Calpe Pop Festival

PREPARATIONS are well underway for the third edition of the Calpe Pop Festival in August.

The council this week confirmed that this year’s headliner act will be Camela, precursors of the genre known as techno ‐ rumba in the 90s and the second best ‐ selling band in Spain of the last 20 years.

The past two editions were headed by other major national stars Marta Sánchez and Los Secretos.

Camela will take to the stage on Monday August 14 followed by a ‘re ‐member’ techno set by Vicente Buitrón. Tuesday August 15 is aimed at younger music fans with perfor ‐mances by the DJs David Casado, Pe ‐dro Sendra, Brenda Serna and the Space Elephants techno bands.

The two days chosen for the Calpe Pop Festival are bank holidays in Spain and right in the middle of the holiday season, so the event is ex ‐pected to draw large crowds.

According to Calpe mayor Ana Sala: “The Calpe Pop Festival is held on a long weekend, perhaps the weekend of the year when there are more people in the town, and this festival aims to extend the local fies ‐