# Festa é Festa

Festa é Festa (English: Life is a Party), also known as Festa é Festa 3: Cruzeiro in part 2 of season 3 and Festa é Festa: Verão in seasons 4 and 7, is a Portuguese telenovela broadcast and produced by TVI. It was announced on March 8, 2021 by Cristina Ferreira, and premiered on April 26, 2021. The plot is developed by Roberto Pereira, with some scenes being shot in Ribatejo.

## Plot

Festa é Festa tells the story of a village lost in time (like so many others in Portugal) and that this year is getting ready for the biggest and best village festival ever because it’s the 100th birthday of the village’s greatest benefactor. So everybody wants to shine at this festival, with their eyes on the old woman’s inheritance, and sparing no effort (as they’ve been doing for over 20 years, but the old woman just won’t die…). In Lisbon, the old woman’s impoverished son (a social climber and somewhat of a snob) has a plan to send his daughter (the old woman’s great-granddaughter) to the village so that she can build a relationship with the old woman, but with the excuse that his daughter is going there to recover from an unhappy love affair. And this is when this cosmopolitan, high-tech young woman from Lisbon, who is rather arrogant, ends up in this backwater against her will, with no 5G, cable TV, etc. Things are not looking good, but in the middle of it all, she falls in love with a young villager, who knows little or nothing about the world outside the village. In other words, two people from two completely different and opposing worlds. This young man is the son of the president of the parish council. Who is also the president of the festival committee. And the president of the local social club. And the football club. And a gravedigger. Basically, everything. A peacock who thinks he’s lord of the village. Everything his son criticizes and doesn’t want for himself. This is how, in such a typical Portuguese village, as they prepare as far in advance as possible for the festival of the year (there will be TV coverage and reporting by TVI), two young people from completely different worlds will experience love, proving that, in almost everything in life, the beauty of things lies in their simplicity…

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Character |
| Pedro Teixeira | Tomé Trindade |
| Pedro Alves | Albino «Bino» Jesus |
| Maria do Céu Guerra | Corcovada Brito |
| Beatriz Barosa | Ana Carolina Brito |
| Ana Guiomar | Aida Trindade |
| Ana Brito e Cunha | Florinda Jesus |
| Inês Herédia | Manuela «Nélinha» Chagas |
| José Carlos Pereira | Sôtor |
| Ana Marta Contente | Elizabete «Betinha» Trindade |
| Manuel Marques | Fernando Silva |
| Sílvia Rizzo | Conceição «São» Silva |
| Rodrigo Paganelli | Carlos Jesus |
| Manuel Melo | Jorge Festas |
| Luís Simões | António Peçanha |
| Marta Andrino | Fátima «Fátinha» Figo |
| Hélder Agapito | Paulo Pires |
| Vitor Norte | Manuel «Manel» Martins |
| Catarina Avelar | Glória Leitão |
| Carlos M. Cunha | Padre Isidro Botica |
| Filomena Gonçalves | Adelaide Festas |
| Vítor Emanuel | José Carlos Peixoto |
| Maria Sampaio | Valquíria Leão |
| Marta Gil | Camila Leitão |
| Ricardo Trêpa | João Maria Brito |
| Valdemar Brito | Louis Silva |
| Beatriz Costa | Vuitton Silva |
| Gonçalo Norton | Bruno |
| Francisca Cerqueira Gomes | Filipa |
| Eduardo Madeira | Matateu |

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 120 | 120 | April 26, 2021 (2021-04-26) | September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25) |
| A Festa | A Festa | A Festa | September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25) | September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25) |
| 2 | 84 | 84 | September 27, 2021 (2021-09-27) | January 6, 2022 (2022-01-06) |
| Presépio Vivo | Presépio Vivo | Presépio Vivo | December 25, 2021 (2021-12-25) | December 25, 2021 (2021-12-25) |
| 3 | 115 | 82 | January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07) | April 20, 2022 (2022-04-20) |
| 3 | 115 | 33 | April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21) | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) |
| Carnaval da Bela Vida | Carnaval da Bela Vida | Carnaval da Bela Vida | March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01) | March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01) |
| Procissão da Páscoa | Procissão da Páscoa | Procissão da Páscoa | April 16, 2022 (2022-04-16) | April 16, 2022 (2022-04-16) |
| 4 - Verão | 89 | 89 | May 30, 2022 (2022-05-30) | September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10) |
| A Festa 2022 | A Festa 2022 | A Festa 2022 | September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10) | September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10) |
| 5 | 97 | 97 | September 12, 2022 (2022-09-12) | January 7, 2023 (2023-01-07) |
| Concurso de Doces | Concurso de Doces | Concurso de Doces | December 24, 2022 (2022-12-24) | December 24, 2022 (2022-12-24) |
| Passagem de Ano na Madeira | Passagem de Ano na Madeira | Passagem de Ano na Madeira | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) |
| 6 | 152 | 152 | January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09) | July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14) |
| Desfile de Carnaval | Desfile de Carnaval | Desfile de Carnaval | February 21, 2023 (2023-02-21) | February 21, 2023 (2023-02-21) |
| Páscoa na Serra da Estrela | Páscoa na Serra da Estrela | Páscoa na Serra da Estrela | April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08) | April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08) |
| 7 - Verão | TBA | TBA | July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17) | October 2023 (2023-10) |
| 8 | TBA | TBA | October 2023 (2023-10) | December 2023 (2023-12) |
| 9 | TBA | TBA | January 2024 (2024-01) | spring 2024 (2024) |
| Carnaval no Brasil | Carnaval no Brasil | Carnaval no Brasil | February 2024 (2024-02) | February 2024 (2024-02) |