Ilha Cultural Week in Santana

Ilha is a quiet farming parish in the municipality of Santana, on Madeira’s green north side. For more than thirty years its Casa do Povo, the village community centre, has organised a cultural week every November, and the 2026 edition, the 32nd, takes the theme “Clareira de Cultura”, a clearing of culture.

Expect a little of everything: exhibitions, a book fair, musical moments, performances, film screenings, cultural walks and talks. It is a community event made by and for the people of the parish, and a rare chance to see everyday village life in the north.

Good to know

• Sunday 22 to Sunday 29 November 2026, at the Casa do Povo da Ilha.
• Ilha is about an hour by car from Funchal; combine it with the thatched houses of Santana.
• Talks and performances are in Portuguese.