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August is also holiday movie season at Museu Soares dos Reis (MNSR), with a mini cinema cycle. This is an outdoor programme and it will be held from 16th to 30th August. Entrance is free.

Porto was host to the 9th International Symposium of Urban Sketchers, which gathered 800 participants from 50 different nationalities, from 18th to 21st July. This event was targeted to sketchers of all levels, experience, and backgrounds, and its main goal is to celebrate and practice the art of on-location sketching in the city of Porto.

Summer also means festivities and pilgrimage and Porto is no exception. The feast of Saint Bartholomew enlivens Foz do Douro from June till September. The traditional parade of paper costumes, scheduled this year for 26th August is one of the highlights of Saint Bartholomew festivity and the Market in Molhe is a must-go.

Porto was chosen over Paris and Barcelona to host the most important Textile Congress in 2019, confirming the status of "case study" of the Portuguese Industry, to which the international arena is paying close attention. The organisers of the event stated the dates: 20 to 22 October.

Thousands of folks have waddled around the Cordoaria Garden, this past weekend. This was the first "Verão no Jardim" [Summer in the Garden] initiative. This is a municipal enterprise aimed at enliven and add to the summer in the city of Porto.

The month of August in the city of Porto offers outdoor jazz concerts in the Gardens of Palácio de Cristal. All concerts are free entry.

The "Quatro Elementos" exhibition catalogue, by Porto City Hall and designed by Pedro Nora, was selected to take part in the international annual competition "Best Book Design from all over the World". The Quatro Elementos exhibition was organised by Porto City Hall and it was curated by Ana Luísa Amaral (Water), Eduarda Neves (Earth), Pedro Faro (Fire) and Nuno Faria (Air).

Porto Busker Fest is held every weekend this August in the Invicta to offer street shows all over improvised stages Downtown Porto. National and foreign artists will entertain the public for donations, offering music, theatre, dance, and juggling performances.

From Friday to Sunday, Porto City Hall celebrates International Youth Day (IYD) with several activities targeted at young people.

Throughout August, till the 31st, there are live pipe organ concerts at Clérigos Church, always at noon. A wide repertoire of songs is presented, and concerts are access free.