The second Festival Sergipanidade is scheduled for October 29-31, 2026, at the Centro de Criatividade on Rua Dom Bosco, in the Getúlio Vargas neighborhood of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. The Sergipe state government has announced free admission to musical performances, film screenings, crafts, fashion and cultural activities. The festival opens at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 29; activities begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31. Workshops, however, require registration and have limited places.
The festival is organized by the Fundação de Cultura e Arte Aperipê de Sergipe (Funcap), in partnership with the state Secretariat for Labor, Employment and Entrepreneurship (Seteem) and the Special Secretariat for Culture (Secult), using funding from Brazil’s National Aldir Blanc Cultural Support Policy. This guide brings together the announced program, but the organizers may change times or performers.
Daily schedule: October 29, 30 and 31
Thursday, October 29
- 6 p.m.: Opening of the crafts and creative economy fair
- 6:30 p.m.: DJ Kátia Dark
- 7:30 p.m.: Opening ceremony
- 8 p.m.: Sergipe Symphony Orchestra: Xêro da Terra concert
Friday, October 30
- 9 a.m.: Iluminar as Raízes de Sergipe crafts workshop, led by Ysá
- 9 a.m.: Sergipe na Palma da Mão ceramics workshop, class 1, led by Alana Naara
- 9 a.m.: Ouricuri palm-straw workshop, organized by Seteem
- 10 a.m.: Discussion: Sergipe Contando suas Histórias do Litoral ao Sertão, with Abiúdo and Osvaldinho
- 2 p.m.: Cine Sergipanidade film screenings: Ave Seca, Îandé, Tototós: Canoas do Rio Sergipe and Sem Corda, Sem Abadá e Sem Vergonha
- 2 p.m.: Cordel poetry workshop Primeiro Eu Canto e Rimo, Depois Escrevo os Versos, with Eduardo Teles
- 2 p.m.: Painting workshop Pintando à Mão: do Caju ao Caranguejo, with Vinícius Tavares
- 2 p.m.: Ceramics workshop organized by Seteem
- 6 p.m.: Crafts and creative economy fair
- 6:30 p.m.: Fashion show featuring collections by Íris Rocha, Grazi Siqueira and Danilo Braga, with DJ Cyrus
- 7 p.m.: Maya Cantor
- 8:30 p.m.: Decidão dos Quilombolas
- 10 p.m.: Os Faranis
Saturday, October 31
- 9 a.m.: Dance workshop Sergipe: Corpos, Ritmos e Tradição, led by Netto Andrade
- 9 a.m.: Woodcut printmaking workshop Sergipe em Entalhes, led by Cláudia Nen
- 9 a.m.: Sergipe na Palma da Mão ceramics workshop, class 2, led by Alana Naara
- 9 a.m.: Irish lace workshop associated with Divina Pastora, organized by Seteem
- 10 a.m.: Discussion: Sergipanidades: Influências da Cultura Sergipana no Processo Criativo, moderated by Dênio Azevedo, with Rafa Càstro (Severinas)
- 2 p.m.: Cine Sergipanidade film screenings: Lambe-Sujos x Caboclinhos, Morena dos Olhos Pretos, Anarriê and Tintiliano
- 4:30 p.m.: Cultural parade through streets surrounding the Centro de Criatividade
- 6 p.m.: Crafts and creative economy fair
- 6 p.m.: DJ Ícaro
- 7 p.m.: Rock7Nove
- 8:30 p.m.: Patricia Polayne: O Comboio da Ilusão show
- 9:30 p.m.: Reação
- midnight, early Sunday Nov. 1: Pardal
Free workshops: age limit, places and registration
According to the Sergipe state government’s specific announcement dated October 26, 135 places were announced across nine workshops, with 15 places per activity. Participants must be at least 16 years old. The schedule lists two classes in the Sergipe na Palma da Mão ceramics workshop, one on Friday and one on Saturday; the announcement does not specify whether a confirmed registration automatically covers both classes.
Funcap says registration takes place through an online form promoted on its official channels and remains open only while places are available. Applicants must wait for a confirmation message: submitting a form should not be regarded as securing a place. As of the October 28 check, neither the direct form URL nor the number of remaining places could be verified; the link described as Funcap’s website led to its institutional portal. Before submitting personal information or traveling to a workshop, check the latest instructions in Funcap’s official communications.
The official announcements differ on one workshop title: the general program dated October 25 called Ysá’s Friday 9 a.m. activity Opará: Arte e Ancestralidade Sergipana. The more specific October 26 announcement calls it Iluminar as Raízes de Sergipe. The schedule above follows the later announcement without implying that workshop places are currently available.
This festival is different from the Sergipanidade Week event
Festival Sergipanidade runs October 29-31 at the Centro de Criatividade and is organized by the state government. It is separate from the fourth Semana da Sergipanidade (Sergipanidade Week), held by the Fecomércio-Sesc-Senac system at Praça Fausto Cardoso, also in Aracaju, from October 16 through 25, 2026. The events have different venues and schedules.
The festival venue is Rua Dom Bosco, Getúlio Vargas neighborhood, Aracaju. The Cultural Parade on Saturday, October 31, at 4:30 p.m. is planned for streets around the Centro de Criatividade. Organizers announced free admission, but no independently verifiable reservation requirements or detailed entry rules were available for individual attractions other than the workshops. Editorial information checked on October 28, 2026, in Sergipe local time (UTC-3).
