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Santa Maria Festivities 2025

Santa Maria Festivities 2025

Organized by

Câmara Municipal de Ourique

Friday 15 August – Saturday 16 August

10:00–03:00

Free

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Santa Maria Festivities 2025 | See the full program!

There are moments in the year that speak louder. The Feast of Santa Maria is one of those occasions. It's time to return to the town, to see the streets full, to smell the smells, to hear the voices, to see those we haven't seen for a long time. It's a time to meet again - with ourselves, with others and with our memories.

This year, we're back with a program that honours our traditions and makes room for the joy of young and old, those who live here all year round and those who only return at this time, but have never stopped being here. Ourique is once again the scene of the traditional Santa Maria Festivities.

There's music for all tastes - with well-known names such as Nininho Vaz Maia, the Anjos and the Odemira Quintet Trio - but there are also dances, parades, processions, garraiadas, sardines, exhibitions, choral groups, markets, DJs and so much life going on.

The ouriquenses' festival

It's the festival that remembers the time when the residents themselves used their hands to make the flowers that would adorn the town's streets, and at the same time it recalls the bang of the firecrackers and the sound of the philharmonic bands at dawn. It's the event that brings to mind the kermesses and the bravery of the boys in the face of the ferocity of the cows in the wooden square behind the Town Hall. These are memories and traditions that are revived and celebrated year after year.

You're invited! From August 14 to 17, in Ourique. Admission is free!

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