After a year-long forced hiatus, OUT.FEST is back for its 17th edition, this year divided in two moments.<\/p>\n
Between June 3rd-5th, the center of the action will move uptown, with concerts taking place at the open air auditorium of the Paz e Amizade Park (every day at 18h) and the Augusto Cabrita Municipal Auditorium, in the neighbouring city park (every day starting at 20h45).<\/p>\n
It is, as always, a demanding year (full of unexpected challenges one could hardly foresee at the end of the glorious 2019 edition of the festival), yet, also as usual, a year in which we rise up to present circumstances to allow new entry points into the (un)known Barreiro and strive to foster, as much as possible, a sense of proximity in times of physical distancing - and what better way to promote that proximity than through shared sonic experiences?<\/p>\n
During this year\u2019s first OUT.FEST moment we will present eight shows, three of which associated with the UNEARTHING THE MUSIC (www.unearthingthemusic.eu) project which has, since 2018, been discovering, analysing and compiling the music created at the edges of the European dictatorial regimes of the second half of the 20th century (in which, obviously, Portugal is included, but also Spain, Greece and all eastern Europe); and we introduce a new European project, REMAIIN (www.remaiin.eu), which promotes European experimental music with roots in other parts of the world and which brings to Barreiro a concert and an associated lecture; finally, we will also showcase four Portuguese bands\/musicians with their eyes, ears and minds turned towards the future, one of our defining activities since OUT.FEST\u2019s (and OUT.RA\u2019s) inception.<\/p>\n
Sit down (on the marked seats), put on your masks, and open your ears. OUT.FEST is back!<\/p>\n