Mákina de Cena
Mákina de Cena - Associação Cultural
Loulé, Faro, Portugal
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Founded in 2018, Mákina de Cena is a non-profit association based in Loulé, Portugal working on arts & culture, education, community development.
Mákina de Cena is a Portuguese cultural association founded in 2018 and based in Loulé, Algarve. It develops artistic creation, mediation and programming in performing arts, with a particular focus on music and theatre and on crossings between disciplines. Its activities include the Contrapeso festival, regular jazz and film events, theatre reading clubs, workshops, school outreach, and the MDC Records label. The association works with local schools, the conservatory and regional cultural venues, and is open to the public, including children, young people and the wider community.
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Festival Contrapeso
Arts & Culture · Portugal
Annual multidisciplinary festival of theatre and jazz held in Loulé over several days each late autumn or early winter, with a theme for each edition.
MDC Jazz Club
Arts & Culture · Portugal
Monthly jazz club events hosted by the association in Loulé.
Cinemákina
Arts & Culture · Portugal
Monthly film events for the Loulé community.
Clube de Leitura Teatral de Loulé
Arts & Culture · Portugal
Monthly theatrical reading club for the Loulé community.
Oficinas da Mákina
Education · Portugal
Theatre and music workshops and training for residents, with a focus on younger participants.
A Mákina vai à Escola
Education · Portugal
School outreach initiative bringing artistic interventions and jazz ensembles to schools in Loulé and Quarteira.
MDC Records
Arts & Culture · Portugal
Record label launched in 2024 releasing recordings by jazz artists linked to the Algarve.
CAL Jazz Collective
Arts & Culture · Portugal
Open collective of professional jazz and improvised music musicians based in Loulé.
The West Sessions
Arts & Culture · Portugal
Jazz and improvised music collaboration project bringing national and international artists together for composition and public performance.
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Cineteatro Louletano, Conservatório de Música de Loulé Francisco Rosado, Escola Secundária Tomás Cabreira, Casa da Cultura de Loulé, Agrupamento de Escolas Laura Ayres, Iberescena, DGArtes, Município de Loulé
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