Virada Cultural Paulistana is the biggest 24-hour festival in the world, that began in 2005
and occurs annually (usually during the month of May) in the city of
São Paulo
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, Brazil. Events at the Virada Cultural include various live music concerts, films, plays, art exhibits, and other cultural activities and performances. In 2019, has a public expectation of 5 million people and will be the biggest edition of the festival ever held. The event will contain more than 250 event venues, and will feature more than 1200 confirmed attractions.
Since 2007 an increasing number of cities throughout the
state of São Paulo
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have hosted their own events under the name Virada Cultural Paulista.
All of the activities in the state of São Paulo, including those in the capital, are sponsored by the state Secretary of Culture (Portuguese: ''Secretaria de Cultura'') and attract hundreds of thousands of visitors.
History
The Virada Cultural was inspired by the
White Night festivals
The White Nights are all-night arts festival held in many cities in the summer. The original festival is the White Nights Festival held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The ''white nights'' is the name given in areas of high latitude to the weeks ar ...
, like
Paris's ''
Nuit Blanche
Nuit Blanche () (White Night) is an annual all-night or night-time arts festival of a city. A Nuit Blanche typically has museums, private and public art galleries, and other cultural institutions open and free of charge, with the centre of the ...
'', which are held in a number of cities throughout the world.
Timeline
*19–20 November 2005 — An investment of R$600 million.
*20–21 May 2006
*5–6 May 2007
*26–27 April 2008
*2–3 May 2009
*15–16 May 2010
*16–17 April 2011
*5–6 May 2012
*18–19 May 2013
*17–18 May 2014 — Tenth anniversary of the Virada Cultural
*16–17 May 2015
Virada Cultural Paulista
The first Virada Cultural Paulista was held on 19–20 May 2007 in ten cities across the state of São Paulo:
Araraquara
Araraquara ( or ) is a city in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 250.314 (2022 est.) in an area of . It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset and because of its hot atmosphe ...
,
Araçatuba
Araçatuba is a city located in the northwest of São Paulo state, Brazil. The city has 198,129 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and spans . The city name comes from the Tupi language and means "abundance of araçá (a fruit, Psidium cattleianum)". Ara ...
,
Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil.
Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State wi ...
,
Sorocaba
Sorocaba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. It ...
,
São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos (, meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. One of the leading industrial and res ...
,
São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located at the northwest portion of the state, 440 km (273 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 700 km (435 mi) from Brasília. As of ...
,
Presidente Prudente,
Santos, São Paulo
Santos (, ''Saints'') is a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is located mostly on the island of São Vicente, which harbors both the city of Santos and the city of São ...
,
Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...
, and
Bauru
Bauru () is a Brazilian municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is the main city of the mesoregion and microregion of Bauru. The population is 379,297 (2020 est.) in an area of 667.68 km². Established in 1896, ...
.
*19–20 May 2012, the sixth annual Virada Cultural Paulista was held in 27 cities.
*25–26 May 2013, the seventh was held in 26 cities.
By 2014, the statewide event had grown to include events in 31 municipalities over the course of two weekends (24–25 May and 31 May–1 June 2014) with a combined total estimated attendance of 1.4 million people.
External links
Virada CulturalVirada Cultural Paulista
References
Arts festivals in Brazil
Music festivals in Brazil
Tourist attractions in São Paulo
Cultural festivals in Brazil
Festivals in São Paulo
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