The event aims to promote Northeastern Brazilian culture and keep it alive through research, preservation, and the vinyl record culture in the city of São Paulo.
On June 6, the Casa de Cultura Butantã will host another edition of the Forró dos Ratos em Movimento project.
The event brings together a creative economy fair, dance workshops, cultural production training, and DJ workshops teaching participants how to operate turntables and become DJs. To make the experience even more exciting, the project's resident DJs and a special guest DJ will keep the dance floor alive throughout the event.
Focused on education and democratizing access to culture, Forró dos Ratos em Movimento 100% Vinyl also offers four DJ workshops and two discussion circles on executive and artistic production, emphasizing Northeastern cultural expressions. These activities encourage the autonomy of artists and independent producers, expanding access to knowledge and stimulating new initiatives within the cultural sector.
Recognized as one of Brazil’s most important cultural manifestations, forró originated in the Northeast and encompasses rhythms such as baião, xote, and xaxado, establishing itself as an expression of identity, social interaction, and cultural resistance. Popularized by artists such as Luiz Gonzaga, the genre transcends music and has become a social practice involving dance, oral traditions, and the transmission of knowledge between generations. Within this context, the project reinforces the role of forró as a living cultural heritage, especially when integrated into the contemporary urban environment.
By adopting vinyl as both language and concept, Forró dos Ratos em Movimento proposes a reconnection with the physicality of music and the sonic memory of the genre. Beyond preserving historical recordings, vinyl values musical curation and highlights the DJ’s role as a cultural mediator, offering an alternative to the immediacy of digital culture. This choice shapes the entire structure of the project, which includes five musical performances featuring resident DJs and special guests who guide audiences through sound narratives celebrating the history and legacy of great names in forró music.
The inspiration behind the project is directly linked to the journey of its creator, Ataliba, who explains:
"I started working with forró out of love for the genre and because there was a lack of alternative, differentiated, vinyl-based forró events."
According to him, the choice of format goes beyond aesthetics and responds to a real audience demand:
"By attending forró parties and getting to know the community, I realized that forró dancers often preferred DJ sets over live bands because they could dance to the songs typically played during DJ sessions."
The project's uniqueness is also rooted in other cultural experiences.
"This distinctive identity came from skateboarding culture, where I was already working as an event producer. Through skate culture and my experiences in downtown São Paulo, I developed this identity," says Ataliba.
His relationship with forró, however, goes much further back:
"Since childhood, I had the privilege of being around my father's Northeastern friends, who owned bars where forró performances and gatherings frequently took place. Around 1994, when I was about 15 years old, I began attending forró dance events."
For the creator, the project also fulfills an important social and symbolic role:
"I hope to elevate and value this Northeastern DJ culture, which is often marginalized and faces prejudice."
At the same time, the project invests in audiovisual content production, creating nine social media teasers to expand its reach and engage different audiences. The initiative also evolves into a festival format, integrating a handicrafts fair, dance workshops, forró DJ workshops, forró production workshops, musical performances, and educational activities focused on the creative economy, solidarity economy, and cultural cooperativism, contributing to the strengthening of popular culture production chains.
By reaffirming the importance of public cultural funding policies, the project highlights its impact on preserving and promoting forró as a relevant cultural expression in today's society. Open to the public, Forró dos Ratos em Movimento 100% Vinyl invites the press, opinion leaders, and anyone interested in Brazilian culture to experience a program that connects music, memory, and community.
The project was selected by the Municipal Program for the Promotion and Dissemination of Forró – 5th Edition and arrives with a solid proposal for the appreciation, preservation, and dissemination of forró culture through artistic, educational, and creative economy actions. The initiative stands out by bringing vinyl records back to the center of the musical experience, encouraging more attentive and conscious listening while strengthening the forró scene in São Paulo.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Casa de Cultura Butantã
June 6, 2026 | Starting at 1:00 PM
Free Admission
(SYMPLA: Link available in profile. Please reserve your free ticket through Sympla to help us estimate attendance for the workshops and forró event.)
🎓 1:00 PM – Cultural Production Workshop
With Ataliba & Luciana Monteiro
🎧 2:00 PM – DJ Workshop
With DJ Rata
💃 3:00 PM – Dance Workshop
With Evandro Paz & Iris de Franco
🔥 4:00 PM – Beginning of the 100% VINYL FORRÓ
Featuring the Forró dos Ratos Collective:
🎶 DJ Rata
🎶 DJ How
🎶 DJ Ligia
🎶 DJ Ricky
⭐ 7:00 PM – Special Guest DJ Discolada
Handicrafts Fair + Culture + Music + Dance + Community Experience
✨ A full day celebrating forró on vinyl, its roots, and its strength in the city of São Paulo!
MORE INFORMATION
Venue: Casa de Cultura Butantã
Av. Junta Mizumoto, 13 – Jardim Peri Peri – São Paulo/SP
Time: From 1:00 PM onwards
Admission: Free
Tickets: Available through Sympla
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