Concerts return to Barreiro

For four saturdays between August 29th and September 19th, as part of the "Paz & Amizade" cycle, we will host concerts by Vaiapraia, Lula Pena, Rodrigo Amado com Ricardo Toscano, João Lencastre e Hernâni Faustino, as well as a brand new performance by local musician Fast Eddie Nelson (on September 19th) whom we've challenged to create a show around Pink Floyd, entitled "Between Barrett and the Moon" which, as the name suggests, will explore the expansive legacy of the British quartet focusing on their releases in the period between Syd Barrett's departure and the massive success of "Dark Side of the Moon".

Before that, on August 29th, Vaiapraia will open this concert cycle with their recent (and highly praised) new album "100% Carisma"; on September 5th the idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Lula Pena takes the stage, fresh off an Italian mini-tour; and on September 12th we'lll host a quartet which brings together several currents of jazz in the form of the union of the two most celebrated Portuguese saxophone players (Rodrigo Amado and Ricardo Toscano) with drummer João Lencastre and double bassist Hernâni Faustino.

These concerts will take place in the late afternoon (18:30) at the open air amphitheatre at the Paz e Amizade Park, a seldom used space inaugurated in 1983, whose name (which translates to Peace and Friendship Park) comes from the anti-nuclear proliferation events which occurred during the summer of that same year in Czechoslovakia.

Tickets (5€ or 2,5€ for under 25-year-olds) are already on sale at outra.bol.pt and associated points of sale, and we strongly recommend that you purchase them in advance to comply with the Directorate-General for Health recommendations. For that same reason, hand sanitization and wearing a mask will be mandatory at the event, and the venue's capacity will be limited to ensure a safe distance between all attending. 

Live music will in fact return to Barreiro one day prior to this however, on August 28th, with a show by the recipients of one of the three OUT.RA creative grants for 2020:  “Nuvem de Pó” is the first of several public presentations of the work developed by ZIMA (Sara Zita Correia e Marta Ramos), two creatives whose background is rooted in dance and performance and who have been investing themselves in the research of sound as a complementary and non-academic method of self-descovery. This show will take place at SDUB “Os Franceses” at 21h30, with admittance being free of chage subject to the venue's capacity and a mandatory reservation made in advance by e-mailing info@outra.pt, and also to the Directorate-General of Health's guidelines.

EM REDE, an online festival coming up this weekend

Check out the three days of EM REDE in the links below!

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3


EM REDE is an online festival which will present almost twenty concerts by local musicians over three days.

This festival will showcase the diversity and wealth of talent in Barreiro's music scene, with space for songs, jazz, hip-hop, electronic and experimental music, bringing up-and-coming and established artists together.

From their homes, these musicians accepted the invitation by OUT.RA and the Barreiro Municipality (the event's co-producers) to perform at a festival which sends a message to the city and the country that Music can't stop and that the Arts still are, today and always, an essential part of our lives.

Watching EM REDE is entirely free and shows will be broadcast on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the Barreiro Municipality Youtube channel. Below, you can find out about the schedules and line-ups for each day.

Join us, and please consider supporting the artists by purchasing their albums, music and merchandise by following the links listed in the festival page at our website.

LINE-UP

May 1st

Host: Ricardo Guerreiro
21h30. Tiago Sousa
22h00. Valu
22h30. Nicotine’s Orchestra
23h00. Minguito
23h30. Opus Pistorum
00h00. Van Ayres

May 2nd

Host: Joana Pimpista
21h30. Gil
22h00. Beatriz Nunes
22h30. Kyra
23h00. Nada Nada
23h30. San Fona
00h00. Berlau

May 3rd

Hosts: Joana Pimpista & Ricardo Guerreiro
16h30. George Silver
17h00. Catarina dos Santos
17h30. Fast Eddie Nelson
18h00. Jorge Moniz
18h30. Y Basics
19h00. My Noisy Twins

ARTISTS


TIAGO SOUSA

Pianist and composer, master of an unique and growing sonic language, he has published a handful of records in national and international labels and often performs live, playing his own compositions and pieces by composers like Debussy, Arvo Part or Federico Mompou.

Website // Bandcamp // Youtube // Instagram // Soundcloud


VALU

Author of songs evoking the lamentations and finger picking style of intervention singers, Valu was born in 77, the year of punk, and presents music with clear and cutting poetry which combines that spirit with that of 74.

Facebook


NICOTINE’S ORCHESTRA

One of the many pseudonyms of Carlos Ramos (also known as SUAVE, and a member of ACT-UPS, LOS SANTEROS, BRO-X and one of the founders of the HEY PACHUCO! association)

Website // Facebook // Instagram


MINGUITO

Barreiro rapper and one of the pioneers of DRILL music in Portugal. A rising star in Portuguese music, with songs mixing Portuguese with English and Creole.

Youtube // Soundcloud // Instagram


OPUS PISTORUM

Opus Pistorum is Helder Menor, one of the most active young artists of this generation of Barreiro musicians, both on his own and as part of the Linha Amarela collective. 

Bandcamp // Soundcloud // Facebook


VAN AYRES

Lisbon-born active living in Barreiro for a couple of years now, he combines sound with visual arts and performance art.

Bandcamp // Youtube // Facebook


GIL

Stage name of Guilherme Firmino, singer and songwriter for the band "Humana Taranja", here performing solo for the first time with acoustic versions of his band's songs.

Bandcamp // Facebook // Instagram


BEATRIZ NUNES

One of the best known musical figures in Barreiro, Beatriz teaches at "our" Jazz School and, along with several projects with the Portuguese jazz community, she is the current singer for Madredeus.

Website // Facebook // Youtube


KYRA

Independent artist expressing himself through hip-hop, rap and rock. In 4 years he released three works: "Apollo 13, Tenebris and Lost Files"

Youtube // Spotify // Instagram


NADA NADA

The solo project of Cláudio Fernandes from the illustrious PISTA, here showing off his synthesizers and taste for dancing, the heat and the beach.

Bandcamp // Facebook


SAN FONA

An almost secret project by Bruno Catarino, a discreet and talented bassist active in the Barreiro scene for over 20 years.

Bandcamp


BERLAU

Fernando Ramalho's alter ego used for his guitar experiments, with plenty of space for silence and sound dialogues with some of his favourite poets, with works inspired by Maria Gabriela Llansol, Inês Lourenço and Ana Hatherly.

Bandcamp // Facebook // Soundcloud


GEORGE SILVER

George Silver is André Neves, a young Barreiro artist active in music production and event programming and one of the most active faces in ADAO.

Bandcamp // Facebook


CATARINA DOS SANTOS

Catarina is a talented artist who, after studying and working throughout the work, returned to Barreiro to teach at the Jazz School and develop her music, which combines influences from Portugal, Africa, Brazil and New York.

Soundcloud


FAST EDDIE NELSON

A Portuguese musician who couldn't be any more American - Fast Eddie Nelson is a guitarist, blues and rock'n'roll man with many km on the road, and a frequent presence in festivals throughout Europe.

Bandcamp // Facebook // Youtube


JORGE MONIZ

Another of Barreiro's best known musicians, Jorge is a drummer, musician, and jazz teacher, and increasingly a very interesting composer for theatre, cinema and dance. 

He brings us a piece he has been working on for the past few months and which we will hear for the first time.

Website // Youtube


Y BASICS

Y Basics is José Bica, an artist born and raised in Barreiro who has developed work in sound art, field recordings and sound effects for the cinema, as well as academic investigations related to music. Here he will present a piece reflecting his growing interest in contemporary classical composition.

Bandcamp


MY NOISY TWINS

Jorge Machado is a composer, producer, percussionist and sound artist composing for theatre, dance, video-art, etc. He plays as a percussionist with several national groups and producers. After moving to Barreiro, 5 years ago, he became a parent to two noisy twins who name his solo project, which has just released an album.

Bandcamp

 

AN OUT.RA AND CMB CO-PRODUCTION