In honor of National Forró Day, celebrated this Saturday (12/13), João Gomes performs at the free São Paulo Canta Nordeste festival, Sunday (12/14), at Parque do Carmo, in the eastern zone of the capital of São Paulo.
The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with performances by Enok Virgulino, Saborear, Limão com Mel and Rasta Chinela. In addition to the presentations, the festival will offer typical dishes, a children’s area and a forró workshop, promising to be a great cultural celebration.
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Or: Carmo Park
Address: Afonso de Sampaio and Sousa Avenue, 951 – Itaquera
When: December 14
Time: From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Price: Free entry
Where to buy: There is no need to collect a ticket.
Wilson Simoninha
In Saturday’s edition of the Saudosa Maloca samba festival, the big attraction is singer, composer, producer and musical director Wilson Simoninha, son of icon Wilson Simonal. This is the second week of the event in December, celebrating Samba Month.
Simoninha mixes samba, soul, MPB and pop with lots of swing. Also in the circle there will be the debut of Esmeralda Ortiz, organizer of the Samba na Quebrada project, and Roberta Oliveira, who was previously a member of Kolombolo Diá Piratininga and, since 2013, responsible for the Samburbano project.
Or: Vila Itororó Warehouse
Address: Rua Pedroso, 238 – Bela Vista
When: December 13
Time: From 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Price: Free entry
Where to buy: There is no need to collect a ticket.
Duda Ribeiro
Celebrating her 50th career, Dona Duda Ribeiro, one of the greatest samba performers in São Paulo, reunites with Guga Stroeter to also celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Bereré Bereré show, now in a new version accompanied by the MU Orchestra, made up of young musicians from social projects in the suburbs of São Paulo.
The performance will take place this Friday (12/12), at the Teatro do Sesc Pompeia, in a show that combines samba circle, gafieira, ancestry and celebration, with the musical direction of Dino Barioni and the artistic direction of Jussara Salles.
Or: Sesc Pompeia Theater
Address: Rua Cleia, 93 – Pompeia
When: December 12
Time: 8 p.m.
Price: 35 R$ (half) and 70 R$ (full)
Where to buy: Sesc website
Black machine
Until this Sunday, Itaú Cultural hosts the season of Black Machine, a show that features actors Fernando Lufer and Marina Esteves in the roles of Hamlet and Ofélia, classic characters of world theater, experiencing a radical confrontation, confronting race, necropolitics, toxic masculinity, pain and desire, while exposing the ruins of a world and the reconstruction of their identities.
With a fine line between delirium, manifesto and performance, the show is a polyphonic experience in which the classic is crossed by the present, ranging from colonization to globalization, from intimate pain to systemic violence. In this scenario, full of poetic fragments, philosophical provocations and layers of political references, Hamlet and Ophelia confront each other, provoke each other, reinvent themselves — and, in doing so, expose the world in which they live.
Or: Itaú Cultural Hall
Address: Paulista Avenue, 149 – Bela Vista
When: Until December 14
Time: Friday and Saturday: 8 p.m. | Sunday: 7 p.m.
Price: Free entry
Where to buy: You must book a ticket on the INTI platform.
Christmas Concert – OCAM and São Carlo Acutis Children’s Choir
The ECA/USP Chamber Orchestra (OCAM) will give its last performance of 2025 on December 14, at the Maria Luísa and Oscar Americano Foundation. In a Christmas atmosphere, the concert brings together the São Carlo Acutis orchestra and children’s choir, celebrating the date with a special program.
The repertoire covers different periods and musical traditions, starting with Toada à Moda Paulista, by Camargo Guarnieri, and the baroque classic Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G minor, op. 6 – Christmas concert, by Arcangelo Corelli, one of the most emblematic of the season. The program also includes the famous Jesus, Joy of Men, by JS Bach, which reinforces the spiritual and solemn character of the program, and the contemporary On the Nature of Daylight, by Max Richter, known for its emotional atmosphere.
Or: Maria Luísa and Oscar Americano Foundation
Address: Avenue Morumbi, 477 – Morumbi
When: December 14
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Price: Free entry
Where to buy: You must bring a new toy, which will be given to the children of Itaci Hospital.
90 years of Casa das Rosas
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of Casa das Rosas, the museum is offering a special program until this Sunday. In addition to expanded visiting hours, the event will feature workshops, a light show and themed tours.
On Friday, there will be a model workshop at 10:30 a.m. and a light show on the facade of the museum from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Saturday, the day begins with a walk at 10:30 a.m., a thematic visit at 3 p.m., a choir at 4 p.m. and a light show from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday, thematic visit at 10:30 a.m., workshop at 2:30 p.m. and light show from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Or: House of Roses
Address: Paulista Avenue, 37 – Bela Vista
When: Until December 14
Time: Varied schedules
Price: Free entry
Where to buy: There is no need to collect a ticket.
Cinema Periphery Exhibition
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Cinemateca Brasileira hosts the Cinema de Periferia exhibition, presenting an overview of film production made in Brazilian urban peripheries over the last 25 years. The event celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the short film Rap, o canto da Ceilândia (2005).
The program brings together 35 films – including short films, feature films, fiction and documentaries – produced between 2001 and 2025 in different regions of Brazil. On the 12th, the films showing are Mancha, Almost Trap, But I’m Not Someone? and with you I go. On the 13th, Kbela and the Invisible Bodies, as well as a debate. On the 14th, the sessions will be Café com Cinnamon, which center? and Brick by Brick.
Or: Brazilian Cinematheque
Address: Largo Senador Raul Cardoso, 207 – Vila Mariana
When: Until December 14
Time: Varied schedules
Price: Free entry
Where to buy: Tickets must be collected 1 hour before the start of the session.
AUmasté
This Saturday will take place the 16th edition of AUmastê, a yoga experience with puppies from the Instituto Adote Dog, who will be offered for adoption during the event, which will take place at the Canopy by Hilton São Paulo Jardins.
The public will be able to enjoy experiences that connect the body, mind and heart, with yoga, painting and embroidery classes. A charity bazaar is also part of the program.
Or: Awning of the Hilton São Paulo Gardens
Address: Rua Saint Hilaire, 40 – Jardim Paulista
When: December 13
Time: From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Price: From R$350
Where to buy: Sympla
The house that waits
The show A Casa que Espera, from Grupo Sobrevento, ends its season this Sunday. The play, which uses the language of Théâtre des Objects, is aimed at babies aged 0 to 6 and their families, celebrating the love of fathers and mothers and the delicate tension between attachments and freedoms.
The theme of the show is the desire for childhood, the feeling of being children and the care received from parents when we were little. The show is born from the poetic image of the house that we left behind when we grew up, but which we continue to carry in our imagination – even when we have already built our own house and we must also, like our parents, accept the departure of their children.
Or: Surwind space
Address: Rua Coronel Albino Bairão, 42 – Belenzinho
When: Until December 14
Time: At 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Price: Free entry
Where to buy: There is no need to collect a ticket.
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