News // Portuguese Festivals 2012 [Update!]

These are the actual information related with the Festivals happening in Portugal, in 2012.

Besides the 2-in-2 year Rock In Rio, Optimus Alive and Paredes de Coura some new festivals were added to a versatile variation of genres and people.
Check all the information available, below:

• Vodafone Mexefest

Place (s): Coliseu do Porto, Cinema Passos Manuel, Maus Hábitos, Garagem Passos Manuel, Pitch Club, Teatro Sá da Bandeira, Ateneu Comercial do Porto and FNAC Santa Catarina;
When: March 2 and 3;
Price: Only 40€;
Confirmations: St. Vincent; Supernada; Hanni El Khatib; Foals (DJ set); Ladrões do Tempo; Fink; Beatbombers; Capitão Fausto; Tiger & Woods; Best Youth; Salto

• Reggae Blast

Place (s): Campo Pequeno, Lisbon and Coliseu do Porto;
When: March 23 [Lisbon] and 24 [Porto];
Price: 25€ [Lisbon] and between 17,50€ and 27,50€ [Porto];
Confirmations: Dub Inc; Bushman; Omar Perry

• Rock In Rio 2012

Place (s): Parque da Bela Vista, Lisboa;
When: May 25 and 26; June 1,2 and 3;
Price: Daily ticket: 61€;
Confirmations: Metallica; Lenny Kravitz; Marron 5; Expensive Soul; Ivete Sangalo; Bruce Springsteen; Sepultura; Mastodon; Evanescence; James; Xutos & Pontapés; Orelha Negra; Linkin Park; Limp Bizkit; Smashing Pumpkins; The Offspring; Kaiser Chiefs; Stevie Wonder; Bryan Adams; Joss Stone; The Gift;
[Palco Sunset: Ramp + Teratron; Mão Morta + Pedro Laginha; Kreator + Andreas Kisser; Rita Redshoes + Moreno Veloso; Mafalda Veiga + Marcelo Jeneci; Xutos & Pontapés + Titãs; The Black Mamba + Tiago Bettencourt; Orelha Negra & Hyldon + Kassin; Boss AC & Zé Ricardo + Paula Lima + Shout!; Ana Free + The Monomes; Amor Electro + Moska; Luís Represas & João Gil + Jorge Palma; Carminho + Pedro Luís; David Fonseca + Mallu Magalhães; Rui Veloso + Erasmo Carlos; Los Pericos; Tan Bionica; Orquestra Todos]; [Tenda Electrónica - Heineken:  Life Is A Loop Live; Leo Janeiro; Bis Boys Please;  Azari & III Live; The Magician; Punks Jump Up; The Discotexas Band Live; Miguel Quintão; Mirror People; Jamie Jones; Maceo Plex Live; Dyed Soundorom; Kings of Swingers: Renato Rathier + Mau Mau; Magazino; José Belo + Zé Salvador; Masters at Work; The Martinez Brothers; Johnwaynes Live; Miguel Rendeiro; DJ Poppy; DJ Harvey; DJ Vibe; dOP Live; DJ Dixon; Stereo Addiction]; 

• Optimus Primavera Sound

Place (s): Parque da Cidade do Porto; Porto's downtown;
When: June 7 to 10;
Price: Only 85€;
Confirmations: Björk; Spiritualized; The xx; Beach House; The Walkmen; Afghan Whigs; Shellac; Wilco; Death Cab For Cutie; The Dirty Three; Explosions in the Sky; Veronica Falls; Yo La Tengo; Olivia Tremor Control; The Drums; Washed Out; Jeff Mangum; Codeine; Neon Indian; Other Lives; SISKIYOU; Number Showcase; Sleepy Sun; Thee oh Sees; Flaming Lips; Rufus Wainwright; Black Lips; The Rapture; Atlas Sound; Lee Ranaldo; Yann Tiersen; Saint Etienne; War on Drugs; Wolves in the Throne Room; Tennis; John Talabot; Erol Alkan; We Trust; Gala Drop; Bigott; Esperit!; Forest; Swords; I Break Horses; Mujeres; Baxter Dury; Tall Firs; Wavves; Death Grips; Demdike Stare; James Ferraro and the Bodyguard; Linda Martini; The Weeknd; M83; Suede; Chairlift; The Right Ons; StopEstra; Ultramagnetic MCs; Julie & The Carjackers; Kindness; Veronica Falls; You Can't Win,Charlie Brown

• Optimus Alive'12

Place (s): Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Oeiras;
When: July 13 to 15;
Price: Daily ticket: 53€ and Three-day pass: 105€;
Confirmations: Palco Optimus: Stone Roses; Snow Patrol; Justice; Lostprophets; Refused; Danko Jones (replacing Lostprophets) / Palco Heineken: LMFAO; Miúda; Dum Dum Girls; Death In Vegas; Buraka Som Sistema; Santigold; Zola Jesus; The Parkinsons / Palco Optimus Clubbing: Busy P; Rory Phillips; Brodinski; Aeroplane; Logo; Club Cheval; Planningtorock (live act); Gesaffelstein (live act); Miss Kittin (live act)
Palco Optimus: Florence and the Machine; The Cure; Mumford and Sons; Noah And The Whale; We Trust / Palco Heineken: Katy B; Antlers; SebastiAn; Here We Go Magic; Lisa Hanningan; Big Deal; Awolnation; Tricky + Martina Topley-Bird; Blasted Mechanism / Palco Optimus Clubbing: Shonky & Dan Ghenacia; Guy Berger; VisionQuest; Art Department; James Murphy & Pat Mahoney
Palco Optimus: Radiohead; Caribou;  PAUS; The Kooks / Palco Heineken: Mazzy Star; Metronomy; SBTRKT; The Kills; The Maccabees; Warpaint; Miles Kane; Eli "Paperboy" Reed / Palco Optimus Clubbing: Laia; Márcia; B Fachada; Best Youth; Carbon Airways; Moullinex + Xinobi; Seth Troxler


[Each artists are on the correct day of performance]

• Sumol Summer Fest

Place (s): Ericeira Camping, Ericeira;
When: June 28 to 30;
Price: Daily ticket: 40€,Two-day pass (without camping): 50€ and Two-day pass (including camping): 65€ ;
Confirmations: Alif; BTR Sound; Jamie Boy; Zeder; Camo + Krooked / Gui Boratto; Alpha Blondy; Ponto de Equilíbrio; Selah Sue; Richie Campbell; Mercado Negro / Gabriel, o Pensador; Barrington Levy; SOJA; Booka Shade; Bezegol; Souls of Fire

[Each artists are on the correct day of performance]

• Sudoeste TMN 2012

Place (s): Zambujeira do Mar, Alentejo;
When: August 1 to 5;
Price: Pass: 95€ [Ticket + camping];
Confirmations: Palco TMN: Martin Solveig; Afrojack; Pete Tha Zouk 
Palco TMN: Ben Harper (and Vanessa da Mata); Fat Freddy's Drop; Ben Howard; Matisyahu; Marcelo D2 / Groovebox: Luciano; Cesar Merveille; The Twelves; Ten Snake; Ramboiage; Serginho / Reggae Box: Lee "Scratch" Perry; Max Romeo & The Congos; Half Pint + Cornell Campbell + Far East Band; Saxon Sound 
Palco TMN: Example; Richie Campbell; Nicolas Jaar; Eddie Vedder; James Morrison; Glen Hansard / Groovebox: Nicolas Jaar; Dorian Paic; João Maria; Miguel Neto; Rui Vargas & André Cascais; Benoit & Sergio / Reggae Box: Jamaican Legends + Bitty McLean; Iration Steppas; Dreadzone; Urbanvibz 
Palco TMN: Gorillaz Sound System; The Ting Tings; Xutos & Pontapés; The Roots; Thievery Corporation; Four Tet; Calle 13 / Groovebox: Thievery Corporation; Four Tet; Jan Krueger; Daze Maxim; Expander; Freshkitos / Reggae Box: Little Roy; Jah Mason, Fantan Mojah & Dub Akon Band
Palco TMN: Two Door Cinema Club;  Jessie J; Best Coast; The Vaccines; David Guetta / Groovebox: Borgore; Andy C; Dogz & Jamie Boy; Slimcutz; DJ Ride; Nuno Forte & Alif; Balkan Beatbox / Reggae Box: Freddy Locks; Beres Hammond; Bass Odyssey

[Each artists are on the correct day of performance]

• Paredes de Coura

Place (s): Paredes de Coura, Minho;
When: August 13 to 16;
Price: Pass: 80€ / FNAC fan-pack: 80€ (until April 30);
Confirmations: Friends; Stephen Malkmus; tUnE-yArDs; Japandroids / Midlake; dEUS; Dry The River; Kavinsky; Willis Earl Beal; Team Me; Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs; Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; Patrick Watson Sleight Bells; The Temper Trap / iliketrains; Anna Calvi; Of Montreal; Kasabian; Gang Gang Dance; The Whitest Boy Alive; School of Seven Bells; The Wave Pictures; Crystal Fighters; Deer Tick;  / Ornatos Violeta; Dead Combo; The Go! Team; Memory House; God Is An Astronaut


[Each artists are on the correct day of performance - starts on August 14]

• Marés Vivas

Place (s): Vila Nova de Gaia;
When: July 19 to 21;
Price: Daily ticket: 30€ and Three-day pass: 50€;
Confirmations: Palco TMN: Franz Ferdinand; Wolfmother; The Sounds / The Cult; Garbage; Gun; Kaiser Chiefs / Gogol Bordello; Ebony Bones; Billy Idol; Azeitonas (with Rui Veloso) /  Scissor Sisters; Pedro Abrunhosa; Anastacia; The Hives (replacing Scissor Sisters); Mónica Ferraz
Random Stage: Slimmy; Virgem Suta; Luísa Sobral; João Só e os Abandonados; The Eleanors; 1ª Linha; Indiana Blues Band; Club 447; Festa Gigi; The Lazy Faithful; HMB; Clash Club


[Each artists are on the correct day of performance]

• Super Bock Super Rock

Place (s): Herdade do Cabeço da Flauta, Meco, Sesimbra;
When: July 5 to 7;
Price: Daily ticket: 45€ and Three-day pass: 80€;
Confirmations: Palco Super Bock: Pete Doherty; Incubus; Hot Chip; Capitão Fausto; Bloc Party / Palco EDP: Battles; Bat For Lashes; Azelia Banks; Alabama Shakes; Tono / @Meco: Apparat; Dâm-Funk; Flying Lotus; Mary B; Rockit Night; Rui Murka; Magnetic Man; Beatbombers 
Palco Super Bock: Lana Del Rey; Friendly Fires; The Rapture; Supernada; M.I.A. / Palco EDP: The Horrors; Wraygunn; Oh Land; Hanni El Khatib / @Meco: Trikk; Kenny Larkin; Linkwood; Cosmin TRG; Freshkitos; Rui Vargas + André Cascais
Palco Super Bock: Skrillex; Aloe Blacc; The Shins; Peter Gabriel / Palco EDP: Little Dragon; Regina Spektor; Perfume Genius; St. Vincent / @Meco: Jorge Caiado + Vahagn; Ricardo Villalobos; Henriq; Margaret Dygas; João Maria


[Each artists are on the correct day of performance]

• Cascais Cool Jazz Fest

Place (s): Oeiras - Parque dos Poetas (Sting) and Jardim Marquês de Pombal;
When: June 19, July 4, 8, 19, 21 and 22;
Price: From 25€ to 60€;
Confirmations: Sting (35€ to 60€); Buena Vista Social Club and Michael Kiwanuka (25€ to 50€); Al Jarreau; Lizz Wright + Raul Midón (35€ to 45€); Pablo Alborán + Carminho (35€ to 60€); Pat Metheny Unit Band (30€ to 50€)


[Each artists are on the correct order of performance - each artist for each day]

• Cascais Music Festival

Place (s): Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, Cascais;
When: July 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 29 ;
Price: From 18€ to 55€;
Confirmations: Keane (30€); Scissor Sisters (25€); Melody Gardot (18€ to 25€); Erykah Badu (30€); Carlos do Carmo (20€ to 30€); Manu Chao (27€); Donavon Frankenreier & Xavier Rudd (22€); Morrissey (32€); Anthony & The Johnsons + Sinfonietta de Lisboa (25€ to 55€); Pink Martini (20€); Mariza (22€ to 30€).

[Each artists are on the correct order of performance - each artist for each day]

• MUSA Cascais

Place (s): Praia da Carcavelos, Cascais;
When: June 22 and 23;
Price: Daily ticket: 10€, Two-day pass: 12€ and Two-day pass (including camping): 17€;
Confirmations: Turbulence; Protoje; Etana / Jimmy P; Viralta; Hello Atlantic 
Anthony B; Ijahman Levi; Mo' Kalamity / The Hypers; The Stonewolf Band; Chapa Dux


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News // Portuguese Festivals: Last Confirmations

These past few weeks have been very exciting in terms of confirmations on Portuguese Festivals.

Check the most recent confirmations on the most different festivals.

• Marés Vivas TMN: Scisser Sisters, Azeitonas, Anastacia and Gun are performing on the festival that's going to happen in Vila Nova de Gaia.
  
  Gun are performing on July 19 alongside with The Cult, Garbage and Kaiser Chiefs; Azeitonas will have a guest: Rui Veloso and are performing on July 20 with Gogol Bordello and Billy Idol and Scissor Sisters and Anastacia are confirmed to the last day: July 21.
  
  Remember a daily ticket to Marés Vivas is 30€ and 50€ a three-day pass.
  
• Super Bock Super Rock: Aloe Blacc and Oh Land are the last confirmed artists on this festival happening in Meco.
  While Oh Land performs on July 6, on Palco EDP Aloe Blacc, known for the hit I Need A Dollar will perform on July 7, along with Skrillex and The Shins on Palco Super Bock.

• Sumol Summer Fest: Mercado Negro, Bezegol and Beenie Man are the three confirmations on this festival dedicated to surf and reggae.
  
  Mercado Negro will perform on June 29, joining Alpha Blondy, Selah Sue, Richie Campbell, Ponto de Equilíbrio and Gui Borrato.
  Bezegol and Beenie Man are performing on the following day with Gabriel, O Pensador, Barrington Levy, SOJA and Booka Shade.
  
• Sudoeste TMN 2012: Matisyahu and Marcelo D2 are performing on August 2, on the same day as Ben Harper, Fred Freddys Drop, The Twelves and Ben Howard.
  Jessie J is performing on the last day of the festival, August 5 - being confirmed on the same day as Two Door Cinema Club.

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News // Artists confirmed in Portuguese festivals

During the last days more names have been added to the number of confirmed artists performing in Portugal - in festivals.

After the confirmation of Kaiser Chiefs on Marés Vivas in Porto on July 19, the band has confirmed their presence on the very known Rock In Rio 2012 - Lisbon edition performing on June 3 on the same day as Bruce Springsteen, James and the Portuguese Xutos & Pontapés.

Check the confirmed names and dates, besides all the information here.

The three-Grammy winner Skrillex is performing in Meco on Super Bock Super Rock. His performance is scheduled for July 7, the same day as Regina Spektor, Little Dragon and Flying Lotus.

Follow the link for further information.

Two names have been added to the EDP Paredes de Coura festival happening between August 13 and 16.
Friends and Gang Gang Friends are going to perform respectively on August 14 and 16.

Read the confirmed names on this tag.

SOJA, Richie Campbell and Booka Shade are the three confirmed names for the two-day festival Sumol Summer Fest - known for being dedicated to Reggae music.
The Portuguese Richie Campbell is performing on first day, June 29, on the same day as Alpha Blondy and Ponto de Equilíbrio.
SOJA and Booka Shade are performing on June 30, along with Gabriel, O Pensador and Barrington Levy.

Find more details here.

On Optimus Alive! the English Tricky is presenting his 1995 successful album Maxinquaye inviting Martina Topley-Bird to perform with him.
The performance can be seen on Palco Heineken on July 14 - artists like The Antlers and Katy B perform on the same day.

More about this festival on this link.

News // Announced artists on Sumol Summer Fest 2012

The festival that is going to happen in Ericeira between June 29 and 30 has recently announce more names.

Barrington Levy, Selah Sue and Ponto de Equilíbrio are the newest confirmation on the Portuguese festival mostly dedicated to Reggae.

The tickets for Sumol Summer Fest 2012 will cost 40€ a daily ticket, 50€ a two-day pass without camping and 65€ a two-day pass including camping (also the night of June 28).

The announced artists are:
June 29:
Alpha Blondy; Ponto de Equilíbrio; Selah Sue;
June 30:
Gabriel, O Pensador; Barrington Levy;

More information about this festival read here. 

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News // New names on the Portuguese Festivals

Very interesting names have been added through the last days to the headlines of festivals that are going to happen mostly in this summer.

On Sudoeste TMN, besides the already confirmed David Guetta, they've confirmed the presence of the Irish Two Door Cinema Club (who've performed on Paredes de Coura, last year) on August 5.

The festival Sumol Summer Fest is going to happen on Ericeira, on June 29 and 30. Alpha Blondy and Gabriel, O Pensador are the newest adds to this festival dedicated to reggae.
The daily ticket is 40€ and the two-day pass is 50 € (doesn't include camping) and 65€ (with camping). The pass includes the "Welcome Party" on June 28 at night.

On June 29 Alpha Blondy and Gui Boratto are performing and on June 30 is Gabriel, O Pensador's turn.

The American Incubus were confirmed on Super Bock Super Rock, after a few days of suspense. The band is performing on July 5 alongside with Battles, Pete Doherty and Apparat.

On Optimus Alive, The Kooks are performing on the last day - July 15, on the same day as Radiohead, Metronomy, Mazzy Star, Caribou and the Portuguese PAUS.

On Rock In Rio, the Portuguese Orelha Negra are performing on Palco Sunset inviting Hyldon and Kassin on June 1. On the main stage, we can count with Lenny Kravitz, Maroon 5, Ivete Sangalo and Expensive Soul.


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