Blue Summer Festival Algarve in October 2014
Lagos and Portimao are again preparing for celebration, as they say goodbye to summer in the Blue Summer Festival in October. Considering that summer “has left the… Continent” officially on September 1st, we will take it as a special courtesy that it decided to stay on the mild shores of the Algarve until October 23rd, the first day of the festival.
The Western Algarve will be celebrating this fifth edition of the Blue Summer Festival, dedicated this year to the theme of memory. Lasting for four days, the event is addressed to all people, designed to cater for all tastes. The schedule includes shows, live performances, music concerts, open readings, conferences on pressing current issues and projections of documentary films and a display of classic animation films (meant to delight children, as well as their parents, who will reminisce together with their animate childhood heroes).
Coordinated by two prominent artists, João Galante and Ana Borralho and organized with the support of the Casablanca cultural association, the Blue Summer Festival’s main purpose is to promote and encourage contemporary art.
The Portuguese festival will include a unique publishing project and a series of memorable lectures suggested by Rui Catalão under the title “The great debt”. Participants will also have the opportunity to watch the play “By Heart” staged in Lagos by Tiago Rodrigues.
As for the entertainment available for the young ones, the organizers created the concept of the show “The elephants walk”, telling the touching story of a herd of elephants. They also propose a couple of sessions of classic animation films in Cinema Lagos.
Meanwhile, in Portimao, music fans can enjoy extraordinary performances from rapper Capicua and a Friday evening on the rhythms of hip hop at the Municipal Theatre. Portimao is also preparing for the City Fair, also scheduled for October, which is sure to provide much entertainment for everyone. If you are going to be in Portugal in the coming weeks, you may like to look into the option of renting a car in the Algarve and get some tickets for the Blue Summer Festival Algarve.
