If you are here this week you can enjoy a caldeirada at the festival, Fado in Faro, Street Theatre, Jazz & Wine in Silves, windsurfing in Portimão and lots and lots of sunshine!
Friday 22 May
MARKETS & FAIRS
- Artists & Fleas Market — Olhão riverfront, evening — Curated stalls of local makers, last weekends before summer.
- Loulé Small Market — Spring 2026 — Loulé centre — Curated design and producer stalls continue through June.
FESTIVALS & CULTURE
- XXVII Festival da Caldeirada e do Mar — Armação de Pêra, opening day — Public launch at the Municipal Market in the morning.
- 10th ESTAR'26 Street Theatre — Barão de São Miguel — Opening evening programme of street arts.
- European iQFOiL Championship — Portimão, all day — Penultimate day of the European windsurfing championship; spectating free along the marina.
MUSIC
- Fridays on Ria Formosa — Faro waterfront, sunset — Open-air live music on the lagoon.
THEATRE & DANCE
- This is Only About Dance (Cartas para a Nuvem) — Cine-Teatro Louletano, Loulé, 21:30 — Hugo Cabral Mendes' multidisciplinary piece on body and memory.
- Oleanna — Centro Cultural de Lagos — David Mamet's two-hander on power and language, in Portuguese.
Saturday 23 May
MARKETS & FAIRS
- Mercado de Loulé (covered) — Loulé centre, 07:00–15:00 — One of the Algarve's iconic market halls.
- Saturdays at the Market — São Brás de Alportel — Weekly producer market in the eastern hills.
FESTIVALS & CULTURE
- XXVII Festival da Caldeirada e do Mar — Armação de Pêra — Main festival day plus the Conferência do Mar on the Recife do Algarve Marine Protected Area.
- Park & Ride Festival — Olhão — Urban sports inside the Associations & Youth Fair: skateboarding, BMX, FMX, 3x3 basketball.
- European iQFOiL Championship — final day — Portimão — Last day of the European windsurfing championship; free spectating from the marina.
MUSIC & PERFORMANCE
- Carminho — Eu vou Morrer de Amor ou Resistir — Teatro das Figuras, Faro, 21:30 —
- 9th Edition Jazz in the Wineries — Algarve Jazz Orchestra — Quinta winery, Silves — Wine, sunset and a full jazz orchestra.
THEATRE & DANCE
- Cabe mais um? (Room for one more?) — Tavira — D. Maria II National Theatre brings the touring family show east.— Portimão (offshore), all day — Olympic-class windfoiling, opening day.
Sunday 24 May
MARKETS & FAIRS
- Mercado de Olhão (Sunday) — Olhão riverfront, morning — The eastern Algarve's signature Sunday rhythm.
- Estoi Sunday Market — Estoi village square, morning — Small, local, the kind of thing tourists skip.
FESTIVALS & CULTURE
- XXVII Festival da Caldeirada e do Mar — Armação de Pêra, final day — Last seatings of the special menus.
- 10th ESTAR'26 Street Theatre — Barão de São Miguel — Closing day of the festival.— São Brás de Alportel — Processions continue through the day.
MUSIC
- 150th Anniversary Concert — Sociedade Filarmónica Artistas de Minerva — Loulé — One of the Algarve's oldest brass bands turns 150; programme built around the sea.
- Spring Lightening — Faro — Strauss's Oboe Concerto and a spring repertoire for the Eastern Algarve.
- The Days of Jazz'26 — João Paulo Esteves da Silva Quartet — Faro — A landmark Portuguese jazz pianist with his new quartet.
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