ENSEADA – Funchal Arts Festival

For three days, Funchal itself becomes the stage.** ENSEADA** turns the city's gardens, squares and old-town streets into an open-air arts festival, bringing together concerts, street theatre, puppet shows, folk parades, workshops and art installations across multiple locations in the historic centre.

The programme leans heavily on Madeiran talent, featuring newly commissioned works and projects by local artists and cultural associations. A standout feature is Montras com Arte: dozens of shops along Rua da Sé, Rua das Pretas, Rua Ivens and other central streets become temporary galleries, with contemporary art pieces displayed in their windows.

Main stages: Auditório do Jardim Municipal, Praça Amarela, Largo do Corpo Santo, with additional activities spread across the old town.

Programme

10:00 — Folk group parade: Santa Rita (Mercado dos Lavradores), Imaculado Coração de Maria (Praça Amarela), Santo António (Largo do Pelourinho), MonteVerde (Rua da Carreira), Boa Nova (Frente ao TMBD), São Martinho (Largo do Chafariz) — ending at Praça do Município

15:00 — "Roda de Oleiro" pottery workshop with Miguel Ramos, Museu A Cidade do Açúcar

16:00 — Banda Filarmónica de Sto António (Largo do Corpo Santo), Banda Municipal do Funchal (Praça Amarela), Banda Distrital do Funchal (Frente à Sé)

17:30 — "Vibrações entre traços e silhuetas" by DARTE Madeira, with STG, Mix Fx and Luis Daio, Largo do Corpo Santo

18:00 — Concert: Sfil, Praça Amarela

19:00 — Concert: Valavala by Babi Campos, Praça Amarela

20:00 — "Maria(s)" by Constança Jesus, Francisca Jardim, Tomás Soares and Stephanie Ornelas, Largo do Corpo Santo

20:30 — "100 Years of Miles and Coltrane" by the Funchal Jazz Orchestra, Auditório Jardim Municipal

21:30–22:00 — "Lúmen: Uma História de Amor" by S.A. Marionetas — procession from Campo da Barca (21:30) to Praça do Município (22:00)