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 5th to the 15th of October 2023, the Festival Materiais Diversos will be in Alcanena and Minde with a program of dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations. Slowing down and making people, places and processes visible are the mottos of the 12th edition of the festival.
A Materiais Diversos launches this year a Christmas campaign together with several local partners with the expectation of providing new experiences allied to the territories where its activity occurs. Thus, it intends to invite the local population and bring audiences from other regions to get to know better the localities of Alcanena, Minde and Cartaxo, providing contact with its natural beauty and cultural heritage. Have a look to the campaigns
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