SQUARE is a meeting and celebration of the talent that lives and works on the margins. Based on the connection between the continents bathed by the Atlantic (Africa, America and Europe), SQUARE celebrates diversity by creating a meeting place for emerging talent and new trends in music from these territories. It will take place between … Continued
Does more culture mean more health? Help us answer this question. The impact on the quality of life of the population living in Braga of the consumption of cultural activities included in the Portuguese Capital of Culture programme will be the subject of a scientific study throughout 2025. This research is the project of Gonçalo … Continued
Two architecture collectives and three architects have been selected to carry out interventions that will, throughout 2025, question the present and future of first-generation shopping centres, starting with the Santa Cruz Shopping Centre in Braga. This initiative is the result of an open call launched by the Shopyard programme, part of the Braga 25 Portuguese … Continued
The Braga 25 Portuguese Capital of Culture Volunteer Programme received 186 applications from people of different ages. The most represented age group is young people aged 18 to 25 (49 applicants), but there are also teenagers (15-17, 20 applicants) and adults of all ages, including 15 applicants aged between 66 and 75. All the volunteers … Continued
Before the existence of online newspapers or social networks, urban kiosks were places for transmitting information, meeting, collecting and gossiping, where the latest news and events were spread around the city. However, with the new ways of consuming information, many of these kiosks have become obsolete and have been left unoccupied. Throughout this digitisation process, … Continued
The 13th Culture Next conference gathered representatives from 50 European cities and the most important cultural networks, together with representatives of the European Commission, local artists, and cultural organisations from Cluj. The event hosted keynote speeches, panels, and workshops on the Culture Goal (making Culture the 18th SDG in the next UN Agenda) and the … Continued
Seeking to support and contribute to the flourishing of a greater number of independent cultural initiatives in the city of Braga, the Todo-o-Terreno programme aims to support projects that envisage a proposal for regular artistic programming in venues in the municipality of Braga throughout the year 2025. The programme’s call for proposals ran from … Continued
Connecting Commutes is an artistic project that regards listening as a sensory practice that promotes reflection and experimentation. It will be part of the Portuguese Capital of Culture Braga 25 programme. The project is based on the concepts of mobility, territory, heritage, landscape, public space and community, opening up avenues of creation in the field of sound and also in the thinking … Continued
The year 2025 belongs to Braga! Artists such as Maria João Pires, Tiago Rodrigues, Mariza, the duo Meg Stuart and Francisco Camacho, Kim Gordon, Manuel Bouzas and Allison Orr are some of the highlights of the programme for the Portuguese Capital of Culture, which officially begins on 25 January. In 2025, Braga opens its … Continued
SQUARE will organize discussion assemblies with musicians from the four territories where the event takes place. The purpose of these spaces is to promote a discussion around the ideas and the gaps they have and identify in the music industry and cultural policies of the regions they live in. Held in an informal setting, these … Continued