Lisb-On Festival 2019 in Lisbon
For its sixth edition, Lisb-On is already one of the classics of the Portuguese capital’s back-to-school season. It is a festival held in one of Lisbon’s most central green spaces, the Parque Eduardo VII, with a programme starting at 2 p.m. and ending shortly after midnight.
There is a bit of all musical styles in the Lisb-On festival: techno, jazz, electro, music played by DJs, live concerts, etc… The festival offers 3 different stages animated during 3 days. “The most refreshing party in the capital”, that’s how this “sustainable and socially responsible” festival is presented. The Lisb-On 2019 starts on Friday 6 September 2019 with Octave One and Carl Craig, two mythical names of the Detroit scene but also the German Marcel Dettmann and the French Space Travel.
The Parque Eduardo VII will also be animated by other more or less known names to discover:
- Ten City Live Band, an R&B-dance project born in Chicago at the end of the 80s.
- The New York duo Masters at Work, known for their garage mix
- Portuguese DJ Vibe
- The British Horse Meat Disco
- The Irishman Róisín Murphy, former singer from Moloko, who will present his solo work.
Information about this festival in Lisbon :
- Name : Lisb-On
- Place: Eduardo VII Park
- Dates: September 6 to 8
- Price: 35 € to 70 € (Pass)
Rock in Rio 2019 Festival in Lisbon
During those same days, but in another part of the city, the Jardins da Torre de Belém also celebrates in music the anniversary of Rock In Rio Lisboa, which in 2019 celebrates its 15 years of existence. And although the line-up is not yet known, some of the music that has been presented in previous editions will be on display.
On the first night, on a guitar-shaped stage set up right in front of the Tower of Belém, the symphonic show “Symphonic 15” will be presented, designed exclusively for the occasion by conductor Rui Massena, who will lead a 60-musician orchestra in the interpretation of the greatest musical hits of the 860 artists and groups that have already crossed Bela Vista Park over eight editions of Rock in Rio.
During the following two days, the concerts will be performed by the British group James and the Brazilian Ivete Sangalo, also present in the Rock in Rio Lisboa.
Information about this festival in Lisbon :
- Name : Rock in Rio’s birthday party
- Location: Tower of Belem
- Dates: September 6 to 8
- Price: Free admission
Lisbon Sounds 2019
The proposal of Lisboa Soa, an environmentally friendly art festival, which this year is in its fourth edition with a programme devoted to the theme of migration, is much more ambitious.
More than a music festival, it is rather a meeting of sound art, urban planning and sound culture with an extensive programme of installations, performances and workshops. It is a research project conceived by Raquel Castro, who has long been dedicated to the study of sound as an essential element of the identity of places. This music festival in Lisbon has already visited the garden of the Palacio de Queluz, the Water Museum and the Estufa fria, where it returns this year from 12 to 14 September.
On the programme:
- The Portuguese Francisco Pinheiro and Paulo Morais, Lantana and Gil Delindro.
- The British duo Kathy Hinde and Matthew Olden,
- The American Maile Colbert
- Chileans Rodrigo Araya and Fernando Godoy
- The Austrian Andreas Trobollowitsch
Among the various installations, it is worth mentioning, for example, the one that the Englishman Peter Cusack, one of the world’s greatest names in sound landscape documentation, devotes to the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, where one of the greatest environmental disasters of the 20th century took place.
Information about this festival in Lisbon :
- Name: Lisboa Soa
- Place: Estufa fria
- Dates: September 12 to 15
- Price: Free admission
Nova Batida 2019 at LxFactory
At the same time as the sounds of Lisbon will take place the second edition of Nova Batida (New Beat), which after last year’s success is back at LxFactory and the Underground Village for three more days of concerts, street art and urban culture.
The line-up is very promising with names like :
- The English Four Tet
- The British Friendly Fires
- The Congolese Kokoko!
- The American rapper Kwelli
In addition to music, during the day there is a program of experiences in the Lisbon area, with yoga lessons or visits to the capital’s museums, for those wearing festival bracelets.
Information about this festival in Lisbon :
- Name: nova Batida
- Locations: LxFactory and Village Underground
- Dates : From September 13 to 15
- Price: 30 € to 70 €.
Iminente Lisbon
The following weekend from 19 to 22 September 2019 in Lisbon takes place the Iminente festival. Meet at the panoramic restaurant in Monsanto, where the Iminente moved last year after two first editions in Oeiras. Organised by Vhils and the Underdogs Gallery, the Iminente is the stage that has brought a contemporary touch to the Portuguese art scene in recent years.
For the musical part, you can find the following names :
- The American Common
- The Beatbombers
- David Bruno
- Dealema
- Fado Bicha
- Filho da Mãe
- Fred
- The American Just Blaze
- Brazilian Linn da Quebrada
- Algerian Mohamed Lamouri
- Cape Verdean Bulimundo
- Cachupa Psicadelica
- Mayra Andrade
The program also includes a wide range of visual artists who will interact with the space, both indoors and outdoors, where the festival takes place, with not only a lot of exhibited art, but also real-time art.
Information about this festival in Lisbon :
- Name : Iminente
- Location: Monsanto Panoramic Restaurant
- Dates : From September 12 to 21
- Price: €15
Santa Casa Alfama in Lisbon
If you are visiting Lisbon during this period and are looking for a much more traditional music, you can visit the Santa Casa Alfama festival, which this year as usual takes place in the popular Lisbon district that gives it its name, from 27 to 28 September. It is here, somewhere along these alleyways, that Fado was born. This festival, which began in 2013, is the only one exclusively dedicated to this typically Portuguese musical style.
In addition to the main stage on the banks of the Tagus River, performances will take place all over the neighbourhood, on the rooftops of the Lisbon Cruise Terminal, the Fado Museum, the Abreu Advogados Auditorium, the Largo do Chafariz de Dentro, the Grupo Sportivo Adicense, the Centro Cultural Dr Magalhães Lima, the Igreja de Santo Estêvão, the stairs and the Largo de São Miguel.
The poster includes names such as :
- Ana Moura
- Ricardo Ribeiro
- Marco Rodrigues
- Katia Guerreiro
- Jorge Fernando
- Waldemar Bastos
Information about this festival in Lisbon :
- Name : Santa Casa Alfama
- Place : Alfama district
- Dates: September 27th and 28th
- Price: 20 to 30 €.
