Robbie Williams, The Chemical Brothers and Yvete Sangalo are the main participants in the Northern Music Festival, which returns to Alphandega do Porto starting Friday for three days of “party by the river” in the expanded hall.
Headlining, for the president of Vibes & Beats, the promoter that organizes the Northern Music Festival, Jorge Veloso, is the main event of this edition of the festival, which promises “three different days, three bright days and therefore three days of riverside partying.”
The promoter emphasized that the organization “attached great importance to the celebration of the 45th anniversary of [de carreira] from Jáfumega, as well as trade workers.”
“The presence of artists from Porto, from the Porto area is always part of the DNA of the Nordic Music Festival,” Jorge Veloso emphasized in a statement to Lusa, also citing the examples of Pedro Abruños and Thiago Nacarato, who are also part of this year’s line-up. .
The first day is devoted to “electronics and rock” with The Chemical Brothers, Bomba Estereo, The Legendary Tigerman, Trabalhadores do Comércio and Jáfumega.
“On the second day we have more hot beats from Brazil and also Nininho Vaz Maia, Portuguese but also very lively,” Jorge Veloso said of the May 27 line-up, which includes Ivete Sangalo, Ana Castela. , Gustavo Myoto, and Nininyu Was Maya.
The third and final day is “more pop rock” with Robbie Williams, Pedro Abrunhosa, Black Mamba and Thiago Nakarato.
“Therefore, every day we have a different line-up,” the promoter emphasized, emphasizing that “the festival is not just the main stage.”
In addition to this, there is also a “sunset”, a boat scene, another “indoor” [dentro de portas]who swirls.” It is on these stages that Djeff, King Kami, Progressivu, Francisco Gil (May 26), Batalá, Rich & Mendes, Switchdance (May 27), Shaka Lion and Yen Sung (May 28) will perform. May).
In addition to music, there will be “many side events such as the Wine Garden, the famous boat trips and animations in space: hairdressers, “make-up”. [maquilhagem] and tattoos [tatuagens]’, as in previous releases.
Although the number of stages remained the same, the area of the hall has doubled.
“The space has doubled since we have headliners. [cabeças de cartaz] very strong. We were practically out of days, we needed more and more space. We have managed to increase the space, and we will also, namely, in terms of interior design, double what we had,” said the promoter.
This year, the organization expects “15,000 to 18,000 people a day.” “Our big goal is to reach 50,000 people in three days,” said Jorge Veloso, noting that among the tickets already sold, “between 20% and 30% are outside” Portugal.
“We have 85 people who come from Argentina to see Robbie Williams and 50 people from Israel, but most of the people are from neighboring Spain, obviously France and England. From countries here in Europe, almost all,” he said .
Three-day tickets to the Northern Music Festival are sold out, but there are still day tickets for 55 euros for May 26 and 27 and 95 euros for May 28.
The performance schedule and other festival information can be found online at https://www.northmusicfestival.com/2023.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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