Festival No. 0005727 · Est. 2007
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- Venue
- Praça Julio Prestes
- City
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
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About the artists
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Airto Moreira was born in Santa Catarina, Brazil, on 5 August 1941. Plays contemporary jazz, jazz, jazz fusion, latin jazz, samba-jazz. -
Andre Abujamra was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 15 May 1965.
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Arlindo Cruz was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on 14 September 1958, and died on 8 August 2025, aged 66. Plays pagode, samba.
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Barbarito Torres was born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1956.
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Big Brother and the Holding Company formed in 1965. Plays acid rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Big Youth was born on 19 April 1949.
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Black Drawing Chalks formed in 2005.
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Booker T. Jones was born in Memphis, United States, on 12 November 1944. Plays electric blues, instrumental rock, r&b, soul.
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Brothers of Brazil formed in 2009.
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Cabruera formed in Campina Grande, Brazil, in 1998.
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Cidade Negra formed in Belford Roxo, Brazil, in 1986.
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Clinton Fearon was born in Saint Andrew, United States, on 13 January 1951. Plays reggae.
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CPM 22 formed in 1995. Plays alternative rock, melodic hardcore.
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Céu was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 17 April 1980. Plays bossa nova, chillout, downtempo, electronic, mpb.
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Double You formed in 1985. Plays eurodance.
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Elza Soares was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on 23 June 1930, and died on 20 January 2022, aged 91. Plays bossa nova, experimental, samba.
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Geraldo Azevedo was born in Petrolina, Brazil, on 11 January 1945. Plays mpb, singer-songwriter.
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Glenn Leonard was born on 11 June 1947. Plays soul.
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Hermeto Pascoal was born in Arapiraca, Brazil, on 22 June 1936, and died on 13 September 2025, aged 89. Plays avant-garde jazz, jazz, jazz fusion.
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Karina Buhr was born in Salvador, Brazil, on 20 May 1974. Plays mpb.
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Krisiun formed in Ijuí, Brazil, in 1990. Plays death metal.
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L.A. Guns formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1983. Plays glam, glam metal, glam rock, hard rock.
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Living Colour formed in New York, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative metal, funk metal, funk rock, hard rock, pop rock, rap rock, rock.
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Los Sebosos Postizos formed in 2000.
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Macaco Bong formed in Cuiaba, Brazil, in 2004. Plays instrumental rock.
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Mallu Magalhães was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 29 August 1992.
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Nito Mestre was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 3 August 1952.
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Pablo Moses was born in Manchester, Jamaica, on 28 June 1948. Plays dub, reggae.
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Pitty formed in Salvador, Brazil, in 2003. Plays rock.
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Planta & Raiz formed in 1998.
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Plastique Noir formed in 2005.
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Raimundos formed in Brasilia, Brazil, in 1987. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hardcore punk, punk rock, reggae.
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Sidney Magal was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on 19 June 1950. Plays brega, lambada, mpb.
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The Mothers of Invention formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1964, and split up in 1975, after 11 years. Plays avant-prog, comedy rock, experimental rock, jazz rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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The Temptations formed in Detroit, United States, in 1960. Plays contemporary r&b, funk, motown, pop, pop soul, psychedelic soul, r&b, smooth soul.
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Titãs formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1981. Plays punk rock.
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Toquinho was born on 6 July 1946.
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Tulipa Ruiz was born in Santos, Brazil, on 19 October 1978. Plays mpb.
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Velhas Virgens formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1986.
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Zelia Duncan was born in Niteroi, Brazil, on 28 October 1964.