Experience the Atlantic Festival for yourself 02 <> 25 June
02 to 25
The Atlantic Festival, organized by the Regional Secretariat for Tourism and Culture, through the Regional Tourism Board, celebrates the arrival of summer on Madeira and Porto Santo Islands with fireworks and music.
The Madeira International Fireworks Contest includes three pyromusical shows which take place on the first three Saturdays of June and can be seen along the entire bay of Funchal over 20 minutes. This edition counts on the participation of pyrotechnic companies from three countries: France, Mexico and Switzerland. The objective is to attain the “Atlantic Trophy”, awarded by a jury, as well as the “Madeira Belongs to All Trophy” awarded by the public. The vote
can be cast in tombolas placed in the La Vie shopping centre, at the Tourist Office of the Regional Tourism Board in Avenida Arriaga, as well as at the Funchal Pier, the night of the show.
In Praça do Povo, in Funchal, in addition to the event programme, a weekly summer sunset will take place. From Thursday to Sunday, from 16:00 to 00:00, a small market with regional flavours and entertainment, consisting of music performances and dance shows, will be open to the public providing genuine relaxing moments.
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Friday
Machico
Sixteenth Century Market
23:00
Opening of the Atlantic Festival with the Piromusical Show, by the Portuguese company Macedo’s Pirotecnia, under the theme “Rituals”.
The Sixteenth Century Market (Mercado Quinhentista), organized by the Machico Primary and Secondary School in collaboration with the Machico City Hall, consists of three days of recreating the collective activities of the 16th century in the noble village of Machiquo. This year it will be held on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June from 16:00 to 00:00.
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03 Saturday
Funchal – Praça do Povo 22:30
Madeira International Fireworks Contest - Pyromusical Show - representing France, the company BREZAC Artifices, presents the theme “The 5th element”.
The Madeira International Fireworks Contest consists of three pyromusical shows on the first three Saturdays of June. The firework is set off from the Pier of the Funchal Port and can be seen along the entire bay of, during 20 minutes.
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Thursday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
20:00
Music performance
Live music by various regional bands performing from jazz to pop-rock, which also include dance performances.
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Friday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
20:00
Music performance
22:00
Multimedia Shows - “Genesis – From the Origin to the Creation of Madeiran Culture”
This show invites the public to connect with the spirituality of Madeiran rituals, namely religious processions and pilgrimages, through a video jockey in an impressive combination of special multimedia effects with medium-sized projection images, animation and 3D graphics. The music will merge the traditional Bailinho with electronic rhythms, creating movement and flow in the performance.
10 Saturday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
18:00
Dance show
20:00
Music performance
22:00
Multimedia Shows - “Digital Natives –An immersive journey through Madeiran rituals”
A giant screen with a 3D effects will immerse the public, over the course of 20 minutes, in a journey through time and space relating to the history of Madeira Island by using sound, light, theatrical smoke, video and fireworks technology.
22:30
Madeira International Fireworks ContestPyromusical Show - representing Mexico, the company PIROTECNIA REYES S DE RL DE CV, presents the theme “Sing Dance Madeira”.
11 Sunday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
20:00
Music performance
12 to 18
Central Walkway of Avenida Arriaga Regional Arts Week
A week filled with various artistic performances, transforming Funchal City into a creativity area with music, dancing, singing, movement and cinema. The project is under the responsibility of the Regional Education Department.
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15 to 17
Funchal – Praça do Povo
21:00 – 00:00
12th Atlantic Roots Festival
One of the oldest European World Music festivals and the oldest nationally, organized by the Regional Culture Board. This festival brings the most famous names in world music to the bay of Funchal, taking the public on a journey through world rhythms.
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Friday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
22:00
Multimedia Shows - “Genesis – From the Origin to the Creation of Madeiran Culture”
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Saturday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
18:00 – 20:30
Youth Festival Voices of our School
Event promoted by the Regional Secretariat for Education, Science and Technology, through the Artistic Education Department, whose main objective is to promote the solo voices of young singers from the 2nd and 3rd cycles of primary education on Madeira Island.
22:00
Multimedia Shows - “Digital Natives – An immersive journey through Madeiran rituals”
22:30
Madeira International Fireworks Contest - Pyromusical Show – representing Switzerland, La Pirotecnica SAGL di Colombo, under the theme “Icons – Legends of Rock”
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Sunday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
20:00
Dance show
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Thursday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
20:00
Music performance 23 to 25
Funchal – Praça do Povo
32nd Bread Fair
Organized for over 20 years by the Funchal Lions Club, the Regional Bread Fair aims to raise funds for the club’s social projects. Each edition of this event counts on music entertainment.
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Friday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
20:00
Music performance
21:30
Circus Arts Show – WICCA
Avant-garde performance by dancers who fuse contemporary dance with acrobatics, percussionists, trapeze artists, fire jugglers and fire-eaters in rites of passage through the sun, water and fire elements, in a unique and magical 45 minute journey.
Porto Santo – Old City Pier of Vila Baleira
00:00
Closing Pyromusical Show under the theme “Rituals”
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Saturday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
18:00
Dance show
20:00
Music performance
21:30
Circus Arts Show – WICCA
22:30
Closing Pyromusical Show by Macedo’s Pirotecnia, from Portugal, under the theme “Rituals”
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Sunday
Funchal – Praça do Povo
20:00
Music performance
21:30
Circus Arts Show – WICCA
AND STILL…
Digital Atlantic
Keep yourself informed about this festival by consulting the digital format, with the detailed programme, namely on the official Visit Madeira website, Madeira Events and on social media at: www.visitmadeira.com www.facebook.com/ visitmadeiraofficial www.instagram.com/visitmadeira/ www.eventsmadeira.com
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