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Lamego's Festas dos Remédios have dates and a line-up — and the party runs two weeks

The Festas de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios 2026 run from 27 August to 9 September in Lamego, with Xutos e Pontapés, Sara Correia, Quatro e Meia and the ox-drawn Procissão do Triunfo.

When: 27 August 2026
Where: Lamego
Price: Concerts free to attend
Organizer: Município de Lamego

Lamego has set the table for the Douro’s biggest party. The programme for the 2026 Festas de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios is out, and the main stretch runs from 27 August to 9 September, with a bill mixing Xutos e Pontapés, fado singer Sara Correia, Quatro e Meia and Plutónio — and, at the heart of it all, the Procissão do Triunfo, which has been stopping the city for more than 130 years.

When are Lamego’s Festas dos Remédios in 2026?

The core dates are 27 August to 9 September, though celebrations stretch across nearly two months. The music opens on 27 August with rock veterans Xutos e Pontapés, followed by Vizinhos on the 28th, Sara Correia on the 29th and the Amália tribute show “Em Casa d’Amália” on the 30th. September brings the traditional day of philharmonic bands (the 1st), the Rádio Douro Nacional festival day (the 2nd) and Quatro e Meia on 4 September. This year’s official poster was designed by two students from the local Latino Coelho secondary school.

What is the Procissão do Triunfo?

It is the moment that fills every balcony: a procession more than 130 years old in which teams of oxen pull the floats through the streets — unique in Portugal, and with declared ambitions of UNESCO intangible-heritage status. Between concerts there is also the climb to the sanctuary up the famous 686-step baroque staircase, the postcard image of the whole pilgrimage. The full programme is on the Lamego town hall’s site.

If you are sketching out the end of summer, it slots in neatly: this romaria closes the season of the great northern festivals, right after the Senhora d’Agonia fills Viana do Castelo a few days earlier. Save the dates — the Douro in full festival mode is not something you explain, it is something you see.

By Leonor Sampaio

Image: Mind Booster Noori / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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