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The Prodigy and Lil Silva join the MEO Kalorama line-up

Incredible new confirmations The Prodigy and Lil Silva complete the line-up of MEO KALORAMA 2023 that will see Arcade Fire, Florence + The Machine, Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Aphex Twin, and Foals, among many others performing at Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, between August 31st and September 2nd. The full line-up consists of 40% female artists, solo or in bands that are part of or led by women. The LGBTQI community will be represented as well as 16 national artists, including 4 local artists, from the Chelas é o Sítio collective.

The line-up for MEO Kalorama 2023 was closed today with the confirmation of the iconic Essex group, The Prodigy, who will join the programme on the first day of the festival on the 31st of August. The prolific British producer, singer and songwriter Lil Silva will be on the 2nd of September.

The Prodigy a band that created a unique sound exploring electronic, punk and hardcore, thus deserving the status of one of the most important in the history of late 20th / early 21st-century music, returns to Lisbon in the context of the current European tour is an opportunity not to be missed. After celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s iconic album “Fat Of The Land” in 2022, this year Liam Howlett and Maxim are back on a highly awaited tour with an unmissable date at Meo Kalorama.

After a series of announcements in recent months, today the line-up is closed presenting a bold proposal that goes far beyond first-world-class names such as Arcade Fire, Florence + The Machine or The Prodigy. MEO Kalorama’s Communication Director, Andreia Criner, said: “Between the lines you can read the boldness of MEO Kalorama’s proposals”.

Names to highlight include Aphex Twin, Arca, Shygirl, Belle and Sebastian, and the phenomenal FKJ, Ethel Cain and Tamino. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Blaze and M83 will present new records and shows, while José González will celebrate the 20th anniversary of his classic debut album by playing it in its entirety. The decades-awaited return of Siouxie and The Hives and the much-anticipated Pabllo Vittar’s show. For the locals and curious international crowds, the Portuguese music contingent will feature Dino D’Santiago, Pongo, Selma Uamusse and Scúru Fitchádu, among many others. 2023 will see the opening of a new onsite space celebrating electronic music, Panorama, which will be the first stage to open and the last to close every day.

MUSIC ART AND SUSTAINABILITY

In this second edition, Last Tour, the promoter of MEO Kalorama, consolidates the 3 pillars of the festival, Music, Art and Sustainability, after obtaining the prestigious B CORP certification which reinforces the promoter’s commitment to the community and the planet in line with the UN Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.

As part of the second pillar of Meo Kalorama, the Art Project will be more ambitious this year. The curatorship of the project and artists involved will be announced soon along with further details about the art installations that will cover not only the stages but will also be distributed around the site.

Sustainability is the third and last pillar, which integrates the social, environmental and economic impact of the festival. This year MEO Kalorama reinforces its sustainability strategy by investing in more artists from the local area to perform at the festival, designating space for deaf people so they can feel and enjoy the music and installing genderless toilets. Other relevant actions include the donation of food and tickets to disadvantaged people, the contribution of materials at the end of the festival and the commitment of 0% of waste in landfill (in 2022 MEO Kalorama was distinguished as an ECO EVENT by Valorsul, which identifies the festival as a zero waste to landfill event).

WE ARE MEO KALORAMA – 7 people, 7 hills, 7 stories

The WE ARE MEO KALORAMA community takes shape by celebrating the intersection between cultures, art, sustainability and the people who shape the city of Lisbon. Inspired by the 7 hills of Lisbon, WE ARE MEO KALORAMA shows the perfect blend of what it means to live in Lisbon in 2023: Portuguese and foreigners, visual artists, ceramists, tattooists, booksellers, skaters who find in the Portuguese capital the perfect inspiration and rhythm to create and share their art.

The result is 7 short films that will be available to watch on the festival’s social media channel in the coming weeks. The films tell the story of professional dancer Carlota, Ukrainian tattoo artist Sasha, French ceramist Cécile Mestelan, bookseller and founding partner of the iconic Livraria da Travessa, Rui Campos, the skaters who founded the women’s magazine Betesga Skate Magazine, English painter Helen Butler and the Batukadeiras Orchestra of Portugal, a project part of the Association of Cape Verdean’s Women in the Diaspora in Portugal.

MEO KALORAMA AWARDED

The cast of the second edition of MEO Kalorama, which features national and international names, new and established, reinforces once again the care and meticulous curatorship which marked its debut edition. After its first edition in 2022, MEO Kalorama was awarded THE BEST FESTIVAL OF 2022 by Time Out magazine and Best New Iberian Festival and Best Concert by an International Artist in Portugal (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) at the Iberian Festival Awards. MEO Kalorama is currently nominated as a finalist for the Marketeer 2023 Awards in the category of Art, Culture and Entertainment.

TICKETS AND ACCOMMODATION

Daily tickets and the 3-day pass are on sale at www.meokalorama.pt/en.

Camping can be booked by using a promotional code (more information on the website), which includes Camping and Bungalows, with several accommodation options. A Glamping – DOMO Camp option is a new feature on this 2nd edition of MEO Kalorama, providing an even more comfortable stay. All offers include free shuttle service between Lisbon Camping and the festival site.

THURSDAY, 31st AUGUST

THE PRODIGY

YEAH YEAH YEAHS · THE BLAZE ·

M83 · METRONOMY ·

AMYL & THE SNIFFERS · BK’ · JOESEF ·

JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ performing Veneer · SHAME ·

PONGO · RITA VIAN · SCÚRU FITCHÁDU · TULIPA RUIZ ·

RATO-CHINÊS · SILK NOBRE ·

Panorama: BEN UFO · CALL SUPER b2b ANZ · CHIMA ISAARO ·

GAZZI · PEACH

FRIDAY, 1st SEPTEMBER

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE