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Dia de Portugal Festival
Peter Francisco Park and Ferry Street, Newark, NJ
Newark's Ironbound neighborhood hosts one of the largest Portuguese heritage celebrations on the East Coast, anchored by a parade down Ferry Street and a weekend of music and food at Peter Francisco Park. The festival is timed to Dia de Portugal on June 10 and has run for decades, drawing the Portuguese diaspora from well beyond New Jersey. The 2026 festival ran June 12 through 15; 2027 dates were not yet published.
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