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Agenda Municipal / Parties, Fairs and Pilgrims Green melon: Emigrant Festival

Green melon: Emigrant Festival
Fri 19 to Sun 21 Aug
Tourism programme

Praça: Municipal Market | 17h00

The refreshing combination of green wine and oak peel melon.

August is the month of the emigrants and the city of Vila Nova de Famalicão joins the party with the promotion of the products of the season, in particular the "Melão Casca de Carvalho" (oak peel melon) and the green wines from Famalicão. Promote, enhance and value these traditional products of our region, with the community of famalicenses, and especially with the emigrant community, which at this time of year is present in the county.

Programming:

AUGUST 19
17h00 - 24h00 Sale and tasting
18h00 - 19h00 Maria do Sameiro
21h00 - 01h00 DJ entertainment

AUGUST 20
16h00 Opening - Welcome to the Emigrants
16h00 Presentation of Local Products and Showcooking with Chef Álvaro Costa "Ideas for the use of melão casca de carvalho and harmonisations”
17h00 Networking session with emigrants
16h00 - 24h00 Sale and tasting
21h00 - 01h00 DJ entertainment

AUGUST 21
17h00 - 24h00 Sale and tasting
18h00 - 19h00 Costinha

EXHIBITORS

Wine producers:
Casa Agrícola de Compostela, SA
Castro - Sociedade Agropecuária de Cavalões, Lda
Frutivinhos - Agricultural Cooperative of Vila Nova de Famalicão, CRL

Producers of Oak Bark Melon:
Aires Mesquita
Aires Mesquita
Joaquim Gonçalves

Smoked Meats Producers:
Fernando's smokehouse
Rosa Mendes Smoked Meats
Butcher Shop Divino Salvador
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