Cap Roig Festival


The Cap Roig Festival, is a music and dance festival held in the Gardens of Cap Roig, in Calella de Palafrugell. Since 2001 it is celebrated annually, and all kinds of national and international artists participate.
The festival is held on an open-air stage with a capacity for 2,118 spectators, gathering the artists in a natural area of 17 hectares of surface facing the sea, next to the gardens. The festival generates more than 15 million euros and 220 full-time jobs in summer.

History

The origins of the castle and the botanical garden of Cap Roig, where the festival takes place, date back to 1927. They were built and designed by the Russian colonel Nicolai Woevodsky, fond of drawing and architecture, and his wife Dorothy Webster, aristocrat English, decorator and amateur archeology and gardening. This couple left their life in London to build their dreams in this unique place by the sea.
The Cap Roig Festival is held in summer, being the most important event on the Costa Brava. The direction and artistic production of Cap Roig takes great names every year of music and dance in the castle and the botanical garden. In 2007, the British newspaper The Independent ranked him second in a list of the 10 best summer festivals. The 17th edition, held in 2017, broke the attendance record with 46,316 viewers, which sold out 20 of the 27 scheduled concerts.

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