Neon Signs (Kansas City, Missouri)
  • Kev Bev (Austin, TX)
  • Deann René (Austin, TX)
  • Tangerine Flavor (Madrid, ES)
  • Donovan Keith (Austin, TX)
Thursday July 27th Ronda (20:30 – 01:00)
  • Colin Clark (Austin, TX)
  • Blueroomess (Barcelona, Es)
  • John Duer & The Blues Freaks (Texas/Toledo, ES)
  • Brock Bushong & the Still Shakes (Austin, TX)
  • Nautical Nation (Kerrville, TX)
Friday July 28th Ronda (20:30 – 01:00)
  • Neon Signs (Kansas City, Missouri)
  • Kev Bev (Austin, TX)
  • Deann René (Austin, TX)
  • Donovan Keith (Austin, TX)
  • Tangerine Flavor (Madrid, ES)
Friday July 28th Montejaque (20:30 – 01:00)
  • Ciudadano Fo (Malaga, ES)
  • Lu’Ami (Brighton, UK)
  • Cowboy Diplomacy (Austin, TX)
  • El Negri (Madrid, ES)
  • Blueroomess (Barcelona, Es)
  • Colin Clark (Austin, TX)
Friday July 28th Grazalema (21:00-1:00)
  • Nautical Nation (Kerrville, TX)
  • Charlie Garcia (Mission, TX)
  • Beth Morris (London, UK)
  • Brock Bushong & the Still Shakes (Austin, TX)
  • Los Widow Makers (Madrid, Es)
Friday 28th July 28 Villaluenga del Rosario (20:00-0:00)
  • Jack King Noir (Forssa, Finland)
  • Picky Pressure (Serranía de Ronda, ES)
  • John Duer & The Blues Freaks (Texas/Toledo, ES)
  • Zarigüeyas (Segovia, ES)
Saturday July 29 Ronda (20:30 – 01:00)
  • Charlie Garcia (Mission, TX)
  • Los Widow Makers (Madrid, ES)
  • Cowboy Diplomacy (Austin, TX)
  • Beth Morris (London, UK)
  • El Negri (Madrid, ES)
Saturday afternoon July 29th Montejaque (12:30 ~15:30)
  • John Duer & The Blues Freaks (Texas/Toledo, ES)
  • Music of the Grateful Dead
  • Charlie Garcia (Mission, TX)
Saturday night July 29 Montejaque (20:30 – 01:00)
  • Jack King Noir (Forssa, Finland)
  • Zarigüeyas (Segovia, ES)
  • Nautical Nation (Kerrville, TX)
  • Brock Bushong & the Still Shakes (Austin, TX)
Saturday July 29 Grazalema (21:00-1:00)
  • Picky Pressure (Serranía de Ronda, ES)
  • Lu’Ami (Brighton, UK)
  • Ciudadano Fo (Malaga, ES)
  • Neon Signs (Kansas City, Missouri)
  • Kev Bev (Austin, TX)
  • Donovan Keith (Austin, Tx)
Saturday July 29 Villaluenga del Rosario (20:00-0:00)
  • Tangerine Flavor (Madrid, ES)
  • Deann René (Austin, TX)
  • Colin Clark (Austin, TX)
  • Blueroomess (Barcelona, Es)
Sunday afternoon July 30th Montejaque (12:30 ~15:30)
  • Colin Clark (Austin, TX)
  • Deann René (Austin, TX)
  • Kev Bev y Amigos
Sunday night July 30th Montejaque (20:30 – 01:00)
  • Charlie Garcia (Mission, TX)
  • Brock Bushong & the Still Shakes (Austin, TX)
  • Beth Morris (London, UK)
  • Joao (Mozambique)
  • Los Widow Makers (Madrid, Es)
  • El Negri (Madrid, ES)
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La Playita – The Little Beach in the Mountains

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Sometimes you just want to go to the beach but staying near Ronda means at least one and a half hour drive to the coast. However, not too far away at Zahara de la Sierra is La Playita in the area known as Arroymolinos. A fresh water pool converted into a beach. Perfect for swimming and sunbathing!

From mid June until mid September the little beach is open, and is only a 25 minute drive from Ronda, or 10 minutes from Zahara de la Sierra or Montecorto. Entry tickets are under 5 Euros for the whole day and babies up to 3 years old go free!

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Zahara de la Sierra Pueblo Blanco in the Grazalema Natural Park

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Nestled under the mountain that gives the village its name, Zahara de la Sierra is one of the pueblos blancos of Cadiz province, and is only 30 minutes drive from Ronda, or an hour from Jerez de la Frontera. Completely within the Grazalema Natural Park, and with the district’s largest lake at its base, as well as the beginnings of the Garganta Verde walk just outside the village, Zahara is rightly quite central to experiencing the Sierra de Cadiz. (Zahara de la Sierra, Pueblo Blanco in the Grazalema Natural Park)

Arriving in the village you are immediately struck by the sight of the fortress tower sitting on a narrow plateau at the top of the mountain rocks, and the white buildings wrapped around the mountain base which makes Zahara a popular village to photograph from afar with some of the best views being at the southern end of the lake on a clear blue sky day.

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Villages near Ronda

Discover Juzcar

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Deep in the green Genal Valley, but only a few kilometres from Ronda, lies the tiny village of Júzcar, almost invisible as the valley roads twist and turn along the length of the Genal River. Juzcar is small, and easily walked around in less than 30 minutes, you could blink and miss this little inland Andalucia village, but don’t or you’ll really kick yourself later.

A little bit about Juzcar. It really is blue? and Smurfs live there?

Juzcar is a small village located in the province of Malaga in Andalusia, southern Spain. It gained international fame in 2011 when it was painted blue for the promotion of the Smurfs movie. The village was chosen by Sony Pictures to celebrate the world premiere of the movie, and as part of the promotion, all the buildings in the village were painted blue, making it look like a real-life Smurf village.

The village was originally a traditional white Andalusian town, but after the success of the Smurf movie promotion, the residents of Juzcar voted to keep the blue color as a tribute to the famous blue cartoon characters. The blue paint used was eco-friendly and made with natural pigments, and it has become a tourist attraction ever since.

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