Festa da Flor ★ 4.5
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.
Carnaval da Madeira is a food festival in Funchal.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Avenida Arriaga, 9000-064 Funchal
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.
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.
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.