On summer days, it's time to relax and party, as Sophia wrote. That's why, in this edition, Agenda Porto provides an overview of various daytime and nighttime parties for all tastes that will take place in the city during the hottest season of the year. Whether aboard a boat sailing up the Douro, in the gardens of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, or at the Bouça Residents' Association, the watchword is to celebrate joy.

Another major event kicking off on August 22 is the Porto Book Fair, which this year will pay tribute to Sérgio Godinho. In the year and month of his 80th birthday, the musician and writer, born in Porto, will be the featured personality at the event, which has been held twelve times since returning in a revamped format. Agenda Porto spoke with this creator of characters and inventor of songs that populate our collective imagination.

The guest of Conjugar o Porto is also an artist: the painter António Bessa, better known as Mestre Bessa, set up his studio on Rua do Almada and likes to keep his doors open to passersby. We spoke with this artist, who assures us that his work “always has the touch of the people.”

Because the heat calls for hot rhythms, we went to the Porto com Salsa school to dance with Niubis Mustelier, a Cuban woman who has made this city her home. Living in Porto for almost two decades, Niubis spreads joy through dance.

In Código Postal, we visited Radioclube Agramonte, in Boavista, a space created by four friends where a swimming pool has been turned into a stage for concerts and DJ sets, and where there is never a shortage of music and craft drinks.

One of the many outdoor activities on offer this summer in the city is Bat Nights, a program run by the Environmental Management Division of the Municipality of Porto, which allows you to observe these small nocturnal creatures. These and many other suggestions can be found here.