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Two days of medieval activities at São Jorge Castle, with workshops, guided tours, concerts and family workshops.

To mark the 90th anniversary of the Grupo Amigos de Lisboa, the Museum of Lisbon presents the exhibition For Love of the City at Palácio Pimenta, tracing the path of the civic association founded in 1936 and its contribution to heritage protection and to Lisbon's public consciousness.

South African DJ Black Coffee, one of the most influential figures in global electronic music, plays a rare open-air gathering in Lisbon on 27.09.2026, at a location yet to be revealed.

A workshop with Catarina Preto, inspired by the Pilgrim's Notebook from the Japan Festivals and Rituals exhibition, where participants learn step by step to build a fold-out notebook that transforms into a sculptural piece, complete with an origami envelope.

The Leia Mulheres reading club meets at the Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade to discuss the work of author Florence Knapp.

Interactive workshop to discover the Angklung, a traditional Indonesian bamboo instrument, and learn to play collectively.

A guided tour exploring Lisbon's religious history, revealing the presence and circulation of communities such as Jews, New Christians, Muslims and Protestants over the centuries.

Inês Zenha and Teresa Castro discuss the humblest of plants—ruderal species—in a conversation that explores their overlooked value.

João de Brito plays an eccentric, unpredictable teacher who gives a lesson about Carolina Beatriz Ângelo and teaches how to fold a sheet of paper, jumping from wig to wig and from one kind of humour to another.

On the 27th, Oficina Portátil de Artes (OPA) presents the results of its annual artistic residency in hip-hop and music production for young emerging musicians from the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. With artistic direction by Francisco Rebelo, the showcase features Insane T, Yoleny, Nô, DNZ, Josias Chaveiro and 10/16, backed by DJ Kope.

Prince's iconic film debut, "Purple Rain," is screened—a musical masterpiece that won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score.

A show presented by Sportswear Bookings featuring Czech act SCOOP plus support bands.

A participatory theatre project created by Keli Freitas from the stories of immigrants living in Lisbon, whose performers bring to the D. Maria II stage trajectories that cross geographies, languages and cultures. A conversation with the artists moderated by Joyce Souza / Segundo as Marias takes place on 26 September.

A Pencak Silat workshop, a traditional Indonesian martial art, with an introduction, demonstration and practice of basic movements guided by experienced instructors. Activities are adapted to participants, with no previous experience required.

The Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa and cellist Steven Isserlis perform works by Pinho Vargas, Saint-Saëns and Fauré, culminating in Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.

The company auéééu revisits Georg Büchner's unfinished Woyzeck in a dystopian scientific laboratory where humanoid machines serve an ethics-free notion of progress that culminates in a femicide.

A general guided tour titled "Discovering the Monastery", taking visitors through the Mosteiro de São Vicente de Fora on 27 September 2026.

One of August Strindberg's fiercest plays, The Father (1887), returns to the stage directed by Gonçalo Waddington: the Captain and Laura's open conflict over their daughter Berta's education unleashes doubt, paranoia and dementia in a "fight to the death for power" between husband and wife.

Companhia Teatro Livre stages Molière's first great comedy, in which two affected bourgeois young women who call themselves Polixene and Aminte are taught a lesson by their suitors, who disguise their servants as noblemen to court them.

The Sísifo no Monta-Cargas#06 night brings franzacom, Corpo Fantasma and sara e tralha [objectos videograficos] to DAMAS - Bar • Sala de Concertos in Lisbon on 27 September 2026.

TEATRO | EXPERIÊNCIA EM LISBOA takes the stage at the Sociedade Filarmónica João Rodrigues Cordeiro in Lisbon on 27 September 2026.

A solo comedy about zodiac signs, horoscopes and questionable behaviours, with Lippe Couceiro trying to lighten the weight of adult life with humour.

CORPO QUE CANTA takes the stage at O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon on 27 September 2026.

Postcards, a key name in the Lebanese alternative scene, present their latest album 'Ripe' in a concert at Rés do Chão da Casa Capitão on March 15.

This children's theatre production plunges kids into the world of seafaring adventures and pirate legends, following young Jô Hawkins, whose life changes forever when the mysterious Billy Bones arrives at the Admiral Benbow inn.

Beto Guedes performs in Lisbon for the first time, at LAV – Sala 1, in a concert celebrating 50 years of career and revisiting Clube da Esquina classics such as 'Sol de Primavera', 'O Sal da Terra' and 'Nada Será Como Antes'.

CommedIA a La Carte 2026 is a theatre show whose title plays on the tradition of commedia dell'arte and artificial intelligence, promising a comedy served 'à la carte' to Lisbon audiences.

Coro Menor, founded in 2012 and now numbering around thirty voices, performs at Quinta Alegre in Santa Clara with a choral repertoire spanning world music and different periods of Portuguese music.

Marking its 25th anniversary, the Museu da Marioneta presents a temporary exhibition dedicated to puppet makers in Portugal in the 21st century.

The temporary exhibition 'Fintar a Vida. Caniço, Futebol e o Estado Novo' takes visitors on a journey to the suburbs of Lourenço Marques, exploring reed work, football and everyday life under the Estado Novo regime.

A route between two Lisbon gardens and two centuries of history, exploring the mysterious world of water through two reservoirs, two architectural typologies, two itineraries and an underground gallery. The 180-minute visit, suitable from age 6, starts at the Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras.

A pop-up exhibition at Espaço 152 in 8 Marvila, from 18h to 22h, bringing together 20 invited contemporary creators whose works reflect different languages, techniques and perspectives on contemporaneity.

Pure Madness is a theatre show that takes its title literally, promising Lisbon audiences an intense plunge into delirium and madness on stage.

Partimento returns to IDB Rooftop by Mīrārī with an edition for all ages: a DJ set from Progressivu and Blaya, a family dance class, pool, games, food and an object swap where everyone brings five items to trade.

The MAC/CCB, the Museum of Contemporary Art and Centre for Architecture at the Centro Cultural de Belém, is a reference museum in Lisbon devoted to modern and contemporary art and architecture, holding works by Picasso, Warhol, Paula Rego, Dalí and many others from the Berardo and Teixeira de Freitas collections. Tickets cost 15€, with discounts for residents in Portugal, students, seniors and free entry on Sunday mornings.

The Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna performs a program of Viennese waltzes and operettas in Lisbon on September 27 and October 2. Tickets range from €45 to €70.

The Bordalo Pinheiro Museum marks 150 years of Zé Povinho with the exhibition Toma! 150 anos de Zés Povinhos, curated by Jorge Silva and João Alpuim Botelho and dedicated to an icon of Portuguese visual culture.

The Museu de Lisboa shows three privately owned paintings depicting the Rossio and Terreiro de Belém between the late 18th and early 19th centuries.