The first confirmed artists have been announced for the 18th edition of OUT.FEST - Barreiro International Exploratory Music Festival, which will take place between October 5th and 8th in a return to its usual format, with close to thirty concerts taking place in several venues throughout the city centre.
Japanese artist PHEW, a unique and intriguing voice with a career spanning over four decades, and North-American flutist NICOLE MITCHELL, a key name in this century’s new American Jazz, are two of the leading names in this first group of thirteen confirmed artists, which also includes the claustrophobic rap of the North-American duo PRISON RELIGION, the indie mystery of British group BAR ITALIA, a new band whose music is released by Dean Blunt’s World Music label, Porto’s SEREIAS, who have just released a new and incendiary self-titled album, Brazilian-born, Porto-based artist DIBUK, the return of Italian producer STILL, this time in a collaboration with the Ugandan ECKO BAZZ, the electronics of Braga’s own LUÍS FERNANDES, Rotten\Fresh’s co-founder USOF and Thai artist PISITAKUN, as well as three very recent collaborations between Portuguese artists: MÁ ESTRELA, a group led by saxophone player Pedro Alves Sousa in search of electronic spectrums outside jazz, POLY VUDUVUM, a duo made up by the multifaceted Diana Policarpo and Marta von Calhau, and the absolute debut of the duo of CAVERNANCIA & MARIA DA ROCHA, which brings together Barreiro’s Pedro Roque and the Lisbon violinist.
Festival passes can already be purchased for 30€ through BOL and its associated points of sale, and are also available online here: https://outra.bol.pt/