A festival by the sea

Aleste at the Ponta Gorda Bathing Complex.

 

The Aleste festival is set to return at 3 p.m. on May 26th. The stage is the Ponta Gorda swimming complex where Laid Back, Surma, Bruno Pernadas, Bitchin Bajas, Bispo, Sean Riley and Celeste/Mariposa will perform.

The event first held in 2014 is an initiative of the Barreirinha Bar Café, which seeks to offer alternative music and promote the most relevant national artists.

The festival is held at three different times every year and is hosted by different noble spaces of Funchal embodying the philosophy of promoting culture in public spaces. 

Tickets for the Aleste Festival cost 20 euros.