Here Comes Porto’s First Fashion Rock Festival

Five teams in one night: Super Bock Arena hosts GNR, Pluto, Clã, Zen and Três Tristes Tigres on the 22nd.

Rock à Moda do Porto is the new one-day festival, with back-to-back performances from five historic bands from Invicta, at the Super Bock Arena. The program includes GNR, Clan, Three Sad Tigers, Zen, and Pluto; It opens at 7.30pm and closes around 1am.

The three GNRs, Rui Reninho, Toli and Jorge Romao, who on Wednesday made an “artistic visit” to the venue, did not hesitate to accept the invitation to sing at the new festival.

“It’s something different and very interesting to have bands from the north, from Porto, performing together, especially at an event dedicated to Portuguese music and rock,” singer Rui Rinino told JN. The musician admits that the major festivals in Portugal are not geared towards this aspect and end up prioritizing foreign artists, so he welcomes the new festival.

“The concept of Rock à Moda do Porto is something that lived and felt in the city especially in the ’80s and ’90s, when great rock bands popped up here,” Renño recalls Ornatos Violeta, Clã or Zen, which are also part of the poster.

Tóli goes further and sees at the festival “a chance for rock to feel like it once was,” believing that this new event could be repeated in 2023 – “but, of course, with other bands.”

change and growth

GNR is now celebrating 41 years of their career, and after a long time, the band isn’t the same anymore; adapted to the reality of the present. “We don’t cling to the past, we’re always evolving,” says Rainio. “I no longer play the same instruments, now I play the drums, the guitar, the keys and the accordion,” adds Tully.

Like everything else, the audience also grew and the songs of Porto’s most famous rock bands continued to be passed down from generation to generation – the same goes for the festival’s lineup, which aims to bring together parents, children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren.

With a clear reference to Porto’s costume bolt, the event’s organizer, Marco Veloso, explained his intentions: “The festival intends to commemorate the great rock bands that were and are very dear to the city in memory of the people of Porto. He saw the birth.”

Lots of rock and what else?

The organization considers it to have received a “luxury label” and “with great pride” that it is presenting it. Marco Veloso bets on a “full house”, arguing that “the North receives shows very well, especially those that praise its culture and customs.”

In addition, two years of confinement without live concerts made the audience “more excited for the performances,” admits Marco Veloso. Tickets are already on sale and prices range from 20 to 35 euros, depending on the site.

He promised a “great night”. Clã will play themes from the new album, “Véspera,” and Três Tristes Tigres will revisit old songs like “O mundo a meu pé” and “À atona.” Zen and Pluto will also perform memory exercises: the former will reconsider the “privilege of making the wrong decision”; The second will play themes from the first and only album “Boom Dia” (2004).

GNR revealed to JN that there will be no shortage of great songs, like “Dunas,” “Effectiva” or “Pronúncia do Norte” — “and the rest is decided on stage,” laughs Roy Reninho.

With doors open at 7pm, audiences will be able to attend a concert lasting about an hour for each band shown.