This weekend, the meeting point for children and their families will be in the Devesa Park, where it will be celebrated with pomp and circumstance the World Children's Day. The 'Dream Place' will be installed on 3 and 4 June in the park of the city of Famalicão with workshops, games, music, theatre, face painting, inflatables, and more. It has free entrance and will be open from 10am to 12.30pm and from 3pm to 7pm.
On these two days, there will be the already traditional 'Picnic Time', an invitation to roll out blankets and enjoy the meal immersed in nature, to gain strength for the afternoon activities. Lunchtime takes place between 12.30pm and 3pm on both days.
After lunch, also on both days of the event, from 3pm to 7pm, it will be time to 'Hitch a ride with the birds' with a visit to the installation 'Cidade Orizuro', at the Casa do Território.
On Saturday, June 3, there will be a walk called Family Trails, with the presence of athletes Dulce Félix, Rosa Mota and Aurora Cunha, starting at 5pm on Avenida de Santiago and organised by APEBAF - Associação de Pais da Escola Conde São Cosme.
This day ends with a dance show by An-Dança - Conservatório de Dança de Vila Nova de Famalicão, Apolo Famalicão, Crescer Além da Dança - Associação para o Ensino e Desenvolvimento da Dança, Academia Gindança, ARTIS - Academia de Bailado de Famalicão and Associação de Ginástica - ESACRO, in the open air amphitheatre in the Devesa Park, at 7pm.
On Sunday, at 4:30 p.m., the ''Place of Dreams' receives the show 'Pela Ponta do Nariz', by O Som do Algodão, which, in celebration of 50 years of stories by Luísa Ducla Soares, will "dress the animals as if they were people, transforming the fingers into five-pointed stars.
Anticipating these two days of festivities, there will be a solidarity candlelight concert on the evening of June 2, called 'The Light of Hope' and performed by ArtEduca, in the amphitheatre of the Parque da Devesa at 9pm.
Note that this show, organized by Mim'Arte Spa, has as its motto "Let's light the light of hope in children with cancer" and aims to honor all cancer patients, and raise funds for the purchase of an artromotor, a device used in the recovery of children operated on bone tumours and physiotherapy treatments, and that currently does not exist in the Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) of Porto. The concert has free admission and donations may be made during the event.
It should be noted that 'Place of Dreams' is an initiative of Vila Nova de Famalicão City Council developed in partnership with 25 institutions in the municipality, linked to health, sports, social support and culture.