The Festas Concelhias, known as Feira da Ladra, are the largest cultural poster in the region. They fill the local streets on the first weekend of October.
It is said that its denomination goes back to the times when the villagers moved on foot to the fair, using a fork-shaped stick that they used to “steal” the grapes from the trellises along the way .
This stick was soon baptized “thrash”, which later gave rise to the name of the fair.
With a long tradition, thousands of visitors seek to participate in its vast program of activities, including musical and pyrotechnic shows, folklore, amusements, equestrian events, livestock exhibitions and competitions, street vendors, without forgetting the traditional Fair of Local Products.
Feira da Ladra is a feast for everyone, because it covers all the age and social groups of the county where the purest folk traditions are exhibited, the customs and customs of the county, the dynamics of the rural world, the ancestral manifestations and the pulsar of a people that finds in their roots expressions of knowledge and flavors.
It is also an excellent business and transaction opportunity for predominantly regional goods and products, both for farmers, cattle farmers, artisans, workers, traders and industrialists.
Feira da Ladra is also a moment of fun, socializing, entertainment and, above all, an excellent vehicle for regional promotion, attracting and attracting strangers and tourists to the municipality of Vieira do Minho.
Normally on the first weekend of October, the county seat wears the gala to display a poster of great popular, cultural, social and social meaning and recreation for the population of Vieira and bordering counties.