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The last time I spent two summers in a row without making the yearly pilgrimage to Paredes de Coura<\/a> was 2009<\/a>–2010<\/a>. This broke uni student had spent all his yearly savings by traveling to Barcelona for Primavera, looked very deep into the lineup, and couldn’t find any reason to do it. Fast forward to 2020. “It’s been 10 years since my last trip to Barcelona, I’m coming back”. For reasons, nobody did; for the same reasons, the little town of Paredes de Coura stood unusually empty during the summers of 2020 and 2021. And even though I ended up returning to Barcelona in 2022, there was no way I’d skip Vodafone Paredes de Coura ever again like in the previous decades. Better yet, the absolute chaos we endured in Primavera Sound ’22 only made me long for peaceful Coura even more. Even if there’s a (very likely) painful airport experience ahead of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Most top European festivals are all about choice, to the point where deciding what to see and how long it takes from one point to the other really starts looking like a chore. Vodafone Paredes de Coura has a deliberately slower pace, with a maximum of two stages operating simultaneously (with a very small overlap). Instead of cramming more bands in the four days of the festival, this year’s program includes one extra full day of shows (Tuesday), extending the main programme to five days – 16 to 20 August 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that’s not all – as usual, we will have four extra days of free shows and DJ sets throughout town that serve as a warm up to the festival proper: two nights in the indoors Caixa d<\/a>a<\/a> M\u00fasica<\/a> (Friday, 12 and Saturday, 13) and two nights in an outdoors stage<\/a>, Palco Super Bock, right next to it in the main town square (Sunday, 14 and Monday, 15). And, yes, it’s late, and the entire town is fine with late night partying. Alto Minho people are just built different. Make sure you spend some time (and some money) in town during the day – two years without a festival that brings thousands of visitors to a small town of roughly 2000 people has surely been devastating for countless small businesses. And the food is great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it’s not the first time you’re reading these articles, you already know this post is absolutely meaningless without our traditional printable timetables; just go ahead and grab the Excel<\/a> file, feel free to use it to highlight your favourites. If you prefer a ready-to-print PDF file, you can download it here<\/a>; if you’re looking for mobile-friendly files, check these: Warm-up\/Tuesday<\/a>; Wednesday\/Thursday<\/a>; Friday\/Saturday<\/a>. Please note acts and set times are subject to change; set durations are approximate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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