Beja: Festival B (22 a 24 June) with residencies in days 18 and 19 and June.
Before starting the official Festival B, that is between 22 and 24 June, Beja will receive, in the coming days 18 and 19 June, a series of artist residencies.
In the next days 22, 23 and 24 June (B festival program), the historic center of Beja will gain a new life with a wide variety of unique performances that will take care of the four stages that will enhance the built heritage of the city.
In order to consolidate the creative work that has been done by national and local artists, and will culminate in the presentation of unique performances, artistic creation, no Festival B, The residencies will take place at the Cine-Teatro Pax Julia, the UNESCO Center and Social Center Lidador.
As for the B FESTIVAL, intended-is to hold “to music, culture and identity of the Alentejo”. The initiative takes place in 2018 and 2020. In 2019 and 2021, It carried out the "City of Mariana Alcoforado".
in the presentation, Paul Arsenio, President of Beja House, He explained that is a "territory of initiative. Or Festival B, It means the four Bflushes, of Bcome on, of BThis Alentejo, of Bienal's Bitemático. It is celebrating the Intangible Heritage of Humanity UNESCO, sing the Alentejo, snack (Mediterranean diet) and fado ".
The Mayor of Beja argued that "it is a project 4 year old, to be held in even years (2018 and 2020) and in odd years (2019 and 2021) have the festival "City of Mariana Alcoforado" and that will 4 stages around the built monumentality of the historic city center ", finished.
The Regional Museum, the Tower of Homage Castle, the Museum Sembrano, Republic Square, the Church of Mercy and the Holy House of Mercy, will be the featured scenarios Festival B, the socialist mayor defended as "a distinctive initiative and the region", adding that in the three days of the festival "will open four stages in the historic center, no traffic and conducive to walks in the built heritage of the city ", concluded.
"We want to be the celebration of the culture of the Alentejo, and Portugal. It is the festival of our music, our culture and our identity ", held.
Throughout the Festival B, Beja will receive 25 shows, which will act over 40 groups or artists who become "unique and innovative", clarifying that "does not replace" the initiative that the communist previous executive promoted, the "Beja Rua", because "it has no continuity and are totally different things", justified.
As for the initiative of the costs, Paul Arsenio said this “cost 150 thousand euros over Iva, applied for EU funds and if all goes well, the municipality will spend 15 a 20 a thousand euros", said.
As for the "City of Mariana Alcoforado" to be held in 2019, it aims to "celebrate 350 anniversary of the first publication of the Portuguese Letters nun who lived in our town ", Paul revealed Arsenic.
The Bejense singer Paulo Ribeiro, will be the artistic director of the festival that the mayor defined as "the right person to put this project in place to which we aspire", summed up.
The artist explained that the initiative was designed based on a goal of "appreciation of our language and our identity, with the merger of various types of musicians ", reminding Ricardo Ribeiro performances with the Choir Ganhões Castro Verde, Cuca Roseta and Vocalists, or even Katia Guerreiro, with the young singers cubenses Bacchus Bafos. To celebrate the amateur fado, there will be two shows only eight city artists.
Celina da Piedade, Marco Rodrigues, Foreign currency, Ricardo Ribeiro, World, Alentejo Sung and Antonio Clerk are some of the artists who will be invited today, 18h00, BTL present in the presentation of Festival B.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
