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In 2017 we participated actively in the 2nd edition of this race in which dozens of athletes participate, this year also with the possibility of subscribers to walk.

This is a way of drawing the attention of the Portuguese to something that belongs to them, Fado, also to the world since UNESCO elevated it to the Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

The departure was given again at Radio Amália, and the first stop in 2018 was once again the Fado Museum. Then the chapels literally went through, and the conviviality at the end was made in the Fadistagem Room, at Adega Machado, with fado, of course, drinks and snacks. Last year the party took place in Luso Café (Café Luso).

It is worth mentioning in this edition the visit to the one that was the home of the fado singer Amália Rodrigues, now foundation.

The Fado Racing initiative, with the support of the Fado & Food Group, owes everything to its mentor, Vítor Aguilar.

The Bairro Alto configuration has places that can be seen and others hideD from the glances but from where everything can be seen.

Only for those who know or are well informed. The Terrace of Adega Machado is one of them, unexpected, placed in a fado house, Adega Machado, where at night everything happens inside doors.

Late afternoon, between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm, this is a cool and pleasant place to have a glass of wine, snack or simply an inventive cocktail.

At the invitation of Luís Alves, owner of Cantinho das Aromáticas, 12 cooks accepted the Foraging Chef’s Adventure challenge.

The adventure happened on June 18 in this farm in Vila Nova de Gaia, the only urban type in the European space that produces medicinal and spice aromatic plants in organic production.

In addition to the conviviality Foraging Chef’s Adventure proposed to each of the cooks to make a dish with herbs collected on this farm. The initiative intended to draw attention to the combination of sophisticated cuisine and local and fresh ingredients.

Chef Aléxis Gregório is the executive chef of the Café Luso and Adega Machado restaurants.

The Fado & Food Group strongly supports and recommends this show, “LISBON UNDER STARS”, produced by the studio OCUBO that aims to enhance the culture and heritage of Lisbon. The Carmo Ruins (Carmo Archaeological Museum) is the stage.

It is a multidisciplinary experience where multimedia projections, virtual dancers and visual effects are mixed with the sound of great Portuguese music.

Television presenter Catarina Furtado tells the adventure of more than 600 years of the history of Lisbon and Portugal.

Many artists in this historical trip: Amália Rodrigues, Fernando Lopes Graça, Luís de Freitas Branco, Madredeus, Salvador Sobral and Zeca Afonso, Mariza, Rão Kyao, Teresa Salgueiro, Chamber Choir Lisboa Cantat, GNR Chamber Orchestra, Clara Andermatt and the National Ballet Company, among others.

next show, June 30th.

The end can be crowned with more Fado in Bairro Alto, 100 meters, in the fado houses Café Luso and Adega Machado.

An 87-year-old woman suffers from the terrible Alzheimer’s disease. One day, when she heard the fado “Time Does not Stop”, sung by Mariza (fado singer), she began to reproduce it, to hum it.

This moment moved his son, the photographer Rogério Paulo Gonçalves. He decided to pay homage to his Mother and with that, too, fado, as music.

Throughout 2017, he photographed many artists on stage and also in fado houses, namely Adega Machado and Café Luso. In these establishments he photographed Celeste Rodrigues, Isabel Noronha, Bárbara Santos, Pedro Moutinho and Marco Rodrigues.

The exhibition opens on July 4 at Espaço Santa Casa (Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa).

In addition to the mentioned artists will be fixed in image Raquel Tavares (fadista), Suzana (fado singer), Dulce Pontes (fado singer), Joana Rios (fado singer), Marta Pereira da Costa (Portuguese guitar), Mariza (fado singer), Pedro Jóia (guitar), Fábia Rebordão (fado singer), Ana Moura (fado singer) Gisela João (fado singer) and Carlos do Carmo (fado singer).