On the night of 30th September to 1st October, at midnight sharp, Largo da Sé Nova will be filled with students in silence, as everyone prepares to listen to Fado. The Fado groups of the Fado Section of the Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) will, as usual, perform this year's set list.
From the night of 1 October, the party moves to Praça da Canção until 5 October.
The Festa das Latas e Imposição de Insígnias 2025 is a UC tradition; it's like a 'Freshers' Week, but we don't use the long name of this student festival. It's too long a sentence. We just call it 'Latada'. A unique name for a long-standing tradition at the oldest university in Portugal - and one of the oldest in Europe. A unique name for a long-standing tradition at the oldest university in Portugal - and one of the oldest in Europe. 'Lata' is the Portuguese word for can, so why is this student festival called "Latada" or "Festa das Latas"? There's a simple answer: it translates as "Cans Festival" or "Cans Party"!
All information about the Latada Festival is available in Portuguese here.
