The Terrakota group goes up this evening, at 21 pm, to the stage at São Sebastião Park, in Monchique, for another concert of the Youth Week of this mountain council in the Algarve.
Terrakota present an "amazing fusion of music from the roots of Africa, Latin America, Brazil, the Arab world, India and beyond".
Therefore, the Monchique City Council, which promotes this week of activities especially dedicated to the youngest, promises that on stage there will be «a powerful discharge of grooves fervent, a transcontinental musical espresso, a cry for the world to change course, a celebration of Freedom!».
The band will have special guests on stage, after this morning, at Parque da Vila, there was a dance and percussion workshop on the West African coast, whose participants will participate in the Terrakota show.
But until the 19th, Monchique Youth Week will have much more to offer. Tomorrow, August 16th, the day is dedicated to sport, more specifically to mountain biking, with the tour “Monchique ao Luar”.
The Monchique Town Council says that this is an “opportunity to walk along the paths and trails on the outskirts of the town in the moonlight and participate in an excellent get-together”. The departure is scheduled for Largo dos Chorões, at 21 pm, and the route is 00 kilometers long.
«Stimulate creativity and imagination through the construction of a story and its characters» is the objective of the Atelier de Teatro de Sombras, scheduled for Thursday, August 17, at 15 pm, at Galeria de Santo António. This activity is aimed at children and young people from 30 to 5 years old and requires registration by 14 August.
For the same day, at 16 pm, a «Youth Week classic» is scheduled for the Municipal Swimming Pools: the BMX Water Jump Summer Session 2017, in a «night full of adrenaline and emotion». There will be acrobatic jumps on a BMX bike, ending with a dip in the pool.
One of the highlights of the Youth Week takes place on Friday, the 18th, at 22 pm, with a concert by the Portuguese soul band HMB, at Parque de São Sebastião.
On the last day of Youth Week, Saturday, August 19, there will be a Noveloteca, where the public is invited to choose a skein and a person to fold it with. According to the municipality, the intention of the activity is "to bring together different generations".
In each skein, there is a paper with the 'instructions' and, "from the meeting between the two people, ideas should emerge for a story that each one (in pairs or individually) will write and draw in a small blank book".
This activity is scheduled for 10:00 am, at Galeria de Santo António, and registration is not required until 10 August.
At 17:00 on the same day, Lav Lur presents, in Rua do Porto Fundo, «a concert for any space and for any audience, friendly for children, perceptible for foreigners, spectacular for old people, funny for bankers».
Monchique City Council explains that "Lav Lur means Good News in Armenian" and that the show "was born from the meeting between a Portuguese actress and illustrator and a Parisian musician of Armenian and American origins, who share the dream of being troubadours and traveling the world out, bringing good news to all audiences».
Closing the Youth Week program at 19 pm on Saturday, at Largo dos Chorões, there will be Batik, a dance and percussion show with «contagious rhythms transmitted by the intense beats of dunduns and djambés», which «promises to spread to all spectators with rhythm, color and melody».
Between 16 and 18, a WRC videogame tournament will take place at the Monchique Internet Space, which requires prior registration by 10 August.
Registration for the activities of the Youth Week must be made by email [email protected] or by phone 282 910 205.
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