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Coliseu Porto welcomes in 2018 with the New Year Concert, on 6 January, starting at 9.30 pm. This event features music by composers Strauss, Dvorák, Kilar and Tchaikovsky played by Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and conducted by Polish conductor Sebastian Perlowski, reputed as maestro of opera excellence in Kraków Opera in the past five years.

The tasting of authentic Port wine leads to the touring of the city of Porto. The roadmap is presented by British Newspaper The Telegraph in its online edition, under the telling title "why Porto should be your next port of call".

Saturday afternoon, on 6 January, ten folkloric groups of Porto will parade through the city, perpetuating the tradition of The Singing of the Kings, which occurs in January, on The Three King's Day.

The Metro of Porto was used by 60.6 million passengers in 2017. An increase of around 2.6 million passengers compared to the year 2016. Passenger number has increased, according to the Metro Company, which represents a growth of 4.5% compared to the 58 million passengers in 2006.

The first edition of the crafts fair "Família Desce à Rua" is scheduled for 6 and 7 January. As this is an outdoor event, the fair is dependent on favourable weather conditions.

The first exhibition of 2018 at the National Press Museum is devoted to freedom of speech and will be on show as of Saturday, 6 January, starting at 4 pm. The opening marks the start of the celebrations of the 20th PortoCartoon-World Festival, referring one of the leading figures of the humour contest, French cartoonist Georges Wolinski, murdered during a terrorist attack on 7 January 2015 at the satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" newsroom.

The success of Portuguese wines at international level will be marked by the Catholic University, in the framework of its 50th anniversary. A conference will be held to commemorate the achievement of Portuguese wines. "Porto Tónico" is the event motto, scheduled for 11 January.

Researchers from Porto are designing software that will enable media firms to automatically identify hate speech on online posted comments. The main goal of the Stop PropagHate Project, which involves a funding of around 50,000 euros by Google, is to contribute to a better understanding of the hate speech, in the case of online journalism and to create computerised tools that would minimise it.

The first weekend of January sees the Three King's Day Celebration in Porto with lots of music, operas and concerts in different venues in the city. For many Christians, the festive season continues until the 6th of January, with the celebration of the "Three Kings' Day", also known as the "Feast of the Epiphany". Check out some of the events.

Thousands of revellers gathered at Avenida dos Aliados and throughout the city of Porto for probably the most magical New Year's Eve party in Portugal. Thanks to the Mobility Plan and the efforts of all authorities engaged in this City Hall sponsored event, many could embrace the magic of this vibrant New Year's Eve in the city of Porto.