Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.ncs.pt
)
One of the best free events of the summer, Out Jazz happens on Fridays and
Sundays from May through September, with a band playing at a different park around the
city each week. DJs follow the live music. Bring a picnic blanket and join the festive sum-
mer crowds.
June
MUSIC
Festival ao Largo
(
www.festivalaolargo.pt
;
Largo de São Carlos)
Free outdoor performances - classical concerts, ballet
and opera - from late June to late July in front of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos.
SAINTLY CELEBRATIONS
Come all ye faithful lovers of
vinho
-swigging, sardine-feasting, dancing and merrymaking to June's
Festas dos
Santos Populares
(Festivals of the Popular Saints), three weeks of midsummer madness. There are a couple of
key saintly festivities:
Festa de Santo António
(Festival of St Anthony) This lively fest is celebrated with particular fervour in Alfama
and Madragoa from June 12 to 13, with feasting, drinking,
bailes
(balls) and some 50
arraiais
(street parties). St
Anthony has a bit of a reputation as a matchmaker.
Lisboêtas
declare their undying love by giving
manjericos
(basil plants) with soppy poems. Around 300 hard-up couples get hitched for free!
Festa de São Pedro
(Festival of St Peter) Lisbon pulls out all the stops for St Peter, the patron saint of fishermen,
from June 28 to 29. There are slap-up seafood dinners and river processions in his barnacled honour.
July
BaixAnima
Baixa's summertime shindig entertains the crowds for free on weekends from July to
September with circus acts and live music, improvised theatre and mime.
CULTURE
Delta Tejo
(
www.deltatejo.com
)
Alto Ajuda's environmentally sustainable festival stages three days of
live music under a starry sky - from reggae and fado to mellow Brazilian grooves.
MUSIC
August
MUSIC
Jazz em Agosto
