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Traditional Dream Factory (TDF)
🇵🇹 🌟✨ Art Fair & Community Market ✨🌟
🗓️ Saturday, October 25 | Market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Free admission
📍 Traditional Dream Factory (in Abela, known locally as "the Aviary")
From October 23 to 26, 2025, the Abela Art Faire takes place - a celebration of art, music, performance and community in the heart of the Alentejo, with international artists.
On Saturday 25th, we invite you to a special community market, which brings the best of our regional neighbors to tdf:
🧺 More than 18 vendors will be present at this Saturday's Community Market at tdf:
🥕 Local Products & Drinks
- Fresh pomegranate juice
- Local cheeses
- Wine by the glass and bottle
- Honey, propolis, beeswax and candles
- Fresh fruit and vegetables
🎨 Handmade Art & Design
- Handmade ceramics: cups, plant pots, oil burners, candlesticks
- Handmade jewelry and bracelets
- Medium format analog photographs
- Handmade instruments and gourd lamps
- Tdf bench with our own creations
🌿 Natural Wellness
- Natural remedies: elixirs, tinctures, frequency sprays and oils
- Traditional seeds and seedlings
💫 Experiences & Community
- Tarot readings
- Face painting for children
- Giant soap bubbles
- Haircuts
- Musical performances
- Art exhibition by our Abela neighbors and tdf creations
- Workshops and creative activities
The market takes place indoors - come rain or shine!
The market closes at 4pm, but the celebration continues with exhibitions, live music and DJs - come and celebrate creativity and community with us!
Friday, Oct 24
11:00 Exhibitions open
14:30-17:00 Collective Canvas Splash
16:00-17:00 Wild ceramics with Tamar (make your own Amulet)
17:00-18:00 Land & Installation Tour
20:30 Goddess Dance Performance with Aysha
Sun, 11 Oct · 08:00
🍂🪗🏺 October Fair and 15th Accordion and Handicrafts Festival || 2026 On October 10 and 11, come to the village of Abela and enjoy a fantastic weekend! You can count on plenty of entertainment, music, socializing, local and regional products, as well as the items the vendors have to offer! David Rosa – Live Music | From Trend to Trend Rui Matos | Maria Adelia Botelho Candeias | Daniel Matos
Tue, 20 Oct · 14:30
On October 20, 2026, at 2:30 p.m., the event “Contos Cantados” will take place, featuring Carlos Marques/Trimagisto, at the headquarters of Sporting Futebol Clube Abelense, in Abela, as part of the “Literary Fall” initiative and the CLDS-5G project. “Sung Tales” is a staged concert that reflects more than 15 years of research by performer Carlos Marques as a storyteller. It is a project that collects tales and nursery rhymes from the older generation to pass on to the younger generation. The sung concert is available for performances in theaters, libraries, and educational institutions. In addition to the show, “Contos Cantados” is also an audiobook—recently awarded the National Illustration Prize—that brings together the music of Carlos Marques and the illustrations of André da Loba. Free admission for senior citizens (CLDs 5G) and the general public
Sun, 11 Oct · 09:00
Monthly Market - Alvalade 📆 SEPTEMBER 13 📍Market and fairgrounds. Don’t miss tomorrow’s monthly market—rich in tradition and featuring fresh produce, crafts, fashion, sweets, and much more. Come visit us
Mon, 12 Oct · 08:30
Mysore practitioners 08:30-10:00 (enter by 9:00 am) Please book in advance as classes get full *Cancellations on the day or no shows is 10 Euros* The Mysore style is the traditional way of teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. In the Mysore class, everyone works within their own breathing rhythm and abilities; slowly growing with the practice to ensure a sustainable lifelong practice. For Beginner or those that do not know the sequence an all level class we take place from 9:30am 💕