Hey Folks,

Hope you’ve had an amazing week! Last weekend’s Freshly Squeezed edition did cover this week too, but there was a lot on, and since then a few new things popped up…
Lagos is in it’s transition phase – summer events are wrapping up, and community events are reemerging.
This week you can look forward to: mingling with locals at Remoters drinks🍹, the opening of a new movement studio🧘🏻‍♀️, final night at the 🍿open-air cinema, the 🎉Season End Festival at the Wake park, exhibition openings🍷, InDireita Street Fest #8, a fair for foreigners and more. Enjoy!

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Recover from last week 🙂

🍹 Lagos Remoters Meetups are back. Open to everyone, this bi-weekly Meetup its a great place to meet people over casual drinks. The venue this week is 📍KasBah Cocktail Lounge, Lagos Marina | 19:30 | free

🏖️ Transform to Clean: Beach Clean-Up A community beach clean led by marine biologist Joanne after the busy summer, followed by a tea, coffee or matcha if you fancy. Meet near the fishermen's slope. 10:00 | Free | 📍Praia de Burgau

🎞️ Stop Motion Workshop A stop-motion animation workshop with Filipa Carvalho. 14–16:30 | €40 | 📍TEIAS, Lagos

🎨 Creative Watercolour Workshop A creative watercolour workshop with Jaurné van der Westhuizen. 14–16:30 | €35 register: [email protected] | 📍TEIAS, Lagos

✅ Quiz night 19:30 | Free, Booking a table recommended | 📍The Collab 

🙋‍♀️ Lagos Women in Motion Meet with other ambitious women to share and support each other. This meetings focus is on honestly answering “where do you stand now” 10:00 | Registration required | 📍Zany Café Lagos

🧘 MOVE Open Day: Free Movement Classes: The opening of a new movement studio in Lagos with a day of free taster classes: FAMO Fascia Movement at 10:30, Yoga at 12:00, Pilates & FAMO at 14:30 and Align at 16:30. Limited to 15 per class, first come first served; sign up via the form on the MOVE Studio page. 10:30–17:30 | Free | 📍MOVE Studio, Lagos

🎬 Creative Ape Outdoor Cinema: Dirty Dancing. 19:00–22:30 | €12.50 | 📍Marina de Lagos

🎷 Fado & Jazz: One Soul, by the Lagos Light Orchestra Big-band arrangements of fado classics, with singers. 19:00 | 📍Centro Cultural de Lagos

🦅 17th Sagres Birdwatching and Nature Festival Four days of Portugal's biggest bird festival, with over 160 activities including birdsong walks, seabird watching at Cabo de São Vicente, dolphin trips, bird ringing, geology walks, photography courses, night astronomy and a Via Algarviana sunset walk. Oct 2–5, times vary | Most field trips and talks free, boat trips €25–75, workshops €12.75–15 | 📍Sagres

🧖 Soma Social Club A daytime gathering of ceremonial cacao, breathwork, movement, music, sauna and ice bath. 11:30–15:00 | From €35 | 📍Algarve Alchemy, Lagos

🎨 ARTURb 2026 Exhibition Opening The exhibition made during this year's ARTURb residency opens at LAC. 18:00 | Free | 📍LAC, Laboratório de Actividades Criativas, Lagos

🎉 Season End Festival at Wake Park Lagos
Wake Park closes its season with an afternoon-into-night reggae and dub party: Shanty Town Selektas on the Black Milk Sound System from 14:00, Massaman (BR) at 16:00 and Naomi Falcon & The Dub Collective at 18:00. Face painting by Paula the Clown, a local artisan market, food and drink specials, and wakeboard rides at happy-hour prices from 14:00 to 16:00.
14:00–22:00 | €8 at the door, under-12s free | 📍Wake Park Lagos

🎨 The Art of Rescue: Exhibition Opening An exhibition of animal- and rescue-themed artwork, with proceeds supporting the Cadela Carlota shelter. It runs until Oct 14. 18:00 | Free | 📍Armazém Regimental (on Praça Infante)

🤝 afpop Expo 2026
A free two-day expo for foreign residents, new or long-standing, with more than 100 exhibitors. afpop's team gives advice in six languages on things like NIF numbers, taxes and driving licences, and consulate staff, the police and the bombeiros are there to answer questions. There's food, drinks, demonstrations and entertainment too.
Sat Oct 3, 10:00–18:00 / Sun Oct 4, 10:00–16:00 | Free | 📍Portimão Arena

🎊 InDireita Street Fest #8. A free, full-day street festival that links Rua Direita and the Alameda through three connecting streets, with live music from Naomi Falcon & The Dub Collective, Tiago Saga and the Band Rehearsal, The Back Pockets, MUD, MB2, Bruna Marina and Tabea. There's also circus workshops and two shows (Jessica Barreto and Tiago Belho), live street art by Soul Spektrum, a fruit and veg market from 10:00, local makers, food from local chefs, kids' activities and a workshop on turning Algarve medicinal plants into tonics. New this year, Portimão shops run a "Stock Out" clearance sale on the Alameda on both Oct 3 and 4 (10:00–19:00).
10–22:00 | Free |📍Rua Direita and Praça da República (Alameda), Portimão

🌊 International Ocean Film Tour Vol. 12 Five films about ocean sport, marine life and conservation, about 100 minutes in all. 18:00–21:00 (doors 17:00) | €13–23 | 📍Lagos Cinema, Rua Cândido dos Reis, Lagos

🍷 Terra Doce Wine Dinner at Preceito
Terra Doce wines and Preceito restaurant team up for an exclusive tasting menu with a wine pairing for each course, served with ocean views. Seats are limited, so book in advance through TheFork. 19:00–21:30 | €100 pp | 📍Preceito, Palmares Ocean Living & Golf, Lagos

🎺 World Music Day Concert by the Sociedade Filarmónica Lacobrigense 1.º de Maio 16:00–18:00 | Free | 📍Igreja de São Sebastião, Lagos

🔥🤖 Patio Practical AI, in person in Lagos
Practical, hands-on AI for everyday life and work, in small groups with no tech background needed. Start with our Happy Hour taster, AI Made Practical, then go deeper with two four-week, project-based courses: AI Made Simple (Fridays from 16 October, 149€) for the everyday essentials, and AI for Business (Wednesdays from 14 October, 249€) to put AI to work in your business. You leave able to use it for real, with confidence, clarity and time back.
Happy Hour: Wed 7 Oct, 17:00 to 19:30 | 20€ (rolls into any course) register here | 📍Patio Language School, Lagos

🎪 Vintage Parade is back at Laco Hub on Oct 11

🎻 Algarve Camerata: From Stage to Screen (Do Palco ao Ecrã): a mix of cinema blockbuster music, in an intimate church setting. 19:00 at Igreja de São Sebastião, Lagos on Oct 11. 10€, Book tickets

🌶️ Chili Supper & Beetle Drive Fundraising event on Wed Oct 21 | 17:30–19:30 | €15 pp (includes snacks, chili supper, game sheets and prizes) | 📍Salão Paroquial da Luz (hall behind Luz church), Praia da Luz

👩🏻‍💻 DevFest Lagos 2026 on Nov 6 & 7

🧘🏻‍♀️💪 Looking for Yoga / Pilates Classes? Check the Lagos Yoga Hub →

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