Virada Cultural 2023: check schedule and times of the main attractions

During this weekend, the 18th edition of the Virada Cultural de São Paulo takes place, one of the biggest events in the capital of São Paulo that aims to promote culture in the different spaces of the city.

This year, the event will feature more than 500 free attractions, ranging from music shows and theater performances to film screenings and children’s events, which will be spread across 28 special stages, in addition to SESCs, Centers and Houses of Culture.

Unlike the last editions, the events that make up Virada Cultural 2023 will run until 10 pm on Saturday (27), returning from 10 am on Sunday (28). Only the Vale do Anhangabaú Stage will be active 24 hours a day.

Among the main musical attractions that make up this year’s line-up are Gloria Groove, Marina Sena, BaianaSystem, Pixote, Dilsinho, Ferrugem, Vanessa da Mata, Alceu Valença, Anavitória, Mart’nália, Roberta Campos, Tierry, Sidoka, Jorge Vercillo and much more. A tribute to Rita Lee, who died on the 8th of this month, will take place on stage in Vale do Anhangabaú on Sunday (see below).

In addition to the shows, the event will also feature artistic interventions, theater plays, workshops and dance shows, and special film screenings, which include the films “Super Mario Bros”, “Avatar: O Caminho da Água” and the exhibition of the 4K versions of “Flashdance”, “Cadillac Records”, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”.

For those looking for attractions in the center of the city, the Anhangabaú and São Bento stations will operate 24 hours a day for entry and exit. The other stations will operate in this scheme only for departure outside standard hours.

Check below the list and times of the main attractions of Virada Cultural 2023, divided by region and schedule:

Saturday (27)

North Zone

Shows:
Carlinhos Brown (English Parade Stage; 5pm)
Negra Li (Rio Cabuçu Stage; 6pm)
Boogarins (Vila Guilherme House of Culture; 7pm)
Marcelo Falcão (Palco Brasilândia; 7pm)

Theater:
“Aquarium with Fishes” (Sesc Santana; 6pm and 9pm)
“Cortejo do Boi Folhinha: he’s great, he’s samba!” (SESC Santana; 8pm)
“Monkeys” (Teatro Alfredo Mesquita; 9pm)

East zone

Shows:
FBC (City Tiradentes Cultural Training Center; 5pm)
Baco Exu do Blues (Itaquera Stage; 5pm)
Vitor Fernandes (São Miguel Paulista Stage; 5pm)
Sidoka (Rio Itaqueruna Stage; 6pm)
Olodum (Itaquera Stage; 7pm)
Psirico (São Miguel Paulista Stage; 7pm)

Theater:
“Rapunzel, a story for more than a meter” (Hans Christian Andersen Library – Teatro de Arena; 11 am)
“Mr. Strange” (Municipal Theater of Mooca Arthur Azevedo; 4 pm)
“Labirinthos” (Municipal Theater of Mooca Arthur Azevedo; 21h)

Dance:
“Jamzz” (Sesc Itaquera; 5pm)
“As Fuás” (São Miguel House of Culture; 5pm)

West Zone

Shows:
Rotten Boys (Butantã House of Culture; 5pm)
Roberta Campos + Kiko Zambianchi (Butantã Stage; 5pm)
Tássia Reis (Palco Rio Pirajussara; 6pm)
ATTOOXXA (Butantã Stage; 7pm)
Larissa Luz (Stage Tendal da Lapa; 7pm)
Cholera (Tremembé House of Culture; 7pm)
Ratos de Porão (Butantã House of Culture; 7pm)
Rico Dalasam (Palco Rio Pirajussara; 20h)
Zumbi Nation (Butantã Stage; 9pm)
Mart’nália (Palco Tendal da Lapa; 21h)

Theater:
“In Search of Judith” (Casa do Bandeirante; 3pm)
“Boi Mansinho and The Holy Cross of the Desert” (Sesc Pompéia; 8:30 pm)

Dance:
Ballet Paraisópolis (Cacilda Becker Theater; 4pm)

Photography:
Exhibition “Xingu Presente!” (Villa-Lobos Park Library; 9:30 am)
Lumen/UFRGS group group exhibition “Imagens em Expansão” (Unibes Cultural; 12h)
Fema – Photography Fair (Unibes Cultural; 12h)

South Zone

Shows:
Livinho (Heliopolis Stage; 5pm)
Toni Garrido (Bristol Stage; 5pm)
Diogo Nogueira (Stage Parelheiros; 5pm)
Supercombo (Sesc Interlagos; 6pm)
MC Soffia (Palco Rio Piraporinha; 6pm)
Luccas Carlos (Palco Grajaú; 7pm)
MC Bin Laden (Palco Rio Diniz; 8pm)
Dexter (Bristol Stage)

Theater:
“Black fairies” (Library Marcos Rey; 1pm)
“In Vila do Heitor” (Centro Cultural Santo Amaro; 3pm)
“Dom Caixote and the Goat” (Centro Cultural Santo Amaro; 5pm)
“As Aventuras do Esperto Jabuti” (House of Culture Hip Hop South; 7 pm)

Movie theater:
Spcine Circuit – Movie Session: Super Mario Bros (Library Roberto Santos; 3pm)
“Cadillac Records” (Sesc Ipiranga; 6:30 pm)

center

Shows:
Gloria Groove (Anhangabaú Stage; 6pm)
Amazônia Pop – Aila, Victor Xamã and Felipe Cordeiro (NORTY – Ocupação Amazônica; 7 pm)
Luiza Possi (Mário de Andrade Library – Auditorium; 7 pm)
MC Luanna (Sesc Avenida Paulista; 7:30 pm)
Amanda Magalhães (Palco São João; 7:30 pm)
Heaven (Sesc Consolação; 8pm)
Baiana System (Anhangabaú Stage; 8:30 pm)
Josyara (Anhangabaú Stage; 10pm)
Quebrada Queer (Sesc Avenida Paulista; 22:30)

Theater:
“Courts Paulo Freire” (Sesc Belenzinho; 6 pm)
“Répi Auer” (Sesc Bom Retiro; 6pm)
“The Seagull” (Olido Cultural Center; 6:30 pm)

Visual arts:
“Brazilian Utopia – Darcy Ribeiro 100 Years Old” (Sesc May 24; 6pm)

Movie theater:
Spcine Circuit – Film Session: “Super Mario Bros” (Olido Cultural Center – Sala Payssandú; 2 pm)
“Hedwig – Rock, Love and Betrayal” (Sesc Cinesesc; 6pm)
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (Sesc Cinesesc; 9pm)
“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” (Sesc Cinesesc; 23:30)

Guided Tour:
Visit (Re)Surroundings (Theatro Municipal São Paulo; 10am)
Mediated Visit (Brazilian Stock Exchange Museum; 10 am)

Workshop:
Maker Workshop – Star Wars Light Saber (Library of São Paulo; 2 pm)

Sunday (28)

North Zone

Shows:
Thales Lessa (Turkeys Stage; 1pm)
MC Soffia (Youth Stage; 1pm)
Jonathan Ferr (Palco Rio Cabuçu; 2pm)
Vanessa da Mata (Palco Brasilândia; 3pm)
Black Pantera (Rio Cabuçu Stage; 4pm)
Froid (Turkeys Stage; 5pm)
Emicida (Palco Brasilândia; 5pm)
Ferrugem (English Parade Stage; 5pm)
Roberta Miranda (São Miguel Paulista Stage; 3pm)
MC Cabelinho (Itaquera Stage; 3pm)
Tasha and Tracie (Itaquera Stage; 5pm)
MC Dede (Rio Ribeirão Stage; 5pm)
Pixote (Palco Cidade Tiradentes; 5pm)
Dilsinho (São Miguel Paulista Stage; 5pm)

Children:
Mundo Giras Occupation at Casa Verde (Rio Cabuçu Stage; 9 am)
Viradinha – Primaverar – Turkeys (Turkeys Stage; 9am)
Abayomis – Enchanted Dolls (Ruth Cardoso Youth Cultural Center; 10am)
Viradinha – Itinerantes Margarida (Casa de Cultura Vila Guilherme; 10 am)

Theater:
“From Corner to Corner – From Story to Story” (Tremembé Culture House; 11am)
“Flua” (Teatro Alfredo Mesquita; 11 am)
“Enchanted Parade” (Sesc Santana; 4pm)
“A Casa da Farinha do Gonzagão” (Municipal Theater of Mooca Arthur Azevedo; 4pm)
“Quixote under construction” (Centro Cultural Penha; 5 pm)

Dance:
“Carimbó: Beauties of Pará” (House of Culture Parish of Ó; 2pm)

Movie theater:
Spcine Circuit – Film Session: “Avatar: O Caminho das Águas” (CEU Jaçanã; 2 pm)

East zone

Shows:
A Rock show for Children – Queen Live Kids (Palco São Miguel Paulista; 11 am)
Mundo Bita (Itaquera Stage; 11 am)
Tonico and Tinoco (Palco Largo do Rosário; 12h)
Aline Barros (Itaquera Stage; 1pm)
Haikaiss (City Tiradentes Cultural Training Center; 1pm)

Technology and Arts:
All Can Mix (Sesc Itaquera; 1pm)

Movie theater:
Spcine Circuit – Film Session: “Avatar: O Caminho das Águas” (CEU Aricanduva, CEU Jambeiro, CEU Quinta do Sol and CEU São Rafael; 2 pm)

Theater:
“The African Princess and the Lion Snake” (Tiradentes City Cultural Training Center; 10 am)
“Black fairies” (House of Culture of Guaianases; 10 am)

West Zone

Shows:
Let’s Bowie (Tendal da Lapa – Internal Street; 11am)
Supla (Palco Rio Pirajussara; 2pm)
Tom Zé (Centro Cultural Tendal da Lapa; 3pm)
AnaVitória (Butantã Stage; 3pm)
Melim (Palco Rio Pirajussara; 4pm)
Jup do Bairro (Cultural Diversity Center – Arena; 4pm)
Marina Sena (Butantã Stage; 5pm)
Tulipa Ruiz (Stage Tendal da Lapa; 5pm)

Children:
Beatles for Children (Palco Butantã; 11am)

Theater:
“Agropeça” (Sesc Pompéia; 5pm)
“Boi Mansinho and The Holy Cross of the Desert” (SESC Pompéia; 5:30 pm)
“Blessed Suns Among Women” (Cultural Diversity Center – Theater; 6 pm)

South Zone

Shows:
Backyard (Stage Parelheiros; 1pm)
New Clothes (Grajaú Stage; 1pm)
Jorge Vercillo (Palco Rio Diniz; 2pm)
Afrocity (Palco Rio Piraporinha; 2 pm)
MC Davi (Rio Ipiranga Stage; 2pm)
Solange Almeida (Campo Limpo Stage; 3pm)
Gang of the Pagode (M’Boi Mirim Stage; 3pm)
Jorge Aragão (Stage Capela do Socorro; 3pm)
MC Caverinha (Bristol Stage; 3pm)
Djonga (Stage Parelheiros; 3pm)
Far From Alaska (Sesc Interlagos; 4pm)
Tierry (Heliopolis Stage; 5pm)
Zé Cowboy (Socorro Chapel Stage; 5pm)
Léo Santana (M’Boi Mirim Stage; 5pm)
MC Kekel (Bristol Stage; 5pm)

Movie theater:
Spcine Circuit – Film Session: “Avatar: O Caminho da Água” (CEU Caminho do Mar, CEU Feitiço da Vila, CEU Meninos and CEU Três Lagos; 2pm)
Spcine Circuit – Film Session: “Super Mario Bros” (Library Roberto Santos; 3pm)

Theater:
Xinfrim (Santo Amaro Cultural Center; 2 pm)

Children:
Viradinha – Occupation Mundo Giras – M’Boi Mirim (Palco Rio Piraporinha; 9 am)
Viradinha – Occupation Mundo Giras – Grajaú (Palco Grajaú; 9 am)
Viradinha – Mundo Giras Occupation – Parelheiros (Parelheiros Stage; 9 am)
Viradinha – Primaverar – Bristol Park (Bristol Stage; 9am)
Viradinha – Itinerantes Margarida (House of Culture Hip Hop South; 10 am)
The Stories of Benê (M’Boi Mirim House of Culture; 10 am)
Singing Word (Campo Limpo Stage; 11am)
Bob and Cat’s Gang (Heliópolis Stage; 11am)

center

Shows:
TONYYYMON (Palco São João; 3h)
PM Band + Daniela Araújo (Anhangabaú Stage; 9:30 am)
Tribute to Rita Lee by Beto Lee with Paula Lima (Palco Anhangabaú; 11:30 am)
Filhos da Bahia invites Carlinhos Brown, Reinaldinho and Tonho Matéria (Palco Anhangabaú; 1pm)
Sky (SESC Consolação; 3pm and 6pm)
Rafa Archetype (Palco São João; 3pm)
Gaby Amarantos (NORTY – Ocupação Amazônica; 4pm)
Alceu Valença (Anhangabaú Stage; 4pm)
Quebrada Queer (Sesc Avenida Paulista; 5:30 pm)

Theater:
The Seagull (Olido Cultural Center; 3pm)
Ideas by Cecilia (Mário de Andrade Library – Auditorium; 4 pm)
Corteja Paulo Freire (SESC Belenzinho; 6pm)

Movie theater:
Spcine Circuit – Film Session: Avatar: The Water Path (Olido Cultural Center; 2 pm)
Fame (SESC Cinesesc; 3pm)
Flashdance – special 40 years of the film (SESC Cinesesc; 5:30 pm)

Visual arts:
Brazilian Utopia – Darcy Ribeiro 100 Years (SESC May 24; 9am)

Romeo and Juliet (Sesc 24 de Maio; 11am and 3pm)
Cabaret Viradinho (Sesc Bom Retiro; 3pm)