Events in Vila do Bispo - Algarve - Portugal

Here you will find information about events in Vila do Bispo! When the Algarve bank holidays are so you don't miss out on something or on a practical note, get caught out by the supermarkets closing; when and where the markets are in and around Vila do Bispo, what annual events take place and what up and coming events there are in our Vila do Bispo events listings.

Annual events in Vila do Bispo

• 2nd weekend in September - annual festival and fair in Raposeira
• 3rd weekend in September - annual fair in Vila do Bispo
• 13th - 15th August - Sagres Festival in honour of the patron saint Nossa Senhora da Graça - a procession of boats make their way to Cabo de S. Vicente as part of the celebrations
• 29th August - Festa do Banho 29 (Bathing party) - Sagres
• 24th of March - Festa de Nossa Senhora da Encarnação, in Raposeira
• 20th, 21st, 22nd August - Burgau festival
• 7th, 8th,21st and 22nd August - Barão de S. Miguel festivals

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Algarve Bank holidays 2011 to 2017

• Municipal holiday: 22nd January
• New Years Day: 1st January
• Carnival ("Carnaval" - Mardi Gras): 2011-March 8th; 2012-February 21st; 2013-February 12th; 2014-March 4th; 2015-February 17th; 2016-February 9th; 2017-February 28th.
• Good Friday: 2011-April 22nd; 2012-April 6th; 2013-March 29th; 2014-April 18th; 2015-April 3rd; 2016-March 25th; 2017-April 14th.
• Easter Sunday: 2011-April 24th; 2012-April 8th; 2013-March 31st; 2014-April 20th; 2015-April 5th; 2016-March 27th; 2017- April 16th.
• Liberation Day (celebrating the 1974 revolution): 25th April
• Labour Day: 1st May
• Corpus Christie: 2011-June 23rd; 2012-June 7th; 2013-May 30th; 2014-June 19th; 2015-June 4th; 2016-May 26th; 2017-June 15th.
• Portugal Day: 10th June
• Assumption of the Virgin: 15th August
• Republic Day: 5th October
• All Saints' Day: 1st November
• Restoration (of Independence) Day: 1st December
• Immaculate Conception: 8th December
• Christmas Day: 25th December

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Markets in Vila do Bispo and surrounding areas

• Market in Vila do Bispo: 1st Thursday of each month in front of the market
• Market in Raposeira: 1st Wednesday of each month in front of the primary school
• Market in Budens: 1st Tuesday of each month - centre of the village
• Market in Sagres: 1st Friday of the month, in front of the market building
• Market in Vila do Bispo: 1st Thursday of the month in front of the market building
• Market in Lagos: 1st Saturday of the month on the ground by the municipal stadium.
• Flea market in Barão de S. João: 4th Sunday of the month by the sports ground from 08.00 to 13.00

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