It takes place this year on July 25 and 26, in Briteiros São Salvador, municipality of Guimarães, with the bands The Dandy Warhols and José Pinhal – Post Mortem Experience, the organization announced today.
In a statement sent to Lusa, the organizers report that “the music is back to Quinta da Ponte, in Briteiros”, this year with the novelty of ‘Rock on the Febras River’ to perform “in a double dose”, passing the festival from one to two days.
“The best rock festival in the world (at least when it comes to proximity to the Febras River) remains free and has luxury poster-as, in fact, has done since the first edition. For now, we confirm, with, with Pose to make jealous to a peacock that The Dandy Warhols and José Pinhal – Post Mortem Experience will be here this year.
The small music festival, which takes place on the banks of the Febras River, reached a national dimension in 2023, after ‘Rock in Rio Lisboa’ notify ‘rock in rio febras’ to change its name, alleging misuse of the brand and unfair competition , began to designate ‘rock on the Febras River’.
As for the musical poster for the two days of festival, ‘Rock on the Febras River’ announces, for now, the American rock band Dandy Warhols and the National Tribute Band to José Pinhal, a popular artist who was born in 1952, in Matosinhos municipality, and died in 1993 at the age of 42 in a road accident while returning from one of his shows.
“Thus, on the same stage, (for now) two bands from opposite sides of the Atlantic. And the like, but we lack the skills (of oratory and not only) of Miss Universe.
Another news of this year’s edition is the possibility of festivals camping or taking a caravan.
“We also want to announce that, after difficult urban and planning negotiations with our team of landscape architects, and Lavradio engineers, we will also have space for campsite and caravanism, so no one has a minute of the festival,” the organization reveals.
‘Rock on the Febras River’ says other musical names will be announced over the coming weeks.
“It’s another technique than us, the organizers of big festivals, we use to keep the audience captivated. Nothing to do with the fact that we are seeing where we will put the other bands to sleep, since local accommodation in Briteiros is already sold out .
The 2025 kits will be on sale from April 3rd.
‘Rock on the Febras River’ recalls that, “as always, all recipes reversed to the People’s House of Briteiros, a private institution of social solidarity, with the aim of contributing to the beginning of the construction of a elderly home.”
According to the organization, in the 2024 edition passed the ‘Rock on the Febras River’ enclosure about 12,000 festivals, more than double in the first edition, in 2023, where five thousand people were present.
