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Casa da Música celebrates Portugal in August

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From 1 to 31 August, Casa da Música offers the cycle "Portugal A Gosto", featuring national and traditional music, with evening concerts, giving materiality to urban and rural sounds.

From Sunday to Tuesday, Fado and the Portuguese guitar are the main stars of these August concerts; Sunday is Fado day, every Monday there are guitar sounds and on Tuesdays there is a mix of tunes. From Wednesday to Saturday, Portugal makes itself known trough traditional instruments and regional accents, which illustrates the country's cultural richness.

Wednesday, the Tiago Soares Trio opens the cultural programme with popular songbook themes from the regions of Miranda, Beira, Alentejo and the Algarve.

Concerts take place at Room 2, Casa da Música and are scheduled to begin at 6.30 pm.

Tickets cost 10 euros.

See here for more information.