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.

2023
2021
2019
2017

agenda

1 July 2023 – 15 October 2023

FESTIVAL MATERIAIS DIVERSOS 2023

From the 5th to the 15th of October 2023, the Festival Materiais Diversos will live in Alcanena and Minde with a program that aims to continue to bring people and contemporary arts closer together. Dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations reveal the work of artists and value the relationships that Idiomas Diverse builds over time. Slowing down and making people, places and processes visible are the mottos of the 12th edition of the festival.

(program available from August)