Portimão Percussion Days 2026
DPP is back in the city of Portimão for three intense days of music, percussion and joy!
The Corvo e a Raposa Cultural Association, in the axis of promoting percussion as a universal and musical artistic language of union and dialogue, organizes between the 13th and 15th of February 2026, the 5th Edition of the Portimão Percussion Days [DPP’26], with artistic direction by Vasco Ramalho and Daniela Tomaz.
Pre FEST Online PROGRAM
| Saturday 7 feb 2026, 21:30
PRE-DPP’26 | Online Talk
Broadcast via YouTube channel DPP ( www.youtube.com/@dpportimao)
Female Empowerment in the Arts: Festival Study Cases (in English)
Support: European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European
Union
FESTIVAL
13-15 February 2026
Friday 13 February 2026
10:30-11:30 (10:00 concentration) | Alameda da República – Rua Direita – Largo 1º de Maio
Grand Opening Parade with Schools Municipality of Portimão
With Bomboémia Percussion Group of the University of Minho
14:30-16:30 | Portimonense Winning Society
Jazz Rhythm and Improvisation Workshop with Gonçalo Ribeiro (Drums) and Hugo Ferreira (Guitar) / Partnership Associação Porta-Jazz
2h / > 12 years 19
:00 | Opening Concert | Grand Auditorium of TEMPO – Teatro Municipal de Portimão
Drumming Percussion Group
Special participation by Vasco Ramalho
Premiere of “Eppur (2025)” by Ricardo Ribeiro for solo marimba and 4 percussionists
1h / > 6 years old | 5,00€ [under 12 years old: 2,00€]
22:30 | Opening Party | Portimonense Winning Society
Jam Session [Improvised Music] with Gonçalo Ribeiro (Drums) and Hugo Ferreira (Guitar)
Partnership Associação Porta-Jazz & Students of the Integrated Music Course and the Professional Jazz Instrumentalist Course AE Bemposta, Portimão
1h / > 6 years old
Saturday 14 February 2026
10:30-12:30 | TIME’s Black Box
Blade Instrument Workshop, with Miquel Bernat (Drumming Percussion Group)
2h/> 8 years 14
:30-16:30 | Auditorium of the Museum of Portimão
Workshop Rhythms “Konnakol” (South India) for Tambourines / “Framedrums”, with Kasia Kadłubowska
2h / > 8 years 15
:00-18:00 | Mexilhoeira Grande, Alvor, Portimão Riverside Area, Jardim 1 de Dezembro
Arruadas com Bomboémia Percussion Group of the University of Minho
15:00-15:30 Mexilhoeira Grande
16:00-16:30 Alvor
17:00-18:00 Portimão Riverside Area / Jardim 1 de Dezembro
19:00 | Small Auditorium of TEMPO Teatro Municipal de Portimão
Show “Nativo”, Tiago Manuel Soares
50’/ > 6 years old | 5,00€ [under 12 years old: 2,00€]
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Sunday 15 February 2026
10:30-12:30 | Manuel Teixeira Gomes House
Trancanholas Workshop, with Tiago Manuel Soares
2h/ > 8 years 14
:30-16:30 | Jardim 1º de Dezembro
Workshop “Moda do Bombo”, with Grupo de Bombos de Lavacolhos, Fundão
2h/ > 6 years 17
:00 | Auditorium of the Museum of Portimão
Kasia Kadlubowska (pl/de) & Algarve Contemporary Percussion Group (AGPC)
Premiere Residency European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA
50’/ > 6 years | 5,00€ [under 12 years: 2,00€]
Registration for workshops <a href="https://forms.gle/ZYi5fz8aHycgcFD87" title="https://forms.gle/ZYi5fz8aHycgcFD87" target="_blank">HERE
Deadline: 6 February
Price for Workshop: 5,00€ (five euros)
Course Value (5 Workshops): 20,00€ (twenty euros)
Free for Partners:
Students of the Integrated Course and the Professional Jazz Course of the Bemposta School Group (Portimão);
Portimonense Philharmonic Society (Portimão);
Silvense Philharmonic Society (Silves);
Lacobrigense 1º de Maio Philharmonic Society (Lagos);
Sociedade Filarmónica Artistas de Minerva (Loulé).
TICKET INFO:
TEMPO – Teatro Municipal de Portimão
Tuesday to Friday: 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Show days: from 1:00 pm until the start of the show.
Closed on Sundays and Mondays, except when there are shows.
Contacts: (+351) 282 242 650
Portimão Museum Auditorium
Tuesday (14h30 – 18h00) | Wednesday to Sunday (10:00 am – 6:00 pm)
Closed Monday, Tuesday (until 2:30 pm) and on National Holidays
Contacts: (+351) 282 405 230
Portimonense Winning Society
Address: R. Prof. José Buísel 64, 8500-724 Portimão
Telf: (+351) 918 180 022
Tickets on sale at the venue one hour before the start of the event.
DPP’25 is a project of O Corvo e a Raposa Cultural Association, supported by the Portuguese Republic / Directorate-General for the Arts, with the Municipality of Portimão as a strategic partner. With the support of the Bemposta Portimão School Group, Portimão Parish Council, Alvor Parish Council and also Antena2 and Barlavento Newspaper as a media partner.
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