Events

During 2018, it will take place a new cultural initiative, where several music groups will present their work at museums located in Funchal.

Aleste Festival is one of the latest cultural events dedicated specially to music, a musical festival commitment to improve the diversity and the quality music concerts in Madeira Island.

Promoted by the Regional Culture Bureau (DRC) this event is considered to be one of the oldest traditional music festivals of the World Music genre both in Europe and Portugal, to be held from June,14th to 16th.

From July, 7th to 8th the municipality of Santana hosts this iconic ethnographic festival, which is a hallmark at both a regional and national level, for fostering and promoting the cultural heritage and the culinary traditions of this emblematic municipality of the northern Madeira island.

Funchal Jazz Festival, organised by Funchal City Hall, is held in the open air at Santa Catarina Park.

Santa Catarina Park hosts the sixth edition of the NOS Madeira Summer Opening.

The village of Ponta do Sol annually welcomes this festival, an initiative promoted by the Ponta do Sol Folklore Group, in collaboration with the local Municipal Council, to be held on August,26th.

Organized by the Folklore and Ethnographic group of Boa Nova, this cultural initiative aims to disseminate the rich cultural heritage of Madeira by presenting its ethnography and folklore in an intercultural gathering with plenty of entertainment.

The Estalagem da Ponta do Sol, in collaboration with Madeira Tourism Board, the company “Urbanistas” and the Madeira Music Conservatoire, hosts another edition of “L Concerts".