Festivals, fairs, markets and other events
Please contact us to add an event on this website. Top photo: Sines World Music festival. São Teotonio monthly market above.
Fairs and festivals
February
March
Cured sausages fair Monchique, 1st weekend in March
Festival of the black pig Ourique, March
Easter cake fair São Marcos da Serra, every Easter
April
Easter cake fair São Marcos da Serra, every Easter
May
Agriculture and livestock fair Santiago de Cacém, last weekend of May
June
Feira de S. Pedro Cercal do Alentejo - 29 + 30 June
July
Sines World Music Festival (FMM Festival Musicas do Mundo) 19-28 July 2018 (above) is the biggest world music event in Portugal and takes place in Sines and Porto Covo in several venues, including the castle. http://en.fmmsines.pt/pages/974
Festival TassJazz Odemira - July 2-7
Beer Festival, Odemira, https://www.cm-odemira.pt/frontoffice/pages/540?event_id=1945
Agriculture and cattle exhibition São Teotonio, July
Medronho and presunto fair Monchique
Battle of Ourique Ourique 25 July
Faceco Fair São Teotónio - second-last weekend July
Above: Sudoeste Festival
August
MEO Sudoeste Festival 2019, Zambujeira do Mar,. The Sudoeste (Southwest) Festival from 7 August to 11 August is the biggest summer music festival in Portugal. It takes place near Zambujeira do Mar, a fishing town on the Alentejo coast famous for its beautiful beaches and mild temperatures. Free camping.
https://www.festicket.com/festivals/meo-sudoeste/2019/
Festival of Santa Maria Ourique, Herdade da Casa Branca
September
Achigã (Black bass) Festival Santa Clara reservoirLocal Products Fair, Artchique Monchique
Big Game Fair (Feira de Caça Maior) São Teotonio 3rd-4th
Flamenco Festival Lagos
Feira do Monte Santiago de Cacém, 1st weekend of September.Feira Nova Cercal do Alentejo - 3rd Sunday + Monday of September
All Saints Fair Cereal do Alentejo
Feira dos Santos Cercal do Alentejo
| Every Saturday - general market | Bus Station | |
| Lagos city | 1st Saturday of the month - gypsy market | Near the municipal stadium |
| Odiáxere, Lagos | 4th Monday of the month | Largo do Moinho |
Markets in alphabetic order
Abela Yearly market: 25 July and 2nd Sunday of October.Monthly market: 2nd Tuesday of the month
Aldeia de Santo André
Yearly market: 30 November and 1 December
Alvalade Yearly market: 4th Sunday of April.Monthly market: 2nd Sunday of the month
Bicos Yearly markets: 3rd Saturday of May and 1st Saturday of October
Boavista dos Pinheiros Yearly market: second Sunday of May
Brunheiras Monthly market: second and fourth Saturday
Camachos (Freguesia de São Teotónio).
Yearly market: 22 October
Cavaleiro (Freguesia de São Teotónio).
Yearly market: 4th Saturday of October and the following Sunday.
Cercal do Alentejo
Feira de São Pedro: 29 and 30 June.Feira Nova: 3rd Sunday and Monday of SeptemberFeira dos Santos: 1 November.
Yearly market: 3rd Sunday of September.Monthly market: 1st Saturday of the month (except in July)
Castro da Cola Yearly market: 7 and 8 September
Colos Yearly market: 24 June. Every Monday and Saturday morning fresh fish, fruit and meat
Deixa-o-Resto Yearly market: 15 October
Ermidas do Sado
Yearly market: 1st Sunday of April and the last Sunday of September.Monthly market: 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month
Fornalhas Velhas (Freguesia de Bicos) Yearly markets: 1 May, 1st Sunday of September
Foros da Casa Nova Yearly market: 1st Sunday of June
Foros do Locário Yearly market: 1st Saturday of May
João da Ribeira (Freguesia de São Teotónio).
Yearly market: 9 October
Lagos - 1st Saturday of the month
Luzianes-Gare Yearly market: 15 July
Monchique2nd friday of each month in Largo de Mercado.
'Feira da Terra' on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month. Buy local produce including fruit, vegetables, honey, sausages, cakes and honey. Local craft stalls.
Odiáxere 4th Monday of the month
Odemira Yearly markets: 24 May, 13 September, 21 December
Ourique
Yearly markets: 2 February, 2nd Sunday after Carnival, 16 May, 28 September
Pereiras-Gare Yearly market: 1 August
Porto Covo Yearly market: 29 August
Relíquias Yearly market: 2nd Sunday of August
Sabóia FACES: August. Yearly markets: 15 August and 1st Sunday of October
Sagres Monthly market. First friday of the month. 9.00am to 2.00pm.
Santana da Serra Yearly market: 2nd Saturday of July. Monthly market: 12th day of every month
Santa Clara-a-Velha Monthly market: third Saturday of each month. Yearly markets: 1st Sunday of July and 1st Sunday of September
Santiago do Cacém
SANTIAGRO – agricultural exposition: last weekend of May.Feira do Monte: 1st weekend of September. Monthly market: 2nd Monday of the month
São Bartolomeu da Serra
Yearly Market: August (every second year)
São Domingos
Yearly market: last Sunday of May and second-last Sunday of August.Monthly market: 1st Friday of each month
São Luís Yearly markets: 10 June and 4 September
São Marcos da Serra Yearly markets: 24 April, 28 June, 15 September, 11 December. Monthly market. First saturday of the onth. 9.00am to 2.00pm.
São Martinho das Amoreiras Yearly market: 25 September. Monthly market: 2nd Thursday of each month
São Miguel Yearly market: 29 September
São Pedro Yearly market: 1 November
São Teotónio Faceco: second-last weekend of July. Yearly market: 18 September. Monthly market: 1st Monday of each month - except for August
Sines
Monthly market: 1st Thursday of each month
Sonega
Yearly market: 2nd Sunday of June and 4th Sunday of September. Monthly market: 3rd Sunday of each month
Vale das Éguas
Yearly market: 2nd Sunday of September
Vale de Água
Yearly market: 1st Sunday of July. Monthly market: the 22nd of each month
Vale de Santiago Yearly market: last Saturday of August
Vale Ferro (Freguesia de Relíquias) yearly market: 9 October
Vila Nova de Santo André
Monthly market: 2nd Wednesday of each month
Vila do Bispo Monthly market. First thursday of the month. 8.00am to 1.00pm. Farmers' markets every friday and saturday.
Viradouro Yearly market: 1 May
Zambujeira do Mar Yearly market: 29 August