The Pátio Aberto 2020 public notice included 66 artists, a number 50% higher than expected. There are 61 shows and presentations of popular culture, 4 theater shows and a music and poetry event. This year, 312 proposals were received. Each year the participation of artists from the interior grows, the selected artists come from 22 cities in Maranhão: São Luís, Alcântara, Anajatuba, Axixá, Bacabal, Cajapió, Cantanhede, Carutapera, Codó, Cururupu, Icatu, Lima Campos, Matinha, Paço do Lumiar, Pindaré Mirim, Rosário, Santa Rita, São João Batista, São José de Ribamar, Timon, Vargem Grande and Zé Doca. The CCVM announced that, in addition to having increased the number of winners, it will immediately pay 25% of the expected premium, to support artists in this difficult period for the sector. The format of the presentations has not yet been defined, they can be recorded, with or without the presence of an audience, at a time when it is safe for everyone involved. “We received many good proposals and the participation from the interior grew a lot, it was difficult to make the selection, but it is always a pleasure to dive into this universe, to meet so many artists, among them surprises for us like Dona Nenga Sambadeira, Dona Roxa Dorneles and Paca do Pandeiro, that deserve to be publicized. The current situation made us look for ways to support a greater number of artists and immediately, as well as to rethink the format of the presentations”, says the director and curator of CCVM, Paula Porta. Artists from various generations were selected, including icons of popular culture such as Mestre Tunico (Boi da Fé em Deus) and Zé Alberto (the Devorator Lion). The selection, as is already part of the notice, contemplates the diversity of Maranhão's culture: samba, mpb, pop, instrumental, choro, reggae and forró are very well represented. Popular culture has a strong presence with bumba boi and creole drums with very different accents, beats and characteristics. The São Gonçalo ball, the reisado, the maracatu (which resists in Pindaré), the São Benedito batuque and the lelê are other attractions from the interior. Many of the groups and artists are little known in the capital, most of them have never performed in São Luís and the Pátio Aberto opens this opportunity. The shows and presentations of the program are recorded and, in addition to being delivered to the artists, they are available on the CCVM channel on Youtube as a way to expand their dissemination. More than 70 shows from the 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of Pátio Aberto are already available on the channel. “Our objective as a sponsor is to support and give visibility to cultural production from the Cultural Center. They are opportunities for creation and also income. Vale has been investing in Culture in our country for two decades and, at this moment, we need to unite for the cultural sector”, comments Christiana Saldanha, sponsorship manager at Vale. See the proposals selected by Pátio Aberto 2020: SHOWS
- Andrea Frazão – Show Afection – São Luís
- Cultural Association Bumba Meu Boi da Malhada – Presentation of Bumba Meu Boi da Malhada – Cajapió
- Cultural and Social Association of Boi Brilho de Areia Branca – Presentation of Boi Brilho de Areia Branca – Cururupu
- Cultural Association Tambor de Crioula Toy of São Benedito – Presentation of the Tambor de Crioula Toy of São Benedito – São Luís
- Bumba Meu Boi Association of Buritizeira da Vila Barroso Park – Presentation At Buritizeira Park there is an Enchanted Boi – Zé Doca
- Cultural Folk Association Tambor de Crioula Alegria de São Benedito – Presentation of the Tambor de Crioula Alegria de São Benedito: Irreverência e Alegria (D. Teodora) – São João Batista
- Oriente Folklore Cultural and Beneficent Association – Presentation of Bumba Meu Boi Oriente – São Luís
- Associação Junina Cultural Penalvense – Presentation of Bumba Meu Boi de Penalva in the neighborhood of Fátima – São Luís
- Maracanã Recreation, Folklore and Cultural Association – Maracanã Tradition Presentation. Bumba Meu Boi de Maracanã – São Luís
- Recreational, Folklore and Beneficent Association of Iguaíba – Presentation of the Boi de Iguaíba – Paço do Lumiar
- Augusto Nascimento Aguiar – Classic Show in Maranhão – São Luís
- Cena Roots Band – Disparo Contra o Sol Show – São Luís
- Batuque de São Benedito – Presentation of the Batuque de São Benedito – Carutapera
- Bloco Maracatu Rei do Samba da Nova Brasília by Pindaré Mirim – Presentation of Maracatu Rei do Samba da Nova Brasília – Pindaré Mirim
- Boi de Cofo Alegria do Quilombo (Vila Fé em Deus) – Presentation Boi de Cofo Alegria do Quilombo – Santa Rita
- Bumba Meu Boi Brilho da Liberdade – Presentation of Bumba Meu Boi Brilho da Liberdade – São Luís
- Boizinho Encantado Protection of Santo Antônio (Mimo) – Presentation Playing with the Boizinho Encantado – São Luís
- Bumba Boi Brilho de São João Novo Boi de Viana – Presentation of the Novo Boi de Viana – São Luís
- Bumba Meu Boi Capricho de São João – Presentation of Bumba Meu Boi Capricho de São João – Pindaré Mirim
- Bumba Meu Boi da Floresta – Sociedade Junina Turma de São João Batista – Enchantment, Tradition and Magic of the Toy of the Forest – São Luís
- Bumba Meu Boi Tremor da Campina – Presentation of Bumba Meu Boi Tremor da Campina – São José de Ribamar
- Cantadores do Munim – Presentation of Cantadores do Munim – Icatu/Morros/Axixá and Cachoeira Grande
- Combo 363 – Sambossajazz Show – São Luís
- Diego Janatã and Djuena Tikuna – Show Wiyagü – São Luís
- Dona Nenga Sambadeira (Quilombo NS da Conceição) – Show I'm Bamba, My Samba is a Prayer – Santa Rita
- Dona Roxa Dorneles (Raimunda Nonata de Oliveira Dorneles) – Show Cantigas by Dona Roxa Dorneles from Centro Grande – Axixá
- Emanuel Jesus – Show Eletro Baile – São Luís
- Emanuele and the Saviors – Show Renascer – São Luís
- Erivaldo Gomes – Show The Journey is You! – St. Louis
- Complete Feijoada – Show O Samba Called Me – São Luís
- Reisado Filho de Elesbão de Nossa Senhora Group – Presentation of the Reisado Filho de Elesbão de Nossa Senhora – Timon
- Boi Vencedor Folklore Group – Presentation of Boi Vencedor – Bacabal
- Folklore and Cultural Group Tambor de Crioula São Francisco (Master Maria de Geraldo) – Presentation Come to Roda Pungar no Tambor – Bacabal
- Jayr Torres – Friday Musical Jazz Show – São José de Ribamar
- Joãozinho Ribeiro – Choros, Sambas & Songs Show – São Luís
- Lelê de São Simão – Presentation of Lelê de São Simão and its Centenaries – Rosário
- Luiz Júnior Maranhão – Quinteto Show – São Luís
- Manoel Barro s Martins – Viva São Gonçalo Presentation – São João Batista / São Luís
- Mestre Pedro da Rabeca and Romeu Bravo do Forró – Show Mestre Pedro da Rabeca and Romeu Bravo do Forró – Timon
- Mestre Tunico (Boi da Fé em Deus) – Show Mestre Tunico, an enchanter of tunes! – St. Louis
- Only Fuego – Show Heat – São Luís
- Guajajaras Orchestra – Show Toca Brasil – São Luís
- Paca do Pandeiro – Roots of My Land – Alcântara
- Paulinho Akomabu and Band – Show Paulinho Akomabu – São Luís
- Punga to São Benedito do Quilombo Bom Jesus (Drum de Crioula do Médio Mearim) – Presentation of the Punga to São Benedito do Quilombo Bom Jesus – Lima Campos
- Ribão de Oludu ( José de Ribamar de Jesus Pereira) – Show Mestre Sings the Mestres – São Luís
- Saci Teleleu – Show Pret@ – São Luís
- Sandra Duailibe – Girlfriend of the Sun Show – São Luís
- Seu Raimundinho and Forró Pé no Chão – Show No Forró by Jackson do Pandeiro – São Luís
- Tadeu Carvalho and Willame Belfort – Singing and Piano Recital – Codó
- Crioula Drum of the Brotherhood of São Benedito – Antônio Lopes da Cunha Beneficent Association – Presentation Come Pungar, Baiadeira – Cantanhede
- Rampa Piqui Creole Drum – Presentation of the Rampa Piqui Creole Drum – Vargem Grande
- São Benedito do Só Assim Creole Drum – Presentation of the São Benedito do Só Assim Creole Drum – Alcântara
- Mimo Crioula Drum from São Benedito – Presentation of the Mimo Crioula Drum from São Benedito (Maria Luiza Carvalho) – São Luís
- Punga Creole Drum of the Men from Quilombo Quebra – Presentation of the Punga Creole Drum of the Men – Anajatuba
- União dos Brincantes de Bumba Meu Boi do Povoado de Enseada Grande – Presentation of Bumba Meu Boi do Povoado Enseada Grande – Matinha
- Wendell Cosme – Contemplation Show – São Luís
- Yhago Sebaz – Half Bitter Show – São Luís
- Zé Alberto – Toadas da Vida Entire Show – São Luís
- Zé Lopes (José Lopes Filho) – Drum Crioulo Show – Bacabal
- Zeca do Cavaco – Show Samba da Minha Terra – São Luís
SHOWS
- Casa do Sol Arts Company – Urias de Oliveira Filho – Show A Solitude by Don Quixote – São Luís
- Cia Direto da Fonte – The Wedding Show – São Luís
- Teatro do Redentor Collective – Amor Obsessivo Show – São Luís
- Silvana Raposo Cartágenes – Kabupe Show, The Flying Horse – São Luís
EVENT
- DJ Vanessa Serra and guests – Maranhão Vinyl & Poetry Fair – São Luís