The whole city at one table

Votorantim

Independent short film festival from all over Brazil, with 56 films and free screenings at the Francisco Beranger Municipal Theater. Final days: runs until November 7.

Next: Today Free entry

Tatuí

A photography exhibition featuring 200 places to visit in Tatuí, celebrating the city's bicentennial, at the Complexo Cultural de Memória (MIS Tatuí). Tuesday to Sunday.

Next: Fri, Nov 6

Esplanada Santa Terezinha · Taubaté

Drummer Carlos Bala, who has played alongside big names in MPB and jazz, presents a repertoire spanning his whole career in a free show.

Next: Fri, Nov 6 Free entry

Esplanada Santa Terezinha · Taubaté

Composer from the Clube da Esquina, nearing 80, premieres a caipira viola show featuring songs from Caboclo Dágua and unreleased tunes.

Next: Sat, Nov 7

Jardim São Dimas · São José dos Campos

Music and storytelling come together to trace the Black presence in the history of music, from the 18th century to today, in São José dos Campos.

Next: Sat, Nov 7

Barra Funda · West Zone

More than 100 small producers from across Brazil show cheeses, coffees, flours, sweets and more at the Latin America Memorial. Free entry.

Next: Thu, Nov 12 Free entry

Barra Funda · West Zone

Conference and cooking shows with chefs at the Latin America Memorial: trends, hospitality, live cooking and even a whole tuna carved on stage.

Next: Thu, Nov 12 Over R$ 80

Grajaú · South Zone

A night of spoken word and poetry slam battles at Centro Cultural Grajaú, part of the city's November Black Consciousness program.

Next: Thu, Nov 12

Aparecida · Santos

A dance, music and storytelling performance by Bando Muvuku, a Bantu journey through Black ancestry, moving between gestation, memory and affection.

Next: Fri, Nov 13

Esplanada Santa Terezinha · Taubaté

Twin brothers Keops and Raony, from Recife, blend jazz, Brazilian sounds, image and performance in a free show of alternative music.

Next: Fri, Nov 13 Free entry

Jardim São Dimas · São José dos Campos

Cia Teatro da Cidade tells the true story of Letícia Poletti, committed to the Hospital Colônia de Barbacena, the "Brazilian Holocaust".

Next: Fri, Nov 13

Centro · Piracicaba

Bahia's Cabokaji blends music, body, performance and sound technologies into an Afro-Indigenous landscape of rites and invention.

Next: Sat, Nov 14 Free entry

Centro · Salto

Rodrigo França reads Shakespeare through the eyes of a Black actor, turning Hamlet's doubts into questions about identity in Brazil. Free performance at Sala Palma de Ouro, in Salto.

Next: Wed, Nov 18 Free entry

Centro · Ribeirão Preto

Coletivo Negro reimagines Machado de Assis with a live band, looking at the violence inherited from slavery. Free admission, at Theatro Pedro II.

Next: Wed, Nov 18 Free entry

Chácara Municipal · São José do Rio Preto

Electro Sabar: Senegalese drums meet trap, dubstep, kuduro and afrobass in a free show for Black Consciousness Day.

Next: Thu, Nov 19 Free entry

Bonfim · Campinas

Silvero Pereira brings to the stage memories of his childhood in Mombaça (CE) to talk about bullying and homophobia against LGBTQIA+ children.

Next: Sat, Nov 21

Bonfim · Campinas

Chef and journalist Manuel Alves Filho tells the story of Campinas' food, from the city's influences to creations such as torta holandesa.

Next: Wed, Nov 25 Free entry

Jardim Botânico · Jundiaí

Black artists from Jundiaí and the surrounding region present a dramatized reading of the classic by Boal and Guarnieri about Zumbi and the Quilombo dos Palmares.

Next: Fri, Nov 27

Jardim Botânico · Jundiaí

Gaúcha singer-songwriter Catto performs the show for her fifth album, Caminhos Selvagens, featuring unreleased songs and standout hits from her career.

Next: Sat, Nov 28