“Demand the impossible” is the motto of Luna Fest, the new festival that will take Coimbra by storm. Dedicated to Rock’n’roll, the festival with its inaugural edition in 2023 will go through several decades and sub-genres to satisfy all fans.
Born from the minds of Victor Torpedo and Tito Santana, the festival hopes to be not only a milestone in the Portuguese festival calendar but also a milestone in the cultural panorama of the city of Coimbra. With this goal in mind, the line-up is distributed over two prominent places in the city, the first two days in Praça do Comércio and the others in Praça da Canção.
Although it is still taking its first steps, the line-up already imposes itself. Don’t miss the beginning of what is expected to be the beautiful story of Luna Fest and come be part of the first edition of the festival!
The “City of Students”, Coimbra stretches imposing in a valley crossed in the middle by the Mondego river. Known for its University, one of the oldest in the world still functioning with over 700 years of history, the city has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013.
So influential is this town that it is closely linked to various historical moments and figures. From kings, to authors, love stories and riots, pages and pages are narrated through the streets of Coimbra. And whoever passes by here is not indifferent to it. Even because “Coimbra is more charming when it's time to say goodbye”, like the song says.
√ Visit the rectory and library of the University of Coimbra, one of the oldest in the world
√ Get to know more of the national built heritage at Portugal dos Pequenitos (Portugal of the Little Ones)
√ Lose yourself at Quinta das Lágrimas, scenery of the most infamous Portuguese love story between Pedro and Inês
√ Stroll along the banks of the Mondego river
√ Explore the ruins of the Roman city of Conimbriga
√ Get to know the monasteries of Coimbra, such as the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha and the Monastery of Santa Cruz (where King Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, is buried)
√ Enjoy the fado of Coimbra in a concert or performance
√ Feast on an Arrufada (sweet roll) and/or a Pastel de Santa Clara (egg and sugar pastries)
