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.

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agenda

31 July 2023 – 4 September 2023

Registrations Seminar Companionship and Collaboration

Who are we available to follow up with? During the Festival Materiais Diversos, we held the seminar Companionship and Collaboration — Artistic Practices for Sustainability, which seeks to deepen collaborative practices of critical reflection and experimentation among participants. Guiding the works will be Carolina Cifras, Simone Frangi and Clara Antunes. The seminar is aimed at cultural professionals (artists, curators, researchers, programmers, producers or other interested professionals in the field). Applications are open until September 4 HERE.

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