{"id":16655,"date":"2026-03-16T13:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/?p=16655"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:03:12","slug":"programa-cutural-e-seguranca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/programa-cutural-e-seguranca\/","title":{"rendered":"Iberian Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\tCULTURAL AND SECURITY PROGRAMME PRESENT MED FESTIVAL WITH AWARDS \t<\/h2>\n\n\t<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0MED Festival<\/strong>, a\u00a0World Music<\/em>\u00a0event organised by Loul\u00e9 City Council, has reinforced its international reputation by winning two awards at the\u00a010th Iberian Festival Awards<\/strong>, the ceremony for which took place this Saturday, 14th March, at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, the Azores.<\/p>\n

The festival, which takes place at the end of June in the Historic Centre of Loul\u00e9, was once again honoured at these Iberian awards, triumphing in two categories:\u00a0\u2018Best Cultural Programme\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(Iberian winner) and\u00a0\u2018Safe Event Award\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(Portuguese winner).<\/p>\n

MED surpassed the Murmura Festival, the Spanish winner, and became the music festival in the Iberian Peninsula with the\u00a0best cultural programme<\/strong>in 2025. This distinction is partly due to the fact that MED featured Cape Verde as its \u2018Guest Country\u2019, bringing to Loul\u00e9 a multidisciplinary programme encompassing cinema, visual arts, crafts and gastronomy, with a focus on Cape Verdean culture.<\/p>\n

\"Multim\u00e9dia0\"<\/p>\n

90 hours of music, 54 concerts, over 300 musicians and 28 nationalities, spread across 12 stages. Music was once again the focus of the event, featuring artists who are true icons of world music, alongside the sounds of Cape Verde showcased in the collaboration between Dino D\u2019Santiago & Os Tubar\u00f5es, in the concerts by the legendary Ferro Gaita, the Ces\u00e1ria \u00c9vora Orchestra, and a rising star of the country\u2019s new musical wave, Ceuzany.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0\u2018Safe Event Award\u2019<\/strong>category, MED won the Portuguese prize, whilst at the Iberian level the award went to Spain\u2019s Festival Gigante. Safety is one of the factors cited by visitors to the MED Festival as highly relevant to their participation in this great musical and cultural experience. The careful attention the organisers have paid to this area, combined with the work of a highly committed team, means that a system has been able to be put in place to ensure the safety and rescue of people and property, as well as support for any emergencies occurring on the premises.<\/p>\n

In 2025, the Municipal Civil Protection Commission approved, once again, a Coordination Plan for the MED Festival, demonstrating that an emergency response structure is in place, built on partnerships. Public safety and civil protection agencies participating in this event included the National Republican Guard, Loul\u00e9 Fire Brigade, Portuguese Red Cross, and Loul\u00e9 Municipal Civil Protection Service, assisted by INEM (National Institute of Medical Emergencies).<\/p>\n

With these two awards, the MED Festival now has a total of 12 Iberian Festival Awards.<\/p>\n

\"Multim\u00e9dia1\"<\/p>\n

Telmo Pinto, Mayor of Loul\u00e9, states: \u2018These victories reflect the dedication of the council\u2019s teams and all the staff who make this major event happen, but they also recognise the city\u2019s strategy to establish itself culturally on the Iberian scene<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

In turn, Paulo Silva, MED\u2019s director and programmer, highlights the festival\u2019s reaffirmation on the international stage. \u2018These awards are the culmination of yet another year in which we have managed to stage a festival of the highest quality, earning the recognition of the public, the jury, the specialist press and industry professionals alike. These distinctions place Loul\u00e9 on the map of major international events linked to world music, highlighting not only the musical aspect but the entire cultural programme<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Alongside the MED Festival, it should be noted that the Loul\u00e9 Carnival, the Algarve White Night \u2013 Loul\u00e9 and Som Riscado \u2013 Loul\u00e9 Music and Image Festival were also on the list of finalists for the 10th edition of the Iberian Festival Awards.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

O Festival MED, evento de World Music organizado pela C\u00e2mara Municipal de Loul\u00e9, consolidou o seu prest\u00edgio<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"appful":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-16655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16660,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655\/revisions\/16660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16655"},{"taxonomy":"appful","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/appful?post=16655"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivalmed.cm-loule.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=16655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}