Algarve Events

The Portimão Air Festival, due to be held on May 23, has been cancelled. Organiser PROAIR, an aerial show events association, informs visitors to its website that Portimão Câmara cancelled

In celebration of Queen’s Day, also known as Koninginnedag, a national holiday marking the birthday of the Dutch Queen, a street fair has been organised to be held tomorrow (Saturday)

Four competitions were held as part of the inaugural Easter festival week at Boavista Golf Resort near Lagos between March 30 and April 5. The festival opened with a ladies

The Wonders of the World is one of the main themes at the eighth Chocolate Festival in Óbidos, which began on March 4 and runs until Sunday (March 14). An

The second Deaf Bowls Festival was held at the Santo António Bowls Club in Alvor between October 17 and 24. A total of 113 people, including 80 bowlers and their

Rock One, claimed to be the biggest music event in the Algarve, takes place in Portimão at the Algarve International Motor Park from August 5 to 8. Acts confirmed include

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@algarveresident.com Visitors to the Algarve are being lured to the end of the world this month to participate in new festivals in Sagres, the most westerly point

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@algarveresident.com A weekend of reggae, ska and funk will be taking place at the first Sunset Fest to be held in Sagres. The mini festival, to be

Hundreds of revellers took part in traditional Algarve festivals last weekend, enjoying the sights and sounds reminiscent of the region of yesteryear. The folklore festival in Alte, near Loulé, on

The Alentejo city of Mértola will be filled with exotic sights and sounds between May 21 and 24, as it hosts its fifth Islamic Festival. Throughout the four days, visitors