Previous Shows & Tour Dates
2021
3/dez
The Great Lisbon Club Festival, Largo da Graça, Lisboa
14/set
with Miramar (Peixe and Frankie Chavez) and Cristina Branco at Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa
between 2013 and 2018, They’re Heading West played almost monthly at Casa Independente, in Lisboa
– unless otherwise noted, that’s where these shows took place –
2019
18/jun · with Shelley Short (US) at A Sala, Lisboa
25/may · Casa da Cerca, Almada
11/mar · #45 · the last show at Casa Independente, Lisboa
2018
18/jul · #44 · Monday
20/may · #43 · Señoritas
18/apr · #42 · Sean Riley
20/mar · #41 · Manuela Azevedo e Hélder Gonçalves (Clã)
28/feb · #40 · Luís José Martins
25/jan · #39 · Rita Redshoes
2017
20/dec · #38 · João Lobo
29/nov · #37 · S. Pedro
28/oct · Daniel Romano (Canada) (as the opening act)
13/sep · #36 · Manel Cruz
1/sep · Festival F, Faro, with Frankie Chavez
28/jun · #35 · Julie & The Carjackers
24/may · #34 · David Fonseca
9/apr · #33 · They’re Heading West play The Beatles’ Rubber Soul with Nuno Rafael, António V. Dias, Inês Sousa and Margarida Campelo
24/mar · #32 · Golden Slumbers
19/feb · #31 · Nick Nicotine
22/jan · #30 · Old Jerusalem
6/jan · Sarau de Reis da Pataca Discos, Teatro Ibérico, Lisboa
with Benjamim, You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown, Julie & The Carjackers,
Bruno Pernadas and Real Combo Lisbonense
2016
20/nov · #29 · Ana Bacalhau e Zé Pedro Leitão, Nuno Prata, JP Simões, Bruno Pernadas
25/set · #28 · Lena D’Água
26/jun · #27 · Sérgio Godinho
5/jun · Mini Primavera Sound, Porto w/ Nuno Prata & Peixe
18/apr · #26 · Benjamim
20/mar · #25 · Diego Armés
14/feb · #24 · Dead Combo
5/jan · MagaSessions, Lisboa
2015
28/nov · Mexefest · Lisboa
with Afonso Cabral (You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown),
Capicua, Bruno Pernadas & Nuno Prata
6 & 7/oct · album launch at Casa Independente
with Samuel Úria, Frankie Chavez, Peixe
and Afonso Cabral, Salvador Menezes & Tomás Sousa
(of You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown).
13/sep · Café Ceuta · NOS em D’Bandada · Porto
22/jul ·#23 · Alek Rein
24/jun · #22 · Madalena Palmeirim
31/may · Lisboa · Gulbenkian · Ana Bacalhau & Zé Pedro Leitão
24/may · #21 · Momo (Brasil)
22/mar · #20 · Joana Barra Vaz
14/mar · Ponte de Lima · Teatro Diogo Bernardes
22/feb · #19 · Camané
25/jan · # 18 · The Weather Station (Canada)
2014
# 17 · They’re Heading West · 30/nov [US tour show & tell]
US TOUR WEST COAST (& 2 EXTRA SHOWS) TOUR
They Headed West Again!
September 2014
11/sep · Davis, CA · Sophia’s Thai Kitchen
with Ghost Town Jenny
12/sep · Oakland, CA · Awaken Cafe
with Ghost Town Jenny
13/sep · San Francisco, CA · Fortress Callosum
with Owl Paws and Madeline Tasquin
14/sep · Pacifica, CA · The Surf Spot
with Ghost Town Jenny
17/sep · Cottage Grove, OR · The Axe & Fiddle
with Annalise Emerick
19/sep · Portland, OR · The Waypost
with Shelley Short & Ritchie Young and Kevin Lee Florence
20/sep · Olympia, WA · The Guest House
with Water Bell, Bigger Than Mountains and Western Collective
21/sep · Seattle, WA · Columbia City Theatre
with Seacastle and Sweet Jesus
25/sep · Brooklyn, NY · Pete’s Candy Store
with The Bones of JR Jones and Thompson + Boombox
26/sep · Plymouth Meeting, PA · Kettle Pot Tracks
with Psalmships and Chelsea Sue Allen
[photo journal on tumblr and facebook · diary as published by i online (pt only)]
2014 (back home)
31/jul · # 16 · They’re Heading West
26/jun · #15 · JP Simões
15/mai· #14 · Ana Bacalhau & José Pedro Leitão
3/may · Centro de Arte · Ovar · with Bruno Pernadas
2/may · Centro Cultural Vila Flor · with Bruno Pernadas
27/apr · IndieJunior (Indie Lisboa · Jardim do Palácio Galveias, Lisboa
12/apr · Teatro São Luiz · Lisboa · with Capicua
11/apr · TAGV · Coimbra · with Bruno Pernadas and Birds Are Indie ·
5/jan · MagaSessions · Lisboa
2013
19/dec · #10 · Luísa Sobral
21/nov · #9 · Peixe
24/oct · #8 · TV Rural
27/sep · #7 · You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown
27/jun· #6 · Bruno Pernadas
21/jul · Domingos no Largo · a very special outdoors gig at Largo do Intendente, Lisboa, with Walter Benjamin, Nuno Prata, Samuel Úria and Capicua
23/may · #5 · Mazgani
24/jan · #1 · Samuel Úria
often at Bar A Barraca, Lisboa
(feb/2011 – jun/2012)
2012
31/jul · #11 · Almost a Song (Joana Sá & Luís José Martins) ·
28/jun · #10 · João Bocanegra + Nuno Prata
17/may · #9 · Baga + The Les Big Macs + Tó Trips
19/apr · #8 · Domingo no Quarto + Walter Benjamin
US WEST COAST TOUR
They Headed West! (photo archive)
September 2011
Sep/ 12 · Vancouver, BC · Nyala
Sep/13 · Anacortes, WA · The Business
Sep/15 · Olympia, WA · 4th Avenue Tavern
Sep/16 · Portland, OR · Alberta Rose Theatre
Sep/18 · Eugene, OR · Sam Bond’s Garage
Sep/20 · San Francisco, CA · Grant & Green
Sep/22 · Santa Monica, CA · 18th Street Art Center
Sep/ 23 · San Diego, CA · Tin Can Alehouse
2011
16/dec · #7 · they’re heading west [west coast tour show & tell]
28/jul · #6 · Laia + Laurelin Kruse (US)
30/jun · #5 · Old Jerusalem
31/may · #4 · B Fachada
28/apr · #3 · Tiago Sousa
31/mar · #2 · Os Pinto Ferreira
24/feb · #1 · You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown
THEY’RE HEADING WEST RELEASE MUSIC THROUGH PATACA DISCOS
All band photos by Vera Marmelo.