Freshly Squeezed 〜 Jan 20–26

What's on in Lagos Portugal this week.

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Goodtimes Lagos
January 19, 2025

Hello dear readers,
How is your 2025 going so far? Sticking to those New Years resolutions? Staying, fit, healthy, dry and motivated? Good on you :).
Back with another edition of Freshly Squeezed and wow, what another loaded edition it is. Who would think we are still in “quiet” January!?
Some of this week’s juicy drops include:

  • Yoga or working out for charity 💗

  • DJ Groundswell is back to Party 🪩

  • Learn to read your palm ✋

  • Live Cooking show at the market 👨🏼‍🍳

  • FREE yoga classes 🧘🏻‍♀️

  • Wine tasting from women wine makers 🍷

  • Clothes swapping and cake tasting 🍰

  • and workshops for ceramics, painting, drawing, Portuguese, acrobatics & more.

Remember:
If you don’t do your idea, someone else will. 

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🔥This week’s hot drops

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Tip: Click on the event titles (pink=link) to find out more.

Monday, Jan 20

🤸🏼‍♀️ Yoga Pilates & Soul with Andrea
9–10:00 | Book on +33 605 789 187 |📍La Casa del Corpo

💃 New Class: Salsa
Starting on Jan 20, whether you're a beginner stepping into the world of Salsa for the first time or a seasoned dancer looking to refine your moves, this class is for you.
20:15 | 10€ | 📍Urban Dance Studio 

Tuesday, Jan 21

 🍷 Sip and Paint  
Join artist Angie-Lynne in her next fun class creating a vibrant Monstera leaf painting.
Acrylic on canvas, art supplies and drinks provided.
18–21:00 | 35€ |📍The SPACE

Wednesday, Jan 22

🧘🏼 Yoga for a good cause 
Only a few spots left!: Join a heartwarming Solidarity Yoga Class by Claire Stable, with all the proceeds going to 🐕 Cadela Carlota Animal Shelter❤️. Suitable for all levels! Reserve +351 911 553 273
11–12:00 | 15€ | 📍Le Dôme 

📚🍷 Books & Wine 
Meet new friends and have informal conversations about this months selected book, Midnight Library, while enjoying a glass of vino.
19–20:30 | 10€ |📍The SPACE

🇵🇹 Conversational Portuguese courses 
There are now 3 courses available - Beginners (10–11:00) and Intermediate (12–13:00) on Tuesdays, and now also Advanced Beginners 10–11:00 on Wednesdays.
13€/class or 45€/month |📍The SPACE

🫐 Vivo Mercado
Produce, music, food + beer stands and good local fun.
16–20:00 | Free | 📍Mercado do Levante

Thursday, Jan 23  

👨🏼‍🍳 Show cooking at the Fish Market
A chef from Cascade Wellness Resort will be doing a live cooking show of Algarvian-style Stuffed Squid, as part of the 100 year anniversary of the market.
10:30 | Free | 📍Mercado da Avenida

🍷 Women wine makers, Wine Tasting
Enjoy 4 carefully selected wines paired with delicious snacks, all while learning about the incredible women shaping the Portuguese wine industry. Booking essential, WhatsApp +351 926 783 248
15–17:00 | 25€ | 📍Factory Fusion hub

🌸 Nature Captured in time, ceramic workshop
Make a beautiful, timeless ceramics piece by pressing flowers into clay, in this 3 hour workshop. Led by founder of FLEUR Ceramica.
10:30–13:30 | 50€ inc. materials |📍The SPACE

✅ Quiz night
Always a good community gathering. Test your random knowledge over a few cosy drinks and laughs. Booking a table recommended.
Get settled from 19:00, Quiz starts 20:00 | 📍The Collab 

Friday, Jan 24

🎨 Art & Wine Evening 
A fun evening of learning to paint, while enjoying good company, conversation and some good wine.
18–21:00 | 35€ inc. materials & wine | 📍TEIAS Arte Local

🎬 Movies Night 
Settle in with herbal tea and light snacks, and enjoy an evening of connection and conversation and film in a relaxed, welcoming space.
20–21:30 | Donation | 📍The Seed 

🎶 Clear Standards - Algarve Jazz Orchestra
Part of the 452nd-anniversary-of-Lagos-becoming-a-city celebrations :).
19–20:00 | Free | 📍Centro Cultural de Lagos 

🤸🏼‍♀️ Acrobatics in Contemporary Dance
18–21:00 | 25€ early bird til 22.1 | 📍La Casa del Corpo

Saturday, Jan 25

💪 Charity Beach Workout
Have fun getting fit in a group beach workout and consequently support the ownerless doggies! Proceeds go to Cadela Carlota 🐕 Shelter ❤️. Plus food & drinks from Everyday People☕️! Sign up by texting “Puppy Workout” to +31 6 214 66 471
14–16:00 | 15€ | 📍Meia Praia Beach

🧘🏻‍♀️ Free Yoga classes all day!
Its Open Day at Espiche Yoga and from morning til evening, they will be offering you the chance to try all the classes taught by their teachers, for free! Including Vinyasa, Hatha, Face Yoga, Pilates, Reflexology and more. Keep an eye on their stories for program.
All day | Free | 📍Espiche Yoga

✍🏼 Life Drawing class 
Draw from a live model in this monthly class. Suitable for beginners and experienced artists.
11–13:00 | 20€ | 📍 LiLAC Studio 

🍰 Mama’s clothing swap & cake tasting
Fun, sustainable and delicious! Bring up to 10 pieces of clothing (/accessories) that you are ready to pass on, with hangers, and enjoy an afternoon of circularity and community building. There will be yummy vegan GF cakes to try from botanicake.pt.
15–16:30 - be punctual | Free |📍Arco Preloved 

🎛️ DJ Groundswell
This is the second edition of this event, and the first one was huge💥.
15–23:00 | 10€ tickets here |📍Grand Café Lagos

💃 Festa Afro Latina
Music, dancing and good vibes.
17–21:00 | 3€ | 📍Factory Fusion hub

💓 KAP (Kundalini Activation Process)
This profound 2h experience includes an introduction to KAP, a 60 min transmission and an integration circle with tea and light snacks.
16–18:00 | 65€ | 📍The Seed

Sunday, Jan 26

🧘🏻‍♀️Yoga 101
This beginner-friendly workshop introduces the fundamentals of yoga in a supportive environment, covering key poses, their benefits, and how to adapt them for your body. Perfect for newcomers or anyone looking to build confidence and deepen their practice.
10–12:30 | 35€ | 📍Le Dôme 

👩‍👧 Mothers Circle with Cacao and Breathwork
Enjoy a blissful 2 hours with other mothers, involving a Sound journey, breathwork, journaling, cacao, coaching and a sharing circle.
10:30–12:30 | 20€ | 📍Arco Preloved

✋ Palmistry Workshop
Unlock the secrets of your soul through Palmistry. "The hands are a blueprint of the soul" so find out how to read yours in this captivating 3 hour Workshop.
12–15:00 | 35€ inc. drinks & nibbles |📍The SPACE

🪷 Menstrual Cycle Wisdom 
Understanding how your hormones and cycle effects you, and embracing it, can be very powerful. Learn how in this workshop. Questions/sign up: +49 176 7227 6851
12–14:00 | 30€ | 📍La Casa del Corpo

🧘🏼 Awaken Breathwork with Jasper
A 2-hour session combining breathwork, movement, and visualization to shift consciousness, foster inner peace, and deepen self-connection, often leading to clarity and a sense of unconditional love.
11:45–13:45 | 35€ | 📍The Seed

💎 Crystalline Sound healing
A a transformative journey involving meditation, breathwork, tapping, and crystalline sound healing, to reconnect with your heart and balance your chakras.
18:00–19:30 | 33€ | 📍The Seed

🗓️ Coming up… 

🍛 A special Banana leaf dinner with That Asian Home Cook on Jan 28th

Digital Remoters Meetup 🍹 at Factory Fusion Hub on Jan 28th

The 🌍Language & Cultural Exchange Meetup is back on Jan 31st at Empanadas & Co.

🌸 Hormone Yoga Course starting at Soluna Space on Feb 5 (then 12, 19 & 26 Feb). Learn to support perimenopause, menopause, PMS & conception issues in a natural & holistic way.

🇵🇹 Portuguese Conversation Classes at Luz Cultura from Feb 6–April 10. More info and sign up here.

📣 TEDxPraça Gil Eanes, is coming on 12 May 2025 at Centro Cultural Lagos and they are looking for speakers & volunteers.

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For yoga, pilates, dance and wellness in Lagos, find all the details here.

Every Monday:
Every Tuesday:
Every Wednesday

  • 🧘🏼‍♂️ Sunrise beach Yoga 7:15 20€, at Praia da Batata, Book here

  • 🏊‍♀️ Morning Swim Club 9:15 at Dona Ana Beach, free and coffee provided

  • 🚶🏻‍♀️Lagos Women’s walks (beach walk) 8am, meet at Bar Quim. Info: fb group & Insta 

  • 👩🏻‍💻 Cowork & lunch: Usually Wednesday from 11 at Everyday People Café. Join the WhatApp group

  • 🚶🏻‍♂️Mens walk and talk Lagos: Usually Wed. 14:00. Promoting positive mental health. Free, join the facebook group

  • 🏀 Social Netball every Wednesday 18:30 | at Boa Vista Golf Club

  • 🫐 Vivo Mercado: Produce, music, food + beer stands and good local fun. 16–21:00 | Free | at Mercado do Levante

  • 🌶️ Industry Night at Peppers Discounted cocktails for hospitality staff. 15–02:00 at Peppers Bar

  • 🌅🛹 Sunset Surf Skate: Grab your board and group skate to a dreamy sunset backdrop. Lessons for beginners available. Join their WhatsApp group.

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