This year's event sees the programme hitting Portugal’s Algarve region for its third year, and once again boasts an impressive line-up of events running through to October 2009.

The event has the support of Turismo de Portugal, the Portuguese National Tourist Office, and the Algarve Promotion Bureau. All the profits from the Algarve music programme will be donated to local charitable institutions across the region.

Joss Stone, Seal and Mariza are some of the celebrated names headlining the pop and rock concerts while adeleine Peyroux, Experanza Spalding, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Marsalis Brasilianos will be performing during July in Algarve Jazz.

Modern art will be one of the key features of Allgarve 09.

This year’s exhibitions are grouped under the theme 'As Bright as the Sun' and feature exhibitions in the beautiful Quinta da Fonte da Pipa in Loulé as well as the Campina da Silva salt mine.

The art programme runs from now until September 27th, with exhibitions in many Algarvian cities including Faro, Portimão, Lagos and Silves.

For the first time this year, Dance has been included in the events programme, with a series a series of parties set in the Algarve’s beautiful landscape and dance classes in the region’s beaches.

This year’s Allgarve 09 programme once again emphasises the region’s diverse tourist offering for all international visitors whatever their interests, and strengthens the Algarve’s position as a key tourist destination.

A full list of events can be found here.

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