Events

The Madeira Dig Festival is a noteworthy high quality cultural event held between the 8th to 13th December, that highlights Madeira as an attractive tourist destination for a young and active segment.

The Casa do Povo da Boaventura, located in the village of Fajã do Penedo, in the municipality of São Vicente, promotes from December,10th to 11th, the "ChristmasTraditional delicacies exhibition".

From 16th to 24th December, Madeira celebrates one of its main Christmas traditions: the Childbirth Masses.

Christmas Flavours is an event organized by the Casa do Povo de Campanário (Community Centre), due to take place on the 17th and 18th of December.

Shopping for the final Christmas gifts on the night of the 23rd of December is a tradition that leads thousands of Madeireans to the Market streets in Funchal.
 

Praça do Povo will be center stage of two concerts: one held during  New Year's Eve and the second, shortly after the stroke of midnight.

The Tour of the City of Funchal is an event promoted by the Madeira Athletics Association and considered one of the oldest of its kind in Portugal and Europe.

This is one of the oldest and most popular traditions in Madeira celebrated a little all over the island, a ritual that brings together families, friends and neighbours who come out to the streets to "sing the epiphany” or “Janeiras” from door to door.