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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.
Festa do Vinho 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 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.
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.
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.