Stevie Ray's Jazz & Blues Bar

About this place Stevie Ray's Jazz & Blues Bar

Stevie Ray's Jazz and Blues Bar on Rua Candido dos Reis is one of Lagos's most beloved institutions — a live music bar that has been running in the old town for years and is consistently cited by the gay and queer travel community as one of the most welcoming venues in the western Algarve. The bar's identity is built around its music programming — jazz and blues, live acts on most evenings in season, a sound level that allows conversation — rather than around a specific gay identity, but the atmosphere is so consistently welcoming of LGBTQ+ visitors that it has earned a strong reputation within the community. The old town location on Rua Candido dos Reis, the main bar street, makes it easy to combine with other venues in the same corridor. For visitors who find the pure nightlife bars of Albufeira's Strip too loud and undiscriminating, Stevie Ray's offers a more civilised and culturally richer Lagos evening.