From pagodeiro to rocker: how João Rock fan ‘converted’ her husband When Jaqueline Andrade met Rafael Oliveira, the two had completely different musical tastes. While she was already known in Porto Ferreira (SP) for organizing excursions to João Rock, in Ribeirão Preto (SP), and did not hide her passion for rock, he was a fan of pagode and carried the style even in the way he dressed. Fifteen years later, the couple's difference is in the past. According to Jaqueline, all she had to do was convince Rafael to go to the festival once for him to discover a new musical universe and completely change his own playlist. "Today he no longer listens to pagode and we've been together for 15 years, he's been going to João Rock for 15 years and he started listening to rock, he got hooked on O Rappa. You get his Spotify, it's O Rappa and Maneva." ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp From the drumming of the tambourine to the sound of the guitar The couple's story began in 2011, through mutual friends. The first time Jaqueline went to Rafael's family home, she received a nickname that would end up summing up her personality. "I met him through my cousin, through her network of friends, and then we started going out. I remember that the first time I went to his house, his mother said: 'ah, he told me you're a rocker?'. So, like, I loved it. Then I was identified as a rocker, I didn't have a name, she just knew that I was a rocker." Rafael and Jaqueline at his first João Rock, in 2011 Personal archive At the time, Rafael was completely linked to the pagoda. According to Jaqueline, her husband frequented different environments than hers and had a style that was not at all reminiscent of the rock universe. Little by little, however, she began to introduce him to the genre. "He was very much from the pagoda, there was nothing rock about it, even his style of dressing and everything. But then I arrived, you know, and I shaped it my way. I even went to the pagode once, but, in reality, I couldn't, and he already knew that I was a rocker", says Jaqueline, in a good-humored tone. The opportunity to put the plan into practice came with João Rock, one of the main music festivals in the country. As Jaqueline was already organizing excursions for the event, Rafael ended up joining the program. "It was already my business, I was already well known for doing the excursion to João Rock, so I went anyway. Our friends went, who ended up becoming his friends too." The billing assistant says that the first experience was enough to surprise and convince Rafael. "He was impressed because, as it's a small town where we live, the most he had seen was the pedestrian party here in the city. João Rock is a totally different world, so it was all very new to him, besides the musical genre." Rafael and Jaqueline at João Rock 2025 Personal archive READ ALSO: Winner of the band competition: 'It's going to sink in when we're there', celebrates Lizium Stage shows: João Rock publishes schedules for each attraction Battle of rhymes at João Rock: 'I just want to rhyme lightly', says MC Mano Batiz A passion that began in childhood Even before meeting João Rock, Jaqueline already had rock as part of her routine. Influenced by her parents, she grew up listening to national and international bands and, little by little, developed a passion for the genre. "I was influenced by my parents. My father would wake up in the morning playing Guns, Legião or Racionais. My mother was already into the more international side, U2, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi. So, I grew up like that, learning to like it since I was a child." Jaqueline Andrade at João Rock 2017 Personal archive According to Jaqueline, the band that marked her adolescence was Charlie Brown Jr., a passion that emerged around the age of 13 and remains to this day. "When I was a teenager, Charlie Brown appeared, which I already liked as a child, but didn't have much knowledge of. So, in that teenage phase of 13 years old, that's where it blossomed. That's when my passion for Charlie Brown began." The connection with the band also explains the most memorable show she has ever seen at João Rock. For Jaqueline, the performance of Emicida, in 2013, the year of Chorão's death, was marked by the tribute to the vocalist. "It was Emicida's, the year Chorão died, and then I got it to watch from backstage. So I was watching the shows from up there, close to the stage. And then there was a song that Emicida played by Charlie Brown, which no one played during the tributes and I cried." Jaqueline alongside Emicida during João Rock Personal archive Almost two decades of love for the festival Long before meeting Rafael, João Rock was already part of Jaqueline's life. She first attended the festival in 2007, aged 18, after a friend snagged a pair of last-minute tickets. "I had just turned 18 and a friend won a pair of tickets on the radio, the night before João Rock. So I convinced him to give me one and we went on the bus, without even knowing how I was going to get back." The experience was enough for me to never stop attending the event again. In the following years, she started organizing excursions leaving Porto Ferreira and gathered groups that accompany her to this day. "From then on, I didn't miss a single one, that's where I started going on excursions, because at the time I worked at the snack bar, so I knew all the people in the city. I set up a van with just my friends to enjoy the festival and it grew, there's even a group of people who went with me before and are now taking their son." Jaqueline on the first tour organized by her Personal archive After 19 years, Jaqueline reports that João Rock goes beyond shows. It was at the festival that she made friends that she still maintains today. Currently, she says that the event is already part of the couple's routine and that the annual trip is an uncancellable commitment. "The festival goes beyond the line-up, it goes beyond the musical attractions. It's a very good world, a very good energy. I think it's much more than the music." Excursion carried out by