FMM Festival das Musicas do Mundo

FMM Sines 2008

The FMM Festival Musicas do Mundo in Sines is one of the largest world music events on the Iberian Peninsula. In 2008 the festival celebrated its 10th anniversary. Between 80,000 and 90,000 spectators attended the festival on this occasion in July of that year. Over 30 music groups and soloists presented themselves on several stages in the town of Sines and in the neighboring town of Porto Covo over a period of 10 days. The festival is organized by the municipality of Sines. In addition to world music performers, jazz, folk, blues, tango and reggae musicians from all over the world are invited. The audience is mostly young, but also includes older music-interested visitors and locals.

In addition to the main stage in the Castelo de Sines castle, which seats 7,000, there are also stages on Vasco da Gama beach (for up to 15,000), in Porto Covo - a neighboring fishing village - for up to 8,000 and in the art center von Sines with an auditorium for 200 spectators and an outdoor stage for a further 300 spectators. Since 1999, the FFM has held 297 concerts with a total of over 600,000 spectators. In addition to the concerts with an entrance fee, free concerts are also offered.

The main stage is on the site of the historic Sines Castle. Here the audience has been celebrating the highlights of the festival for years. The FMM Festival has been ranked among the best world music festivals in Europe several times by specialist magazines such as the British Songlines Magazine .

List of appearances since 1999

1999

In the first year there were only shows in the Castelo de Sines:

Clã
Carlos Nuñez
Corvos (grupo musical)
Abed Azrié
Opus ensemble
Carlos Martins
Sonny Fortune

July 27-29, 2000

In the Castelo of Sines - 8000 spectators

Omar Sosa

Adufe
Dieuf Dieul
Trio Esquina + Sandra Rumolino
Sivan Perwer
Omar Sosa sextet
Shemekia Copeland Blues Band

July 26-28, 2001

In the Castelo von Sines - 10,000 spectators

July 25-27, 2002

In the Castelo von Sines - 15,000 spectators

July 24-26, 2003

Simentera group from Cape Verde at FMM in Sines 2003

In the Castelo de Sines - 20,000 spectators

Danças Ocultas
Simentera
Mahwash & Ensemble Kaboul
Mahotella Queens
Totonho & os Cabra
Kronos Quartet
Kad Achouri
The Skatalites

July 29th to 31st, 2004

Rokia Traoré at the FMM Festival das Musicas do Mundo in Sines Portugal 2008

On three stages: Castelo, Capela da Misericórdia e Av. Praia (Sines) - 24,000 spectators

Ronda dos Quatro Caminhos
Warsaw Village Band
Savina Yannatou
David Murray
Tom Zé
Septeto Roberto Rodriguez
Rokia Traoré
Femi Kuti

July 28-30, 2005

On four stages: Castelo, Capela da Misericórdia e Av. Praia, Porto Covo - 27,000 spectators

Cristina Branco at FMM 2005

34 puñaladas
Cristina Branco + Brigada Victor Jara + Segue-me à Capela
Ljiljana Buttler & Mostar Sevdah Reunion
Amadou & Mariam
Mahala Raï Banda
Lula Pena
Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians
Astrid Hadad
Hermeto Pascoal
Ba Cissoko
Samurai 4
The Master Musicians of Jajouka
KTU
Kíla
Konono Nº1

July 21-29, 2006

Gaiteiros de Lisboa at the FMM in Sines 2006

Toumani Diabaté at the FMM Festival in Sines 2006

Oumou Sangaré at the FMM Festival in Sines 2007

On four stages: Castelo, Av. Praia, Centro de Artes Sines, Porto Covo - 50,000 spectators

Francis Hime
Mayra Andrade
Buraka Som Sistema
Boris Kovac & La Campanella
Actores Alidos
Vaguement la Jungle
Dazkarieh
Eliseo Parra
Da jam band
Jacques Pellen "Celtic Procession"
K'naan
Ensemble JER - Os Plásticos de Lisboa
Vusi Mahlasela
Gaiteiros de Lisboa
Trio Rabih Abou-Khalil & Joachim Kühn
Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra
Alamaailman Vasarat
Nuru Kane & Bayefall Gnawa
Farida & Iraqi Maqam Ensemble
The Bad Plus
Trilok Gurtu & The Misra Brothers
Tony Allen
Fruit Music
Mariem Hassan
Värttinä
Cordel do Fogo Encantado
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Ivo Papasov & His Wedding Band

July 20-28, 2007

The President of the County of Sines opens FMM 2007

Rão Kyao in Porto Covo at the FMM 2007

The Djabé group from Hungary at FMM 2007

On four stages: Castelo, Av. Praia, Centro de Artes Sines, Porto Covo - 75,000 to 80,000 spectators

Galandum Galundaina
Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar
Etran Finatawa
Don Byron plays Junior Walker
Mamani Keita & Nicolas Repac
Deti Picasso
Djabé
Rão Kyao & Karl Seglem
Haydamaky
Marcel Kanche
Ttukunak
Lula Pena
Jacky Molard Acoustic Quartet
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Trilok Gurtu band
Bellowhead
Oumou Sangaré
Oki Dub Ainu Band
Harry Manx
Carlos Bica & Trio Azul com DJ Ill Vibe
Tartit
Mahmoud Ahmed
Bitty McLean & The Homegrown Band
Aronas
Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto
World Saxophone Quartet "Political Blues"
Rachid Taha
La Etruria Criminale Banda
Norkst
Erika Stucky & Roots of Communication
K'naan
Gogol Bordello
Señor Coconut & His Orchestra feat. Argenis Brito

July 17th to 26th, 2008

On five stages: 85,000 to 90,000 spectators

FMM in Sines / Portugal 2008

Orchestra Baobab in Sines / Portugal 2008

Siba ea Fuloresta (Brazil)
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba (Mali)
Serra-Lhe Ai !!! & os Rosales (Galicia in Spain)
A Naifa (Portugal)
Herminia (Cape Verde)
Hazmat Modine (USA)
Flat Earth Society Meets Jimi Tenor
The Last Poets (USA)
Enzo Avitabile & Bottari (Italy)
Danças Ocultas (Portugal)
Asha Bhosle (India)
A Tribute to Andy Palacio Feat. Special Guests (Belize / Honduras)
Danae (Portugal)
Moskow Art Trio (Russia / Norway)
Lo Cor de la Plana (Occitania in France)
Dead Combo (Portugal)
Iva Bittová (Czech Republic)
Moriarty (USA / France)
Waldemar Bastos (Angola)
Vinicio Capossela (Italy)
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (Great Britain / Gambia)
Anthonz Joseph & the Spasm Band feat. Joe Bowie (Trinidad / Great Britain / USA)
Mandrágora & SPECIAL GUESTS (Portugal / Great Britain)
Marful “SALON DE BAILE” (Galicia)
Gerald Toto, Richard Bona , Lokua Kanza (French West Indies / Cameroon / DR Congo)
Orchestra Baobab (Senegal)
Silvério Pessoa (Brazil)
Toubab Krewe (USA)
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset (Great Britain)
Faiz Ali Faiz (Pakistan)
KTU (Finland / USA)
Cui Jian (China)
Firewater (USA)
Nortec Collective Presents Bostich and Fussible (Mexico)
The Dizu Plaatjies' Ibuyambo Ensemble (South Africa)
Koby Israelite (Israel / Great Britain)
Rokia Traoré (Mali / France)
Doran - Stucky - Studer - Tacuma (Ireland / Switzerland / USA)
Jean-Paul Bourelly Meets Melvin Gibbs & Will Calhoun (USA)
Boom Pam (Israel)

July 16-25, 2009

Appearances on five stages with 80,000 to 90,000 spectators

Hanggai group from China at FMM 2009

Chuchu Valdes at the FMM Festival in Sines Portugal 2009

Manecas Cost at the FMM Festival in Sines Portugal 2009

O'Questrada (Portugal)
Rupa & the April Fishes (USA)
Circo Abusivo (Italy)
Victor Démé (Burkina Faso)
The Ukrainians (Great Britain)
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra (Nigeria / Great Britain)
Wyza (Angola)
Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro (Argentina)
Daara J Family (Senegal)
Mor Karbasi (Israel)
Portico Quartet (Great Britain)
Corneliu Stroe & Aromanian Ethno Band (Romania)
Carmen Souza (Portugal / Cape Verde)
Trilhos - Novos caminhos da guitarra portuguesa (Portugal)
Janita Salomé (Portugal)
Uxía (Galicia)
Acetre (Extremadura)
L'Enfance Rouge (France / Italy / Tunisia)
Assobio (Portugal)
Alô Irmão! - Narf & Manecas Costa (Galicia / Guinea-Bissau)
Hanggai (China)
Chucho Valdés Big Band (Cuba)
Kasaï Allstars (DR Congo)
Damily (Madagascar)
Paulo Sousa (Portugal)
Njava (Madagascar)
Warsaw Village Band (Poland)
Debashish Bhattacharya (India)
Cyro Baptista "Beat the Donkey" (Brazil / USA)
Chicha Libre (USA)
Melech Mechaya (Portugal)
Bibi Tanga & The Selenites (Central African Republic / France)
James Blood Ulmer (USA)
Alamaailman Vasarat (Finland)
Lee "Scratch" Perry (Jamaica)
Speed Caravan (Algeria / France)

July 28th to 31st, 2010

Appearances on four stages with 80,000 to 90,000 spectators

Tinariwen at the FMM Festival das Musicas do Mundo in Sines Portugal 2010

Staff Benda Bilili (DR Congo), Best group of the Songlines Music Awards 2010
The Mekons (UK / USA)
Grupo Fantasma (USA)
Forro in the Dark (Brazil)
Lole Montoya (Spain)
Yasmin Levy (Israel)
Sa Dingding (China)
Céu (Brazil)
Novalima (Peru)
Las Rubias del Norte (USA)
Vitorino e Janita Salomé com Grupo de Cantadores de Redondo (Portugal)
Cacique'97 (Mozambique / Portugal)
Nat King Cole en Espagnol (USA / Cuba / Portugal)
34 Puñaladas (Argentina)
Wimme (Finland)
N'Diale - Jacky Molard Quartet & Founé Diarra Trio (Mali)
Kimi Djabaté (Guinea-Bissau)
The Rodeo (France)
Barbez (USA)
Sa Dingding (China)
Tinariwen (Mali)
Bailarico Sofisticado convida Selecta Alice (Portugal)
Guadi Galego (Galicia)
Galaxy (East Timor)
Cheick Tidiane Seck feat. Mamani Keita (Mali)
U-Roy (Jamaica)
Batida (Portugal / Angola)