Despite the mandatory confinement that determined the closure of concert halls all over the country, the cultural agenda in Famalicão has not stopped and during the last year, the shows have reached the comfort of the famalicenses' homes through the Internet.
During the two periods of confinement, in 2020 and 2021, the "Há Cultura em Casa" programme, promoted by the Famalicão City Council, presented famalicenses with more than 130 shows, divided into more than 50 hours of online cultural programming that in total counted with about 250 thousand views.
Promoting access to cultural activities during the isolation period and on the other hand, valuing local artists and preserving the cultural dynamics of the municipality were the main goals of the program promoted by the City Council.
Local artists were, in fact, the main protagonists of the more than one hundred shows promoted in the scope of "Há Cultura em Casa", broadcasted during the weekend in the official Facebook page of the "Famalicão Comunitário" programme.
Between the first and second edition of the project, more than two hundred artists, sound and light technicians were involved.
Among the various moments of music, poetry, theatre, dance, artistic workshops and circus arts, we highlight, for example, the performances of the musicians Maria do Sameiro, Filtro, Quatroclaves, The CityZens, Costinha, B Quest, the theatre of Elsa Pinho and the company Grutaca, the dance company Crescer Além da Dança, among many others.
It is worth mentioning that after the success of the first edition, in 2021, Vila Nova de Famalicão Town Hall bet on an online programming with more sound and visual quality, reinforcing the resources used in terms of sound and image, with all the shows being recorded in spaces equipped with professional equipment.
It is also recalled that in January of this year the cultural and artistic entities of Famalicão publicly recognised all the support, dynamics and commitment that the Municipality of Famalicão had towards the structures, associations and cultural movements of the municipality during the pandemic, with the attribution of a Vote of Praise to the City Council for the support given to the sector.
The dynamization of "Há Cultura em Casa" and "Anima-te" were two examples pointed out by the cultural agents of the municipality of initiatives developed by the City Council to mitigate the effects of the pandemic in the cultural sector.