The opening of the Festival features performances by Gisela João, Katia Guerreiro, celebrating 25 years of her career, and the brothers Helder Moutinho and Pedro Moutinho with the debut of the show ‘Os Poetas Convidados’.
The festival, themed ‘Aqui Mora o Fado’, takes place today and Saturday across 12 stages in the Lisbon district of Alfama, including the terrace of the Cruise Terminal, the Fado Museum, the auditorium of the law firm Abreu Advogados, the Largo Chafariz de Dentro, and also the churches of Santo Estêvão and São Miguel. Other venues include the Dr. Magalhães Lima Cultural Center (CCDML), the Sportivo Adicense Group (GSA), the Boa União Society (SBU), the Memmo Alfama Hotel, and the Largo de São Miguel.
Maria da Fé, with more than 50 years of career and known for hits like ‘Cantarei até que a Voz me Doa’, ‘Fado Errado’, ‘Nasci em Lençóis de Palha’, and ‘Valeu a Pena’, will be honored on Saturday in a live edition of the television program ‘Em Casa d’Amália’ on the festival’s main stage.
Today’s lineup also includes musicians Pedro Joia on classical guitar, José Manuel Neto, Viviane presenting ‘Fado Mediterrânico’ at CCDML, and the group Bandidos do Cante featuring guitarist Bruno Chaveiro.
Other scheduled performers include fado singers Luís Caeiro, Maura Airez, André Batista, Lenita Gentil, Pedro Galveias, Yola Diniz, Jaime Dias, and Ana Marta.
On Saturday, the main stage will host performances by Marco Rodrigues and Alexandra.
Elsewhere, Saturday’s program features the project ‘E toda ela era Fado’ with Ana Sofia Varela, Tânia Oleiro, Ana Margarida Prado, and Matilde Cid, along with fado singers Jorge Baptista da Silva, Valéria, Vânia, and Natalino de Jesus, who has a career spanning about 40 years. It will also include a presentation of ‘Sopros e Guitarradas’ by Kajó Soares (saxophone and Portuguese guitar) featuring fado singers António Pinto Basto, Teresa Tapadas, Carolina Varela Ribeiro, and Gustavo Pinto Basto, also on guitar.
Other artists announced for Saturday include Vítor Miranda, Teresa Brum, Lena Silva, Luís Caeiro, Carla Morato, José Clemente, Mariana Correia, Afonso Lebre, Rodrigo Rebelo de Andrade, Diogo Ferreira, Francisco Moreira, and Rão Kyao.
