Festivities in Honour of Our Lady of Oliveira

The Festivities in Honour of Our Lady da Oliveira, in Canha (Montijo), took place from 3 to 7 September 2026. On Thursday there was a reception for official guests, a guided tour through the streets with the Grupo de Percussão Arte & Ritmo and accordionist António Antunes at Praça da República. On Friday and Saturday there were dawn celebrations, encierros and bull releases, tasquinhas and a funfair, the dance with João do Carmo, Ana Rita D'Água on the main stage, Charanga o Cavalinho, Orquestra Concertinas e Sinfonias, popular marches, a tribute to Gipsy Kings, and Bibe e Filipe. On Sunday there was a solemn mass and a majestic procession accompanied by the Banda Filarmónica da Sociedade Imparcial 15 Janeiro 1898 de Alcochete, the folk groups from Casa do Povo de Corroios and Poceirão, Bruna on the main stage and a fireworks display. On Monday there was a communal lunch at the bull release grounds, DJ TLP, the final bull release and the closing ceremony with fireworks.

Canha is a civil parish in the municipality of Montijo, in the district of Setúbal, covering 207.73 km² and home to 1,566 inhabitants (2021 census). It received its first charter from King Afonso Henriques in 1172, another from D. Paio Peres Correia in 1235, and the Manueline charter in 1516, and was a municipal seat until 1836. The Misericórdia was founded in 1616, and the first festivities in honour of the patron saint date back to 1889. The heritage includes the Parish Church of Our Lady of Oliveira, the Church of Saint Sebastian, the Castle of Canha and the Fonte Velha, and since 2007 there has been an Ethnographic Museum.