The Materiais Diversos Festival promotes the meeting of different audiences and imaginaries around the arts (dance, theatre, music and performance) with thought, questioning actuality and fostering cultural participation as a condition for citizenship. Born in Minde, in 2009, it spread to Alcanena and Cartaxo (in 2013) and became one of the most representative projects for programming outside the large centres in Portugal, attempting to think and act from the places it originates. It had been occurring annually until 2017 and became a biannual event starting with its 10th edition in 2019.
From the 3rd to the 12th of October 2025, the Festival Materiais Diversos will be in Alcanena and Minde with a program of dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations.
Access to cultural participation is a right of all people.
We want to develop increasingly accessible programming and communication and raise awareness among peers and partners in the same direction.
Materiais Diversos accessible programming includes workshops, performances, debates and other activities and is identified with the stamp Materiais Acessíveis.
At the same time, we consolidated a local network of partners that allows informing and mobilizing people with disabilities and deaf people for cultural participation.
Rita Machado | A M P L I T U D E
Diana Niepce
Kimberley Ribeiro e Michel | Companhia Maior
Elisabete Paiva, APPACDM Santarém e Agrupamento de Escolas Sá da Bandeira
Tânia Carvalho
Diana Niepce
Diana Niepce
Marco Paiva
Diana Niepce
Mariana Tengner Barros
Diversos