World Music Festival

FMM Sines – Festival Músicas do Mundo is a music festival held 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.

FMM SINES 2012

FMM Sines 2012 is scheduled for the last two Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays of July (days: 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28)

Acts already confirmed for 2012

NARASIRATO (Solomon Islands) July 19
OTIS TAYLOR BAND (USA) July 19
L’ENFANCE ROUGE & LOTFI BOUCHNAK (Fra. / Ita. / Tun.) July 20
BOMBINO (Niger) July 20
DEAD COMBO feat. MARC RIBOT (Portugal / USA) July 21
MARC RIBOT Y LOS CUBANOS POSTIZOS (USA) July 21
OUMOU SANGARÉ & BÉLA FLECK (Mali / USA) July 21
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA & HAMELMAL ABATÉ (Switz. / Eth.) July 21
ASTILLERO (Argentina) July 26
GURRUMUL (Australia) July 26
FATOUMATA DIAWARA (Mali) July 26
KOUYATÉ-NEERMAN (France / Mali) July 27
DHAFER YOUSSEF QUARTET (Tunisia) July 27
MARI BOINE (Norway – Sami People) July 27
ZITA SWOON GROUP (Belgium / Burkina Faso) July 27
JUJU (Gambia / UK) July 27
HUGH MASEKELA (South Africa) July 28
JUPITER & OKWESS INTERNATIONAL (DR Congo) July 28
SOCALLED (Canada) July 28
TONY ALLEN ‘BLACK SERIES’ feat. AMP FIDDLER & TY (Nigeria / USA / Reino Unido) July 28