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The Fado Festival is a private initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Portugal, Turismo de Portugal, Instituto Camões, among other supports, and is held since 2011.

It has since passed through eight cities on three continents (Europe, Africa and South America).

The initiative aimed to consecrate internationally the elevation of Fado to UNESCO Heritage.

This year is held in Barcelona. The fado singer Carminho takes to the stage on September 2 and 3 the fadista Ana Moura.

You can already see the washed face of Brito Freire Palace, where Café Luso has been registered since 1940, after having changed its original address on Avenida da Liberdade since 1927.

The restoration of the building is in good hands: Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Lisbon.

Café Luso maintains its autonomous existence. Since the beginning of the works, at the end of 2016, it has never interrupted the daily operation (only closes one day a year, the 24 of December).

This festival is aimed at the entire community of the city of Amarante (Porto district), the general public and also all guitar lovers. It will feature big names, with classic guitarists Joaquín Clerch and Goran Krivokapic being the main attractions.

The deadline for entries for the Amarante International Guitar Competition, which runs during the first ten days of September, ends on Tuesday, the 15th.

The invitation is to re-celebrate the Fado in the boxes of Caixa Alfama, to take contact with our identity in the most traditional alleys of this Lisbon neighborhood. Festival Caixa Alfama, between 16 and 16 September.

Names summoned in 2017: António Zambujo, Marina Mota, the Iberian Blood, Gisela João, Maria Amélia Proença, Maria Armanda, Maria da Nazaré, Cidália Moreira, Marco Rodrigues (Adega Machado, Fado & Food Group), António Rocha, Artur Batalha, Filipe Duarte, Nuno Aguiar.

Fado is a major expression of Portuguese cultural identity. This event intends to celebrate Fado, so the Caixa Alfama has the partnership of the Fado Museum.

From 24 July to 7 October

Most of the living generations have read some of the collections of adventure books written by the English author Enid Blyton. The collection The Five will be the most read, among other stories of adventures and diverse characters, among them the Noddy (fictitious personage created, originally published between 1949 and 1963).

The imaginary of the adventures of Blyton’s characters is characterized by suspense, by overcoming the obstacle, by the relationship of the human being with nature, by a moral vision (uplifted) of the universe and by the restoration of the final order, always in natural and cultural landscapes ) Markedly British.

Enid Blyton has published more than 600 works.

This bibliographical exhibition, at the National Library of Portugal, celebrates simultaneously the 75th anniversary of the first adventures of The Five and the 120 years of Enid Blyton’s birth (1897-1968)

Campo Grande, 83

1749-081 Lisbon