About FMM
How the festival was born and what makes of it the most important world music event in Portugal.
1. Where and how is Sines?
Sines is a town and municipality at the very centre of Portuguese south-western coast. The town is known as the birthplace of Vasco da Gama, the XVth century sea-commander who went to India contouring South Africa, a deed of civilisation fundamental to the Renaissance's mental and cultural opening. Vasco da Gama was born in the Castle of Sines, where the majority of the concerts of the festival take place. Inhabited since Prehistory and self-governing since the XIVth century, Sines was mainly a fishing and tourism town until the 1970's. Since then, it has become a major industrial and port centre in Portugal. The municipality's southern coastline, preserved almost to its wild state, is protected inside the boundaries of a natural park. Some of the finest Portuguese beaches can be found here.
2. What is FMM Sines - Festival Músicas do Mundo and when does it take place?
FMM - Festival Músicas do Mundo is a music festival in Portugal organized by Sines’ City Council, every year, in July (last two weeks).
3. When was it born and why?
FMM was created in 1999 with the intent of giving a new and fresh use to the town’s Castle. The monument was the birthplace of Vasco da Gama, and the festival, showing the diversity of musical expressions in the world, follows and remembers the intercultural revolution brought about by the navigator’s travels. Today, the festival goes beyond its original physical boundaries and way beyond any kind of historical justification. The philosophy is to bring people together through the emotion of discovering new music.
4. What music do we listen at FMM?
“World music” is quite an ambiguous term, but, yes, FMM falls into that category. From tradition to jazz, from folk to blues, from tango to reggae, from classical music to fusion, this is - above all - a festival without genre boundaries.
5. Which is the target audience?
Everyone open to discovering new music. That person can be an old Sines’ fisherman, a young college student or a music expert. Along its history, the festival has had in the ability to attract people from all origins and generations one of its defining characteristics.
6. Where does the festival take place?
The festival takes place in Sines’ historical centre (the Castle, Sines' Arts Centre and Beach Vasco da Gama) and the village of Porto Covo, 13km south of Sines. The Castle holds a maximum of 7,000 people, Porto Covo 8,000 and the Beach Stage 15,000.
7. How many people have attended FMM’s concerts?
Since 1999, the total audience of FMM amounts to 240,000 people.
8. How many concerts were held?
124. Shemekia Copeland, Omar Sosa, Taraf de Haidouks, Black Uhuru feat. Sly & Robbie, Hedningarna, Kronos Quartet, The Skatalites, Tom Zé, Femi Kuti, Hermeto Pascoal, Marc Ribot, KTU, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Trilok Gurtu, Toumani Diabaté, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Mahmoud Ahmed and Gogol Bordello are some of the highlights.
For more information see the website of the festival:
www.fmm.com.pt
How the festival was born and what makes of it the most important world music event in Portugal.
1. Where and how is Sines?
Sines is a town and municipality at the very centre of Portuguese south-western coast. The town is known as the birthplace of Vasco da Gama, the XVth century sea-commander who went to India contouring South Africa, a deed of civilisation fundamental to the Renaissance's mental and cultural opening. Vasco da Gama was born in the Castle of Sines, where the majority of the concerts of the festival take place. Inhabited since Prehistory and self-governing since the XIVth century, Sines was mainly a fishing and tourism town until the 1970's. Since then, it has become a major industrial and port centre in Portugal. The municipality's southern coastline, preserved almost to its wild state, is protected inside the boundaries of a natural park. Some of the finest Portuguese beaches can be found here.
2. What is FMM Sines - Festival Músicas do Mundo and when does it take place?
FMM - Festival Músicas do Mundo is a music festival in Portugal organized by Sines’ City Council, every year, in July (last two weeks).
3. When was it born and why?
FMM was created in 1999 with the intent of giving a new and fresh use to the town’s Castle. The monument was the birthplace of Vasco da Gama, and the festival, showing the diversity of musical expressions in the world, follows and remembers the intercultural revolution brought about by the navigator’s travels. Today, the festival goes beyond its original physical boundaries and way beyond any kind of historical justification. The philosophy is to bring people together through the emotion of discovering new music.
4. What music do we listen at FMM?
“World music” is quite an ambiguous term, but, yes, FMM falls into that category. From tradition to jazz, from folk to blues, from tango to reggae, from classical music to fusion, this is - above all - a festival without genre boundaries.
5. Which is the target audience?
Everyone open to discovering new music. That person can be an old Sines’ fisherman, a young college student or a music expert. Along its history, the festival has had in the ability to attract people from all origins and generations one of its defining characteristics.
6. Where does the festival take place?
The festival takes place in Sines’ historical centre (the Castle, Sines' Arts Centre and Beach Vasco da Gama) and the village of Porto Covo, 13km south of Sines. The Castle holds a maximum of 7,000 people, Porto Covo 8,000 and the Beach Stage 15,000.
7. How many people have attended FMM’s concerts?
Since 1999, the total audience of FMM amounts to 240,000 people.
8. How many concerts were held?
124. Shemekia Copeland, Omar Sosa, Taraf de Haidouks, Black Uhuru feat. Sly & Robbie, Hedningarna, Kronos Quartet, The Skatalites, Tom Zé, Femi Kuti, Hermeto Pascoal, Marc Ribot, KTU, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Trilok Gurtu, Toumani Diabaté, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Mahmoud Ahmed and Gogol Bordello are some of the highlights.
For more information see the website of the festival:
www.fmm.com.pt
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