Góis holds its town festival from 7 to 12 August, and Tony Carreira opens it for 5 euros
Dates, programme and tickets for the Festas do Concelho de Góis 2026: Tony Carreira on 7 August for 5 euros, Sara Correia on the 8th and Marisa Liz on the 9th, at Parque de Lazer do Baião.
If August takes you anywhere near the Serra da Lousã and you want a plan that costs almost nothing, Góis runs its town festival from 7 to 12 August, nearly all of it free and with a lineup that would not embarrass towns several times its size.
Most of it happens at the Parque de Lazer do Baião, with Largo Francisco Inácio Dias Nogueira hosting the finale. In between there are food stalls, a small market, bouncy castles for the kids, rolling entertainment and DJs closing out the nights.
How much are tickets for the Góis festival in 2026?
Almost nothing, which is rather the point. The only ticketed concert is the opener on 7 August: Tony Carreira plays a charity show with proceeds going to the Associação Sara Carreira, and entry is set at 5 euros. Everything else on the programme is free.
Who is playing at the Festas do Concelho de Góis?
On 8 August it’s Sara Correia, in a set built around contemporary fado — a lovely swerve after the night before, and proof the programmers weren’t after a one-note bill. On 9 August Marisa Liz takes the stage, one of the most widely loved names in Portuguese music of the past decade.
The 12 August closer is the most homespun moment and probably the best one: the wind bands of the Associação Educativa e Recreativa de Góis and the Filarmónica Varzeense come together at the Largo. No festival stage, no wall of speakers, just two local wind bands doing what they have done for decades.
August is when the whole country shifts into festival mode, and the temptation is to look only at the big posters — it’s worth saving one night for something at this scale. Times are confirmed on the Góis town council site, and the Festas Gualterianas in Guimarães cover the same opening weekend if you would rather have city than mountain.
Image: José Prego from Moura, Portugal / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
