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Carnaval in Funchal, Madeira, 26 February to 9 March

PC Staff — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:37:00 +0000

Carnaval season is here…and no one celebrates these pre-Lenten festivities quite like the city and people of Funchal on Madeira Island. For 12 days, the city is decorated with in festive colors and lights. Residents and visitors alike flood the streets in brightly adorned costumes. And pure joy and celebration radiates form the streets. Carnaval takes place every year just prior to the beginning of the Lenten holiday. For 2025, the party starts Wednesday the 26th of February to Sunday, […]

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Atlantic Festival in Madeira, 6-29 June 2025 – Arts, Music & Fireworks

Greg Boegner — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 13:14:00 +0000

Summer 2025 has officially begun on the Island of Madeira. The Atlantic Festival is Madeira’s month-long celebration of arts, music and culture. Lots of fun scheduled throughout June, but certainly the highlights occur on Saturday nights with a major fireworks and music. The Atlantic Festival usually runs throughout the month of June. The 2025 program is still in development. Check back soon for more information about events and performances. However, it is the internationally famous fireworks pyromusical that is what […]

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Casa das Mudas – Contemporary Arts Center in Madeira

Greg Boegner — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:09:00 +0000

Who says you have to be in a cosmopolitan city to enjoy the arts? Certainly not the residents of Madeira, who embrace all forms of artist expression on their island paradise. In fact, Madeira is home to an internationally renowned arts center which makes its home in a striking, contemporary, cliff-top complex known as the Casa das Mudas. Located in Calheta, just 20 minutes from the capitol city of Funchal, the Casa das Mudas Arts Center was built to promote […]

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Madeira Wine Festival in Funchal

Greg Boegner — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:51:28 +0000

It’s time for wine in Madeira! The Madeira Wine Festival honors the grape harvest with a celebration of traditional local heritage and wine production. Centered in downtown Funchal, the festival also embraces European Folklore Week with exhibitions, re-enactments and decorations depicting the ages-old culture of wine making. The Madeira Wine Festival always runs for two weeks at the end of August. The central walkway of Avenida Arriaga plays host to exhibits of tools used in the art of viticulture (presses, […]

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Madeira Flower Festival in Funchal

PC Staff — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:08:32 +0000

Once again, the city of Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira celebrates Spring with a brilliant…and fragrant…week-long spectacle. It’s the Madeira Festival of Flowers. Buildings, parks, streets and children (!) all get decorated during the festivities. Every year, the festival pays tribute to the many centuries Funchal has been a port-of-call to international travelers. The Festival of Flowers takes place for three weeks beginning mid April. Due to its ideal climate, foliage and flowers abound on Madeira. Flower species […]

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