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Our picks for the next 14 days
Sat 3 Oct 12:00
Workshops & talks
BIG BANG FESTIVAL: SCHOOL OF SINGING AND ADUPE PLAYING WORKSHOP
Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
4,5€
Sun 4 Oct 16:00
Free
DJ set
MIKOLAÏ ‣ Rui Alves ‣ Kee_ko - Sunday 4 Oct • Carmo Rooftop • Free Entry
Carmo Rooftop · Lisbon
Sat 3 Oct 16:00
Exhibition
The Queen Shows the Ajuda Palace
Palácio Nacional da Ajuda · Lisbon
22,5€
until 11 Oct
Theatre
The Little Monkeys in My Attic
T. M. Amélia Rey Colaço · Lisbon
9€
until 31 Dec
Exhibition
Guided Tours of B-MAD, the Berardo Art Deco Museum
B-Mad, Berardo Museu Arte Deco · Lisbon
6€
until 3 Oct
Live music
Norquestra turns the audience into co-creator at the CCB's Big Bang Festival
CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
3,50–4,50€
Sun 11 Oct 11:00
Other
D. Luís I Square - African Lisbon - Walking Tour
Museu de Lisboa - Palácio Pimenta · Lisbon
7€
Sat 3 Oct 23:59
DJ set
dark_001.wav
Local a anunciar · Lisbon
until 31 Dec
Other
Audio-Guided Tour with a Complimentary Craft Beer
Museu da Cerveja · Lisbon
10€
until 27 Dec
Theatre
The Electricity Factory for the Little Ones
MAAT · Lisbon
8€
Thu 1 Oct 18:00
Literature
From Ovid and Goethe - Metamorphoses in the Gulbenkian Garden
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian · Lisbon
Tue 6 Oct 14:30
Other
DARYE | KOREAN TEA CEREMONY FOR AUTUMN
Museu do Oriente. · Lisbon
40€
- BIG BANG FESTIVAL: SCHOOL OF SINGING AND ADUPE PLAYING WORKSHOP Sat 3 Oct· 12:00 Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
- MIKOLAÏ ‣ Rui Alves ‣ Kee_ko - Sunday 4 Oct • Carmo Rooftop • Free Entry Sun 4 Oct· 16:00· Free Carmo Rooftop · Lisbon
- The Queen Shows the Ajuda Palace Sat 3 Oct· 16:00 Palácio Nacional da Ajuda · Lisbon
- The Little Monkeys in My Attic until 11 Oct T. M. Amélia Rey Colaço · Lisbon
- Guided Tours of B-MAD, the Berardo Art Deco Museum until 31 Dec B-Mad, Berardo Museu Arte Deco · Lisbon
- Norquestra turns the audience into co-creator at the CCB's Big Bang Festival until 3 Oct CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
Ongoing: 69 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓
Morning 3 events
BIG BANG FESTIVAL: CRASSH STYLE - WORKSHOP
4,5€ Other
A hands-on music workshop by Bruno Estima and WETUMTUM, where participants explore group music-making through playful challenges and instruments, culminating in a short public presentation.
FESTIVAL BIG BANG: NORQUESTRA
3,5€ Family friendly Live music
Norquestra is an interactive concert in which audiences and musicians explore the mystery of musical creation, with the audience invited to intervene in the music being played. The show emerges from a creation-research process developed with musicians and neuroscientists.
Afternoon 3 events
BIG BANG FESTIVAL: SCHOOL OF SINGING AND ADUPE PLAYING WORKSHOP
4,5€ Family friendly Workshops & talks
A hands-on workshop in the Big Bang festival where participants combine singing and the traditional Portuguese adupe frame drum, mattering how small rhythmic impulses can become a collective flood of sound.
BIG BANG FESTIVAL: SOUND BODIES
4,5€ Family friendly Live music
An interactive sound installation by composer Jaime Reis and violinist Beatriz Costa, inviting audiences to explore and create soundscapes from the skeleton of a reconstructed piano.
The Queen Shows the Ajuda Palace
22,5€ Family friendly Exhibition
A staged tour of the Ajuda Palace led by Queen Maria Pia of Savoy, the queen who lived there longest. The visit ends with a ball in the palace's salons.
Evening 1 event
dark_001.wav
18+ DJ set
First edition of dark_001.wav: one room for 200 people, anonymous DJs playing behind a veil, at a secret location in central Lisbon whose address is only revealed to ticket holders on the day of the event.