The Atlantic Festival

Pyromusical Shows

The four pyro musical shows last for about 20 minutes. The fireworks blast at 10.30pm at the entrance of the harbor (commonly designated as "Pontinha"). It takes place during all four Saturdays of June namely, the 3rd, 10th 17th and 24th.

Atlantic Roots Festival

The festival came out in 1994 and is one of the oldest traditional music festivals. Every year, the event promotes local traditional music, in association with World Music. Its programme has welcomed a wide variety of national and international performers, plus the best groups of traditional Madeiran music.

Regional Arts Week

Regional Arts Week is a cultural initiative whereby shows are presented at various times and locations across the city. Most of the elementary and secondary schools participate, and thousands of students appear on local stages in dozens of shows and artistic interventions held during the week.

The program includes several artistic performances in the areas of Chant, Drama / Theatre, Instrumental, Chordophones Traditional Madeiran Dance, and a painting contest. This event provides the partaking of artistic experiences and work of about 4000 students of the local primary schools and secondary schools, in collaboration with several groups in the field of Special Education, consolidation bonds between local schools and the community, in a perspective of social openness.

History and Traditions

The Madeira Atlantic Festival is one of the most recent tourist entertainment events, which took place for the first time in June of 2002. It is a tourist attraction which is characterized by the combination of fireworks and music.

The Regional Bread Fair

The Regional Bread Fair is an event organized by Funchal's Lions Club and has existed for over 20 years. It usually takes place at Restauração Square ( Largo da Restauração), and has as its aim of raising funds for the club's charity works.

The Popular Saints Festivities

The popular saint's festivities are festivities which are held in several countries, a celebration historically related to the summer solstice pagan festival, celebrated on June 24th. Madeira is no exception and therefore it will be celebrating the occasion by paying tribute of the three popular saints: St Anthony, St John and St Peter. The celebration includes plenty of music, dancing, eating and drinking.