Movimento Cidade Festival highlights queer culture beyond the Southeast

The Movimento Cidade Festival reaches its sixth edition, exploring the theme “The Incredible World Beyond the Southeast”, with a diverse LGBT+ program that will take place between August 16th and 18th, at Parque Prainha, in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo. Before the main event, from August 5th to 9th, MC.Lab training workshops will be held, providing immersion in various cultural areas.

The festival, which has established itself as the largest integrated arts event in Espírito Santo, aims to bring the public closer to the themes of diversity, creativity and sustainability. “Movimento Cidade represents the public’s desire for a plural festival that unites art, music, cinema and urban battles in an inclusive and free way”, highlights Luísa Costa, Managing Partner of the event.

The 2024 edition will feature a variety of activities, including audiovisual exhibitions, artistic interventions, MC battles, breaking, ballroom and slam, as well as a series of concerts. The line-up includes artists such as Marina Sena, Silva, Dona Onete, Criolo, Tasha and Tracie, Don L, Tuyo, Vandal de Verdade, Kaê Guajajara, Boogarins, Alaídenegão and Banda Eddie, representing a geographical and cultural diversity.

MC.Lab’s workshops, which precede the festival, include the School of Cultural Production, School of Urban Dances – Ballroom Immersion and the School of Video Art, addressing themes such as Ballroom culture, history and black, Latin and LGBT+ culture in the periphery, in addition to exploring new perceptions about everyday borders.

During the festival, the public will be able to enjoy exhibitions such as Galeria Croma, the artistic installation “Planetas Brasileiros” and urban interventions such as “Resistir sobre a Prainha”. The audiovisual program will include the Mostra Movimento Cidade, Mostra Cena Capixaba and the unprecedented Mostra Horizonte Sudeste, presenting films from all regions of Brazil.

“In 2024, the festival aims to rediscover the cultures that make up Brazil beyond the Southeast, creating a space for fantasy, creativity and diversity”, say Luísa Costa and Leonardo Alves, responsible for the conception and general direction of the project.

By Ezatamentchy