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Night A Festival in Aljezur 25 – 29 August

To celebrate the annual municipal holiday of Aljezur there will be five days of festivities. From August 25 until August 29, the town will be full of animation and well known Portuguese musicians will be performing.

On the first day, there will be a formal opening session in the town hall which will include the handing out of the Municipal Medal of Merit and Dedication “Gold Grade” to António Novais Henriques, for his constant dedication to the challenges thrown up by the associations of Aljezur. Other municipal medals of cultural and sporting honours will be awarded to various associations in the municipality at the same time.

The festivities start on Friday the 25th with the opening of the Street Food festival which will be located next to the municipal market. There will be lots of petiscos or small bites, food stands and musical entertainment. On the 26th, the night will be livened up by Deejay Telio and the following night (27 Aug) Richie Campbell will take to the stage.

The popular “Night A – Multicultural Night” will take place on the 28th of August and will have the usual white dress code. The event will take place in the historic or old part of town and there will be several stages with different shows and performances. Throughout the day, visitors will also have the opportunity to visit the museums of the village and in the late afternoon Rita Guerra will give an intimate concert on the stage near the Castle. This memorable night will finish with a performance on the main stage with D.A.M.A with special guest Buba Espinho.

The party continues on the morning of the municipal holiday with the traditional walk to the beach of Monte Clérigo with the reenactment of the “Banho de 29”, where everyone is invited to take the acclaimed “holy bath”. Tradition and folklore say that the “bath” on August 29 scares away demons and is worth twenty-nine baths.

At the end of the morning, the free distribution of sardines will start in all the different freguesias of the municipality for the “Mega Sardinhada em sua Casa” (sardine party at home) so people can celebrate this day amongst friends.

João Pedro will be closing these five days of festivities on the main stage with a concert of timeless music!

Results – June Society Day

Great Evening at the Fonte with most of the days’ players attending…..I Can’t believe the weather, we’re here in Portugal in June, and it rains like that.

Well done everyone for staying the course – brilliant.

Now this is a thing, 2 ladies play and they dominate the results…Well Done…let’s hope we can expand our Membership.

Below are the results and we look forward to July

VDT Golf Society, Amovate Challenge  8th June2023

Winner –  June Eves  38

Runner Up  – Sharon Dickens  37

3rd       Steve Bossom  36

4th       Neil Maciver  35

5th       Alan Eves  34

From the remaining players

Best Front 9 Holes 10 to 18 20 points Brian Parker

Highest number of pars 3 Colin Webber

70’s Party and BBQ

Tickets are available on a limited basis.

• Live Music — ABBA Divas
• Fancy dress prizes
• Sunday, June 11, starting 2 pm, Hugos Bar
• €10 members, €13 non-members (if your membership has lapsed, now is a good time to renew! Do it today before buying your tickets and get the discount. Renew here.)
Amovate Entertainment
The summer has arrived, so it must be time to fire up the party atmosphere. Amovate has three great events organised for your entertainment. To kick off the summer we have a 70’s music and BBQ party on the 11th June (see poster). The BBQ will be chicken / ribs or vegetarian pizza with chips and coleslaw. This will be our first event of the year, and with no expense spared we have the pleasure to announce the best tribute band in the Algarve: ABBA Divas will be performing for you.

Since it’s a 70s party, fancy dress is encouraged, with prizes for the best costumes. But don’t worry if its only the music you like. That’s cool, too. Just bring your dancing shoes!

See if you can answer this question correctly:
“Who started the best Christmas song of the 70’s with:
“It’s Christmas!”
• Elvis
• Cliff Richard
• Noddy Holder
If you have the answer, go straight to the Amovate website and order your tickets today. Be quick, this will be a sell-out!

New Heart Defibrillator

Amovate are pleased to announce that a Heart Defibrillator has now been installed at the Pines Roundabout, by Junta de Freguesia Aljezur. It’s the first in the Aljezur Region and is now operative.

If someone has a cardiac arrest, make sure you

  • Firstly ring 112 to alert the Bomberios
  • Start CPR chest compressions
  • Get someone else to collect the Defibrillator from the box:

Open the 2 catches top and bottom and open the door, you will see a closed transparent inner box which is locked. Press the button and talk to the operators, they will release the door remotely. A code will be sent to allow this to be used as the defib will be tracked by satellite.

Follow the instructions on the Defibrillator.

SW Color ART

For all you local Artists!

We have received this news from SW Color Aljezur:

A large part of our clients are residents of Vale da Telha and also a large part of the community live not only in Vale da Telha but also in the district of Aljezur.

We stand out in the field of paints and materials for wood treatment, multiple surfaces among many other construction products.

We decided at the request of numerous customers mostly the “foreign” community of Vale da Telha and surroundings, to move to SWCOLOR ART, which is to have all kinds of material to exploit this gift that we are fully aware that exists in the municipality and surrounding areas.

I am talking about canvases, oil paints, charcoal, pencils and specific markers, and a whole range of products that not existing in the county forces customers to travel to Portimão where there is a reference shop for such products of the best brands at the best price.

We can guarantee that all artists will no longer need to travel to Portimão to have the necessary material to expand their art.

We will have the best brands and strongholds at the most competitive price in the region.

I invite all members of Amovate to visit our shop once in order to prove the diversity and prices of the material that from Monday we will have available in our shop.

SWCOLOR ALJEZUR & SW ARTS Can be found at the bottom of Rua 29 de Agosto, Aljezur (the road where Spar is located).