International Marionette Festival

With Lisbon’s much-loved marionette museum closed in preparation for its move across town to a less ramshackle building (to reopen next summer), puppetry fans will have to make the three-hour trip to Oporto to sate their appetite. This is the 10th such festival that Portugal’s second city has held, and its promises a range of Portuguese and foreign groups to pull in audiences of all ages.