Mimo arrives in Sao Paulo with shows, workshops and free cinema; Check out the schedule

THE Festival Returns to São Paulo between September 19th and 21st in its fourth edition in the capital, with free programming that brings together more than 50 national and international attractions in the historic center. The curatorship, signed by Lu Araújobet on the plurality of languages ​​and parallel activities such as Petrobras workshops, Ideas Forum and Cinema Show.

The program includes established names and emerging proposals. Among the highlights are Edu Lobo (Concert at the Artistic Culture Theater), the Iberia Project (Manuel de Oliveira, Carles Benavent and João Frade), ROBERTO FONSECA with the show La Gran Diversiónthe trio DelgrèsGroup Bixiga 70 and singer Votia, from the island of the meeting. From Brazil, also participate Encantado Fire Cordel, Lia de Itamaracá, Carlos Malta & Pife Muderno, Ortitude (With the participation of Maria Alcina), Berlinda Academy and the quartet Ubuntu Ensemble.

The Anhangabaú Valley will be the main stage, with structure to accommodate outdoor performances; Praça das Artes, São Paulo Cultural Center, SP Cine Olido, Artistic Culture Theater, Mário de Andrade Library and the Nossa Senhora do Rosário Church of Black Men are home to shows, debates, workshops and the cinema show. Audiovisual selection includes titles such as MBRAYAPE (Roney Freitas), In the land of Marlboro (CAVI BORGES), ANDu I’m samba, but you can call me Zé Ketti (LUIZ GUIMARÃES DE CASTRO) and The pains of the world – Hyldon.

The festival also brings close collaboration with Jazz in Marciac and is part of the France-Brazil 2025 season, with the participation of institutions such as Institut Français and Guimarães Rosa Institute. The production is by Lu Araújo Produções, supported by the Ministry of Culture, São Paulo State Government, São Paulo City Hall, Petrobras and other institutional partners.

September 19 (Friday)

Artistic Culture Theater

20h – Edu Lobo

Anhangabaú Valley (Shows / DJs)

5:30 pm-Pedro D-Beli Selecta

18h – There in Xepangara – The African culture in Zeca Afonso

20h – Cordel do Fogo Enchanted

9:30 pm – Roberto Fonseca

Arts Square (Petrobras Workshops)

11h – Protest music in the processes of African decolonization with there in Xepangara

14h – The trip from my electric bass to the flamenco with Carles Benavent

16h – God, Music and Community at Mississippi with Annie & The Caldwells

Library Mário de Andrade (Ideas Forum)

16h – Jeferson Xondaro (Oz Guarani) & Roney Freitas

MBORAPE: Cinema as Rap Guarani Fighting and Affirmation Territory | Mediation Chris Fuscaldo

SP Cine Olido (Cinema Show)

18h – Mborairape | Direction: Roney Freitas

18h – In the land of Marlboro | Direction: CAVI BORGES

São Paulo Cultural Center – Sala Lima Barreto

20h – I’m samba – but you can call me Zé Keti | Direction: Luiz Guimarães de Castro

September 20 (Saturday)

Artistic Culture Theater (Shows / DJs)

20h – Iberia – Manuel de Oliveira, Carles Benavesto & João Frade

Anhangabaú Valley (Shows / DJs)

4:30 pm-Pedro D-Beli Selecta

5:30 pm – Votia

19h – Delgrès

8:30 pm – Bixiga

22h – Annie & The Caldwells

Arts Square (Petrobras Workshops)

13h – The Pandeiro as Pocket Battery with Bernardo Aguiar

5:30 pm – Sculpting the Wind – Winds and Creativity with Carlos Malta

Arts Square (Forum of Ideas)

11am – Roberto Fonseca

Musical Bridges: Jazz, Cuba and Global Dialogues in Roberto Fonseca’s career | Mediation Chris Fuscaldo

16h – Edu Lobo

Edu Lobo’s MPB | Mediation Chris Fuscaldo

SP Cine Olido (Cinema Show)

16h – Macaléia | Direction: Rejane Zilles

16h – The Crocodile Man | Direction: Rodrigo Grota

18h – shameless | Direction: Rafael Saar

São Paulo Cultural Center – Sala Lima Barreto

15h – Viva Folia | Direction: Victor Hugo Amorim

15h – African reasons | Direction: Jeferson Mello

5:30 pm – Frevo Michiles | Direction: Helder Lopes

20h – Skin sound | Direction: Marcos Santos

20h – The Green Weak Man | Direction: Petronio Lorena

September 21 (Sunday)

Church NS do Rosário dos Black Men (Shows / DJs)

4:30 pm – Ubuntu Ensemble

Anhangabaú Valley

16h-Pedro D-Beli Selecta

4:30 pm – Ortinho part. Special Maria Alcina

18h – Carlos Malta & Pife Miderno

7:30 pm – Lia de Itamaracá

Part. Special Karina Buhr

21h – Berlinda Academy

Arts Square (Petrobras Workshops)

11am – Maloya: Cantos and Dances of the island of the meeting with Votia (Meeting Island)

13h – The accordion between tradition and contemporary with João Frade (Portugal)

Mário de Andrade Library (Ideas Forum)

11:30 am – Hyldon & Emílio Domingos

50 years of on the street, in the rain, on the farm – a classic revised by cinema | Mediation Chris Fuscaldo

16h – Lyrinha

Orality as a future: poetry, tradition and resistance in the Northeast

Mediation Chris Fuscaldo

São Paulo Cultural Center – Lima Barreto Sala (Cinema Show)

15h – Jongo Congola | Direction: André Sandino

15h – on the trail of the goat’s foot | Direction: Marcelo Rabelo

16h – The pains of the world – Hyldon | Direction: Emílio Domingos and Felipe David Rodrigues

5:30 pm – Gerson King Combo – The Movie | Direction: David Abadia

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