MARKETS
Saturday 29 – Loulé (Rua da Nossa Senhora da Piedade) • Azinhal (Loulé. Next to Primary School)
Tuesday 1 – Budens (Vila do Bispo) • Albufeira (Caliços)
Wednesday 2 – Raposeira (Vila do Bispo, opposite local fruit and veg market)
Thursday 3 – Ameixial (Loulé, next to EN 2 road) • Fuzeta (Camping site) • Azilheira (S. Marcos da Serra) • Vila do Bispo
MEETINGS
Saturday 29 –Over 50’s (IF Club of the Algarve) meeting from 8pm at Sopa da Pedra near Hotel Penina. 12 euros per person. Call 282 799 111.
Sunday 30 – Over 50’s (IF Club of the Algarve) Live Brazilian music, varied buffet 10 euros inclusive of wine and coffee. Call 282 799 111.
Wednesday 2 – Cancer Support Group for Ladies meeting. Call Joan on 289 843 472 or Cynthia, 282 401 791 for details.
THEATRE
Friday 28, Saturday 29, Sunday 30 –‘A Birra do Morto’ at Albufeira Auditorium from 9.30pm.
Friday 28 – ‘Oliver Twist’ at São Brás Cine-Theatre from 9.30pm. Call 289 841 959.
Saturday 29 – ‘Á Luz de Java’ at Lagos Cultural Centre from 9.30pm. Call 282 688 026.
Friday 28, Saturday 29 – ‘Lost in Fairyland’, from 7pm, at Paderne Theatre. Tickets 12 euros. Call 289 999 060.
CAR BOOT SALES
Sunday 30 – Almancil (next to C+S school)
FAIRS
Sunday 30 – São Bartolomeu do Sul annual fair, selling livestock and farm produce on the main road.
Sunday 30 –Barringtons Golf and Health Spa in Vale do Lobo, Wellness in Action Day 2004 from 11am to 6pm. Health, fitness, beauty, nutrition, alternative therapies, medical practitioners and lots more. Call Luke Pierce on
289 351 940.
MUSIC
Friday 28 – Paul McCartney at Rock in Rio-Lisboa music festival in Lisbon. Ticket priced at 55 euros at Millennium BCP banks or at event entrance.
Friday 28 – Martin Teutscher Quartet at Vilamoura Jazz Club from 10pm.
Friday 28 –The New Orleans Jazz Band at O Simplício Restaurant, Vale d’el Rei, Lagos, from 9pm. Call Tony Scriven on 289 591 804.
Friday 28 – The Good Time Jazz Band, at Mariners Bar, Rua Santa Isabel, Portimão. Call Ivor Jones on 282 332 029.
Friday 28 – Chamber Music with Soloist at Vale de Lobo from 7.30pm.
Call 289 353 256.
Friday 28 – Piano concert with Sara Miriam at Salão Nobre de Câmara Municipal in Portimão from 9.30pm.
Saturday 29 – Ben Harper • Peter Gabriel • Gilberto Gil • Rui Veloso + more at Rock in Rio-Lisboa music festival. Tickets priced at
55 euros at Millennium BCP banks or at event entrance.
Saturday 29 – 2nd Fado Gala night at Ferragudo ACD in Lagoa from 9.30pm.
Saturday 29 –
Sahara Baby Jazz at Vilamoura Jazz Club, from 10pm.
Saturday 29 –The Good Time Jazz Band, at Stevie Ray’s Blues and Jazz Bar in Lagos. Call Ivor Jones on 282 332 029.
Sunday 30 – Foo Fighters
• Evanescence • Charlie Brown Jr.
• Xutos e Pontapés • Jeff Mills + more at Rock in Rio-Lisboa music festival. Tickets priced at 55 euros at
Millennium BCP or at event entrance.
Monday 31 –The Good Time Jazz Band at Tivoli Hotel in Lagos. Call Ivor Jones on 282 332 029.
Monday 31, Thursday 3 – Marianne, all round singer, at Charlie’s Bar, at Areias de São João in Albufeira, from 9.30pm. Call 289 512 243.
Thursday 3 – The New Orleans Jazz Band at Vilamoura Jazz Club from 9.30pm. Call Tony Scriven on 289 591 804.
LUNCH AND DINNERS
Friday 28 –Indian dinner with live entertainment and raffle, in Raj at Garbe, Armação de Pêra, at 7.30pm, 25 euros per person. Proceeds go to Quintinha dos Animais Goldra & Amigos dos Gatos do Algarve.
Sunday 30 – Over 50’s (IF) group buffet lunch, Brazilian Music. 10 euros including drinks. Call Eileen England on 282 799 111.
Wednesday 2 – Over 50’s (IF Club do Algarve) lunch at Meia Praia.
TRAVEL
Friday 28 – Over 50’s (IF) group excursion to Morocco – 206 euros, three days. Call Eileen England on 282 799 111.
SPORT
Saturday 29, Sunday 30 – 6th Costa D’Oiro indoor football marathon at Pavilhão Júlio Dantas in Lagos. Call 282 770 990.
Sunday 30 – 4th I.P.S.C-STT shooting competition at São Marcos in Tavira from 9.30am.
EXHIBITIONS
• Until May 28 – Espuma do Mar by Jaqueline Atkinson at EMARP building in Portimão.
• Until May 29 – Singrid Braun-Umbrach colourful paintings and Walter Schmidt work on old doors and windows with coloured glass for sale and viewing at Barringtons.
• Until May 31 – In the Deep Oceanat Rua Comandante Francisco Manuel in Faro. For information call 289 890 920.
• Until May 31 – Love Letters at the Contemporary Art, Cinema and Photography Museum in São Brás de Alportel. For more information call 919 732 187.
•Until May 31 – Commemorative exhibition of International Museums at Galeria Municipal de Aljezur.
• Until June – ‘Nuno Santiago, Tavira, Algarve recent work’ at São Lourenço Centro Cultural. For more information call 289 395475.
• Until June 9 – Stone sculptures at Cochoa restaurant (just off the EN 125 near Luz). Proceeds from sale of items go to Associação Bamboo (animal refuge) Vila do Bispo. For reservations call 282 782 822.
• Until June 10 – Hasselmyr’s first exhibition, at the Galeria Porca Preta in Monchique. DIRECTIONS: Drive towards Alferce and follow the signs. The gallery also has a restaurant and bar. For information call 282 912 384.
• Until July 31 – ‘The Discovery of Brazil’ at Museu Municipal de Arqueologia in Albufeira.
• Saturday 22 until September 22 – Grand opening of the second FIESA 2004 International Sand Sculpture Festival near Pêra, between A22 access road to Algoz and EN 125. Call 289 912 918 for information.
•Until end of 2004 – Metal sculptures by Rui Silva at Palm Properties art gallery, located on the Lagoa to Carvoeiro road, near to Inermarché supermarket. Call 965 145 465.
