New Year's Eve in the Algarve - what's on in Albufeira, Portimão, Lagos, Tavira

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Free parties, concerts and fireworks all across the Algarve

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The Algarve welcomes the new year with parties all across the region. Most towns have a street party or concert followed by fireworks to get 2026 started with a bang. Best of all, most of these New Year's Eve parties are free of charge. Just turn up and have fun!

New Year’s Eve is the party night of the year. Say goodbye to 2025 and welcome 2026 in the company of friends and family, with your dancing shoes on, and mesmerized by fabulous fireworks. The street parties and concerts organized by the local municipalities are usually free of charge. Or opt for a special venue with a pre-booked programme for additional glitz and glamour.

Many restaurants in the Algarve have special New Year’s Eve menus where you can enjoy great food before heading off to see the fireworks, while some keep the party going all night long.

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Carpe Nox, Albufeira

Below is a round-up of New Year’s Eve 2025-2026 concerts and parties in the Algarve.
(Party plans are still being finalized in many towns - keep checking back for details)
These New Year’s Eve local parties are all free entry. Bring your own champagne to drink at midnight, along with 12 raisins, as Portuguese tradition dictates. They say you should make a wish as you eat each raisin with the 12 chimes of midnight.
 
NEW YEAR'S EVE IN ALBUFEIRA – Carpe Nox!
This is the big one! Albufeira is known to be a party town during the summer and they put on a pretty good show for New Year’s Eve too. This year for New Year’s Eve, Albufeira welcomes you to Carpe Nox 2025! - a multisensory show that will involve the various natural elements of Praia dos Pescadores - the beach, the ocean and the vast winter sky. The event will feature aerial acrobatics, an amazing sea and sky laser show, an international Street Food Festival (which is on from 28th to 31st Dec.), fabulous concerts and DJ sessions on the beach.



NEW YEAR'S EVE IN PORTIMÃO
Portimão hosts two nights of New Year's celebrations, on the 30th and 31st, starting at 10pm at Portimão riverside.
On the 30th there is live music with Revenge of the 2000's and on New Year's Eve, you can count on fabulous fireworks at midnight, plus a party that goes on into the early hours.

There are fireworks in Portimão, also in Praia da Rocha and at Alvor. Get to a high spot and you can see all 3 three fireworks shows at once! Plus there is a Christmas Village and plenty of entertainment throughout the festive period.
Find out more about Christmas fun in Portimão



NEW YEAR'S EVE IN MONTE GORDO
The programme for 2025 - 2026 has yet to be released - check back for details. Links below are to last year's information.
A very popular NYE destination, Monte Gordo has a great party lined up for the end of the year, with two more additional party spots at Vila Real de Santo António and Cacela Velha.
It's a four day party in Monte Gordo, starting on the 28th with DJs Miax, Galopim e Maninho. On the 29th, the sounds are by DJ Karussa and Sugaland.
On the 30th Dec. there are concerts by Samba da Malta and Danni Gato and on the 31st, the hugely popular Calema are on stage, with spectacular fireworks at midnight. 
Find out about New Year's Eve in Monte Gordo

NEW YEAR'S EVE IN LAGOS
The programme for 2025 - 2026 has yet to be released - check back for details. Links below are to last year's information.
Ritchie Campbell is in charge of taking Lagos from 2024 to 2025 with a super live perfirmance, with fireworks at midnight. The party starts at 10:30pm with the main event at midnight, followed by Ritchie Campbell on stage.
NEW YEAR'S EVE IN TAVIRA
The programme for 2025 - 2026 has yet to be released - check back for details. Links below are to last year's information.
It's Revenge of the 2000's in Tavira to celebrate New Year's Eve, followed by fabulous fireworks on the Ponte dos Descobrimentos! Free entry. Expect high energy and fun, dancers and DJs. Welcome 2025 with fireworks and music!
NEW YEAR'S EVE IN OLHÃO
More free to enter street party fun awaits in Olhão. To welcome 2026, Diogo Piçarra is onstage with live music to take you to midnight, welcoming the New Year with fireworks. Then DJ Deelight is up, taking you into the early hours of 2026.

NEW YEAR'S EVE IN FARO
Head to Jardim Manuel Bivar in Faro centre for free concerts and the big welcome to 2026 at midnight.
This year Manga Limão band is onstage, followed by Sara Correia, who take you ito 2026 with fireworks and music. Free entry.
NEW YEAR'S EVE IN QUARTEIRA
Two nights of spectacular concerts and of course fireworks at midnight.
On 30th Dec. Ritchie Campbell is the headline act, on stage at 10pm, with DJs getting the party started from 7pm, and then taking you into the early hours of the morning.
On the 31st Dec. legendary Portuguese rock band Xutos & Pontapés are on stage at 10pm with DJs continuing the party after the fireworks at midnight.
Free entry.
Find our more about New Year's Eve in Quarteira

 

New Year’s Eve in Portugal is for everyone to enjoy. It is often an evening spent initially with family and then with friends. Generations of families head out together to watch the fireworks. After midnight, when champagne has been drunk and fireworks enjoyed, some people head home while more revellers head to all night parties. The 1st January is a national holiday in Portugal. However many restaurants and bars are open for lazy lunches and restorative pick-me-ups. While there are no guarantees with the weather, it is not unusual to start the new year with warm sunshine.

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

Praia da Falésia, 30 Dec. 2023