On Saturday the 25th, the celebrations begin at 10h00 at the Town Hall with the traditional raising of the Portuguese flag to the sound of the national anthem performed by the Famalicão Music Band. This will be followed by a brief musical performance by the senior members of the municipality’s Senior Academies and the customary Solemn Session of the Municipal Assembly commemorating the date, with speeches by all parties represented in the body, as well as by the Mayor, Mário Passos, and the President of the Municipal Assembly, João Nascimento. 

For the President of the Assembly, the commemoration of this date “is a noble act of ensuring, through remembrance that the firm choice for freedom and democracy endures. It was there that the journey began which also allowed, amongst so many other achievements and aspirations, the role of the institutions to be strengthened. In the Municipal Assembly too, we honour that legacy, respecting these values, without ever taking them for granted.”

The programme marking the 52nd anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Vila Nova de Famalicão includes a range of cultural events taking place across various venues in the municipality. On the eve of the anniversary, 24 April, there will be a talk on “Being a woman before and after April”, starting at 21h00, in the auditorium of the Ribeirão School Group. At 21h30, at the Bernardino Machado Museum, the revolution will be commemorated in the concert “Verses and Sounds of April: Canto Abril”. 

On Saturday at 12 noon, “Freedom” is the theme for Ricardo Campos’ concert in Quinteiro Park, in Oliveira S. Mateus. The day concludes with another edition of Story and Poetry Night, featuring “Poems of April”, starting at 21h30 at Casa de Delães. Also on Saturday, note the programme for the Terras de Camilo Amateur Theatre Festival, featuring a performance based on the theme “Art and Freedom”, presented by the Next Project, taking place at the Camilian Studies Centre in Seide São Miguel, from 16h00.