Festival Advisor’s Organizer Q&A Series: Gustavo Pereira (Neopop Festival)
The founder of Portugal’s most exciting festival brings us behind the scenes.
Welcome to Festival Advisor’s Organizer Q&A series. Here, we have one-on-one conversations with some of the festival market’s most exciting and innovative minds.
We want to get to know our favorite festivals better, and today, we meet Gustavo Pereira of NEOPOP Festival.
House and techno fans in Portugal know Neopop. For over 15 years, the annual event has fed educated fans a smorgasbord of alternative offerings, focusing more on quality and diversity than sticking to a genre-specific formula.
Gustavo Pereira is Neopop’s loving founder, and it’s his pleasure to present the summer festival each year in the first half of August. Taking place in the sea-side city Viana do Castelo, Neopop draws a vibrant Portuguese and Spanish clientele as well as a whole range of fans from around the world.
Dancers can get lost in the music surrounded by the magnificent views of the Lima river, a towering lighthouse and a beautiful hill-top sanctuary. Pereira says the experience is one so “unique and memorable,” you have to feel it to truly understand.
We caught up with him to hear more about Neopop, it’s history and inspirations, and the mission at the heart of all their bookings. Check out the video below and read the full interview on our website to learn more about this one-of-a-kind experience.
