Events

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,taking place between the 13th and 15th of June.

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, held om July, 6th and 7th.

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

Santa Catarina Park hosts the seventh edition of the Summer Opening Festival.

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 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.

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

The Regional Directorate for Culture promotes the Madeira Organ Festival, organizing a set of twelve concerts, headlined by nationally and internationally renowned Master Organ players.