Nine are the islands of the Azores, each island celebrates differently, distinct and only their parties. In festivaleira adventure, the nine islands of the Azores capture, call and entice visitors and local to celebrate the best that life offers, a lot of joy, great joy and happiness.

A religious tradition that takes place in the Azores Islands, from May to September, is the Feast of the Holy Spirit, taking as party nerve center called the “empires”. The secular party of the Holy Christ of Miracles, where it is venerated Christ image deposited in the Convent of Hope, in Ponta Delgada, a party that lasts three days around the fifth Sunday after Easter. Another tradition are the Pilgrims of St. Michael, typically São Miguel, groups of men who roam the island on foot at the time of Lent, visiting churches and hermitages who venerate the image of Mary. Starting from the parish of Ribeira Seca, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, the Cavalhadas of St. Peter, taking place on 29 June, consist of a parade of horsemen dressed in colorful costumes, with a king, knights, lancers, stewards and trumpeters, as they ride their horses also ornamented. But the Carnival is a time lived with fervor in Ponta Delgada, from the “Battle of Limas, a tradition that remains alive, in which groups battle it out on the city streets using different” weapons “full of water to wet the opponent. Yet this festive season integrates curious galas with “revelers” dressed strictly in a tuxedo and evening gown. The carnival Corsican derive a bit all over the island, attracting many participants and enthusiasts. In the celebrations of the patron saint of each parish together the bailaricos and philharmonic concerts. The celebration of New Year’s Eve in Ponta Delgada has gained new momentum with the Portas do Mar, where its marina and cruise ship terminal serve as a stage for musical performances and exhibitions, welcoming bars and restaurants that contribute to the nightlife of City.

A festive island, much more than a slogan, it is a reality in the Terceira people preserve and value their moments of festivities. Starting with the Feast of the Holy Spirit that are centered on Empires picturesque, they are lived with intensity during the eight weeks to mediate between Easter Sunday and the Sunday of the Trinity give rise to functions and bodos that animate the different locations on the island . In the Carnival period the Carnival dances typical singularly manifest a popular theater for three days, Terceira go to the street or gather in the halls not to lose the “dances” or “bailinhos”, in which members of each group interpret a plot where the satire is present. The Sanjoaninas are the feasts dedicated to St. John occupying the Angra do Heroísmo streets for ten days of June, between parades, concerts, bullfights square or rope, pubs snacks, theater and firework -artifício, sporting events, without missing the highlight in the parade represented by popular marches. Already in August, the Victoria Beach presents an event filled poster and proposals as parties Beach, which include bullfights, exhibitions, shows, gastronomic fair, concerts and nautical sporting events. In early September, the Festival of Vine and Wine gladden the biscuits, land winemaking tradition. The city of Angra do Heroísmo becomes a stage in two music festivals, the AngraRock festival, which takes place in September and the Angrajazz festival in October, with performances that complement the musical tradition of the island, expressed in songs the challenges that remain today, in Terceira parties being animated by singers who improvise verses to delight the audience. Already the bullfighting tradition, an ancestor event in Third, it maintains several active bull farmers, these activities are divided into square bullfights and typical rope bullfights where the bull runs through the streets of the town jail for a long safe rope by a group of men. In this taurine season usually occurs from May to October.

Across the Feast of the Holy Spirit in Pico island also held a party in devotion to the Lord Jesus Miraculous Good. By the 6th of August in Matthew begin the veneration of festivities to the original image of Brazil and exposed in the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus Miraculous. In the village of Madalena, the festival dedicated to the patron saint St. Mary Magdalene, contains religious, sporting and cultural events that animate July. In São Roque, the August Pier guides musical shows with craft shows and sporting events. In Lajes, the Whaling Week honors those who participated in this important Azorean socio-economic activity, along with an eclectic program that animates the end of summer. Already in September, the village of Madalena presents with the Feasts of the harvest, with the camp and ethnographic evocations based on the cultivation of vines. As for the race whaling boats are very symbolic on the island of Pico, where the races are made in wooden boats with space for up to six paddlers, scoring regular presence at various parties and have stiffer disputes with coming crews from all over the island and other “islands of the triangle.”

The June 24 is marked to Saint-Baroque festival, which dates back to the times of colonization of the island by noblemen coming from Third, your pilgrimage moves philharmonic across the island to Largo Jaime Melo, where is located the hermitage built by the noble devotees of Saint John. music concerts, folk dances, popular marches parade marking the feast day, characterized by the families and friends who take dairy cattle to eat outdoors or stop at pubs to enjoy the snacks of local cuisine. Despite the Feast of the Holy Spirit is also tradition in Faial, a great religious manifestation of the island is Our Party Lady of Anguish in the procession and popular celebrations fill the streets of Horta on the sixth Sunday after Easter, a celebration that dates back the settlement time to and brought an image of Flanders. On 1 February each year, the City Council meets a secular vote, with procession and prayers in the church of Our Lady of Grace in Praia Almoxarife, a tradition started in 1718, when the people were filled with fears of eruption volcanic elapsing in Santa Luzia, on the island of Pico. Already in August, the blue sea dominates the festivities on 1 commemorates Senhora da Guia Festival with a procession of boats escort the image of the Virgin from the beach of Porto Pim to the port of Horta; the animation continues with the Week of the Sea, which was initially dedicated to yachtsmen, now this week party is shared by Faial and visitors with an extensive program of activities and musical performances, handicraft exhibitions, fair food, regattas of whaling boats and various sports competitions of water sports that animate the bays of Horta and Porto Pim.

The Feast of the Emigrant honors the Florentines who left in search of better living conditions, but that never fail to return annually to the motherland, a popular celebration, a place of reunion of old friends, marking the island’s calendar during the month July. On 24 June, it is celebrated St. John’s feast, a devotion to the patron saint dating back to settlers coming from the Third and remained over the centuries. As in the other islands of the archipelago, the Feast of the Holy Spirit takes place from May to September, when this service gets especially colorful atmosphere in Santa Cruz, with arches of flowers that adorn the streets.

The festival dedicated to the saint who lent the name to the island, St. George, runs around the April 23, where events are in the municipality of Velas and include a procession, musical performances and exhibitions. During the Cultural Week of Velas, this anima St. George and other “islands triangle” during the month of July, with a compound of lectures program, lectures, book fair, nautical events, musical and gastronomic fair, attracting and pleasing all tastes and makes the village of Velas a lively place. Later this month, the village of Calheta organizes the July Festival, full of ethnographic parades, folk music, sports events and exhibitions. Already the festivals taking place in the various coves are times when religious devotion and popular folk festivals hold hands and do not miss the traditional folk songs played viola da earth. Finally, the Feast of the Holy Spirit mobilize local and outsiders, elapsing between May and September, as the other islands of the archipelago.

Even with little population, the Feast of the Holy Spirit is still alive around the colorful empire Raven Village, which dates back to 1871. On 15 August, a camp and religious ceremonies unite for the celebrations around Our lady of Miracles. Already the integrated mills Festival in celebration of the island’s patron saint, together bands from other places to the local philharmonic, for a couple of days full of animation. Already in September, during the closure of the summer holidays, awaits the camp that follows the procession in honor of Our Lady of Good Way.

This has a size and quality of parties, popular dances, philharmonic concerts, celebrations of the patrons of the parish, or the famous Carnival Balls. Since traditional dances and fashions that mantêm- alive because of the passion for musicality that pervades the whole population, extending throughout the year, allying the Musical Academy of Graciosa Island. During the week of Carnival, the various communities of the island revelers organize parades, dancing costumed strictly with masks and original costumes. Already the Feast of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, which takes place in August is associated with the religious component and other types of events such as musical performances and folk dancing that streamline the historic streets of Santa Cruz. As in the rest of the archipelago, the Festivities of the Holy Spirit are rooted on the island, starting in May and ending in September.

The Feast of the Holy Spirit animate Santa Maria from April to the summer. However, it is in August that the island gets new colors and liveliness, where the animation starts with the Rally of Santa Maria, a tradition in the calendar of motor racing. The middle of this month, follows the Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption, the patron saint of the island, in the village of Porto centralizes a set of activities with religious character ceremonies in hand the camps, concerts, craft and food fairs. The arrival of August Tide culminates this month of revelry, a festival dedicated to world music that has an international reputation, attracting visitors from several stops, just to listen to music at night and rest on the beach during the day.