Silves Beer Fest starts this July 12 and brings together over 70 types of beer
A variety of Portuguese brands and craft beers will be served at Praça Al-Mutamid – July 7, 2023 Taking place between July 12 and 16, the event will feature food trucks, handicraft stalls and live entertainment including performances by Tatiana Pinto, 5EX Band, Emanuel Martins & Tânia, Ally Winehouse (Amy Winehouse tribute), Naomi & The Raposeira Dub Collective, Xico Barata and several DJs. July 12 | Tatiana Pinto (Fado) and...
Sunset in the Castle: Summer Concerts return to Silves
Silves Castle will once again host a series of summer concerts – July 6, 2023 Sunset Secrets, a series of sunset events taking place every Thursday until the end of July, is back at Silves Castle. The initiative started on June 29 with a concert by the Algarve Jazz Orchestra and Luis Miguel’s Time Wheel Trio and continues on Thursday (July 6) with Ana Sofia Marques of the Fado Singers of Portugal. There will also be performances...
Local Artist explores her ‘90s journeys with ‘Colours of Zanzibar’ exhibition in Silves
Artist BJ Boulter’s colourful artworks feature the enchanted sandy beach island of Zanzibar – June 16, 2023 BJ Boulter will present her ‘Colours of Zanzibar’ exhibition at the restored Casa da Cultura in Silves, opening on Saturday, June 17 at the Casa da Cultura Luso-Árabe e Mediterrânica in Silves, at 4pm. Her artworks are figurative, reflecting her journeys to Zanzibar in the early nineties, reflecting that the island is...
Rallye Casinos do Algarve returns to Silves for Spring event
The race dates changed to spring for the first time ever – March 7, 2023 The Rallye Casinos do Algarve will be held in the spring for the first time ever, between March 30 and April 1. With its headquarters at the Hotel Algarve Casino in Praia da Rocha and assistance car park located at Lagoa’s fair and exhibition park (FATACIL), this year, 60 cars will race on dirt tracks across the municipality of Silves. Returning to its original...
Al-Mutamid Festival returns to Silves and Lagoa
February brings back the annual Arab music festival Al-Mutamid – February 6, 2023 February marks the return of the Al-Mutamid Music Festival, which will bring traditional Arab music to several towns in the Algarve and further north. This year’s festival will feature performances by “different groups specialised in the sounds of Al-Andalus, but also the music and dances of the Middle East, Maghreb and Eastern Mediterranean”. The...
Silves Orange Festival returns this February for its seventh edition
“Orange Flavoured Weekend” returns to Silves in recognition of the region’s reigning fruit – January 19, 2023 The city of Silves is hosting the seventh edition of the “Fim de Semana com Sabor a Laranja” (Orange Flavoured Weekend), between February 10 and 12. The three days will be entirely dedicated to gastronomy made using the queen of the orchard, highlighting the unique quality of oranges and other citrus fruits produced in...
Silves’ biggest Summer Event will bring visitors back to the Middle Ages
The long-awaited Medieval Fair returns with over 100 exhibitors from all over the world, Medieval tournaments and taverns, and entertainment for the whole family – August 8, 2022 Due to take place between August 10 and 20, the event will allow visitors to experience “A Day In History” – in other words, what life was like when Silves and the Algarve were ruled by the Moors. The town will be decorated to look (almost) like it did in the...
Summertime brings back the “Sunset Secrets” Live Sessions to Silves Castle
Enjoy the Summer sunsets at the top of Silves Castle with live music, great food, dance performances and even fire shows – July 12, 2022 Sunset Secrets returns to Silves for yet another Summer edition. A series of sunset events will be held every Thursday at Silves Castle until August 4. These sunset parties take place between 6.30pm (admission is allowed until 9.30pm) and 11pm and feature everything from live music to “relaxing...
Silves Castle awarded with “Regional 5 Stars Award”
The iconic structure joins seven others in the region distinguished with this award – May 3, 2022 Silves’s Castle received once again the “Regional 5 Stars Award” in the category “National Monuments”, being one of the seven icons selected for the Algarve region, alongside the Cataplana dish, the Algarve orange, the region of Estoi, the Ria Formosa Natural Park, Praia da Rocha Beach and the Monchique hills. “It’s a great pride to have...
‘Folar Fair’ returns to São Marcos da Serra for the Easter Celebrations
The annual Folar Fair will showcase the sweet and delicious folar cake, local food & drinks and also performances by choir groups, dances, exhibitions, concerts and more – April 12, 2022 The small town São Marcos da Serra, in Silves, will host the annual event ‘Folar Fair’ (Feira do Folar) in honour of the sweet and delicious Easter cake, for which the town is so famous, which is made of cinnamon and fennel and decorated with...
