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The last show of the Porto Best Of cycle, sponsored by Porto City Hall and curated by Miguel Guedes, will happen 14 December at Rivoli, featuring the story of the electronic music in the city.

The President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, begins a two-day official visit to Portugal 6 December. Sergio Mattarella, following an invitation by the Portuguese President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will be in the two main Portuguese cities to "strengthen the bonds of friendship between the two countries in all its dimensions".

With the slogan "One buyout, an act of solidarity", the Xmas Ark will be held on 6 and 7 December at São Bento Station main concourse. This event is jointly organised by Porto City Hall and Portugal's Infrastructure. This activity comprises the participation of 27 city institutions.

The Porta-Jazz Festival takes over Porto each year and big-name bands from everywhere hit town for grandeur on stage, for an entire week. The eighth edition of Porta-Jazz Festival programming features original music projects with a focus on jazz musicians from Porto.

Thousands of partygoers have started to celebrate the Christmas season, this past weekend in Porto. The city Hall has in store a myriad of initiatives to journey into Christmas, and the kick-off event was the official lighting of the Xmas tree at Avenida dos Aliados, 1 December at 5.30 pm. The holiday season officially opened 1 December and will run till 7 January.

As is tradition, the Christmas Circus returns to Coliseu Porto for a run of shows from to 7 December, at 9 pm to 1 January 2018 with the crème de la crème in the circus arts. The programming is the responsibility of Coliseu Porto, which marks 75 years of existence.

By nightfall, consider yourself invited: create your favourite itineraries through Porto and be dazzled by the Christmas lighting all across town. Keep your holidays spirits even brighter by visiting the 55 boulevards and plazas, dressed up in warm white and blue light delicate shapes, stars and ornaments, bells and swings for the outdoor.

The Association to Support Social and Communitarian Integration- Espaço T - opened 30 November a photo exhibit with the fundamental goal of raising awareness on gender issues at São Bento Station. The display "40 R" comprises 40 large format photos and it is on show till 31 January 2018.

Cultural Association Sonoscopia features the final presentation of the two-month residency programme that artist by the name Z'EV carried out in the city of Porto, sponsored by Porto City Hall, in the context of the In Residence programme. This event is entrance free and the presentation takes place at Sonoscopia headquarters, at 7.30 pm. The performance includes a solo by Z'EV and a collective by Gustavo Costa, Henrique Fernandes and João Pais Filipe.

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will increase weekly flights adding one more flight connection to the Porto-Casablanca route, starting 17 December. The airliner now offers four weekly flights to connect Porto and Casablanca instead of the former three, as "a diversification strategy and market development measure" the company said in a statement.