Federico Roquero

Gobierno de Canelones, Cultural director

He has been working in Uruguay’s music industry since 2002 and spent more than ten years directly involved in the development of La Vela Puerca as Production Manager.

He has programmed and produced festivals such as Montevideo Rock, Iberoamérica Crea, Montevideo Tango, Montevideo Tropical, Vox Pop and Festival del Prado, among others.

In 2005, he co-founded the production company A Chicken with three partners. Together, they produced countless concerts by artists such as No Te Va Gustar, La Vela Puerca, Luciano Supervielle, Lisandro Aristimuño, Ciro y Los Persas, Rally Barrionuevo and Tan Biónica, to name a few.

He currently works in the Cultural Promotion Department of the Canelones municipal government and co-directs Canelones Suena Bien, a large-scale concert series that has featured artists such as Jaime Roos, Julieta Rada, Jorge Drexler, Trueno and Matías Valdez, among others, breaking audience records along Uruguay’s coast.

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Position

Cultural director

Location

Canelones, Canelones, Uruguay