The festival is set to take place between 25 of July and 02 of August with national attractions With music, sports, horse parades, social services, and culture, the 10th edition of the Banana Festival in Rodrigues Alves, in the interior of Acre, 625 km from Rio Branco, has been confirmed. The event takes place from 28 of July to 3 of August. During the first three days of the fair, it will be the celebration of the 34 years of the municipality's foundation, celebrated on 28 of July.
The goal is to showcase the city's banana production potential. 📲 Join the g1 channel on WhatsApp To Rede Amazônica Acre, Mayor Salatiel Magalhães said the administration will publish a public notice to call entrepreneurs to exhibit products at the event. According to the mayor, two national attractions are confirmed for the fair.
On 29 of July, the attraction will be gospel singer Samuel Mariano. On 2 of August, the show by singer Léo Magalhães will close the festival. Léo Magalhães is confirmed as a national attraction for the Banana Festival in Rodrigues Alves Reproduction/Instagram READ ALSO: Expoacre Juruá 2026: Thirty entrepreneurs are expected to exhibit during the Cruzeiro do Sul fair Expoacre 2026: Leonardo, Natanzinho Lima, and Father Fábio de Melo are confirmed in Cruzeiro do Sul See who are the candidates for the title of Queen of the Expoacre Juruá Rodeo 2026 Family farming The basis of the economy in Rodrigues Alves is family farming.
In addition to cassava flour, banana is one of the most cultivated products by the municipality's farmers. In the city, there is a processing factory for banana derivatives, coordinated by the Cooperative of Family Agriculture and Solidarity Economy of Juruá (Cooperfam), which has more than 100 associates. The Banana Festival is already in its 10th edition Ascom/City Hall According to the cooperative's president, Maria Cordelia, the festival is the main moment for strengthening the banana production chain.
"That's why the Banana Festival was created here, because there is a lot of banana," she summarized. Annually, the festival brings together the exhibition and sale of products derived from banana and events related to the agricultural sector. The cooperative, according to the president, will be primarily responsible for manufacturing the derivatives that will be sold during the event. "We are going to make banana sweets, banana bonbons, banana chips, sweet and savory, banana coconut, banana mariola, there's banana sponge cake, there's banana brigadeiro, there's also pirarucu, the casaca we make, there's also the tambaqui we make, everything is made with banana," she explained. Banana is one of the most cultivated products by the farmers of Rodrigues Alves Iryá Rodrigues/G1 In addition to the sale of products, the city's Culture Coordinator, João Paulo Rodrigues, detailed that the Banana Festival will also provide the opportunity for local artists to perform during the festival nights. "We have a concern about including as many local artists as possible in the festival so that we can brighten up our festival," he pointed out. The event's programming will include: Football Championship Finals; Banana Race; Horse Parade; Civic Parade; Collective Marriage from the Citizen Project; Conecta Banana; Rodeo; Shows with regional bands; Farmer's Fair; Motocross Championship Finals; Gospel Night; National Show. Watch the Acre news broadcasts again.
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