The Lagoa Jazz Fest’2023 takes place in Estômbar’s Sítio das Fontes Municipal Park, between July 21-23
– July 18, 2023
From July 21 to 23, jazz nights are back to Lagoa, with the Lagoa Jazz Fest, now in its 18th edition, taking place at the Sítio das Fontes Park in Estômbar.
This year’s special guests include Camille Bertault, recognised by Vanity Fair as the ”new voice of jazz” and by Le Figaro as a “daring talent”. She comes to Lagoa alongside names such as Polly Gibbons, who will perform with the Algarve Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Hugo Alves.
Resuming Lagoa Jazz Fest’s commitment to the diversity of aesthetics and instrumentations, more or less conventional in jazz, this year’s programme features two unavoidable names of the accordion, João Barradas and Vincent Peirani, and Suite Nordeste, a trio of Brazilian musicians admittedly inspired by the mixture of styles and influences between Brazilian popular music, classical music and jazz.
As always, the Lagoa Jazz Fest’2023 presents high quality projects, with the best performers in harp, koto, harmonica, cimbalom, bandoneon, vibraphone, among others.
Between solos, duos, trios, quartets and quintets, as well as big bands, this festival has it all.
Since 2003, more than 250 musicians from countries such as Portugal, Spain, the United States of America, France, Italy, Austria, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Colombia and India have played on the stage of the Lagoa Jazz Fest.
Tickets cost €12 and can be purchased online at Bol, or at the ticket offices of the municipality of Lagoa, at Convento de S. José, Lagoa’s Carlos do Carmo Auditorium, Balcão Único or the usual places, such as CTT, Fnac and Worten.
Visitors with a Cultural Passport, Lagoa Social Card or Rota do Petisco 2022 Passport have a 20% discount.
The event venue opens at 7pm and closes at 1am, with performances in the lounge area starting at 8.30pm and on the main stage at 10pm.
In addition to the performance areas, there will also be a catering area and an exhibitions area.
Programme for the Lagoa Jazz Fest’23:
July 21
Main Stage: Algarve Jazz Orchestra with special guest Polly Gibbons;
Lounge area: Jorge Soares (guitar and vocals), Bony Godoy (electric bass), Jorge Carrilho (drums).
July 22
Main Stage: ”De Acordeão para Acordeão” with Vincent Peirani and João Barradas, Suite Nordeste Trio with João Ventura (piano, keyboard and vocals), Júnior Maceió (alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, transverse flute and digital aerophone) and Rogério Pitomba (drums, percussion);
Lounge area: Allyson Garrido (vocals) and Fernando de Castro Neves (guitar).
July 23
Main Stage: Camille Bertault 5teto with Camille Bertault (vocals), Fady Farah (piano), Julien Alour (trumpet), Christophe Minck (bass and moog) and Minino Garay (drums and percussion);
Lounge area: Genoveva Faísca (vocals) and Carlos Santos (keyboards).
Additional information:
Lagoa Town Hall informs that it initially announced that singer Jane Monheit would be the guest artist performing with the Algarve Jazz Orchestra. However, due to a one-off health issue, Jane Monheit’s appearance had to be cancelled. The singer will be replaced by Polly Gibbons.
Tickets already purchased for July 21 will remain valid but you can request a refund.
