2024
FÊTES DE SÃO JOÃO (SANJOANINAS)
Angra Do Heroísmo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The archipelago's biggest secular festivals take place on the island of ...Read more
2024
CULTE DU DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO
Religious festival
This astonishing cult has spread to all the islands, with varying degrees ...Read more
2024
SEMAINE DES BALEINIERS
Lajes Do Pico
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
Lajes, south of Pico, celebrates its whalers, a local tradition if ever ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE MARIE-MADELEINE
Madalena
Religious festival
The feast of the patron saint of this small town on Pico is an important ...Read more
2024
PÈLERINAGE DE NOSSA SENHORA DO CARMO
Fajã Dos Vimes
Religious festival
This annual pilgrimage to São Jorge is one of the Azores' most important ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DES ÉMIGRANTS
Lajes Das Flores
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
Every year in Flores, the Emigrants' Festival pays tribute to the (many) ...Read more
2024
SEMAINE CULTURELLE DE VELAS
Velas
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
In the capital of São Jorge, a number of festive and cultural events take ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE SANTO AMARO
Praia Formosa
Religious festival
In the small town of Praia Formosa, on the island of Santa Maria, the feast ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE NOSSA SENHORA DA ASSUNÇÃO
Vila Do Porto
Religious festival
The Feast of the Virgin Mary is an important religious festival throughout ...Read more
2024
CAVALHADAS DE SÃO PEDRO (MARCHAS DE SÃO PEDRO)
Ribeira Seca
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
These festivities only take place at Ribeira Seca, near Ribeira Grande on ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE SANTO CRISTO DOS MILAGRES
Ponta Delgada
Religious festival
This is perhaps the most passionate of all Azorean festivals. Many ...Read more
2024
LES ROMEIROS (GROUPES DE PÈLERINS)
Ponta Delgada
Religious festival
The romeiros are groups of pilgrims to São Miguel who, during Lent, travel ...Read more
2024
PROCESSION DES MALADES
Furnas
Parade
This religious procession is performed by spa-goers, accompanied by the ...Read more
2024
FÊTES DE LA VIGNE ET DU VIN
Biscoitos
Fte gourmande
Since 1992, the Vine and Wine Festival has been celebrated in Biscoitos, ...Read more
2024
FÊTES DE PRAIA
Praia Da Vitória
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
These celebrations commemorate the 1829 battle of the Portuguese civil war ...Read more
2024
BOM JESUS DA PEDRA CELEBRATIONS IN VILA FRANCA
Vila Franca Do Campo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
In Vila Franca, on the island of São Miguel, these festivals are the ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DU SENHOR BOM JESUS MILAGROSO
São Mateus
Religious festival
The island of Pico has a special devotion to the miraculous Good Jesus. ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE NOTRE-DAME DES ANGOISSES
Horta
Religious festival
Faial's first church dates back to the time of settlement, and was built in ...Read more