The scent of sugar, frying dough and roasted chestnuts will fill Faro’s Largo de São Francisco as the city’s oldest fair opened on Thursday evening, for eleven days.
Autumn is finally making itself felt: daytime temperatures remain in the mid-20s, but cooler evenings call for a jumper and a warming bowl of soup.
Loulé is serving up three days of soups prepared by local associations, while further east, Alcoutim’s riverside quay hosts a free festival organised by the village’s international community.
Saturday promises a return of full sunshine. Here’s what’s happening across the Algarve this weekend.
Saturday 17th October
Tavira Monthly Market Markets & fairs, Rua Almirante Cândido dos Reis, Tavira, from 8am. The third-Saturday market, opposite the football ground.
Aljezur Producers' Market - Espaço Multiusos, Aljezur, from 8am. West coast growers selling what they picked this week.
Open Day at the Gruta da Companheira - Archaeologists explain a cave used by Neanderthals 45,000 years ago. Companheira, Portimão, 10am.
Polly Gibbons & Algarve Jazz Orchestra - Music, Centro de Congressos, Parchal, Lagoa, 7pm. A British jazz and soul voice with the regional big band.
Pedro Abrunhosa Pedro Abrunhosa - Teatro das Figuras, Faro, 9.30pm, from €34. One of Portugal's great songwriters on his Inverbo tour.
Sunday 18th September
Vila Nova de Cacela Monthly Market - Largo Manuel Cabanas, Vila Nova de Cacela, from 8am. Third-Sunday market: produce, plants, clothes and household goods.
Travessas - Around 20 restaurants in Lagos, all October, €20. A sharing platter for four, with four drinks included.
Fado on Sundays: Pedro Viola Fado on Sundays: Pedro Viola. Auditório Municipal, Olhão, 4pm, free. An afternoon of fado, no ticket needed.
Frankie Chavez - Cineteatro Louletano, Loulé, 5pm, €12. Blues and folk guitar, with new songs in Portuguese.
26th Mamamaratona - Jardim Filipe Jonas, Quarteira, 10am. Charity walk and run for breast cancer support.
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