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Entertainment is prevalent in all days of the silly season calendar in Porto. And guess what? August still has serious fun days to offer! Porto Busker Fest bids farewell this weekend. And it will not disappoint as 25 national and foreign buskers interact with crowds downtown Porto, dancing, singing and sharing their amazing talents. These artists are from Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, Poland, Puerto Rico and Peru.

The city of Porto is included in the short-list of selected architecture works in the context of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe 2019.

MarketPlace-Casual Style, August edition, takes place in Praça da República, on 25th August, from midday till 7 pm. The gist of the event is a cosmopolitan atmosphere combined with second hand and handmade products, namely clothing, footwear, fine and costume jewellery, handicrafts, convent and traditional confectionery, gourmet cuisine, vintage and furniture articles, and many other items.

The Book Fair is back in Porto, in the Gardens of Palácio de Cristal, from 7 to 23 September. It is fair to say that this Fair is increasingly the city's calling card for the month of September, since 2014, the first time Porto City Hall directly organised the event.

Percy Ignatius Weasley, Harry Potter's pure-blood wizard, will be in Porto to take part in the "Wizarding Workshop in Porto", which aims to promote the interaction between Harry Potter's actor, Chris Rankin, and fans.

"Diet Plan for the Western Man" by Carlos Azeredo Mesquita, premieres at the Berlin Biennial, on 24th August. This project is supported by the Criatório and Porto City Hall.

If you are dreaming of an escape, we are pleased to announce that the Serralves Foundation invites for night-time trips this Thursday at 9.30 pm. The after-hours tour is guided by CIBIO researchers, the Centre for Research in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, in Porto.

Forget expensive concerts, one of the wealthiest forms of wellness might very well be this free outdoor jazz performance, on 25th August at the Gardens of Palácio de Cristal.

Philip Zimbardo, one of the most influential psychologists in the world, and emeritus Professor of the University of Stanford, will be in Porto, at the Portuguese Catholic University, on 6th September, at 4.30 pm, to lecture on "My journey from creating evil to inspiring heroism".

House Museum Guerra Junqueiro offers guided free tours to the exhibition themed "Encontros", by Günter Grass, at 3 pm, on 22nd August.