If there is a perfect setting to listen to music in the middle of nature, that is the Ribeira Sacra.
Three ingredients: music, gastronomy and nature . You won't find an equal combo all summer. From July 18 to 21, the Ribeira Sacra Festival brings with it the best of Galician heritage.
Grab your backpack and get ready for a few days in which your only concern will be open the lungs, dance in the open air and fill the stomach . Wait, join him a glass of good wine … Now yes. There you have the perfect weekend.
It is true that this festival is far from the topics of debauchery and lack of control to which the extensive (or infinite) list of festivals today has accustomed us. The main thing here is to breathe fresh air, delight yourself with one of the best pictures of the Galician landscape and train the palate.
The best food, music and wine are served at the Ribeira Sacra Festival.
MUSIC, TEACHER
Now, one thing is that we are not going to star in Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the jungle, and quite another that we don't know how to enjoy, jump, dance and sing from the rooftops with some of the best artists on the music scene.
A bit of rock, a pinch of folk, a few drops of pop and two tablespoons of indie. In the Ribeira Sacra, groups and soloists from all corners of the planet meet. In the national scene , artists like Mcenroe, Marem Ladson, The Enemies, Jacobo Serra, Enric Montefusco, Delafé, Cora Velasco or Alberto & García.
They are joined by others international What 39th & The Nortons or Champs . But there are also those who cross the pond to step on Galician land, such as Soledad Velez, Kevin Johansen or Jonathan Wilson.
The festival manages to bring artists from many parts of the world to the national territory.
Not only that, the magic happens when you know that the performances will take place in the best scenes of Ribeira Sacra . And with "stages" we don't refer to a stage on which to play aloud, but to authentic natural landscapes, wineries or inns.
best of Galician interior they will serve it the Santiorxo viewpoint, the Castro Caldelas castle or the Santa Cristina monastery . The wineries are the main locations and are located in places so idyllic that they seem to be taken from a fairy tale.
The Regina Viarum winery, Adega Algueira, Vía Romana winery or the Da Cova abbey are some that will be acted upon. Paradors, hostels, even catamarans will make up the rest of the scenarios.
The scenarios are made up of authentic natural landscapes, wineries and inns.
TO BREAD, BREAD AND TO WINE, WINE
The gastronomy It is one of the pillars of the 17th Ribeira Sacra Festival, and that is why they have decided not to make anyone go hungry. The offer is aimed at local product (because leaving Galicia without trying its cuisine is a mortal sin), and all the ecological concept.
But no cool nicknames like eco, bio... and other prefixes that adorn today's supermarkets. The cuisine of the Ribiera Sacra is 100% sustainable (the real thing) and is also committed to animal welfare.
The names that will wear the apron during these days are Alvaro Villasante , with local proposals, Carlos J. Gonzalez , nominated for the 2019 Cociñeiro Award, and Anthony Lawrence , with a gourmet and avant-garde offer.
The Monforte Parador and the warehouses Regina Viarum and Roman Way They are the establishments chosen for people to put on their boots with these delicacies.
The common thread of this year's gastronomic offer is sustainability and the ecological concept.
THE FINAL BROOCH
If this still doesn't sound like much to you, don't worry. The festival proposes Landscape Activities : an extensive program with events for all tastes that put the icing on the cake. On the one hand, you can enjoy the most rural. Enchanting routes like the Ruta dos Miradoiros: from Cividade to Santiorxo.
But to reinforce one of its strong points, wine (not to say the most), they have prepared a multitude of activities related to wine world : the interactive tasting Understanding the past creating the future or blind tasting A journey through the native varieties of the Ribeira Sacra , even one musical tasting.
And, of course, do not miss a good banquet. A gastro-oenological experience, by the hand of Carlos J. González from the Merenzao restaurant; and a show-cooking , will be part of the gastronomic events.
It's time for those who live in the city to detox a little from the urban environment, and for those who live on the beach, it's a good time to change the scenery for mountains and trees. Whatever your day to day, the best option will always be to head to the 17th Ribeira Sacra Festival.
Tastings, wineries, winemakers... Wine is one of the strong points of the festival.