A guided route starting from Santa Apolónia Station reveals how industrial development transformed Lisbon's riverside area, from former factories to working-class neighbourhoods.
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Our picks for the next 14 days
Sat 3 Oct 23:59
DJ set
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Local a anunciar · Lisbon
Sat 3 Oct 12:00
Workshops & talks
BIG BANG FESTIVAL: SCHOOL OF SINGING AND ADUPE PLAYING WORKSHOP
Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
4,5€
Sat 3 Oct 16:00
Exhibition
The Queen Shows the Ajuda Palace
Palácio Nacional da Ajuda · Lisbon
22,5€
until 22 Nov
Free
Workshops & talks
Workshop visit to the exhibition ‘RedSkyFalls (Réplica)’ with the Educational Service
Galeria Zé dos Bois · Lisbon
until 14 Feb
Other
Guided Tour: Pedro Cabrita Reis
MAAT · Lisbon
15€
until 30 Sept
Exhibition
Calouste Gulbenkian's Must-See Works
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian · Lisbon
until 3 Oct
Live music
Festival BIG BANG LX2026
CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
3,50–5€
until 31 Dec
Other
Audio-Guided Tour with a Complimentary Craft Beer
Museu da Cerveja · Lisbon
10€
until 11 Oct
Dance
Disquiet, put ideas to dance! Dance Workshop for ages 3-6
Teatro Camões · Lisbon
4€
until 31 Dec
Exhibition
Guided tours of the B-MAD, Berardo Art Deco Museum
B-Mad, Berardo Museu Arte Deco · Lisbon
6 €
until 7 Nov
Other
Guided Visit in Portuguese Sign Language with Deaf Mediator
Casa Fernando Pessoa · Lisbon
6€
until 5 Dec
Theatre
PALÁCIO PIMENTA - THE LOST KEY: AN ENIGMA IN THE HEART OF LISBON
Museu de Lisboa - Palácio Pimenta · Lisbon
5€
- dark_001.wav Sat 3 Oct· 23:59 Local a anunciar · Lisbon
- BIG BANG FESTIVAL: SCHOOL OF SINGING AND ADUPE PLAYING WORKSHOP Sat 3 Oct· 12:00 Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
- The Queen Shows the Ajuda Palace Sat 3 Oct· 16:00 Palácio Nacional da Ajuda · Lisbon
- Workshop visit to the exhibition ‘RedSkyFalls (Réplica)’ with the Educational Service until 22 Nov· Free Galeria Zé dos Bois · Lisbon
- Guided Tour: Pedro Cabrita Reis until 14 Feb MAAT · Lisbon
- Calouste Gulbenkian's Must-See Works until 30 Sept Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian · Lisbon
- Festival BIG BANG LX2026 until 3 Oct CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisbon
- Audio-Guided Tour with a Complimentary Craft Beer until 31 Dec Museu da Cerveja · Lisbon
- Disquiet, put ideas to dance! Dance Workshop for ages 3-6 until 11 Oct Teatro Camões · Lisbon
- Guided tours of the B-MAD, Berardo Art Deco Museum until 31 Dec B-Mad, Berardo Museu Arte Deco · Lisbon
- Guided Visit in Portuguese Sign Language with Deaf Mediator until 7 Nov Casa Fernando Pessoa · Lisbon
- PALÁCIO PIMENTA - THE LOST KEY: AN ENIGMA IN THE HEART OF LISBON until 5 Dec Museu de Lisboa - Palácio Pimenta · Lisbon
Sat 3 Oct Saturday 3 October
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.