To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista will program Gaivotas no Pátio in 2026, by selecting 4 performing arts projects, one from each of the following areas - theater, dance, music and circus.
The application form will be available from November 1st.
Gaivotas Cultural Center | Boavista
A municipal facility that provides resources to support artistic creation for cultural agents in the city and to train the cultural sector and its professionals.
The selected proposals will be presented between July and September 2026 (on a date to be defined later by the Lisbon City Council (CML) in conjunction with the respective applicants), and will receive a financial contribution, to be paid by the CML, still to be defined, up to a maximum of €2,500 (two thousand five hundred euros) for each project.
Target entities:
- Legal or natural persons (over 18 years of age);
- Dedicated, mostly and professionally, to the performing arts;
- Based in Lisbon or carrying out relevant activity in the city on an ongoing basis.
Selection criteria:
- Project duration up to 60 minutes;
- Project with a maximum of 3 sessions presented in the municipality of Lisbon by the date the application is submitted, and no more presentations in Lisbon by the end of 2026;
- Suitability of the project to the technical conditions of the space, giving preference to projects created for outdoor presentation and itinerancy;
- The artistic relevance and consistency of the project;
- Quality of the artistic team.
To request a technical rider for the space or to book a technical visit, please contact: pologaivotasboavista@cm-lisboa.pt.
Award decision
Evaluation of the proposals by the jury and final decision.
Communicating results
Public announcement of the selected projects during the 10th anniversary celebrations. Start of the monitoring and production phase.
Finished events
Submission of tenders
Formal submission of applications, accompanied by the necessary documentation for artistic and technical evaluation.
The application form will be available on this page from that date.
Technical visits
Visits were made to the proposed presentation space in order to assess the technical and logistical conditions.