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Festivals in Portugal: 2008

Jan 1 New Year's Day Portugal
Early Feb Carnival (Mardi Gras) Portugal
March 16-23 Holy Week (week before Easter) Portugal
March 23 Easter Sunday Portugal
April 25 Freedom Day (commemorates Carnation Revolution that ended fascist regime; parades, fireworks, closures) Portugal
May-June Algarve Music Festival Algarve
May 1 Labor Day (closures) Portugal
May 1 Ascension Day (religious festival) Portugal
May 13 Pilgrimage to Fátima Fátima
June 10 Portuguese National Day ("Dia de Portugal," closures) Portugal
June 13 St. Anthony's Day (religious festival) Lisbon
June Lisbon City Festival ("Festas da Cidade," music, theater) Lisbon
June 13 Pilgrimage to Fátima Fátima
June 29 St. Peter's Day (religious festival) Lisbon
July 13 Pilgrimage to Fátima Fátima
Aug 13 Pilgrimage to Fátima Fátima
Aug 15 Feast of the Assumption (religious festival) Portugal
Aug Oceans Festival ("Festival dos Oceanos," rowing races, fireworks, food fair, theater, film) Lisbon
Sept 13 Pilgrimage to Fátima Fátima
mid-Sept Our Lady of Nazaré Festival ("Romaria da Nossa Senhora de Nazaré," singing, dancing, bullfights, carrying image of Our Lady to the sea) Nazaré
Oct 5 Republic Day (closures) Portugal
Oct 13 Pilgrimage to Fátima Fátima
Nov 1 All Saints' Day (religious festival, closures) Portugal
Dec 1 Independence Restoration Day (closures) Portugal
Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (religious festival) Portugal
Dec 25 Christmas Portugal