Festival F is coming and brings with it musical formations of the most different styles and from very different paths. From Thursday, August 31st, until Saturday, September 2nd, Vila-Adentro de Faro (and not only) will be filled with sounds, with jazz joining a program that, as we already knew, will also feature classical music, with rock, pop, indie and electronic music, always with Portuguese protagonists.
In 2017, the Chamber of Faro, which boosts the festival with the partnership of Sons em Trânsito, clearly bet on a upgrade do F, which is noted not only with the extension of the event in terms of time and space, but also in the consolidation of a model based on Portuguese music, adding diversity and scope to it (see full program below).
This can be seen not only in the styles and paths of the invited artists, but also in the cultural proposals available to the visitor. Over three days, those who enter the venue will not only be able to attend dozens of scheduled concerts, but also enjoy stand up comedy shows, exhibitions, street entertainment and gastronomy, not to mention the visual arts.
Three days before the start of Festival F, its organizers performed in Faro another meeting with journalists, to lift what was left of the veil on this year's edition of the initiative.
And if it was already public that F was going to have the presence of names like Xutos e Pontapés, Rui Veloso, Mão Morta, Jorge Palma, Agir, Cuca Roseta and Carminho, as well as the Orquestra Clássica do Sul, it became known that jazz will also be played daily in Vila-Adentro de Faro, during the festival.
Galeria Arco, a space with a privileged view over the Ria Formosa, will host concerts by Miguel Martins “Kaleidoscopio” (31st August), Carlos Bica (1st September) and Beatriz Pessoa (2nd September), always at 21 pm.
Paulo Santos, vice president of the Chamber of Faro, also highlighted the new role that the Associação de Músicos takes on, bearing in mind that the alterations made to the venue and the expansion to Largo de São Francisco made this cultural space, in the former Fábrica de Cerveja, «a central place». It will be here that the performances of stand up comedyas well as DJ sets.
Another "great novelty that has been sought to introduce since the first edition" are the daily sessions of videomapping, in the Cathedral of Faro. The Faro local authority invited the National Association of Designers, which annually holds the Algarve Design Meeting in the Algarve capital, where there is always a show of this nature, to make a best off of the different editions of this initiative and show them during the F. This selection will be «projected three times a night».
The idea is that Festival F is increasingly a festival to be enjoyed with the family. It was also with this in mind that the venue was expanded to Largo de São Francisco, raising the venue's capacity to 21 thousand people per day (the total number of visitors in 2016) and reorganizing stages, which will allow visitors to circulate «with greater fluidity'.
The increase in capacity, combined with the increase in the number of festival days, two first-hand advances by Sul Informação, in June, were “a risk” taken by the event's organizers, but which, for now, seems to be paying off.
As had already happened in the three previous editions, the Chamber of Faro and Sons em Trânsito promoted a pre-sale period for festival tickets (for the three days), at a lower price, which ended on Friday.
“On the 25th of August, when the pre-sale ended, we had sold roughly the same number of tickets as last year, at the entrance to the first day”, revealed Vasco Sacramento, from Sons em Trânsito. This opens up good prospects for the organization, not least because, last year, there was no space for everyone who wanted to be on the last day of the festival.
Despite this, "there are still tickets", guaranteed Paulo Santos. Anyone wishing to guarantee their presence on the three days of the festival can purchase a festival pass for 40 euros (during the pre-sale it cost 30 euros). The daily ticket costs 15 euros. Children up to and including 12 years old do not pay.
F Festival's complete program
Music
31 August
19:00 – Southern Classical Orchestra – Igreja da Sé
19:45 – Mauro Amaral – Castle Stage by SomersbyLST – Lisbon String Trio – Museum Stage by My Choice Algarve
20:00 – LST – Lisbon String Trio – Museum Stage by My Choice Algarve
20:30 pm – fish: plane – Quintalão stage by Super Bock
21:00 – Couple Coffee – Sé Stage
21 pm – Salvador Sobral – Stage Ria by Forum Algarve
21:45 pm – Miguel Martins “Kaleidoscopio” – Stage Arco
22:00 – First Breath After Coma – Castle Stage by Somersby
22:45 – Tó Trips and João Doce – Museum Stage by My Choice Algarve
22:45 – Cuca Rosetta – Sé Stage
23:30 – Xutos & Pontapés – Stage Ria by Forum Algarve
00:00 – Isaura – Castle Stage by Somersby
00:45 – Mishlawi – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
01:00 – Samuel Úria – Sé Stage
01:45 – Dengaz – Ria by Forum Algarve Stage
03:00 – Beatbombers – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
1 September
19:00 – Southern Classical Orchestra – Igreja da Sé
19:45 pm – S. Pedro – Museum Stage by My Choice Algarve
20:00 – They're Heading West – Castle Stage by Somersby
20:30 pm – The Happy Mess – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
21:00 – Alexander Search – Sé Stage
21 pm – Carminho – Stage Ria by Forum Algarve
21:45 pm – Carlos Bica – Stage Arco
22:00 – Mimicat – Castle Stage by Somersby
22:45 – Lula Pena – Museum Stage by My Choice Algarve
22:45 – Morta Hand – Sé Stage
23:30 – Rui Veloso – Stage Ria by Forum Algarve
00:00 – Ditches – Castle Stage by Somersby
00:45 – Galopim – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
01:00 – Valet – Sé Stage
01:45 – Act – Stage Ria by Forum Algarve
03:00 – Beat Radio Dj Set – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
2 September
19:00 – Southern Classical Orchestra – Igreja da Sé
19:45 – Júlio Resende and Júlio Machado Vaz – Museum Stage by My Choice Algarve
20:00 – Riding a Meteor – Castle Stage by Somersby
20:30 pm – You Can't Win, Charlie Brown – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
21:00 pm – Frankie Chavez – Sé Stage
21 pm – Jorge Palma – Stage Ria by Forum Algarve
21:45 pm – Beatriz Pessoa – Stage Arco
22:00 – Diana Martinez & The Crib – Castle Stage by Somersby
22:45 – Noiserv – Museum Stage by My Choice Algarve
22:45 – Orelha Negra – Sé Stage
23:30 – Miguel Araújo – Stage Ria by Forum Algarve
00:00 – NBC – Castle Stage by Somersby
00:45 – Manuel Fúria and the Naúfragos – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
01:00 – Dillaz – Sé Stage
01:45 – HMB – Ria by Forum Algarve Stage
03:00 – DJ Marfox – Quintalão Stage by Super Bock
street animation
31 August
18:30 pm and 21:30 pm – Carripana (Theatre) – Largo Afonso III
Itinerant – Drama and Beiço (Fanfare)
1 September
18:30 pm and 21:30 pm – Maria Papoila (Theatre) – Largo Afonso III
Itinerant – Peña Kalimotxo (Fanfare)
2 September
20:00 – The Great Package by Thorsten Grütjen (New Circus) – Largo Afonso III
Itinerant – Magestik Quintet (Fanfare)
Stand Up Comedy (Musicians Stage)
31 August
22:00 – Vasco Duarte and Jel (Manos Duarte), Rui Xará and Miguel Lambertini – Stage Musicians
1 September
22:00 – Guilherme Duarte and Ricardo Cardoso (Lack of Tea), Hugo Subtil and Francisco Salema Garção – Stage Musicians
2 September
22:00 – Hugo Sousa, Diogo Batáguas and Marco Marques – Musicians Stage
get-togethers
19:00 – In the Main Hall of the City Hall of Faro
“Spoken Song: Musicians à Conversa – with Valter Hugo Mãe”
August 31 – Salvador Sobral + Samuel Úria
1st of September – Adolfo Luxúria Canibal
September 2 – Júlio Resende & Júlio Machado Vaz
19:30 pm – In the Cloisters of the Cathedral
August 31 – Cria no Mulheres, with Sandra Barata Belo, Rita Redshoes and Sandra Correia, moderator Clara Henriques
1st of September – Discussing Humor, with Nuno Markl and Nuno Artur Silva, moderator João Gobern
September 2 – About Football, with Rui Miguel Tovar and José Nunes, moderator Fernando Alvim
showcooking
31 August
19:00 – Vegetarian Cataplana by Chef Frederico Lopes
1 September
19:00 – Shrimp and shellfish from Ria Formosa by Chef Margarida Vargues
2 September
19:00 – Octopus in the frying pan with figs and sweet potatoes from Aljezur by Chef Margarida Vargues
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