The feast of São João Baptista, celebrated on the 24th of June and included in the Festas Juninas, is one of the main popular festivals on the islands of Barlavento – Santo Antão, S. Vicente and S. Nicolau – and in Brava. In the barlavento islands, the party has the same characteristics. At Brava, the party already has distinctive and original characteristics.

The feasts of S. João are a kind of pilgrimage where there is a little bit of everything: Religious Celebrations where the Mass on the 24th is highlighted, preceded by the prayer of vespers on the 23rd. It is also a rich cultural manifestation, where the Kolá stands out for the coladeiras accompanied by the beating of the drums that give it a peculiar melody and where there is usually no lack of horse dancing, a particular activity of S. João Na Brava. There are three days in which the culture of the Island manifests itself.