Festival Músicas do Mundo
Festival Músicas do Mundo | |
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Genre | World music |
Dates | July |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | Sines, Portugal |
Years active | 24–25 years |
Inaugurated | 1999 |
Founders | Carlos Seixas, Manuel Coelho |
Organised by | Sines Municipal Council |
Website | fmmsines |
Festival Músicas do Mundo (FMM, English: World Music Festival), also known as FMM Sines, was founded in 1999 and is a yearly music festival in Portugal that takes place every July in Sines, a municipality in the Alentejo region of Portugal. It is organised by the city council,[1] and is regarded as the biggest "world music" event organized in Portugal, dedicated mainly to folk and traditional music, while also encompassing many other genres. FMM reached an attendance record of over 100,000 in 2023. [2]
Genres
The festival is focused on
Stages
The festival takes place in Sines’ historical center (the castle, Sines' Arts Center, and the beach) and the village of Porto Covo, 13 km south of Sines. All the venues are outdoors, except for the Arts Center. The castle holds a maximum of 6,500 people, Porto Covo 8,000, and the beach stage 15,000;
History
Since 1999, the total audience of FMM amounts to 240,000 people. Artists featured throughout the years include
Reception and reviews
FMM has received abundant praise from the press and the artists alike. In 2000, Jacques Dénis, from French daily liberation wrote: "In Sines, it's mainly world music in the move". In 2001,
References
- ^ Sines City Council Archived 2008-10-22 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ "Festival Músicas do Mundo de Sines bate recorde de público". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Historial". FMM Sines. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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