There is no doubt that a highlight of the Algarve Summer event season is the Festival Med in Loulé. Celebrate Mediterranean culture and international music, featuring 54 artists representing 31 countries on 12 stages. Street performers wander around the old town providing entertainment. Food stalls line the alleyways. Arts and crafts, poetry, cinema, children’s activities, exhibitions and lectures round out this fabulous festival. Festival Med 2024 runs from 27-30 June.
New in 2024 is the addition of a “guest country” to show off their culture. For 2024, Morroco has been chosen to share the food, music and art that influence the Mediterranean region. Each day of the festival a Moroccan band performs on the main stages: Widad Mjama & Khalil Epi (27th, 8.30pm, Fountain Stage), Oum (28th, 9.15pm, Cerca Stage) and Samifati present Trasnse Gnawa Express (29th, 2.15pm, Matriz Stage). And a traditional Moroccan souk is recreated in the Cloister of the Convent. Here visitors have the opportunity to taste traditional cuisine and buy handicrafts, as well as music and dance.
Another important feature of this year’s festival is Open Day! On Sunday, 30 June, the festival is open and free to the public to mix and mingle and take part in final activities.
Some of the guests scheduled to appear include:
- 47 Soul (Palestine)
- Acácia Maior (Cape Verde)
- Albaluna invite Ahmed Hamdi Moussa (Portugal/Egypt)
- Al-Qasar (France/Armenia/ Turkey/United States)
- Ballaké Sissoko (Mali)
- Delfina Cheb (Argentina)
- Eneida Marta & Huca (Guinea-Bissau/Mozambique)
- Hip Horns Brass Collective (Spain)
- João Frade Trio invites Miron (Portugal/Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Kin’Gongolo Kiniata (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Ko Shin Moon (France)
- Samifati presents Transe Gnawa Express (Morocco/France)
- Tabanka Djaz (Guinea-Bissau)
- Widad Mjama & Khalil Epi (Morocco/Tunisia/France)
In addition to world music, other multiculturalism activities are planned around film, theater, visual arts, gastronomy and crafts.
The entrance to Festival Med is at the front of the historic Municipal Market. Tickets are available at the MED Ticket Office in front of the Municipal Market. tickets can be purchased in advance online here.
For more information, visit the Festival Med website.
Festival MED
Entrance
Mercado Municipal de Loulé – Main Door
Praça da República
Loulé
Entrance
One Day Ticket – €15
Full Festival Pass – €40
Family Ticket (2 Adults+ 2 Children) €40
Purchase tickets online here.
Hours: 20:00 to 04:00 (doors open at 19:00)
