Of the July 18 to 26in that warm Cartagena summer, The Sea of Music celebrates its 30th edition with a Special South Koreaa waste of cultures and sounds that unites from the most dynamic K-pop to the roots of Spanish folklore.
For nine intense days, almost half a hundred concerts will illuminate the city with artists of world excellence and emerging revelations. From Natalia Lafurcade a Yerai Cortés, from Toquinho to Mala Rodríguez through Sílvia Pérez Cruz with Salvador Sobral, Guitarricadelafuente or the G5 with Kiko Veneno.
Since its inception in 1995, The Sea of Music A privileged place has been worked on the European map of global music. This 2025, the festival is confirmed as an irreverent and risky reference in the music scene, merging the tradition with the most avant -garde pulsations of the current panorama. The milestone of his thirty -edition invites an unprecedented sound trip, in which the cultural wave of South Korea is imposed as the main protagonist.
This year’s poster is a mosaic of proposals that transcend borders and styles. The inaugural concert, headed by the unmatched Natalia Lafourcademarks the tone of a program that is displayed with an always original story. On the stage, proper consolidated names are combined and in full effervescence of the Spanish scene – as Mala Rodríguez, Silvia Pérez Cross next to Salvador Sobral, Yerai Cortés, Guitarricadelafuente, Kiko Veneno which brings together G5 and Valeria Castro– With international icons. In addition, there will be the presence of artists from different corners of the planet: from Salif Keïtathe golden voice of Africa, in an intimate acoustic format, through the legendary Toquinho celebrating its 60 years, until the innovative proposal of the United Kingdom represented by Ezra Collective.
What really distinguishes this edition is the special South Korea. The South Korean offer is unmarked to propose a fresh look on the musical tradition of the Asian country. Formations like Leenalchi, Jambinai, Bewave and the magnetic Youun Sun Nah They add to the experimental sounds of Hypnosis Therapy and Fat Hamster & Kang Newweaving a cultural bridge that links the millenary with the contemporary. This fusion not only confirms the expansion of Korean culture in the world, but also involves the public in an unmatched experience of sensations and discoveries.
Attention to the Murcia scene also takes center stage this year. Representing Cartagena herself, The Klan of the Dedeté Not only does he make an appearance, but celebrates his 30th birthday, marking a milestone in his career and at the city scene. Next to them, the deserved recognition reaches Sword teacherwho takes the Paco Martín award to the revelation group of global music, consolidating their position among the new voices that are forging in that hybrid between avant -garde and tradition.
In addition, during the month of July, Cartagena transforms into a multifaceted scenario in which art, cinema and literature are intertwined with each chord and each rhythm, creating an environment that goes beyond music and celebrates cultural diversity in its purest form. The Sea of Music 2025 is erected as well as a vibrant testimony of union and creativity, inviting the public to immerse themselves in a sound experience without limits. The image of this year’s poster is formed a great painting Angels aggregate and the text design of Pepo Devesa.
The Sea of Music 2025 is reinvented every summer, and this thirty -edition is no exception. During the month of July, Cartagena transforms into a great cultural showcase that goes beyond music, integrating art, cinema and literature into a living and constant evolution scenario. Attendees will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in parallel activities that complement and enrich the festive and cosmopolitan spirit of the encounter. Of course Mondosonoro It will be present to celebrate those thirty years as it deserves.
The festival fertilizers They will go on sale from Monday, April 14, starting at 12:00 on the website of the Music Sea, 100 fertilizers will be launched for the CIM, with a price of € 80, and 300 fertilizers for the Paco Martín Auditorium, at € 120. Tickets for each concert will go on sale on Tuesday, April 15, at the same time. Parallel activities will be announced in the month of June.
