Food festivals in Funchal worth planning a trip around, by month.

Festivals through the year

Festa da Flor ★ 4.5

MayLate April into late May, about a month

Funchal's Flower Festival fills Avenida Arriaga and Avenida do Mar with parades, floral installations and street stalls for around a month from late April, with two allegorical parades on separate May Sundays.

Focus: Spring produce, street food stalls and flower parades

Avenida Arriaga, 9000-064 Funchal

Festa do Vinho Madeira ★ 4.7

SeptemberLate August into September, about three weeks

The Madeira Wine Festival runs through the grape harvest across the streets of Funchal and the rural cellars, with tastings, harvest experiences and music in Praça do Povo.

Focus: Madeira wine, harvest and tastings

Avenida Arriaga, 9000-064 Funchal

Festas de Natal e Fim do Ano ★ 4.6

DecemberDecember into early January

Funchal's Christmas and New Year season runs street events all December, with a market selling Madeira wine and sugarcane honey, dawn masses followed by carne de vinha d'alhos, and a harbour fireworks show.

Focus: Carne de vinha d'alhos, Christmas market and the New Year fireworks

Avenida Arriaga, 9000-064 Funchal

Carnaval da Madeira ★ 4.2

FebruaryTwo weeks around Shrove Tuesday

Madeira's Carnival takes over downtown Funchal for the two weeks around Shrove Tuesday, with the Cortejo Alegórico, the satirical Cortejo Trapalhão and around 1,500 costumed participants.

Focus: Street parades, Avenida Arriaga food stalls

Avenida Arriaga, 9000-064 Funchal
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