Roberta Medina promises four days of “lots of entertainment and fun” at Rock in Rio Lisboa – Showbiz
Rock in Rio Lisboa, scheduled for the 18th, 19th, 25th and 26th of this month, “is finally here”, after a four-year break, instead of the usual two, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Therefore, “the motto of this edition is the reunion”, said Roberta Medina, in a press conference that preceded a visit to the venue, dubbed the ‘city of rock’.
“This edition will have many exciting moments, a lot of entertainment, a lot of fun. The watchword is ‘joy’,” she said, visibly excited.
This will also be the edition “with the most names of artists – from the ‘chefs’ to the success of digital, to ‘world music’ [música do mundo]to the great national and international artists”.
The 9th Rock in Rio Lisboa poster includes The National, Muse, Black Eyed Peas, Ellie Goulding, David Carreira, Duran Duran, A-Ha, Post Malone, Anita, HMB, Xutos & Pontapés, Bush, António Zambujo, Ney Matogrosso, Mundo Segundo & Sam the Kid, Omar Souleyman, Linda Martini, Bombino, Sara Correia, Bárbara Tinoco, The Black Mamba, among many others.
“We worked hard and took advantage of the second postponement to have a lot of entertainment. The big tip is because there’s a lot to do and it’s hard to give everything”, said Roberta Medina, emphasizing that the tip is to do concerts on something every stage early.
The ‘city of rock’ opens at 12 pm and closes at 2 am the following day, on each of the four days of the festival.
To get to Parque da Bela Vista, the organization recommends using public transport, agreed, special offers at CP Fertagus and Rede Expressos, for those who have a ticket for the festival. There will also be a collection point and a large number of passengers for one of the TVDE platforms.
“There are no excuses for the last non-transportation”, considered Roberta Medina, coming to make a concern that the concerts Palco Mundo, where the headliners are involved30 so that they end this [à 1h00]if the time is not extended”.
Also leave the necessary accessories to take – sunscreen, comfortable shoes, day clothes and a coat for the night – and some behaviors to adopt in the ‘city of rock’ – ingesting food and water throughout the day – and of which the public may be forgotten.
Roberta Medina revealed “25 water points that they won’t buy, so that people don’t have water”.
The availability of drinking fountains is part of the measures adopted by the festival within the scope of Sustainability, which includes on-site selective garbage collection, recycling, and use of reusable cups.
In one or another inclusion is also of order, which sees in whom and edits more spaces is a word with mobilitygest and that does not hear a map in who sees in whom.
The mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, present at the press conference, spoke of Rock in Rio as something that “is part of the city’s identity – open, linked to diversity and connected to the future”.
“We will continue for many years with Rock in Rio, a partnership that is good for the city”, he said.
In the 9th edition of Rock in Rio Lisboa, the Ferris wheel, the slide and the ‘pool parties’ will return to the City of Rock, among other entertainments.