It is with great sadness that IndieLisboa announces the cancellation of the event “As Fado Bicha After Party”, which was scheduled for today at 11 pm at Palácio do Grilo, as part of the IndiebyNight program. Unfortunately, due to health problems among the Fado Bicha team, they will not be able to present the show.
Tickets purchased in advance for the event will be duly refunded and participants will be contacted directly by the box office.
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To celebrate the release of the film, Fado Bicha invite us to an intimate evening in one of the halls of the Palácio do Grilo.
Related film: The Fado Bicha, by Justine Lemahieu (IndieMusic).
23:00 doors open
00:15 Fado Bicha
Night continues with a special dj set with Kemetic!
Fado Bicha
Fado Bicha is a musical, performative, and activist project created in Lisbon in 2017 by Lila Fadista, on vocals and lyrics, and João Caçador, on composition and instruments. Using fado as their main tool, Lila and João propose a free exploration of this heritage, pushing beyond some of the rigid boundaries of traditional fado, particularly the gender normativity and the erasure of the contributions and experiences of LGBTI people. They also challenge the musical doctrine of what constitutes fado, stretching the boundaries of its domain both musically and lyrically.
The project is one of intervention, stemming from Lila and João’s queer identities and their involvement in activist circles and critical reflections on Portuguese history and identity. They claim legitimacy based on the mutable nature of fado (like any artistic expression) and the suppressed queer ancestry—both in fado and Portuguese society in general.
With more than 250 concerts in ten different countries, several singles, and the campaign song for Joacine Katar Moreira in 2019, Fado Bicha has also participated in theater, cinema, and television (both acting and composing soundtracks). In 2022, they participated in the Festival da Canção with the song “Povo Pequenino” and released their debut album “OCUPAÇÃO” a few months later, produced by Luís Clara Gomes (Moullinex), which appeared on several lists of the best Portuguese albums of the year, including a #4 spot on Blitz’s list.
Since 2022, Fado Bicha performs as a trio with the addition of LARIE, a queer multi-instrumentalist from Brazil, for their live concerts.
Kemetic
Born in the nineties, inspired from the eighties, smalltown boy born in France, Lisbon based for 5 years, Kemetic is making his name for 2 years throughout the nightcene of the Portuguese capital making his reputation by the electrifying energy surrounding his sets.
Strongly rooted & inspired by icons like Sylvester, Patrick Cowley or even Madonna, to describe Kemetic’s sound would be the description of an adorable chaos.
Aditionnally founder of Quee(r)n Moustache, shaking up Lisbon’s queer scene for 1 year already!
