Quintal da Música

Coordinates: 14°54′45″N 23°30′26″W / 14.9125°N 23.5071°W

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Quintal da Música, abbreviation: 5tal da Música is a music pub located in the downtown area of Praia, the Plateau and is located at 70A Avenida Amílcar Cabral in the northern part of the center, across Rua António Pusich and south of Rua António Macedo. It is one of the most famous and most used pubs and music pubs in Cape Verde.

Nearby buildings includes the Wari cell phone store, southeast is Museu Etnográfico da Praia and northeast is the PAICV office.

About the pub

The music club has traditional Capeverdean music including batuque, funaná and coladeira performed.^[1] Several great Capeverdan musicians has performed at the pub.

Several traditional dishes are offered in the club including their style of cachupa rica.^[2]

The building is of colonial neoclassical architecture, three businesses occupy a part of the attached building. The building is one story without a roof and today is colored white, it has light blue facade on its entrance. The club name is written in blue. A part of the building has a roof. On the building's south side, it features three musicians (colored in blue), the guitarist, the saxophonist and the female drummer and has names of greatest Capeverdean singers and artists along with its greats including writers including Toni Lima, Cesária Évora, Janinho Évora, Bana, Biloca, Kaká Barbosa, Katchá, Nho Beta Renato Cardoso, Orlando Pantera, António Travadinha, Vadú, Fernando Quejas, Jotamont (written as Jota Monte), Monica Marta, Nacia Gomi, Lela Violão, Mário de Melo, Mano Kolá, Tazinho, Mérida, Tchota, Cesário Soares and Abílio Almeida writers Ildo Lobo, Armando de Pina, Manuel de Novas (who also wrote songs) and others including Abílio Duarte and Djunga.

Transit access

Nearby is a bus stop as the avenue where the pub is located are used for buses as several bus lines including:^[3]

São Filipe – Plateau - Achada Santo António
Ponta d’Água - Plateau - Achada Santo António
Plateau – Airport
Achada Mato – Plateau - Meio de Achada
Palmarejo - Plateau – Achada Grande
Plateau – Port of Praia
Palmarejo – Plateau – Eugénio Lima
Terra Branca – Plateau – Pensamento

References

^ "One example in its traditional form was a video recorded at Quintal da Música, in the center of Praia" (in Portuguese). YouTube.
^ "Recipe for Cachupa Rica, 5tal da Música style" (in Portuguese). SAPO.
^ http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php/mes_squelettes/img/spip.php?article94283&ak=1 (in Portuguese)

External links

Quintal da Musica at Facebook (in Portuguese)

v t e City of Praia
Neighbourhoods	Achada Grande Frente Achada Grande Tras Achada Santo António Achadinha Bairro Craveiro Lopes Calabaceira Chã de Areia Fazenda Lem Ferreira Palmarejo Plateau Ponta de Água Prainha Quebra Canela São Francisco Terra Branca Tira Chapéu Várzea Vila Nova
Geographical features	Ilhéu de Santa Maria Monte das Vacas Ponta das Bicudas Ponta Temerosa Praia Harbor Ribeira da Trindade São Francisco Bay
Education	University of Cape Verde Jean Piaget University Universidade de Santiago International Portuguese Language Institute Liceu Domingos Ramos École Internationale Les Alizés
Landmarks	Monumento de Diogo Gomes Quartel Jaime Mota Praia Cathedral Palácio Presidencial Farol de Ponta Temerosa
Culture	Cape Verdean National Archives (ANCV) Museu Etnográfico da Praia National Auditorium National Library of Cape Verde Quintal da Música Tabanka
Sports	Académica da Praia AD Bairro Basketball Football Boavista FC Cabo Verde Music Awards (CVMA) Desportivo da Praia Sporting Clube da Praia CD Travadores Complexo Desportivo Adega Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte Estádio da Várzea
Transportation	Nelson Mandela International Airport Port of Praia
Media	A Semana Certeza Expresso das Ilhas Jornal Horizonte A Nação RecordTV Cabo Verde RTC
History	Capture of Santiago (1585) Battle of Porto Praya (1780)
Cape Verde Barlavento Santiago Praia

14°54′45″N 23°30′26″W / 14.9125°N 23.5071°W / 14.9125; -23.5071

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