An event organized by the Municipality of Grândola, in the district of Setúbal, within the scope of the Observatório da Canção de Protesto, will offer the public exhibitions, documentary cinema, testimonial sessions, and colloquiums.
Music is another highlight, with the program featuring concerts by Jorge Palma, Camané, Samuel Úria, and Filipe Sambado, stated the municipality.
Decolonization, the old and new challenges of freedom of expression in music, and the Processo Revolucionário em Curso (PREC) are the themes in focus at this year’s event edition and “are current” and “on the agenda,” noted the municipality’s vice-president, Carina Batista.
“We must continue to talk about them, continue to publicize them, so that people are increasingly aware and attentive” to this reality, advocated the mayor.
Considering that “music transcends ages, religions, and beliefs,” Carina Batista emphasized that it is also “a way of communicating what is in the artists’ souls” about “what is wrong in their country and in the world.”
“It is a way of bringing generations together and not letting what was the struggle of many artists 50 years ago and even many more years ago in Portugal and other countries be forgotten,” she added.
The organization noted that the event kicks off on Friday at 6:00 PM with the presentation of the exhibition “Só Se Pode Querer Tudo Quando Não Se Teve Nada,” produced by the Observatório da Canção de Protesto, at the Cineteatro Grandolense.
On the first day, the public will also have the opportunity to attend a performance by the Coro da Casa da Achada at 9:30 PM, followed by a concert by Jorge Palma at 10:30 PM, both at Jardim 1.º de Maio.
On the second day, activities will take place at the Cineteatro Grandolense with a testimonial session on “Music and Decolonization: 50 Years Later,” at 11:00 AM, featuring MC and activist Flávio Almada (LBC Soldjah), rapper Mynda Guevara, and singer Lúcia Gomes.
At 12:45 PM, the book “A Cantiga Só É Arma Quando a Luta Acompanhar! Canção e Política na Revolução dos Cravos (1974-1976)” by Hugo Castro, published by the Observatório da Canção de Protesto and Edições Afrontamento, will be presented.
In the afternoon, the documentary film “Liberdade para José Diogo,” directed by Luís Galvão Teles, will be shown, followed by an associated colloquium featuring Conceição Serrão, Constantino Piçarra, Graça Moreira, Jorge Serrão, and João Madeira.
At the Municipal Auditorium Cine Granadeiro, a concert by Camané will take place at 9:30 PM, followed by singer Samuel Úria presenting the album 2000 A.D. at 11:00 PM in Jardim 1.º de Maio.
This year’s event edition concludes on Sunday with a colloquium on the old and new challenges of freedom of expression in music, at 11:00 AM, at the Cineteatro Grandolense, with Filipe Sambado, Luís Varatojo, Nuno Pacheco, and Ricardo Alexandre.
A free singing session is also scheduled from 3:30 PM, where artists Filipe Sambado and Vaiapraia invite Chica, at the Cineteatro Grandolense auditorium.
According to the organization, all event-related initiatives are free of charge.
