Azores Burning Summer celebrates its 10th anniversary with ecology and Cape Verde at heart – Music

The Eco Festival Azores Burning Summer returns to Praia dos Moinhos in Porto Formoso to celebrate its 10th edition in a special way and in tune with Nature. Four nights of cinema on the beach and a night dedicated to Cape Verdean music are new for 2024.

“The connection of Azores Burning Summer to world music is one of the most striking features of this increasingly cosmopolitan event. There is a growing demand for exotic sounds from other latitudes. The festival has won over many tourists and also immigrant communities, especially those who reside on the island of São Miguel, and this highlights the fulfillment of one of the main objectives of the project, uniting people through culture and joining forces to build a better world”, highlights the promoter.

From the 12th to the 15th of August, Cinema na Praia will take place, which this year will feature four films on social and environmental themes. The exhibitions will take place from 9:30 pm, on the terrace of Moinho Terrace Café, on Praia dos Moinhos.

On the 30th and 31st of August, the festival’s musical moment will take place on the beach and in Moinhos Park.

“The Moinhos Revival program returns to Praia dos Moinhos to bring together local musicians with visiting musicians and revive the spirit of a time where freedom, friendship and the cult of good music lived side by side on that beach”, highlights the promoter

Narco Paulo, FLiP, a Burning Love fire installation and two jam sessions organized by musicians Jaime Goth and Ricardo Reis are the highlights of the program.

The first night is specially dedicated to Cape Verde, with the main attraction being the artist Mayra Andrade accompanied by Djodje Almeida on acoustic guitar, who makes her debut in the Azores with the project “reEncanto”. On the same night, the artists Princezito and Ferro Gaita will perform. The tropical stage will host DJ Sets from Novo Major, Adrian Sherwood, Milhafre and Mesquita & Laura.

The second night will feature, for example, Moullinex Live, Da Chick and Xinobi Live.

In addition to the musical program, the main venue of Azores Burning Summer also presents two initiatives with the aim of awakening collective ecological awareness.