#20 Berlin: look at the sky, honey! 🎶 🪗 🤩

Festa Junina, a special selection of Brazilian gastronomy and music, hot news and other things you will definitely enjoy knowing.

Look how beautiful the sky is! 🎶 🪗 🤩
Photo: Tahian Bhring + Macario

Hey, there! All good? We hope so. Well, it’s official now. This week we celebrate the high point of the European summer with natural light until late and lots of partying in Berlin. Have you had a nice time at the lake already? Did you enjoy the open air cinema?

Let’s really get into it! And to make this week even more enjoyable, we want to remind you that this Saturday 24.06 we have Festa Junina! Are you ready?

Seizing the opportunity, we bring you here the Special Session Arraiá da Bossa. In this session, we share with you the result of the careful curatorial work that compiles, both artistically and gastronomically, the best of Brazil in Berlin.

This is one of the purposes that BOSSA FM proudly brings to the events, especially for producing, thus, a platform of mutual support within the Brazilian community.

You are in this with us. And that’s really cool!

Here below, you will find out a few more things about the food and music selection for this Saturday’s Festa Junina. Get along!

Special Session Arraiá da Bossa:
hearty gastronomy

Hearty food makes a happy soul
Photo: Bianca Barbieri

Good food always touches our hearts. Knowing this, the gastronomy is always organized with great care and dedication - and today it is a major highlight at Bossa’s events. After all, today we offer the most authentic Brazilian food market in Berlin, always with options for various preferences and restrictions.

At the Festa Junina this Saturday, for example, there will be 50 different types of Brazilian food, spread over 7 stands operated by our community partners, who we are very happy to be able to count on.

Besides the typical June food, many other delights will literally bring a special taste to the party. Among them: pastel, sugar cane broth, feijoada, picanha, tropeiro beans, coxinha, cakes, sweets and much more.

Furthermore, the gastronomic curatorship goes beyond food. Also in our arraiá, Copa Lisboa team will be on board to take the main Brazilian alcoholic product to another level.

It’s a special cachaça bar, where delicious shots and drinks will be served. From the distilleries in Brazil straight to our Arraiá! Ready?

Foto: Mari Vass

Foto: Mari Vass

Photo: Mari Vass

Photo: Mari Vass

Photo: Gabriela Kliemann

Special Session Arraiá da Bossa:
authentic music

Hurrah for maracatu! Hurrah for folk culture!
Photo: Mari Vass

Within the purpose of empowering and growing alongside the Brazilian community in Berlin, artistic curatorial work is always a key element. It’s fundamental to keep a careful and respectful look at the wonderful projects that bring the needed glow and sway for us to stay energized here.

This time, the highlight is the traditional rhythms of the Brazilian Northeast, through live bands, which, along with the amazing DJs, make up the more than 70 artists who will perform in our arraiá.

Firstly, of course, forró – which is a absolute must at any festa junina. It’s the rhythm that reminds us that dancing tight together is just so damn good! And it also has its more pronounced variation, typical of June square dances (the quadrilhas juninas).

This Saturday, Forrobodó do Zé and Fuxico will play that lovely forró for us. Tragatu and Marafoxé Nação Nagô will play the maracatu power. An Afro-Brazilian tradition characteristic of the state of Pernambuco, maracatu is one of the most important popular rhythms of the Northeast, marked by the strong percussive sound.

In addition, the matutos of this arraiá will dance lots of coco with Coco Darminina and Coqueiros de Olinda. Coco is historic dance influenced by African drumming and indigenous dances, which originated in the sugar plantations times. São João is pure tradition!

Tragatu
Photo: Marc Vorwek

Forrobodó do Zé
Photo: Mari Vass

Coco Darminina
Photo: Marc Vorwek

Fuxico
Picture: Oliver Speiser

Open up to the effervescence of the tropics

Psicotrópicos 2022: the glow of Zé Leônidas
Photo: Mari Vass

In less than a month the sixth edition of Psicotrópicos Festival will take place. On July 14th and 15th you have the chance to experience in Berlin the abundance of the Brazilian art scene.

The idea is to deconstruct the cliché, subvert logics, transcend what’s known.

The festival will last 2 days, has 26 hours of music and entertainment spread over 4 stages, more than 50 artists, 17 concerts, 9 DJ sets, as well as panels, debates and, of course, our famous Brazilian food market.

Let’s go? See you on the other side. Info and tickets HERE.

Listen HERE to the playlist of the festival to start getting in the mood.

Quick Tips 🌪️

1. 🔥 Burn the racists! Djonga has announced his first European tour that happens in November and hits Berlin on 12.11. Infos about the tour HERE.

2. The line up of Tropical Beats, the Brazilian stage at Fête de la Musique 2023 promoted by Aviatrix e.V. in Berlin Neukölln, has been released. There will be forró, samba jazz, maracatu, coco and even carnival marchinhas! Wednesday 21.06. starting at 16h, free entry. Info HERE.

3. Tickets for Gilsons concert on 19.11 in Berlin are now available! The guys are rocking out and will for sure make a great night of it here. Friend tip: assure your spot now. Info and tickets HERE.

4. Do you like to crush Mondays? This summer, every Monday there is the Buraco Quente party at YAAM, always with Brazilian DJs and bands to kick-start the week. Summer time! Doors open at 7pm. More info HERE.

5. MORE HOT NEWS just for those who got this far: on 02.11 Bixiga 70 will perform in Berlin! Do you miss this swinging instrumental Brazilian sound? Stay tuned, it's coming! Tickets soon.

6. On this Friday 23.6 at HKW happens the “Long Night of Programming at Haus der Kulturen der Welt” with extense free-entry programing. More infos HERE.

7. ⚠️ Did you know that you can also buy your tickets for BOSSA FM events at Pop Kultur Kaffee in Kreuzberg and at A Livraria in Mitte? Follow Pop and A Livraria on Instagram.

8. 📸 We have recorded all BOSSA FM events. And you can see all the pictures HERE.

Martinho da Vila at SO36 in his 85th anniversary tour. Check it all out HERE
Photo: Mari Vass

Martinho da Vila at SO36 in his 85th anniversary tour. Check it all out HERE
Photo: Mari Vass

Do you have something to tell us? Want to swap ideas? You can reply to this newsletter or write an email to: info@bossafm.com