Festival de Baía das Gatas

[1] The festival was created in 1984 by musician and composer Vasco Martins and his friends,[2] it was done at a budget of 180 thousand escudos and equipment limited to 150 watts.,[3] also it was founded by Djô d'Eloy whose actual name was José Rodrigues Silva In the first year, musicians came from Mindelo, it would draw people from other islands in Cape Verde and the diaspora.

[2] The most popular guest was Cesária Évora, native of the island, the greatest contributor to the event.

[4] The 28th edition held in 2012 had several artists including Val and his son Roberto singing songs in memory of Cesária Évora, the greatest Cape Verdean singer.

The festival takes part in a full moon weekend in August and is held for three days.

[2] Music events are complemented with horse racing, water sports and dances and the election of "Miss Baía".