March (1st weekend): "Feira dos Enchidos Tradicionais" - fair promoting traditional cured sausages made to original recipes
May or June: "Baja Serra de Monchique" - 4x4 championships organised by the Algarve Automobile Club & Portuguese Federation of Motor Racing and Karting
July (first weekend): "Feira do Presunto" - fair promoting the famous Monchique cured ham & other local produce
July (last Sunday): Fair of local produce and handicrafts in nearby Marmelete
July or August: "Festa de St. António" - 2 days of celebration in nearby Marmelete
July and August: "Summer nights" - during weekends there is a progamme of activities including dancing, live music, folklore and theatre
August (1st weekend): "Festa de São Romão" in nearby Alferce. Fun and music in the evenings, with mass and a procession through the streets on Sunday
September (1st Sunday): The annual fair in Marmelete.
September (1st weekend): : "Feira de Artesanato - Artechique" in Largo dos Chorões - local skills are demonstrated, including basket weaving and ceramics
October (4th weekend): Monchique annual fair
October or November: Raid BTT - mountain bike race through the Serra de Monchique with more than 100 cyclists entering
November: Passeio TT Serra de Monchique Rota da Castanha - arranged by the Monchique Montanha Club, motorbikes and quadbikes come from across Spain & Portugal to ride through the Serra de Monchique
November (usually): Rally e Casinos do Algarve has a stage in Monchique
November 1st: "Festa da Castanha/Magusto" - the Chestnut festival, held in Alferce & Marmelete
November 11th: "Festa da Castanha/Magusto", in Monchique
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