Portugal Day – June 13, 2009

June 12, 2009

12:00pm – Ferry Street closes to vehicular traffic.

2:00pm – Start of the popular feast on Ferry Street – “Portugal Avenue” – with lots of music, folkloric performances, food and much more.

7:30pm – Parade consisting of the Our Lady of Fatima Church Band and Zes Pereiras from Baiao, Portugal. Portuguese folklore dancers (”Rancho”), the Pauliteiros de Miranda (Performance by men in traditional garb armed with sticks), Samba music (Brazilian), and “Os Irmãos Justino.”

8:00pm – Music Festival on Ferry Street

11:30pm – Fireworks at Riverbank Park

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