EXPERIMENTACULO ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL

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Experimentáculo is a youth organisation established in Setubal, Portugal in 2006.  The organisation implements various programmes aimed at empowering young people and supporting their activism in the local community of Setubal. The main areas of work are youth mobility, youth entrepreneurship, art and culture.  Experimentáculo organises diverse activities based primarily on non-formal education methods and active participation of young people. An important part of the work of the organisation is organising international youth exchanges and trainings, as well as sending and hosting volunteers within European Voluntary Service (EVS).
On a local level Experimentáculo organizes and promotes many cultural events. Experimentáculo was the promoter of FUMO, a summer music festival that happened between 2010 and 2015, and was the promoter of FUMINHO, a mini-version of FUMO festival that happened in 2021, after the pandemic of covid-19. Experimentáculo collaborates with the local Casa da Cultura of Setubal, where is in charge of one musical gig every month. Experimentáculo was also the founder and the promoter of Setubal Cinema Club, that ran from 2008 until 2016, and produces short movies and documentaries from local young directors.