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Behind the scenes at Portugal’s LXMusic Festival

November 25, 2019

Portugal is very much in the spotlight now and that will only continue with LX Music festival. It plays out from December 13th-15th on the Targus river in the stunning Pavillion of the Parque das Naçoes an...

Multi-genre Spectacular Neopop Festival Adds More Names!

Alex Jukes

July 30, 2019

Festival, FS News, International, Uncategorized

Neopop Festival takes place on the beautiful Atlantic Ocean in Northern Portugal’s Viana de Castelo and it brings together tens of world class acts from house, techno, minimal and everything in between. Th...

Do Lab Premiered Their Biggest Structure Ever At Portugal’s Boom Festival!

Sshiva Tejas M

October 1, 2016

FS News, International

The Do Lab completely outdid themselves by building a MASSIVE structure at the 2016 Boom Festival! Every two years, the lavish space near the Idanha-a-Nova Lake, Portugal transforms into the sacred lands of ...

In Pictures: Portugal’s Magical Boom Festival!

Sshiva Tejas M

September 13, 2016

FS Features

Boom Festival in Portugal is one of the biggest psytrance havens for ardent fans of the genre! Held every two years on the top of a hill in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal's Boom Festival has been a go-to venue for...

Raging Fire Burns 400+ Cars At Portuguese Festival

Brij Dalvi

August 5, 2016

FS News, International

Andancas, a Portuguese dance festival, suffered a horrible setback when 422 cars caught fire and attendees had to be evacuated. Several cars exploded in the fire, which was all caught on video by a lot of pe...

Why You Should Head To Portugal For The Boom Festival

Sanskriti Shukla

August 3, 2016

FS Features

Boom in Portugal is the kind of coming of age of psytrance festival you need in your life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UABFY1AHihw Held on top of a hill in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal Boom Festival is a h...

This Festival Is The Perfect Place To Find Love In Portugal

Sanskriti Shukla

June 22, 2016

Culture, FS Features

Because hitting someone on the head is the only way to show love. For the longest time, six centuries to be precise, the night of June 23 is reserved for a very special occasion in Porto, Portugal. Festa de ...

Trippy Tuesdays: The Freedom Festival

Prem Gupta

August 3, 2015

FS Features

Your weekly dose of trippy festivals from around the world is back, and if you haven’t attended one of the world’s largest psytrance gatherings held at Portugal, this feature should certainly change your mind. ...

MEO Sudoeste

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Zambujeira do Maar, Portugal Festival Sudoeste (currently also known as MEO Sudoeste) is a large, five-day music festival that began in 1997 and takes place every August near Zambujeira do ...

NOS Alive

Tanmay Paradkar

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Oeiras, Portugal NOS Alive, formerly Optimus Alive, is the leading music festival in Portugal and has caught the rest of the world's attention due to a single combination of an eclectic lin...

30 Pictures Of Boom 2014 That Will Blow Your Mind

Dhriti Menon

August 11, 2014

FS Features

You can't do psychedelic counterculture, much like BOOM Festival, Portugal. It is pretty much the Burning Man of Psy, a week long unpredictable and unforgettable adventure, it takes place every two years during...

The Incredible Stages At Boom!

Prem Gupta

August 3, 2014

FS Features

Possibly the globe's largest event for psychedelic counter culture, The Boom Festival has some of the best artistic attractions you will see at any festival. The pick of them being their exclusive music stages ...

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