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.

agenda

6 January 2022 – 31 January 2022

Be My Guest

This year, the Be My Guest informal network dedicated to emergent creation of which Materiais Diversos is a part and that gathers structures from several countries, financed by Pro Helvetia, co-produces new creations by Jija Sohn, Betty Tchomanga, Kidows Kim and Foulles Collective.