‘Tasca do Jaime’ Lisbon: traditional fado (Fado Vadio) out of the tourist circle, close to famous fleamarket ‘Feira da Ladra’
Enjoy the real fado while munching on freshly-fried cod pastries in the late afternoon in Tasca do Jaime, one of the most intriguing of Lisbon’s ‘tavernas’. Traditionally, the Fado houses are popular and a meeting spot for families and friends. Close to Lisbon’s legendary flea market ‘Feira da Ladra’
You won’t always find the best fadistas, but don’t let that scare you off. This is real traditional fado, out of the tourist circle, where the fado singers can enter spontaneously and improvise.
As soon as somebody gets up to sing the audience stops talking and all the attention is on the singer. The Portuguese have a lot of respect for the performers and it is of utmost importance that the singers can concentrate and express their emotions in their singing. When the song is about to finish the audience starts applauding and cheering.
Fado Vadio on Saturdays, Sundays and public Holidays from 16:00 to 20:00, Rua da Graça 91, Lisbon.
Fadistas, as fado singers are known, often wear a black shawl of mourning, as one of Maria Severa did after her heartbreak. Her story epitomizes fado’s connection with saudade, “a feeling of longing or nostalgia”.
[...] Fadistas, as fado singers are known, often wear a black shawl of mourning, as Severa did after her heartbreak. Her story epitomizes fado’s connection with saudade, “a feeling of longing or nostalgia”. Real traditional fado, out of the tourist circle: Tasca do Jaime [...]
[...] our way to the cultural highlight of our trip: Fado. We followed Guy’s directions and found A Tasca do Jaime, a tiny hole in the wall restaurant with people flowing out into the street. A nice gentleman [...]
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A fado MUST when you are in Lisboa. Genuine and not touristic. With the most charming host couple Lavra and Jaime. We thoroughly enjoyed being there in early January 2011.
We will be i Lisbon from the 23rd-26th of July 2012. Is this famous Fado place open only on Saturdays and Sundays?
Andrea.