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Braga em Risco is back for its 9th edition

The 9th edition of Braga em Risco will take place from 15 to 28 March 2025 at the Tibães Monastery. This year, the initiative takes on a new lease of life as part of Braga’s official programme as the Portuguese Capital of Culture, reinforcing its identity as a meeting point for artists, illustrators and the … Continued

Open Call for the Supracasa programme

Supracasa is a programme that supports artistic creation in the performing arts and also provides a platform for its dissemination. After its first edition last year, it is now starting its second edition with a nationwide call for proposals. The first edition of this programme, in 2024, provided artistic residencies for five artists/companies from or … Continued

First board meeting of Culture Next’s new mandate

We were in Munich for the first Management Meeting of the new term in the Culture Next Cities Network. Created in 2017, Culture Next is a network dedicated to cities that are candidates for European Capital of Culture, current or former, awarded or not, with the aim of promoting wider recognition of culture as sustainable … Continued

Theatre from Portugal and Brazil is read in a new cycle of Braga 25

By Heart, a play by Tiago Rodrigues, is the motto for the first session of Vozes da Dramaturgia Luso-Brasileira Contemporânea. This Friday 14th February, at 7pm, Sé La Vie hosts the first session of the Vozes da Dramaturgia Luso-Brasileira Contemporânea project. A cycle of staged readings that culminates in a round table discussion open to … Continued

The Supracasa programme is opening a new call for proposals

Part of the Braga 25 – Portuguese Capital of Culture, Supracasa is a programme to encourage the creation and dissemination of the performing arts. This initiative is inspired by Sebastião Alba, a Braga-born poet who spent part of his life in Mozambique and lived his last years as a homeless man on the streets of … Continued

Audire/Connecting Commutes call for papers extended until 17th February

The Audire/Connecting Commutes call for works has been extended until 17 February. Connecting Commutes is an artistic project, developed within the framework of Braga 25, which chooses listening as a sensory practice that promotes reflection and experimentation. The project is based on the concepts of mobility, territory, heritage, landscape, public space and community, opening up … Continued

The Descentrar programme is back

The Descentrar cultural programme is back! With more than 60 free events, this initiative will take art, music, theatre and heritage to all 37 parishes in the municipality of Braga. Programme highlights: – Artist residencies and literary mediation workshops; – Fado, jazz, blues and traditional music concerts; – Theatre shows, contemporary circus and urban interventions; … Continued

Opening Programme – 25th January

The Braga 25 Opening Programme runs throughout January 25, revealing the diversity of the Portuguese Capital of Culture’s proposals. This day of commemoration culminates in a large-scale spectacle on Avenida Central, at the end of the day, which invites locals and visitors to gather in the public space. This multidisciplinary creation, conceived by director John … Continued

In 2025, all roads lead to Braga

The programme for the first three months includes names such as Kim Gordon, Kathryn Joseph, Tiago Rodrigues, Kara-Lis Coverdale, among many other shows, participatory actions and exhibitions. On 25 January, at the inauguration of the Portuguese Capital of Culture, Mariza, Dino d’Santiago, iolanda and various artistic collectives from Braga will put on a unique show. … Continued

Artistic creation for the “O que fazemos com isto?” project kicked off with Ondjaki

“O que fazemos com isto?” is a Braga 25 project, directed by Hugo Cruz, which seeks to address the multiple colonial pasts and silences from different perspectives and experiences.   The project is divided into different stages, culminating in a programme cycle that will include the presentation of various original creations: a book, a film … Continued