September 1, 2017
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September 1, 2017
September 1, 2017
“Coura sem paredes” – 2017
“Coura sem paredes”, foi o que lemos algures em cartazes a embandeirar rotundas e recantos, falando de uma vila, cidade e concelho cuja relação simbiótica com o festival deixa cair por terra qualquer outro azedume dos cartazes ao lado, multiplicados em época eleitoral. A Coura é maior do que tudo isso, pois. E feitos 25 anos do Paredes, o casamento…
August 26, 2017
Hearts and minds wide awake – Waking Life @ Crato
The first edition of a new gathering landed a dancefloor in a medieval town – a gathering based on cooperation, freedom and creative expression. Bestivals pals were there to collect memories and images to share with us. #bestivalscollaborations Photos by Zinha and Joy Zinha @ Waking Life Waking Life by Joy
August 23, 2017
A power station led by robots – NEOPOP, part II
…that have been leading us from ever since. Tonight is the night where machines take over, where life imitates fiction far more than fiction imitates life. Put your glasses on, as for our human eyes have never been ready for this. Since 1969, they demonized whatever we called music and that would never be the same again. Ladies and gentleman, the robots will…
August 16, 2017
Love is unsafe, Techno is not. – NEOPOP, part I
Up North, early August, for the past 11 years, there is a place called love protected by the walls of a fort. It’s not safe prosaic uneventful love – either all in or nothing at all. It’s a devious fierce indefensible feeling that keeps you on the move, from main stage to anti stage, to dance throughout night and morning. Love…
August 3, 2017
FMM 2017 – Sines, smile on. Part II
Festival Músicas do Mundo – All the smiles in world fit in Sines.
August 2, 2017
FMM 2017 – Sines, shine on. Part I
There is a lot more to name that could fit in what makes this such an unmissable event – the great musicians, the atmosphere, the staff, the locals, the attendees -, but this is indeed what makes this festival so special: Festival Músicas do Mundo in Sines is the place for everyone. The whole world could fit in it. Every single…
July 28, 2017
Festa aos Milhões!
Our corespondent in Barcelos for this year’s Milhões de Festa – Cláudio Soares – promises: “Forget everything you know about music festivals.Come to Barcelos and meet the cheapest, coolest and heaviest of them all. Meet a tiny little festival that all attenders like to call home.” Photos by Claudio Soares
July 23, 2017
SUPER BOCK SUPER HOT
Here at Bestivals, there’s nothing as hot as rock. Don’t get us wrong, we’re very eclectic but when it comes to set ourselves on fire, it’s rock n’ roll who pays the dues. This year’s Super Bock Super Rock edition was marked by the “never to old to rock on” legendary band Red Hot Chili Peppers. F’ckin hell! If they…
July 16, 2017
DRAGONS AND UNICORNS ARE ALIVE.
Day 2 and day 3 were somehow mystical. It was not our imagination. We hung out with dragons and danced like we were flying. Backstage, we taught Peaches how to say “This song is about my big, big pussy!” in Portuguese, we learned that you can be the greatest on stage and off it with Imagine Dragons and that old…