Costa de Almeria • Issue No. 2040 • 8 - 14 Aug 2024
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Guetta’s epic 10 year set at Dreambeach DREAMBEACH closed its 10th-anniversary edition on Sunday, August 4, and went out in style. This year, for its decade celebration, 120,000 people arrived at the new location of El Toyo-Retamar in Almeria. Dreambeach 2024 kicked off on Thursday, August 1, with acts performing on the mainstage, facing the Mediterranean Sea, including Anthony Godfather and Gordo, who gave a solo set, followed by a ‘Worldwide Exclusive’ duo set with Nico Moreno, according to the organisers. The Dream Tents also returned this year, providing thousands of attendees with techno music. Dreambeach paid homage to the Andalucian sound this anniversary, with the local sound taking over the new stage, The Cage. Friday’s opening set, on August 2, saw Fatima Hajji as the headline act, infectiously spreading her energy from the stage through techno. The main stage on day two kept the momentum going, with big names such as R3hab and Brennan Heart. Timmy Trumpet stood out too, dominating the stage with just his brass; truly a sight and sound to behold. The second day inaugurated the Open Air stage, with another set of fantastic
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Dreambeach 10th Anniversary ended with a bang from David Guetta.
performers, including British DJ and producer Andy C and American DJ Sullivan King. Dreambeach’s 10th anniversary was about giving space for both international artists and local DJs to shine. Along came Dreambeach’s most crowded day of the four-day weekend, starting on Saturday, August 3. Almeria-born RVFV represented his hometown with a specially prepared set for this anniversary edition. Most attendees this night
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were anticipating the arrival of the legendary French DJ and producer David Guetta, the star of the festival’s 10th anniversary. As almost everyone at the festival migrated towards the main stage, Guetta entered and enthralled the entire
audience in a performance that turned El Toyo-Retamar into a 120,000-person dance floor. Dreambeach 2024 was a raging success for the organisers, the attendees, local businesses and security, due to the new location.
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