Free activities for the festive season
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Celebrate Christmas in Porto, with amazing free shows and delicious treats.
The city of Porto lights up this festive season! All around town, Porto City Hall offers thrilling holiday activities till 7 January. Take a pic!!!
21 December
- Contemporary dance performance "Silence is Sexy" produced by Balleteatro and performed by 17 second grade students of this professional school.
Venue: Av. dos Aliados (next to the Christmas Tree) | Timetable: 5.30 pm/5.45 pm
- Music moments by a travelling choir, from Project "Ópera de Bolso", conducted by Maestro António Sérgio Ferreira.
Venue: the choir performs through the city's squares and streets and delivers a final performance at Avenida dos Aliados (next to the Christmas Tree) Timetable: 7 pm
- "Cartão Pensado" is a paperboard workshop for children and adults to build decorative artefacts.
Venue: Bolhão Street, number 42-44 | Timetable: 3 pm and 7 pm - 21, 22 and 23 December
- "Hora do Conto" [Time for a Story]: word by word, image by image, the story unveils for children aged 6 and plus.
Venue: Avenida dos Aliados (Bibliocar) | Timetable: 11 am
22 December
- From Porto to the world, this is the final stage of the "Miúdos para Miúdos" Project [Kids for Kids]. Oriented by Saphir Cristal, a choir of 50 children and youths will sing and dance music from the world.
Venue: Avenida dos Aliados (next to the Christmas Tree) | Timetable: 5.30 pm - concerts on 22 and 23 December
- "Hora do Conto" [Time for a Story]: The history of St. Nicholas for pre-School Education and Primary School children.
Venue: Casa do Infante | Booking: 222 060 423
- Recycling workshops to children ranging from 6 years onwards.
Venue: Avenida dos Aliados (Bibliocar) | Timetable: 2.30 pm
23 December
- Individual performance space Portocity // Micro Satellite for city artists that mingle their art with artists from other countries.
Venue: Fernandes Tomás Street | Timetable: 5 pm
- Puppet show: the story of the Snail that has Discovered the Importance of Slowness, integrated in the programming inspired in the memoirs of each city bandstand.
Venue: Bandstand of Marquês | Timetable: 3 pm/ 3.45 pm
- Creative workshop of glove puppets inspired by the story of the animals of the Dandelions country.
Venue: Bandstand of Marquês | Timetable: 4 m/ 4.45 pm