The Square project’s Open Call ended on 31 July. A total of 1010 applications were submitted from 70 countries.
The decision process will take place over the next few weeks and the results will be announced in September.
Square – Mapping the Atlantic is a project coordinated by the Porto label and promoter Lovers & Lollypops, which is part of the Braga 25 programme. It is a meeting and celebration of the talent that lives and works on the margins. Based on the connection between the continents bathed by the Atlantic (Africa, America and Europe), Square celebrates diversity by creating a meeting place for emerging talent and new trends in music from these territories.
This is a festival that connects bands, professionals and audiences through a programming model that will combine a convention, a cycle of showcases and clubbing proposals, connecting those who make with those who see, those who create with those who programme, those who think with those who implement. The event will take place between 29 January and 1 February 2025 in the cities of Braga, Barcelos, Famalicão and Guimarães.
Square’s Open Call was open between 16 April and 31 July and aimed to receive proposals from artists working and living on the three continents bordering the Atlantic. Proposals were accepted in any musical genre, with any type of formation in terms of number of people and with music produced in any language.