Portuguese NYC is centered in Newark, New Jersey and Astoria, Queens. Portuguese food is delicious with amazing seafood including bacalhau (salted cod). Fado music is a Portuguese culture loved around the world.
Celebrate Portugal Day!
Thursday, June 10, 2021 – Portugal’s national day commemorates the death of national poet Luís de Camões on June 10, 1499.
Portugal Day Festival and Portugal Day Parade in Newark, NJ
STREET FAIR Sat-Sun, Jun 8-9 PARADE Sun, Jun 9, 2019 NEWARK, New Jersey | Metro NYC’s big Portuguese celebration
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Portuguese Festivals in NYC
Portugal Day and the Fado Festival are New York City’s big Portuguese celebrations.
Portuguese New York City
There is a Portuguese community in Astoria, Queens, but the big one is in the Ironbound District of Newark, New Jersey.
NY Fado Festival, the past, present, and future of Portuguese Fado
At Sport Club Portugues in Newark, NJ, Schimmel Center in the Financial District, and Joe’s Pub in the East Village, Feb 24-26, 2017
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Portuguese Culture
Portugal is a seafaring nation. Fado is the music of “saudade”, the terrible longing that sailors and their loved ones feel when they are far away from each other. Portuguese speakers say the full meaning of the word cannot be translated, but if you are far from home, you know what it means. Fado is medicine for saudade.
Celebrate the Bonfires of St. John’s Eve, Latin Midsummer
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 JUNE 23
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UN’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Monday, August 23, 2021 BELGIUM, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, UNITED STATES
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Portugal
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Fátima
Thursday, May 13, 2021 🇵🇹 FÁTIMA, Portugal May 13, 1917
Luís de Camões
Thursday, June 10, 2021 LISBON, PORTUGAL – The Portuguese Shakespeare, author of Portugal’s national epic poem “Os Lusíadas” about Vasco de Gama’s sea route to India, died on June 10, 1580.
Celebrate Portugal Restoration of Independence Day!
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 – LISBON, Portugal December 1, 1640
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