Fantasporto
February-March
This film festival has been a part of Porto’s annual calendar since the early 1980s, with a focus on horror, fantasy and sci-fi movies. Each year over 50,000 movie-lovers attend the screenings, concerts, exhibitions and workshops.
Porto a Subir
June
This extreme inner-city race roughly translates as ‘Porto on the Ascent’, as a select group of runners compete along a route that leads up the stone stairs of Guindais and Codecal towards the cathedral.
Serralves em Festa
June
This festival first took place in 2004 and is now a hugely popular annual event thanks to a continuous 40-hour programme of music, dance, theatre, film and performing arts. Serralves em Festa incorporates everything from hip hop concerts to photography workshops through its non-stop duration.
Festa de São João
June
The Festa de São João, or St John Festival, is the main annual celebration in Porto, and an evening of music, food stalls and fireworks complement the party spirit that seems to envelop the whole city.
Porto Marathon
November
Porto’s annual marathon may be less intense than Porto a Subir, but it is a much longer route that takes in many of the city’s major sights. Competitors are aided by the November date that avoids the heat of summer.