Two-night international blues festival in Faro's historic old town — headline gigs at Teatro Lethes plus free jam sessions and acoustic sets across the surrounding bars and squares.
Faro Blues is a compact, well-curated international blues festival that draws genuine touring artists from the US, UK and continental Europe alongside the leading Portuguese names on the circuit.
The format is classic: a couple of headline ticketed evenings at the 19th-century Teatro Lethes, plus free fringe programming — afternoon acoustic sets, late-night jams in the bars off Praça D. Francisco Gomes — that turns the whole Cidade Velha into a roving live-music venue for two days.
If you've ever wanted to do a European blues weekend without the price tag of Cognac or Notodden, Faro is one of the easier picks.
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