Porto Special Events
Porto Interceltic Festival, Apr, international Celtic music festival (website: www.discantus.pt)
Fazer a Festa (International Theatre Festival), May, international theatre companies and directors present their work in different venues in the Crystal Palace Gardens (website: www.teatroartimagem.org)
Serralves Festival, Jun, a contemporary arts festival with 40 hours of non-stop music, theatre, art and dance activities at the Serralves Museum and Park (website: www.serralves.pt)
Porto Book Fair, Jun, the city’s biggest book event, bringing editors, publishers and literature lovers together in the Rosa Mota Pavilion (website: www.feiradolivrodoporto.pt)
São João Festival (St John Festival), Jun, is the biggest festival on the Porto calendar, attracting people from all over the country to Porto’s city centre for a huge party that features musical events, barbecueing in the streets, a massive fireworks display and people banging each other on the head with plastic hammers
Grande Prémio do Porto (Vintage Formula One Race), Jul, immensely popular car race with vintage Formula One cars through the streets of Boavista (website: www.circuitodaboavista.com)
Porto Marathon and Half Marathon, Oct, marathon and half marathon attracting many international marathon runners to the city (website: www.maratonadoporto.com)
São Silvestre Running Race City of Porto, Dec, a race that starts and finishes by the Porto City Hall in Praça General Humberto Delgado and takes place at night, during the Christmas festivities, when the city is embellished with Christmas lights (website: www.runporto.com)
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