Every day one island holds a festa in the game, in turn around the nine. Sail there, help with its goal at the stand or the império, and the whole island celebrates: music, decorated boats, fireworks at night, and gold and Captain Points for everyone who helped.
The next nine days at sea
| Day | Island | Festa |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov | Corvo | Festas do Espírito Santo |
| Fri 6 Nov | Terceira | Festas do Espírito Santo |
| Sat 7 Nov | São Miguel | Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres |
| Sun 8 Nov | Faial | Nossa Senhora das Angústias |
| Mon 9 Nov | Graciosa | Carnaval |
| Tue 10 Nov | Pico | Semana dos Baleeiros |
| Wed 11 Nov | São Jorge | Festas do Espírito Santo |
| Thu 12 Nov | Santa Maria | Maré de Agosto |
| Fri 13 Nov | Flores | Festas do Espírito Santo |
Festa days run from midnight to midnight, UTC.
The festas, in the game and in the islands
Festas do Espírito Santo
Crowned impérios, bread, meat and milk shared as sopas for everyone who helps.
- In the game
- Offer bread, meat and milk at the império before the sopas are served. Every helper shares them.
- Where
- Terceira, São Miguel, Graciosa, Pico, São Jorge, Santa Maria, Flores, Corvo
- In the real Azores
- On every island from the Sunday after Easter to Pentecost and Trinity Sunday; Terceira’s impérios carry on through the summer. Next: 16 May 2027.
Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres
Ponta Delgada’s streets are carpeted with flowers for the great procession.
- In the game
- Bring hydrangea bunches to carpet Ponta Delgada’s streets: 40 gold a bunch, and a bonus for all when the carpets are complete.
- Where
- São Miguel
- In the real Azores
- Ponta Delgada, on the fifth Sunday after Easter. Carpets of petals, greenery and dyed shavings line the procession route. Next: 2 May 2027.
The flower carpets need 300 hydrangea bunches shared by all captains: gather flowers 100 times, with 3 bunches per pick.
Semana do Mar
Horta’s sea week: regattas across the Faial–Pico channel and music on the quay.
- In the game
- Horta’s harbour regatta runs every 20 minutes, and each evening Nossa Senhora da Guia’s boat sails from the quay: escort her for gold. Class winners’ paintings wear a gold frame for a week.
- Where
- Faial
- In the real Azores
- Horta, for about ten days from the first weekend of August: regattas, whaleboat races and Nossa Senhora da Guia’s sea procession.
Carnaval
Terceira’s danças and bailinhos, Graciosa’s costumed balls, and dressed boats in the harbour.
- In the game
- Every captain’s boat wears bunting and masks while the bailinhos play.
- Where
- Terceira, Graciosa
- In the real Azores
- From Saturday to Carnival Tuesday, in February or March: Terceira’s bailinhos play in some thirty halls and Graciosa dances at costumed balls. Next: 9 February 2027.
Sanjoaninas
Angra’s great summer festa for São João: marchas in the streets and the arraial’s grills by the harbour.
- In the game
- Bring sea fish for the arraial’s grills. Every fish pays a little over the harbour price, and all the cooks share a bonus when the grills are full.
- Where
- Terceira
- In the real Azores
- Angra do Heroísmo, for ten days around São João on 24 June, with marchas, arraiais and a closing coroação. Next: 24 June 2027.
Nossa Senhora das Angústias
Faial’s largest religious festa, when pilgrims cross the channel from Pico to Horta.
- In the game
- Carry pilgrims from Pico’s harbour across the channel to Horta. Each crossing pays every pilgrim’s fare.
- Where
- Faial
- In the real Azores
- Horta, six weeks after Easter Sunday, when pilgrims cross from Pico and whaleboats race in the bay. Next: 9 May 2027.
Semana dos Baleeiros
Pico’s whalers’ week: the old whaleboats race under sail and oar in honour of the men who crewed them.
- In the game
- A whaleboat regatta off Pico runs every 20 minutes. Race it in any hull; classes still race separately.
- Where
- Pico
- In the real Azores
- Lajes do Pico, in the last week of August: whaleboat sailing and rowing regattas and the whalers’ Nossa Senhora de Lourdes.
Maré de Agosto
Santa Maria’s world-music festival on the sand of Praia Formosa.
- In the game
- Carry festival-goers from any other harbour to Vila do Porto. The longer the crossing, the better the fare.
- Where
- Santa Maria
- In the real Azores
- Praia Formosa, Santa Maria, over a few nights in the second half of August, every summer since 1984.
Nossa Senhora dos Milagres
Corvo’s patron festa and the Festival dos Moinhos, with boats full of visitors from Flores.
- In the game
- Carry visitors from Flores across to Vila do Corvo for the patron’s feast and the windmill festival.
- Where
- Corvo
- In the real Azores
- Vila do Corvo on 15 August, with the Festival dos Moinhos in the days before. Next: 15 August 2027.