FMM Sines, Portugal

Music festival FMM Sines – Festival Músicas do Mundo takes place every July in Sines, Alentejo, Portugal. Organised by the local City Council, it’s a public service, non-commercial, event designed for an audience of music discoverers, who come to Sines for the quality of the programme, the spectacular venues and a spirit regarded as unique among Portugal’s summer festivals. It is the biggest world music event in the country.

The 15th edition of the festival will take place in July 18-27, 2013.

ALREADY CONFIRMED FOR 2013 (alphabetical order)

Akua Naru (USA / Germany), July 27
Aline Frazão (Angola / Portugal), date do be announced
Amadou & Mariam (Mali), July 18
Asif Ali Khan & Party (Pakistan), July 25
Baloji (DR Congo / Belgium), July 19
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba (Mali), July 18
Batida (Portugal / Angola), date to be announced
Bomba Estéreo (Colombia), date to be announced
Carlos Bica “Trio Azul” (Portugal), date to be announced
Celina da Piedade (Portugal), date to be announced
Cristina Branco (Portugal), date to be announced
Custódio Castelo (Portugal), date to be announced
DakhaBrakha (Ukraine), July 20
Dubioza Kolektiv (Bosnia-Herzegovina), date to be announced
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force (Nigeria), date to be announced
Gaiteiros de Lisboa (Portugal), date to be announced
Hassan el Gadiri & Trance Mission (Morocco / Belgium / Portugal), date to be announced
Hazmat Modine (USA), date to be announced
Hermeto Pascoal (Brazil), July 20
JP Simões (Portugal), date to be announced
Lo’Jo (France), July 19
MU (Portugal), date to be announced
Ondatrópica (Colombia), date to be announced
Rachid Taha (Algeria / France), July 26
Reijseger Fraanje Sylla (The Netherlands / Senegal), date to be announced
Rokia Traoré (Mali), July 25
Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra (Japan), date to be announced
Skip & Die (South Africa / The Netherlands), date to be announced
Tamikrest (Mali – Tuareg People), date to be announced
Trilok Gurtu & Tigran Hamasyan (India / Armenia), July 26
Winston McAnuff & Fixi (Jamaica / France), date to be announced

…and more T. B. A.

Programme subject to change