Art and music in Ferragudo
Arte Algarve’s Club Evenings start next week in a new location. Having gained popularity in Lagoa, where the gallery is based, the musical evenings will now be held in Ferragudo.
Walking for cancer care
Around 500 people of all ages took to the streets of Castro Marim on Portuguese Mother’s Day (May 4) to take part in a three-kilometre charity walk to raise funds
Lunch and auction to raise funds for horses
A charity lunch to support ARC Horse Welfare in their work to save and rehome horses destined for the slaughterhouse will take place on Saturday, May 24 in the Algarve.
Walking festival
A two-day walking festival involving Alcoutim and its Spanish neighbour has been organised for the weekend of May 17-18.~ Organisers promise all kinds of themed walks and birding/nature activities. Everyone
afpop retirement planning seminars
afpop has announced an additional presentation at the Retirement Planning Seminars taking place next week. Luís Teixeira da Silva, a director of the Silves Odissey Village project, will be presenting
Theatre dinner shows
Murder Mystery Dinner Shows by the Aperitivo Performance Group are taking place in the eastern Algarve this month. Performances will be held on Saturday May 24 at the Casa do
Snail festival
Love them or hate them, snails will be the stars of a gastronomic show in Querença. The third ‘Festival do Caracol’ will take place on May 10 and 11 in
Irish Algarve wedding
A total of 92 people flew over from Cork, Ireland, to attend the wedding of Shane and Sinead O’Mahoney. They married at the Santa Maria Church in Lagos (the historical
Sea delights in Tavira Festival
Tavira’s popular ‘Festival de Gastronomia do Mar’ starts once again this weekend (Friday, May 2), involving a string of restaurants all selling “the best the sea has to offer”. The
Chelsea Pensioners on parade
Sergeant William Hiseland, the last survivor of the English Civil Wars (1642-51), was one of the first pensioners to be admitted to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Little would he