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Free NOS Primavera Sound concert with Fatboy Slim in Aliados on 6 June
Fatboy Slim, the English DJ, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and master of the beat genre, will perform at Avenida dos Aliados on June 6th. This event is free. This is the warm-up of NOS Primavera Sound Concert, to take place in the City Park of Porto, from 7 to 9 June, and "it will shape the city's agenda so that people can experience what NOS Primavera Sound Festival is", enthuses José Barreiro from the organization.
Porto is a city attractive to investors and to talent
Since its inception, in 2015, InvestPorto has monitored the setting up of around 200 investment projects, likely to create 13.500 jobs in the city of Porto. These figures show that Porto is indeed "the city that works" - and this is the signature of the Municipal Office that now takes a new guise, providing new services to cope with the emerging challenges of both the global and the local economy.
Porto Beer Fest is back in June with 300 beer styles for all moods and all tastes
The Gardens of Palácio de Cristal will host, once again, some of the best breweries in the world. The third edition of Porto Beer Fest runs from 13 to 16 June, in the context of the "Festas de São João" official programme.
International Museum Day and European Museum Night in Porto
International Museum Day and European Museum Night are only a few days away. This Friday and Saturday, 18th and 19th May, Porto celebrates these dates with visits, concerts, and programmes for everyone and for all ages.
Porto Blues Fest takes over Porto on 18th and 19th May
Porto Blues Fest will literally make you cry the blues on Friday and Saturday evenings, next 18th and 19th May, by the acoustic shell in the Gardens of Palácio de Cristal. Pat Cohen, Tatanka and Chino & The Big Bet, Budda, Maria João and the invitee Pedro Abrunhosa will take over the stage to make you sing or dance the blues for this 2nd edition of Porto Blues fest.
In Spiritum 2018 Festival brings together music and heritage in Porto in May
In Spiritum 2018 Festival makes Porto a city of music and heritage. From 19th to 23rd May, early music will link heritage and audiences across the city of Porto. The festival features musicians Jordi Savall, the Castilian is an important figure when it comes to rediscovering early music, and the American Jed Barahal, living in Porto, who will play the cello that belonged to Guilhermina Suggia to perform Bach's music.
Klein takes the understage at Rivoli on May 19th
Klein will go on stage at Rivoli, on May 19th, starting at 10.30 pm, featuring her latest work "Tommy", released in 2017, with a music genre that defies labelling, as she recreates new music based on the melodies of 1950s pop music and '90s R&B.
"Trees" by sculptor Alberto Carneiro planted at São Domingos Square in Porto
The sculptural set, titled "Três metáforas de árvores para uma árvore verdadeira" [Three methaphors of trees for a real tree"], created by sculptor Alberto Carneiro and "planted" at the São Domingos Square.
Senior corporate executives debate Future Jobs and Technologies
Save this date: May 18th at the Customs Building. The reason? The 4th Porto Tech Hub Conference, debating the topic "Future Jobs and Technologies". Senior corporate executives from Microsoft, Amazon or IBM Research will gather at Porto Customs Building to talk about professional development in an era of rapid technological change.
Agile Software Development gathers world experts in Porto
The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) will host the XP 2018, running from 21 to 25 May. This event is jointly organised by FEUP and by Agile Alliance. This is the 19th International Conference on Agile Software Development and the topics under discussion are the definitions and methodologies used in software development and the close cooperation of all parties of all life cycle phases of a project.