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A kimono pattern‑making and sewing workshop for beginners, guided by Cristina Neves, where each participant creates a unique piece, blending classic and contemporary styles.

Mandarin course with admission costing €60.

In this workshop, participants explore the Japanese beauty ritual, learning its principles and creating two personalized skincare products with natural ingredients like rice, azuki, and camellia oil.

A drawing and painting workshop for children aged 6 to 14, inviting them to imagine and draw the mythical figure Caquesseitão and to look for the actual object in the museum, then reinterpret it with unusual materials.

Introduction to sumi-e painting workshop with Mami Higuchi, where participants practice basic brushstrokes and draw bamboo and other elements.

Exclusive visit exploring Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles' interventions in the Gulbenkian Garden between 2000 and 2014.

Photo-paper discovery of the Moagem Factory, a photographic clue game with 11 challenges to complete in 50 minutes.

Guided tours with audio description at Casa Fernando Pessoa provide detailed, objective descriptions of rooms and objects for visually impaired visitors. The house also has tactile paving, captions and braille materials; general tickets cost €6 and exemptions are only available at the box office.

A children's workshop that turns them into modern collectors, they explore the Museu do Oriente's galleries and the collection of professor Kwok On, then makes their own miniature collection of drawings and cutouts.

Origami workshop to learn how to create anesama dolls, an ancient Japanese tradition.

In this guided tour with Ivo Meco, we'll discover botanical curiosities in the Garden.

Route through Marquês de Pombal Roundabout to discover the history of Portuguese pavement, a living heritage that reflects the relationship between Lisbon, light and the ground.

A family-friendly film screening in the 'Family Saturdays' series, featuring 'Mars Attacks!'. General admission €3.20, with discounts for Friends of Cinemateca, students, youth, seniors and retirees.

TKESHI, born in a Georgian pine forest, brings new media art, audiovisual performances and diverse music to Lisbon, with five days of workshops and labs at RnA Studio & Zabra and a final showcase at Those Who Dance on 10 October.

Guided tours in October, with venue entry costing €2.

A four-session workshop exploring the classical Indian dance form, covering gestures, movement, rhythm, and emotion.

A theatre performance titled 'River Secret'.

A guided tour with audio description of Alexandre Estrela's RedSkyFalls at Galeria Zé dos Bois, aimed at blind and low-vision visitors, on 10 October at 16H.

A visit to the masterpieces gathered by Calouste Gulbenkian, a journey through their extraordinary diversity, from Ancient Egypt to French Art Nouveau.

Staged reading of 'New Golden Age' by Karen Hartman, a dystopian thriller about surveillance and technology, part of the 'Tonight We Shout' cycle by Companhia Cepa Torta.

South Korean duo Dal:um reinvents traditional instruments gayageum and geomungo in a fusion of contemporary music and Asian tradition.

A theatre piece based on Sophocles' tragedy Ajax that reflects on the limits of power and totalitarian threats, crossing the classical text with testimonies and artistic interventions.

A theatre show by Alexis Tramoni called 'The Best and the Worst'.

'Amor Azul' is one of Gilberto Gil's most ambitious creations, conceived with conductor Aldo Brizzi, based on the Indian classic poem Gita Govinda. This opera blends Brazilian popular music with European classical tradition, presented in an expanded form in Lisbon, featuring Gilberto Gil, the Bahia Opera Nucleus, choir, orchestra, and Aldo Brizzi's musical direction.

German duo TWO LANES performs in Lisbon with their new album, combining acoustic piano, synthesizers, and electronics.

IST IST performs live in Lisbon.

Band Heroína presents their debut album ‘Heroína’, blending hardcore, noise rock, and intense songs, in concert with Iguanas and Prado.

A solo concert by Ryan Adams as part of his 2026 European tour.

Concert celebrating diversity and acceptance, with the theme 'Being different is normal'.