The composition of the future at Westway LAB is done together, circular, and collaborative.

Established in 2014 as the country’s first showcase festival and conference, which would later pave the way for the Portugal Country Focus at Eurosonic 2017, Westway LAB has proven to be a powerful laboratory for relationships, ideas, and business experiences in the music industry.

Over the past 11 years, Westway has brought together key partners (AMAEI, Fundação GDA, Antena 3, etc.) and helped produce several success stories in talent discovery, which have fueled the growth and international presence of Portuguese music. In particular, the European projects and international networks that Westway is part of stand out.

For the 12th edition, Westway, based on its identity, presents itself reconfigured and increasingly affirmed as a collective and collaborative process. Music will continue to be the central vehicle but will be accompanied by cinema, giving rise to the strong "sound & image" creation and empowerment duo.

The architecture of Westway is based on the LAB (artists-in-residence), the LIVE (concerts), and the MEETING (Conferences, Keynotes, Talks, Networking, Pitching).

We announce the first reveals of Westway LIVE, representing talent and geographical and aesthetic diversity, values upheld since the first edition of the event: emmy Curl (PT), Kidju Fitxora (PT), Chico Bernardes (BR), and Maidavale (SE). These artists will perform in Guimarães as part of the Westway LIVE program, which will take place on April 11th and 12th.

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