World Music Festival: in Porto Covo and Sines, the whole world to sing – Vision

the Congolese Mbongwana Star act in Sines

After last year have won the Award for Best Alignment Artistic in Iberian Awards Festival and have already been considered one of the top 25 festivals of world music in the world by British magazine Songlines, the world Music is back with one of the most ambitious posters of its long history.
According to the organization, the 2016 program aims to “cross oceans, crossing continents and bring down aesthetic boundaries.” A motto fulfilled the risk in the first weekend of the festival, which, as is tradition in recent years, will start with three days of free admission concerts in Largo Marques de Pombal, in Porto Covo. For there will names like Follow me to the Chapel (Portugal), Juana Molina (Argentina) and Graveola (Brazil), on Friday, 22; Karyna Gomes (Guinea-Bissau), Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali) and Bnegão and Frequency Selectors (Brazil) on Saturday, 23; or Jenifer Solidade & amp; Carlos Martins (Cape Verde / Portugal), The Unthanks (UK) and Wesli Band (Haiti / Canada) on Sunday, 24.
After this appetizer, the festival moves definitively to Sines, first to the Arts Centre and only from Wednesday, 27 to the traditional stage of the Castle. Is there that until Saturday 30, will spend the strongest names in this issue, as Mbongwana Star (Congo), Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania), David Murray Infinity Quartet with Saul Williams (USA), Konono 1 Meets Beat (Congo / Portugal / Angola) or Billy Bragg (United Kingdom). As usual, all these days, there will also be many free entrance concerts, prolonging the party all day in Largo Poeta Bocage and night out at Avenida Vasco da Gama.

During the festival, takes place the 19th edition of the Summer Contemporary Art project in Sines, which has two separate exhibitions: Serving the Chapel South , curated by Catherine Bridge in Sines Arts Centre, and 4 Photographers in Mozambique , with Moira Forjaz images, José Cabral, Luis Basto and Filipe Branquinho at the Cultural Center Emmerico Nunes.

World Music Festival & gt; Porto Covo and Sines & gt; July 22 to 30, 17h & gt; € 5 to € 50 (pass)