11th edition of the festival The Sol da Caparica starts on Thursday, for four days of music, dance and celebration Lusophone, having the organization adopted measures to reduce the consumption of drinking water in the enclosure.
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11/08/2026
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Lusa
André Sardet, artistic director of the festival, explained in statements to the agency Lusa that since he started organizing this event, he has been betting on the adoption of sustainability habits that this year are reinforced.
The municipality of Almada, and in particular the Costa da Caparica, recently experienced a crisis in the water supply that led to the autarchy to decree an alert situation in early July, extending until August 31.
In view of this situation and “the importance of responsible use of water resources”, the organisation of the Festival The Sol da Caparica integrated into the operation of the event a set of measures aimed at reducing the consumption of drinking water from the public network, while safeguarding the conditions of hydration, hygiene and safety in the enclosure”.
“ Since we started organizing The Sol da Caparica that we tried to leave sustainability habits ", said Sardet, advancing that this event does not cause disruption in the consumption of water in the territory, consuming 700 cubic meters in all four days, much of the watering of the park and that is currently off.
Among the measures now adopted, André Sardet explained, is the transport of non-drinking water to fill the ballasts of the structures, avoiding the use of the public network of Almada for this purpose.
On the other hand, the area will also have a larger number of chemical toilets and fewer network-connected sanitary facilities, whose autoclisms will use non-drinking water and sand bottles, which will result in savings of about one and a half litres per discharge.
Flow reducers will also be installed at different points and the number of free water distribution points will be adjusted and their use monitored to minimise waste while ensuring public access to drinking water.
The dishes used in the dining spaces of the teams and artists will be washed outside the municipality of Almada and the street food units present in the enclosure are mainly dedicated to the finalization and service of meals, maintaining only access to water strictly necessary to comply with the hygiene and food safety standards.
The organisation ensures that it will also raise public awareness of the responsible use of this resource, both inside and outside the premises, and is counting on these measures avoiding the consumption of more than 100,000 litres of drinking water from the public network during the four days of the festival.
Until Sunday, August 16, this festival dedicated to Lusophone music presents more than 50 moments of programming distributed by the stages Via Verde, Sagres and Jazzy, gathering in this 11th edition artists from Portugal, Brazil and different territories of the Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese music, crossing fado, pop, hip hop, sertanejo, Brazilian funk, afro-house, electronics and popular Portuguese music.
The program, according to the organization, is designed for different generations and for an audience that includes families, groups of friends and visitors who choose the Costa da Caparica as a summer destination, with the venue opening the doors at 16 hours for shows until 1:30.
On the Via Verde stage, the first day (13 August) begins with Landrick (18:00) and continues with Papillon (19:30) and Sara Correia (21.00), before Maiara & Maraisa (22:30) premiere at the festival, ending the night with Orochi (00:00).
On August 14, Rich & Mendes (18:00) open the main stage, followed by João Pedro Pais (19:15), Calema (20:45), Mizzy Miles (22:45) and Veigh (00:30).
On the 15th, the alignment brings together Neighbors (18:00), World Second & Sam The Kid (19:15), Nininho Vaz Maia (20:45), Kevinho (22:30) and Deejay Telio (00:15).
On Sunday (16 August), Quim Barreiros (18:00) opens the programming of the Stage Via Verde, which also has ATOA (19:30), MC Paiva (21.00), Slow J (22:30) and Lon3r Johny (00:30).
The Sagres Stage will be the space dedicated to the rhythms that dominate the dance floor and panorama of urban music, afro-house and electronics, with Sertabeijo, Deejay Rifox, Kiko is Hot, DJ Diego Gonzalez, Más Influências, American House Party, Dr. Love and Zanova.
During these days, there are still four dance moments per day at the Jazzy Stage, distributed between late afternoon and midnight.
The Sol da Caparica has been organized since 2024 and until 2026 by the consortium of companies Domingo in the World and Music Mov, headed by André Sardet and António Gomes, together with the Municipality of Almada, receiving a financial contribution of 123,000 euros, 41,000 each year.