Vilar de Mouros Festival
| Vilar de Mouros Festival | |
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.jpg) The festival in 2005 | |
| Genre | Rock music |
| Location(s) | Vilar de Mouros, Portugal |
| Years active | 1971-present |
| Website | |
| FestivalVilarDeMouros.com | |
Vilar de Mouros Festival is the oldest rock festival in Portugal. It is organized yearly near Caminha in Vilar de Mouros, northwestern Portugal.[1] In 2015 the festival was cancelled for the year.[2]
Editions
The Coura river during the festival in 2003
1971
Main acts:
- Pop Five Music Inc.
- Psico
- José Cid e o Quarteto 1111
- Sindikato
- Celos
- Pentagono
- Elton John
- Manfred Man
1982
Main acts:
- U2
- Roxigenio
- Stranglers
- Echo & the Bunnymen
- John Copeland
- Jáfumega
- Carlos Paredes
1996
The third edition of the festival took place between August 9 and August 11. The main acts were:
- Primitive Reason
- Tindersticks
- The Stone Roses
- Young Gods
- Kussundolola
- Xutos & Pontapés
- Madredeus
- Danças Ocultas
1999
The fourth edition of the festival took place between August 17 and August 22. The main acts were:
- The Pretenders
- Silence 4
- Eagle Eye Cherry
- Pop Dell'arte
- Orquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos
- Catatonia
- Tindersticks
- Joe Strummer
- Soul Coughing (whose performance here turned out to be their second to last show before disbanding in March of 2000)
2000
Main acts:
- Alanis Morissette
- Sonic Youth
- Plastica
- Skunk Anansie
- Robert Plant
- Iron Maiden
- Rui Veloso
- Sloopy Joe
2001
Main acts:
2002
Main acts:
- Rammstein
- Manu Chao
- Mind Da Gap
- Lamb
- Yellow W Van
- Primitive Reason
- Da Weasel
- Cool Hipnoise
- UB40
- Bush
2003
The seventh edition took place between July 18 and July 20. The main acts were:
- Guano Apes
- Sepultura
- David Fonseca
- Blasted Mechanism
- Lenine
- Public Enemy
- Melvins
- Tomahawk
- Tricky
- Rufus Wainwright
- Him
2004
Main acts:
- Peter Gabriel
- Rão Kyao
- The Cure
- Clã
- Bob Dylan
- PJ Harvey
- Fingertips
2005
The ninth edition took place between July 28 and July 31. The main acts were:
- Nightwish
- Within Temptation
- Anathema
- Joss Stone
- Peter Murphy
- Faithless
- Joe Cocker
- Robert Plant
- Andy Barlow
- Porcupine Tree
- Kidnap
- CIVIC
2006
Main acts:
2014
Main acts:
- The Stranglers
- UB40
- Guano Apes
- Blind Zero
- La Union
- Blasted Mechanism
- Tricky
- Deolinda
- José Cid
- Pedro Abrunhosa
- Xutos & Pontapés
- Trabalhadores do Comércio
- Capitão Fausto
See also
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