Portuguese Festival 2013

The Portugal Day Festival in the Ironbound, Newark, New Jersey is a street festival celebrating the Portuguese people, language, and their culture. First organized in 1979, since 2010 the Festival has been organized by the Union of Portuguese American Clubs of New Jersey. This year the festival weekend is June 8-9 near the Francisco Park area (near Penn Station). The festival hours are 10am-11pm.

The actual street festival takes place on the Saturday and Sunday, usually, closest to June 10, the official Portugal Day. On Sunday June 9, there is a parade along Ferry Street starting at 3pm loaded with many floats from various, both Portuguese and non-Portuguese, organizations from throughout the state.