Culture • September 25, 2025
Small Africa receives 8th edition of Gamboa Open Port Festival
By Adriano Dias
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Rio will celebrate the black culture with the 8th edition of the Gamboa Open Port Festival, which takes place from October 5 to 12, in Small Africa, the historic region of the city. With the theme Ancestral Music, the event honors singer Áurea Martins, icon of MPB, and duo Néném da Favela and Adilson..
Rio will celebrate the black culture with the 8th edition of the Festival Gamboa of Open Ports, which takes place from October 5 to 12, in the Small Africa, historical region of the city. With the theme Ancestral Music, the event honors singer Áurea Martins, icon of MPB, and duo Néném da Favela and Adilson Pintado, musicians who lived in Morro da Providência.
The opening takes place on Sunday (5), with the traditional Koreto Wash of Harmony Square, at 16h, followed by procession with the Afoxé Sons of Gandhi, at 17h. On October 10th and 11th, Harmony Square will receive presentations by Nilze Carvalho, Terreiro de Creoulo, Roda de Samba da Cabaça, Review Black Bom, Grande Companhia Brasileira de Mysterios e Notícias e Angélica de Paula, all with Libras interpreter.
On Saturday (11), the festival also promotes the event Writing: various modes of expression, with the participation of authors such as Conceição Evaristo, Ana Maria Gonçalves, Eliana Alves Cruz and Itamar Vieira Junior, in partnership with the Afro-Brazilian Museum of History and Culture (MUHCAB).
In addition to musical programming, the festival offers educational and sociocultural workshops on topics such as ancestral musicalization, sustainability, standards and woodcut. The activities are free and take place at Darcy Vargas Foundation and MUHCAB. More than 400 professionals and more than 30 cultural spaces participate in the event. Among the participating houses are: Cultural Warehouse of Arts, House of Mysteries, House of Tia Ciata, Gandhi's Sons, Casarão Cultural João de Alabá, Cordão do Prata Preta, Mississippi Delta Blues Bar, Agroecological Providence, Five Points Yarn, Open Culture Space, Ateliê FM, among others.
Programming in Harmony Square
October 10 (Friday)
18 h: Angelica de Paula
7:30. Samba Wheel of the Cabaça
9:00 p.m. Black Good Review
11 October (Saturday)
18 h: Great Brazilian Company of Mysteries and News – show “Heitor’s Pleasures, Small Africa’s Master Room”
7:30. Nilze Carvalho
9:00 a.m. Creole Grounder
The full schedule you can check Here.
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