Last weekend was the Festa do Silveiro…

To finish off the festivities were an all-female group covering popular Portuguese songs. This is Monica Sintra, Nucha e Ana…  

Quim Barreiros in Silveiro

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Quim Barreiros is a legend in Portugal. You probably know him for Recebi Um Convite (À Casa Da Jóquina), which features as Buzzfeed’s one of the worst record album covers of all time, but he probably started off the whole concept of Pimba music single-handed. Pimba is a Portuguese type of music, often associated

Monica Sintra, Ana and Lucia in Silveiro

Monica Sintra is one of Portugal’s most popular traditional singers. For the annual festival in Silveiro, Monica was joined by her fellow artists and friends Ana and Lucia for a fabulous evening performance. Following the earthy ‘pimba’ of Quim Barreiros in the afternoon, Monica Sintra, Ana and Lucia added a little spice and glamour to

Amor Electro have selected some of our images…

We were delighted yesterday to find that the management company for Amor Electro have selected some of our images from the concert at Fiacoba 2012 to appear on their latest press release.

Grupo Fax in Silveira

Last year Grupo Fax came to the festival in Silveira. This was one of the first concerts that we covered.

2U at Casa do Parque

2U are a Portuguese U2 tribute band from Lisbon.

Banda Europe in Oiã

Last year’s festival in Oiã featured Banda Europa

Bandalidades at Casa do Parque

We were asked to cover this local acoustic band. A grand night was had by all, a short video is also available on YouTube.

Roconorte at Festa de Carris

Early in July, Roconorte came to the Festa in Carris. These events are always a good opportunity for concert photography…

Banda Europa at Festa de Águas Boas

Last weekend was the Festa at Águas Boas, near Carris. On the Sunday evening was a local group, Banda Europa, who performed a great set. As is usual for these events, the show started after 22:00 and didn’t finish much before 02:00. It was a long night, but intense.

Last weekend was the festa in Águas Boas

Banda Europa were there and put on a splendid show.

Amor Electro at Fiacoba 2012

Our most recent outing was to see Amor Electro, probably the most popular Portuguese band at the moment, who came to Fiacoba 2012, a local festival in Oliveira do Bairro.

Last weekend Amor Electro came to Oliveira do Bairro

Amor Electro are probably the most popular band in Portugal at the moment, so we couldn’t miss the opportunity to see them when they came to Fiacoba 2012 in Oliveira.

Amor Electro at Espaço Inovação, Troviscal

Amor Electro are probably the most popular band in Portugal at the moment, so we couldn’t miss the opportunity to see them when they came to Fiacoba 2012 in Oliveira. [FAG id=1895]

Roconorte in Carris

At the end of the Festa, there is normally a free concert. This year it was a group called Roconorte…

Roconorte at Festa de Carris

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js This weekend, at the annual festival, Roconorte came to Carris. These events are always a good opportunity to practise concert photography … [FAG id=2228]

Grupo Costa Verde in Carris

  Last year it was Grupo Costa Verde who came to the Festa in Carris. This year Roconorte are coming, we’re looking forward to the weekend already.

Festivals In Portugal

The festival season is kicking off again at the moment, this was Banda Europa in Oiã last year. All being well we will be seeing more bands this year.