This year’s New Year’s Eve firework display, titled ‘Azulejos da Madeira” is one of the island’s most anticipated events.
Lasting eight minutes, there are 59 firework stations (27 in the Funchal amphitheater, 25 on the city’s seafront, five at sea, and two on the island of Porto Santo). The show will combine pyrotechnics with innovative multimedia technologies, including lasers, lights, and music.
In addition to the thousands of Madeirans and tourists who watch the show on land every year, this year 11 cruise ships, a large sailboat, and a mega yacht will be in the port and bay of Funchal, carrying a total of 27 thousand people, approximately 19 thousand passengers and eight thousand crew members.
Madeira’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve festivities programme started on the 1st of December, with a set of initiatives that will continue to animte the centre of Funchal until the 7th of January at a cost of 4.1 million euros.
The amount includes entertainment and logistics, support for entities involved, the New Year’s Eve fireworks (1.3 million euros), as well as this year’s Christmas lights and the 2025 Carnival since it is a joint public tender.
For this period, a total of 173 performances were scheduled, including 51 concerts, 24 choir shows, 49 performances by folk groups and philharmonic bands, and five DJ performances, among other initiatives.
And for those interested, the British Prime Minister, Kier Starmer is here on holiday.
Samantha Gannon
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