Portuguese Festival and Portugal Day Parade Newark, New Jersey

Portuguese Festival and Portugal Day Parade 2024 celebrate Dia de Portugal Newark with “Portugalidade” (Portuguese Pride), history, and culture in Newark’s downtown Ironbound neighborhood, Metro New York City’s main Portuguese community. 🇵🇹

45th Portuguese Festival 2024

Portuguese Festival Newark (Alyyson Melo/Dreamstime)

Newark’s Portugal Day Festival is a series of community events starting on April 11 and ending with the Portuguese Festival from June 7-9, 2024 and the Portugal Day Parade on Sunday, June 9, 2024.

Opening Presentation of Honorees is at Peter Francisco Park in Newark, New Jersey; on April 11, 2024 at 6pm.
Folklore Festival is in Ironbound Stadium in Newark, New Jersey; on May 18, 2024 at 7pm.
Grand Gala is at Casa Seabra in Newark, New Jersey; on May 23, 2024.
Portuguese Month of Gastronomy is a May Portuguese food festival in several Newark restaurants. Sol Mar Restaurant is a big supporter.
Portuguese Flag Raising Ceremony is at Newark City Hall on June 1, 2024 at 12noon.
Portugal Day Mass is at Newark Cathedral on June 5, 2024 at 7pm.
Portuguese Festival is at Peter Francisco Park and Ferry St in Newark, New Jersey, from Friday-Sunday, June 7-9, 2024.
Portugal Day Races by lar dos Leões, are on Ferry St in Newark, on Sunday, June 9, 2024.
Portugal Day Parade is at Peter Francisco Park and Ferry St in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 3pm.

Friday, June 7, 2024

Entertainers from 7-11:30pm:

Duo Rotação music
Grupo de Bombos Casa do Minho “Os Rouxinois”
Augusto Canário from Portugal
Delfim Junior y Ympério Show from Portugal

Saturday, June 8, 2024

Entertainers from 12noon to 11:30pm:

Duo Rotação music
Ghost Rodents music
Banda Filarmónica de Frazoeirense from Portugal
Grupo Folklorico y Etnográfico Portugu´s de Montreal
Julia Machado of “The Voice Kids Portugal”
Os Diatónicos from Portugal on their first U.S. visit
Jorge Ferreira singer

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Entertainers from 9am to 10:30pm:

Portugal Day Races by lar dos Leões, are on Ferry St
Portugal Day Parade is at Peter Francisco Park and Ferry St in Newark, New Jersey at 3pm.
Duo Rotação music
Os Diatónicos from Portugal make their U.S. debut
Quina Barreiros from Portugal make their U.S. debut
The Edge from Massachussetts

Newark’s Portuguese Festival was started in 1979 by the Bernardino Coutinho Foundation. Today it draws around 300,000 people to enjoy Portuguese culture. Go hungry and bring cash because there is a lot of good Portuguese food.