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OUT.FEST – Barreiro International Exploratory Music Festival (“Festival Internacional de Música Exploratória do Barreiro” in Portuguese, generally referred to simply as OUT.FEST) is an annual music festival held in the city of Barreiro, Portugal. It is produced by OUT.RA – Associação Cultural, who held the first edition of the festival in 2004, and since its inception it has featured Portuguese and international artists from a broad range of styles and genres, loosely connected by their emphasis on originality, uniquely personal approaches to composition and performance and novel takes on past and present forms of musical expression. Although predominantly focused on live music, OUT.FEST also regularly presents music and sound art exhibitions, installations and films, as well as music production workshops with some of the artists performing in the festival.

While the festival is always held in Barreiro, the venues used have constantly changed since its inception, with each day of the festival typically being held in a different venue. Many of the sites chosen are often not regularly used for musical events of any sort - for example, the 2017 edition’s first and second days were held in a local church (Igreja de Santa Maria) and an industrial Museum (Museu Industrial da Baía do Tejo) respectively. This itinerancy and use of lesser-known local landmarks and buildings as concert spaces has been one of the hallmarks of the festival, and serves as a way to help both visitors and locals explore the city of Barreiro.

The festival has seen a sustained growth in scope and public recognition since its launch, and has, among other accolades, been nominated for the European Festival Awards and granted the “EFFE - Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe” label in recent years. OUT.FEST is also a regular feature in many Portuguese and international publications, being covered by The Wire Magazine, The Quietus , El País , RTP, VICE and Jornal Público , among others.

Notable Performers

 * Evan Parker
 * Dean Blunt
 * The Fall
 * Peter Evans
 * Oneohtrix Point Never
 * DJ Nigga Fox
 * William Basinski
 * Tetuzi Akyama
 * Sei Miguel
 * Faust
 * Wolf Eyes
 * Carla Bozulich
 * Whitehouse
 * Rafael Toral
 * Matana Roberts