VILLAMIX FESTIVAL GOIÂNIA Attracts More Than 110,000 With Headliners Shawn Mendes And Nick Jonas

The 8th annual VILLAMIX FESTIVAL GOIÂNIA (in the capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás) attracted more than 110,000 concert-goers Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1 as the fourth edition this year in the largest music festival series in Latin America's annual outings (and the only two day event).

Held adjacent to the Serra Dourada stadium with the Goiânia city skyline as its backdrop, VillaMix Festival Goiânia featured sets from international superstars Shawn Mendes and Nick Jonas with leading Brazilian artists Jorge & Mateus, Simone & Simaria, Matheus & Kauan, Wesley Safadão, Alok, Aviões, Kevinho, Cleber & Cauan, Jefferson Moraes, Jonas Esticado, Guilherme and Santiago, Edu Chociay E JetLag rounding out the bill. The centerpiece of an expansive festival footprint was its massive, elaborately designed stage, a two-time Guinness Book Of World Records honoree of the largest event stage in the world (first in 2015 and then again in 2017).

To view highlights of this year's event, please visit the festival's YouTube page. Here's some critical feedback on this year's VillaMix Festival Goiânia:

"It's one of the biggest music events in the country."

--00G1 (Globo.com, biggest media portal in Brazil)

"VillaMix Festival, in Goiânia, reaches superlatives with attributes beyondsertanejo music."

--Folha de São Paulo (Newspaper)

"The hotel chains in Goiânia were packed and the city became the capital of music and mix of rhythms."

--O Dia (Rio de Janeiro Newspaper)

"VillaMix Goiania made history"

--Popline (online entertainment portal)

"VillaMix has a mega structure, with several spaces, open-bar camarotesand suites, among other activations that make this one of the most remarkable events of the Brazilian musical calendar and one of the most awaited by music lovers."

--Popline

Having launched in 2011 with one event at the Serra Dourada Stadium in Goiânia (GO), with the objective of bringing together a mix of artists managed by Audiomix, VillaMix is now considered a hallmark of entertainment and has grown into the biggest music festival brand in Brazil. The more than 20 annual concerts throughout the country showcase the greatest and best national and international music. By 2013, VillaMix had grown into a multi-city event, with concerts staged in 20 Brazilian cities, breaking a public attendance record (of more than 700,000 attendees). That same year, the event was first aired nationally during prime time on the Globo TV network (the largest network in Brazil). VillaMixcontinued its growth with 30 festivals in 2014, attracting more than five million YouTube viewers in 2016.

Beyond the expansion in their own country with the addition of English-speaking acts, the VillaMix Festival is in dialogue toexpand outside the country with events planned to take placeoutside of Brazil. The first event outside the country took place earlier this year in Paraguay on March 10. Next up is the first VillaMix on another continent, October 6 at Alice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal with Jorge & Mateus, Alok, Matheus & Kauan, Simone & Simaria, Kevinho, Wesley Safadao confirmed to perform.

The remaining VillaMix events this year are as follows:

Aug 11--VillaMix Festival Recife

Aug 25--VillaMix Festival Palmas

Sep 9--VillaMix Festival Ribeirao Preto

Sep 22--VillaMix Festival Sao Paulo

Oct 6--VillaMix Festival Lisbon

Oct 12--VillaMix Festival Salvador

Oct 20--VillaMix Festival Curitiba

Nov 16--VillaMix Festival Belem

Nov 17--VillaMix Festival Rio de Janeiro

Dec 8--VillaMix Festival Fortaleza

Dec 28--VillaMix Festival Camburiu

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