The best grilled sardines in bread and names of Portuguese music such as Carlão, Cuca Roseta and Tony Carreira are once again the ingredients of the Portimão Sardine Festival, whose 27th edition runs from Tuesday to Sunday.
Between August 01st and 06th, the riverside area of that city in the district of Faro hosts “one of the biggest gastronomic events in the Algarve”, emphasizes the organization, in charge of the Portimão Council, after last year having beaten “all the maximum of affluence”, with 110 thousand entries, says the municipality.
The grilled sardines, the 'queen' of the festival, can be tasted in one of the five pavilions set up on the premises, provided by sports and cultural associations and associations in the municipality, or in the seven restaurants in the area that participate in the event.
The festival will once again be marked by musical entertainment, with four stages spread across the riverside area.
On the main stage, the shows are scheduled for 22:00 pm, with performances by Carlão (August 01st), Áurea (02), André Sardet (03), Virgul (04), Cuca Roseta (05) and Tony Carreira (06). .
In addition to the gastronomic component and musical entertainment, the festival has dozens of exhibitors with proposals ranging from cakes and regional liqueurs to alternative snacks to grilled sardines, not forgetting embroidery, jewellery, costume jewelry, textiles, footwear and handmade candles, among others.
The start of the 27th Sardine Festival, on Tuesday, from 17 pm, is also marked by the historical recreation of the traditional unloading of sardines, which, until four decades ago, was a characteristic activity in the Portimão riverside area and which was lost when the fishing port moved to the opposite bank of the Arade river.
Local associations and volunteers will streamline this year's reenactment, with costumes, sayings and means of transport from the time.
Free entry, the festival doors open daily at 18 pm and close at midnight.
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