{"id":14007,"date":"2026-04-02T20:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=14007"},"modified":"2026-10-05T22:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:45:52","slug":"festival-santo-antonio-marchas-populares-lisbona-portogallo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/portugal\/lisbon\/festival-santo-antonio-marchas-populares-festas-de-lisboa-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Santo Ant\u00f3nio \/ Marchas Populares - Festas de Lisboa, Portogallo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Festas de Lisboa are a month-long series of traditional celebrations held every June in Lisbon. The festival is dedicated primarily to Saint Anthony of Lisbon, the city\u2019s patron saint, whose feast day is celebrated on 12\u201313 June. In 2026 the festivities ran throughout June, with the peak on the night of 12 to 13 June, when Lisbon transforms into a large open-air street festival; the next big night is expected on 12\u201313 June 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The celebrations take place across the entire city, but the most atmospheric locations are the historic neighborhoods such as Alfama, Bairro Alto, Mouraria, and Gra\u00e7a. These districts are decorated with colorful streamers, lanterns, and arches, while narrow streets fill with music, dancing, and food stalls. The atmosphere is informal and lively, with locals and visitors gathering late into the night in what are known as arraiais\u2014traditional street parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the highlights for tourists is the Marchas Populares, a colorful parade on the evening of 12 June along Avenida da Liberdade: from 21:00 about 20 neighbourhood groups, each with 80 to 100 marchers, compete with choreographed performances, costumes and music. Watching from the avenue is free, while the competition shows at the MEO Arena in late May are ticketed. Another key tradition is the Santo Ant\u00f3nio weddings (Casamentos de Santo Ant\u00f3nio), when 16 couples marry in a public ceremony sponsored by the city on 12 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il cibo ha un ruolo centrale nella festa. Le sardine alla griglia servite sul pane, insieme a vino o birra locali, sono il piatto simbolo della stagione. In tutta la citt\u00e0, i visitatori possono ascoltare musica dal vivo che spazia dal fado tradizionale ai brani di danza popolare, oltre a spettacoli spontanei per le strade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Un mese di feste di strada nei quartieri storici di Lisbona con sardine alla griglia, la sfilata delle Marchas Populares e i matrimoni di Santo Ant\u00f3nio; prossimo culmine il 12\u201313 giugno 2027.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1045,995,387,1025],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisbon","category-entertainment","category-events","category-portugal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14007"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17008,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007\/revisions\/17008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}