23 July - Thursday

Sines

Duques do Precariado (Portugal)

Sines - Castelo | 18h00 | Free admission

Duques do Precariado present themselves as makers of songs that celebrate endangered things. Created by Pedro Mendonça and João Fragoso, they invent music that is “acoustic and distorted, fleshy and drenched”, describable as independent folk or simply “ethno-novelties”. They bring together electric guitars, bass drums and three-hole flutes. The lyrics are unsettling, dealing with “the afflictions of the flesh, the death of loved ones, one’s own death, and the death of the known world”. Critics have highlighted both the originality of their debut album, “Antropocenas”, and its potential on stage. Social intervention, hinted at in their very name (Dukes of the Precariat) gives them both their edge and their purpose.

The Cavemen. (Nigeria)

Sines - Castelo | 21h00 | Buy ticket

Born in Ghana in the 19th century, yet rooted across West Africa, highlife music rests on the power of brass and the marriage between jazz and African percussion. In the hands of this Nigerian duo, the sound is stripped back to essentials, built on drums, bass and keyboards. Created by brothers and partners Benjamin James and Kingsley Okorie, The Cavemen. combine an ancestral soul with global ambition. Highlife for our time: renewed, yet without losing its identity. “Cavy in the City”, their 2025 album, is the starting point for this concert. “What the world needs right now,” they say, “is highlife.” They may well be right.

La Niña (Italy)

Sines - Castelo | 22h15 | Buy ticket

A concert carrying the energy of an ancient city. La Niña is the solo project of singer-songwriter Carola Moccia. Within it, she ties the traditions of her homeland, Naples, to contemporary production. Incorporating elements of Neapolitan, Arabic and French, she explores the theme of untamed nature in her collaborative album “Furèsta” (Forest). Across Neapolitan, Arabic and wider Mediterranean rhythms and melodies, she reveals an artistic personality with the force of a storm. On stage, she is joined by four multi-instrumentalists playing mandolin, classical guitar, keyboards and acoustic and electronic percussion. To their instruments, the four musicians add the power of their voices.

Mádé Kuti (Nigeria)

Sines - Castelo | 23h30 | Buy ticket

At the age of five, saxophone in hand, he was already performing with his father, Femi Kuti. Before turning ten, he had already appeared on the stages of Glastonbury and the Hollywood Bowl. His childhood was spent at The New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria, where a festival honouring his grandfather, Fela Kuti, takes place every year. Composer, arranger, performer and multi-instrumentalist, Mádé Kuti embodies an eclectic afrobeat stretching from jazz to alternative rock. In 2021, he made his debut with the album “For(e)Ward”, addressing themes such as corruption, inequality and police violence. In 2025, he returned with “Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?” The Kuti afrobeat dynasty has a secure future ahead.

Calle Mambo (Chile)

Sines - Galp Stage @ Av. Vasco da Gama | 01h00 | Free admission

This compendium of Latin American music was born far from Chile, homeland of its founding members. It was in Munich, in 2013, that the journey began. Longing intensified their love for the sounds of their native hemisphere. In Calle Mambo, one hears around ten Latin American instruments: charango, tiple, quena, zampoña, ronroco, toyos, cuatro… They merge with electronics, urban sounds and popular rhythms such as huayno, timba, caporal and cumbia. Electro-urban folklore with a social conscience. Powerful dance music used in the struggle against oppression and the destruction of ecosystems. “Retumba la Tierra”, their 2025 album, traces that itinerary.

RS Produções (Portugal)

Sines - Galp Stage @ Av. Vasco da Gama | 02h30 | Free admission

In Bagdad, Rinchoa - in the parish of Rio de Mouro, municipality of Sintra - RS Produções was born, a crew with grooves that are “lean, proportionally dense and flexible”. Dj Narciso, Nuno Beats, Nulo, Dj Lima, Farucox and MC Pimenta have been together since 2016. Their first EP, “Bagdad Style”, was released on the Príncipe label two years later. It was followed by the LP “Saúde em 1º Lugar” (2022), also on Príncipe. They maintain a consistent rhythm of independent digital releases, under both collective and individual names. They perform in a B2B 4x4 format, focused on playing the collective’s original tracks and maintaining a continuous flow of new productions. The urban music of the Lisbon region lands once again on Avenida Vasco da Gama.