Vilar de Mouros Festival

Vilar de Mouros Festival
Anathema playing in the main stage, in 2005
GenreRock, pop
Dates4th weekend of August (since 2016)
Location(s)Vilar de Mouros, Caminha, Portugal
Years active1965–1968 (as a folk festival), 1971, 1982, 1996, 1999–2006, 2014, 2016–present
FoundersAntónio Barge
Websitefestivalvilardemouros.pt

The Vilar de Mouros Festival, currently named CA Vilar de Mouros for sponsorship reasons, is a music festival that takes place in Vilar de Mouros, Caminha, Viana do Castelo district in northwestern Portugal. It is the oldest rock festival in Portugal and in the Iberian Peninsula.[1] Its 1971 edition, the first as a rock festival, has been called the "Portuguese Woodstock".[2][3][4]

Since 2016, it is organized by the event company Surprise & Expectation.

  1. ^ "Os festivais de Verão ainda não acabaram: estão aí o EDP Vilar de Mouros e o Forte | Música | PÚBLICO".
  2. ^ "Vilar de Mouros: O que aconteceu em 1971?". www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  3. ^ "Vilar de Mouros: As histórias do Woodstock português - JN". www.jn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  4. ^ "Vilar de Mouros Um festival amaldicoado - JN". www.jn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-25.