Celebrating summer at Corona Sunsets

There is only one place I want to be on 30th June every year and that’s on the beach in my beloved hometown Burgas, celebrating July Morning. The tradition, which dates back from the 60s, sees people from across the country travelling to the seacoast to spend the night around fires on the beach, playing music and waiting for the first sun rays of July.  It’s our celebration of new beginning, freedom and the summer months.

Until I moved to the UK it never occurred to me that July Morning wasn’t actually an international tradition (you can imagine the shock when I found out!), so every year that I spend that time away from home I feel like I’ve missed on big time. This summer, however, Corona Sunsets made sure the UK got a taste of what it means to celebrate being outside, enjoying life and live more moments that matter.

Corona Sunsets is the brand’s largest collection of festivals and events in the worlds, bringing to life the transformative moment of sunset through music and culture. And, this year, Corona brought it for the first time in London in a way like never before. It was hard to believe that five minutes away from North Greenwich Station there was a full-blown beach awaiting us, along with a DJ lineup that made 9 hours seem way too short.

Our initiation into the Sunsets Tribe started upon entering Greenwich Peninsula, as hostesses looking like sun goddesses invited us to ‘write our wish or message’ on a little flag and pin it on the sun-shaped entry arch. We were then led to the golden sunset tattoo and body painting stations to add a little more glow to our looks, before exploring the beach paradise further.

Under the sounds of chilled acoustic beach tunes we wandered around the hammock spots, the stalls of local merchants selling handmade items and even got to personally choose and create our own Corona scarves and tops. As if that wasn’t enough to feel like I’m in paradise, the festival had its own massage stations and view tower, from which we could see the festival ground and main stage from a bird’s eye view.

Ah yes, the music. As time went on, the performances just kept getting better and better. One of my recent favourites Sam Feldt got us all dancing non-stop for more than two hours with his unmistakable tropical house tunes.

I also discovered The Him, a Dutch music production duo formed by Jeroen Kerstens and Steven Berghuijs, who create infectious sounds of deep house, indie, nu disco and pop.

The finale of the evening was a spectacular set by the incredibly talented Robin Schulz and a fantastic fireworks show which lit up the London sky.

The next Corona Sunsets festival will be in Italy later this month, so get your summer mood on. Those of us staying in the UK can also still immerse in the experiences with Corona Sunset Series at a number of well-known bars and clubs around the country.

Curious to know which festivals you guys are heading to this summer? Let me know what I should keep an eye on.