Once again, ALG Eventos is taking various artists to the MED Festival, an event taking place between June 27 and 30 in Loulé.
Here’s a brief description of the projects we’re presenting in this edition.
In addition to music, our collaboration with the MED Festival also includes technical direction and production, as well as the provision of structures.
More than 600 bands, representing 50 countries, have already had the opportunity to shine at MED, voted the Best Lusophone and Hispanic Festival in the Iberian Peninsula, the most recent distinction received in 2020.
More information at www.festivalmed.pt
27th JUNE
KUMBIA BORUKA
MATRIZ STAGE – 22h15
This collective has been shaking up sound systems all over the world since 2010, offering a new angle on the ancestral Afro-Caribbean rhythm known internationally as Cumbia.
KIN'GONGOLO KINIATA
CERCA STAGE – 01h15
This is the new force in Kinshasa’s effervescent music scene, with an innovative proposal that captures the vibrant and chaotic urban life of the Congolese capital.
AITA MON AMOUR WIDAD MJAMA & KHALIL EPI
CHAFARIZ STAGE – 20h30
The artistic project AÏTA was born out of a deep fascination with the Chikhates – the Moroccan singers and poets who preserve a tradition dating back to the 12th century.
MOUVMAN ALÉ
CHAFARIZ STAGE – 00h30
Quartet from Réunion island, led by charismatic singer-songwriter Franswa Virassamy-Macé. Their music is a hypnotic and electrifying blend of psych rock, pop, traditional rhythms from Réunion and contemporary electronic production.
JOÃO FRADE TRIO CONVIDA MIRON RAFAJLOVIC
CASTELO STAGE – 21h30
Hailing from the Algarve, he is a talented accordionist who is widely recognized both in Portugal and internationally. Here at MED, João Frade’s trio is transformed by the special addition of Miron Rafajlović, a jazz trumpeter who has won several Grammy awards.
BALLAKÉ SISSOKO
HAMMAM STAGE – 21h45
Ballaké Sissoko showed with his intense and profound interpretation of “Nan Sira Madi”, the piece that opens the extraordinary album “A Touma”, how the art he creates has universal appeal and how, even so, he perfectly translates the soul of the Malian people with his kora.
28th JUNE
ROBERTO FONSECA
MATRIZ STAGE – 22h15
Roberto Fonseca is a true force of nature and the rightful heir to a deep musical tradition that blends Cuba’s rich musical heritage with contemporary influences.
KO SHIN MOON
MATRIZ STAGE– 02h15
Ko Shin Moon, a project led by Niko Shin and Axel Moon, circulates between psychedelia and echoes of late 70s electronic disco sound.
OUM
CERCA STAGE – 21h15
An emblematic figure on the Moroccan music scene, he has captivated European audiences with his innovative fusion of traditional North African music, soul, jazz and electronica.
HIP HORNS BRASS COLLECTIVE
CERCA STAGE– 23h15
Hailing from Barcelona and made up of musicians from three different generations, all veterans in the spheres of jazz and modern music, the result is an inimitable sound that stands out for crossing the universes of jazz, funk and hip hop with incredible energy and originality.
29th JUNE
SAMIFATI PRESENT TRANSE GNAWA EXPRESS
MATRIZ STAGE– 00h15
A violin, video-mapping and electronic music inspired by World and Bass Music. SAMIFATI is a project that favors delicate melodies, epic violin arrangements, powerful bass and dreamy images.
ENEIDA MARTA & HUCA
CHAFARIZ STAGE – 20h30
Eneida Marta & Huca is one of the most genuine and vibrant African voices and a true ambassador for the music of Guinea-Bissau. In this new edition of MED, Eneida challenges Mozambican artist Bruno Huca to accompany her on stage on June 29.
RAIA
HAMMAM STAGE– 21h45
Raia is the synthesis project of Alentejo musician António Bexiga, who uses the sounds of the viola campaniça, in its acoustic and electric, analog and digital, traditional and experimental frontiers, in dialogue with other forms of art, visual or performance.