Parque Marechal Carmona serves as the venue for another music festival - namely, Cascais Groove. It is held at the end of June and is dedicated to music in all its diversity - here you can enjoy great concerts by performers playing in all possible genres. Visitors are entertained by both local performers and guests from foreign countries. The fest is divided into two parts: daytime - with a variety of activities for the whole family, a gastronomic program, and nighttime - at night, tourists will be able to have a lot of fun, dancing until dawn.
Lumina is another fantastic festival taking place in the coastal town of Cascais. This is a great opportunity to see the city in all its bright colors. It becomes possible thanks to magnificent art installations, interactive lights, illumination, bringing a feeling of something unreal. It seems as if this is actually a beautiful dream. But no - this is our reality, just looking a bit like a sweet dream. It can be visited at the end of September, the venue is the central streets of the Old Town.
Cascais also hosts sports festivals like Billadong Pro, which is held in early October and is dedicated to surfing. During the event, the best surfers gather on the city beaches to compete for the title of the best. A beautiful colorful carnival is held in Cascais on the occasion of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). Starting in mid or late February and lasting until the beginning or mid-March (dates depend on the beginning of the Easter celebration), the festival gathers hundreds of tourists wishing to watch spectacular costumed parades, taste unique delicacies, enjoy salutes, games, contests, music concerts and just have a good time.
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