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Fonzi delivers a dynamic DJ set at COLLECT RADIO, keeping the energy flowing.

Screening of the film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' by Martin Scorsese.

A visit that reveals how the Museum recovered the spirit of its original project, bringing together heritage, architecture and innovation.

Screening of the film 'The Irishman' by Martin Scorsese.

Screening of the film 'Madchen in Uniform'.

Preview screening of the films 'Recolha de Dados' and 'Descontinuados'.

For her first major exhibition in Portugal, Rosa Barba presents a new site-specific and temporal narrative, inspired by and expanding a series of conceptual themes.

Kintsugi workshop, the Japanese art of repairing ceramics with gold powder, with Nic and Inês.

The Peddy-paper Pela Calçada reveals several emblematic spots in Lisbon through a recreational exploration of Portuguese artistic pavement.

Mário Gomes's exhibition presents a visual reading of Portugal's avifauna, taking the Monsanto Forest Park as its main reference and symbol of the Lisbon City Council's environmental policy.

Event inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, inviting participants on an imaginary journey guided by a magic carpet.

From 1 to 31 July, the panel at Largo Marquês de Angeja, next to Avenida da Índia, successively displays works by seven artists, conceived specifically for the project.

ZDB’s Educational Service offers workshop visits to the exhibition Bruscky em Brusque by Paulo Bruscky, adapted for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education, exploring contemporary art in a creative and participatory way. Participation is free, by e-mail booking.

The Museu da Farmácia presents a cartoon exhibition that revisits the past of the pharmaceutical sector with humour and irony, bringing together works by Eduardo Perestrello published in Revista Farmácia Portuguesa between 1986 and 2011.

Super Critters! Incredible by Nature invites audiences, young and old, to discover the real superpowers of the animal world, from eyes with thousands of lenses to bodies that change color.

Poster Mostra turns the streets of Marvila into an open-air gallery, bringing together new talents and visual proposals until 30 September, affirming itself as a project of cultural democratisation and an urban route where image and word meet.

Musa paradisiaca premieres EMPORIO, a 90-minute audiovisual piece that crosses September 11 with private grief through raw VHS footage.

ZDB dedicates an anthological exhibition to Paulo Bruscky, centred on the series 'Bruscky em Brusque' and his method of linking chance and logic in creation.

At Livraria Zé dos Bois, Francisco Corrêa presents an installation in which pigeons and arrows fix a suspended instant — the last memory of a life and the first gesture of a narrative yet to be assembled. The work is part of a broader project that will take complete form at Centro Cultural Raiano.

Músculo Mental brings together works by João Louro and Dagoberto Rodríguez, two established artists who use language, image and memory as material for reflection.

Laura Caetano's exhibition explores the experience of creating images about images, starting from a conversation in her studio.

The gallery presents two exhibitions: Escape from Freedom by Ana Velez and The Beautiful One Is the Beast by Pedro Leitão.

Radical Gestures is the first of two acts that Tatiana Macedo presents at Rialto6, reinforcing her manifesto against an accelerated world of captivating image production.

Sinopse Uma comédia musical com muito humor , que conta a história de duas famílias completamente opostas: uma dedicada ao universo da ópera e outra apaixonada pela música pimba. Entre rivalidades intensas, escorregadelas no gelo, mortes inesperadas, cinzas, karaoke e uma paixão que surge onde menos se espera, sob tect

When the Country Mouse visits his cousin in the City, the two debate the merits of country versus city living, in a story told with drawings, music and a few worms.

The exhibition Ver e Ler presents the self-published work of Paulo de Cantos (1892-1979), a multifaceted figure, pedagogue, and artist.

Sinopse “Come from Away“ é um musical criado por Irene Sankoff e David Hein. Baseia-se nos acontecimentos ocorridos na cidade de Gander, em Terra Nova (Newfoundland, canadá), na semana que se seguiu aos atentados de 11 de setembro de 2001. Nesse período, com o espaço aéreo dos EUA fechado, 38 aviões com quase 7.000 pas

A theatrical triptych celebrating the changes in Portuguese women's lives since the April Revolution, evoking the lives and work of women who fought for equality and democracy.

The exhibition Eu que já fui eu, by Maria José Oliveira, brings together works exploring time, memory and the connections between people, inviting reflection on continuity and transformation.

Margarida Correia investigates, especially through photography, personal and institutional archives of specific communities, presenting her work in exhibitions and catalogues.

At CAM, Diogo Pimentão presents sculptural drawing works resulting from a performative action carried out in the exhibition space by the artist himself, with French dancer and choreographer Emmanuel Eggermont. His practice focuses on redefining drawing, using paper, graphite and other materials.

Guided tours of the exhibition 'Higher', by Margarida Correia.

At a time of pressure on the planet's limits, the exhibition looks at raw earth not as a nostalgic return but as a natural, local and available resource, proposing that building with earth means understanding the territory.

In The Bestiary, Carla Cabanas presents an installation of sculptures inspired by the imaginary beings gathered by Jorge Luis Borges in The Book of Imaginary Beings.

Dedicated to private collections of Saint Anthony, this exhibition offers a look at the presence and multiplicity of the Saint's image through the choices made by collectors.

A theatre show for babies and early childhood, from the same creator of Vivó Valdi, inviting little ones to discover the little monkeys that live in their hearts to the music of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Beethoven and Prokofiev. A clown-style, sensory experience accessible to all audiences.

Cine Society returns to Lisbon for a new season of open-air cinema, screening recent Oscar winners such as Sinners.

This visit to the exhibition Gulbenkian, 70 Years in Posters explores posters of activities programmed or supported by different services of the Foundation over its 70 years of existence.

The exhibition is dedicated to the world of technical wreck diving and the extraordinary legacy of the Portuguese team In-Silence Dive Team, featuring texts, photographs and videos.

A night of comedy and improvisation with ImproMix at Fábrica Braço de Prata on 24 September 2026.

Breve Introdução MAIS LONGE QUE A COISA MAIS LONGE de Zinnie Harris Tradução Joana Frazão com a colaboração de Miguel Castro Caldas Com Andreia Bento, António Simão, Inês Pereira, Nuno Gonçalo Rodrigues e Pedro Carraca Cenografia Francisco Silva Assistência de cenografia Fernando Travassos Figurinos Rita Lopes Alves Lu

Black Cat Cinema returns with open-air cinema in various locations around the city, from 13 May to 18 October, featuring contemporary, cult and classic films, music and a varied food offering.

A documentary exhibition bringing together one hundred documents to mark one hundred years.

An exhibition of posters documenting the breadth and diversity of the Gulbenkian Foundation's programming over its 70 years.

This exhibition brings together photographs taken during several trips through different geographies, showing children who were born and live in different contexts.

An unfiltered stand-up night in Com Calma’s basement, hosted by Liliana Marques with guest comedians, mixing new jokes and solid sets in an intimate atmosphere.

Sara Massa's exhibition And wait, and wait, and wait explores insular isolation, displacement, powerlessness and the absurd through imagery anchored in the Azorean pasture.

A cycle of six recitals in which Artur Pizarro performs the complete Mozart piano sonatas at Convento de São Pedro de Alcântara. A rare chance to hear these works in sequence, following the order of Sequeira Costa's historic 1956 cycle.

The premiere of the play 'Ensaio Sobre a Lucidez' at Companhia Do Chapitô on 24 September 2026.

Teatro Praga challenges the public to attend performance-visits at MAAT Central, turning exhibitions into festive and provocative experiences.

Olhos Múltiplos brings together three artists from different generations who understand narrative as a collaborative and political practice, inviting the public to see otherness as a space for learning and co-creation of knowledge.

The Teatro Nacional D. Maria II reopens after three years of renovation works with Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Pedro Penim — the same play that was on stage on the night of the 1964 fire — in a production that blends memory, haunting and rebirth.

At the invitation of Chapitô, José Matos Alves presents a photography exhibition resulting from 13 years of life in Cape Verde, opening in April as a celebration of freedom.

Sinopse GOA - Contos em Viagem é a nova criação do Teatro Meridional, construída a partir de contos, poesia e excertos de romances de diferentes autores, escritos em diferentes momentos da história de Goa, Damão e Diu. A partir de um trabalho de pesquisa que se inicia na literatura e se expande à música, ao movimento e

In her first solo exhibition in Portugal, Frida Orupabo presents Cloud of Confusion, a powerful reflection on the circulation, archive and meaning of images in the digital age.

Carlos No presents an installation at Fundação Carmona e Costa that reflects on human fragility, exclusion, and the imbalances caused by social dynamics, political choices, and war, in a work that complicates matter and production process.

Interchange brings together five international artists to explore the osmotic relationship between life and technology, proposing a reflection on the affinities between computational processes and biological structures.

On the occasion of his piece RedSkyFalls, on display at the Portuguese Pavilion in Venice at the Biennale 2026, Alexandre Estrela presents Replicas, including one at Galeria Zé dos Bois in which fruit flies, as sentinels, respond in real time to seismic activity.

ZDB’s Educational Service offers workshop visits to the exhibition RedSkyFalls (Réplica), adapted for preschool and the 1st and 2nd cycles of basic education, with a creative and participatory approach to contemporary art. Participation is free, by e-mail booking.

At Galeria Zé dos Bois, Alexandre Estrela presents a Réplica of RedSkyFalls, in which fruit flies act as sentinels responding in real time to nearby and distant seismic activity.

An exhibition tracing the history of human communication through its relationship with the plant world, culminating in an immersive installation evoking a real and symbolic forest. Open Monday to Friday and on Saturdays, with free entry.

A group of young historians discovers clues in the Lisbon Museum - Palácio Pimenta about a lost key, leading to a treasure hunt through the palace and gardens.

The Secret Tour takes visitors into areas of Central Tejo normally closed to the public, including the boiler floors, the rheostat room, the mixing tower and the tunnels. A behind-the-scenes visit to the former power station.

A playful workshop that invites participants to look at MAAT's collection in a creative way and turn the visit into an aMAATzing experience.

Teatro Praga comes to MAAT and challenges participants to form ideas with their bodies through movement, inspired by the artworks in the exhibition.

A MAAT programme reflecting on maturity and ageing, bringing together art, memory and life experiences.

Throughout the year, numerous traditional festivals and rituals of a religious nature take place in Japan, of great social and cultural importance. With solemn ceremonial moments and others of pure entertainment, they originate mainly from Shintoism - the ancient cult of the kami spirits - to which Buddhist practices were added. The exhibition Japan: Festivals and Rituals introduces these celebrations and their role in Japanese society, as axes of identity and community building, of its conception of the world and the forces that move it.

An introductory Tenchi Tessen session, a movement art created by Georges Stobbaerts that seeks harmony between the human being and the world, with the fan replacing the sword and confrontation giving way to reconciliation. Friday, from 19.00 to 20.30, for ages 16+, with a 30€ admission.

In this workshop, participants build solar-powered cars and take part in an exciting race.

A tour of the History of Energy designed to include little ones, following the story of energy from the past to our collective future, focusing on the energy transition and sustainability.

A guided tour in Portuguese of the Casa Fernando Pessoa exhibition on Saturdays and Sundays at 16h00, lasting 60 minutes, with tickets at 6€.

A tour of the Central Tejo designed for children aged 7 to 12, inviting the little ones to discover how electricity was produced for Lisbon in the 20th century. Put on your hard hat and come explore!

A museum activity for children aged 8 and over that explains what an electromagnet is, how it is built and what it is used for, ending with a game that tests what participants have learned.

Breve Introdução Miradouro Amoreiras 360º Panoramic View , A melhor vista 360º sobre Lisboa. Sinopse Situado no topo da Torre 1 do Amoreiras Shopping Center, o Miradouro Amoreiras 360º Panoramic View é um dos pontos mais altos de Lisboa que oferece uma vista 360º imperdível sobre toda a cidade. Do topo, a 174m de altu

The exhibition Linha do Tempo, presented by Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, celebrates 40 years of the stone pavers' and gardening schools, showing their contribution to professional training and to the enhancement of Portuguese pavement and the city's gardens.

A daily visit to São Jorge Castle, where stories of a distant past document the evolution of Lisbon up to the present day. The tour lasts 1 hour and is available in Portuguese and English.

MAC/CCB is the Centro Cultural de Belém's museum of contemporary art and architecture, with works by artists such as Picasso, Warhol, Paula Rego and Francis Bacon. The ticket includes access to all contemporary art and architecture exhibitions.

A session presenting a roadmap for mental health, sharing strategies and resources for well-being and psychological support.

A multisensory audio-guided journey through 7000 years of beer history, including a complimentary craft beer for visitors over 18; under-16s enter free.

A tour through various spaces of the old Central Tejo, a thermoelectric plant built in 1908 that supplied electricity to the entire Lisbon region, featuring original machinery.

MUDE – the Design Museum in Lisbon – presents its long-term display and temporary exhibitions, drawing on a collection of 35,000 design pieces across 24 collections, housed in an eight-floor building in the Baixa Pombalina; a combined ticket gives access to all the exhibitions on show.

A visit to the Museu da Marioneta in Lisbon, a museum entirely devoted to the art and world of puppetry.

Breve Introdução Este bilhete dá acesso a todas as exposições e espaços do museu, incluindo o MAAT Gallery, o MAAT Central e o MAAT Garden. Inaugurado em outubro de 2016 no contexto da política de mecenato cultural há muito assumida pela Fundação EDP, o MAAT , Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia é uma instituição i

The ground-floor exhibition at the Museu de Lisboa - Palácio Pimenta traces Lisbon's evolution from the Paleolithic to the reign of D. João V, with over 500 pieces, including the famous pre-1755 earthquake model of the city.

The Aljube Museum presents a long-term exhibition on the Portuguese dictatorship (1926-1974), resistance and the 25 April 1974 revolution, complemented by temporary exhibitions and regular activities. It also includes a documentation centre and an archaeological display.

A guided or audio-guided tour through 7000 years of beer history, ending with a toast and a tasting of three Portuguese craft beers for visitors over 18; under-16s enter free.

Timeless Experiences offers immersive outdoor escape games in Lisbon, where participants solve mysteries based on real Portuguese history while exploring the city. There are two missions: one at Príncipe Real garden and another through the historic area.

At MUDE, this long-term exhibition rereads the history of design from the dawn of the 20th century and presents Portuguese design as a design process, questioning how and why products are designed, communicated, perceived and consumed.

At the Museu do Oriente, a single ticket gives access to all the exhibitions: the permanent “Portuguese Presence in Asia”, with more than 3,400 pieces, and the temporary exhibitions “Japan: Festivals and Rituals” and “Da Matriz à Impressão”.

Bringing together works by internationally renowned artists such as Cindy Sherman, ORLAN, Marina Abramović, Erwin Olaf, Jane and Louise Wilson, Hannah Starkey, Helena Almeida and Nikki S. Lee, the exhibition Personae explores questions of identity and representation.

Guided tours at B-MAD, Berardo Art Deco Museum, located in the former summer residence of the Marquis of Abrantes in Alcântara, showcasing the Berardo Collection's works illustrating Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco movements.

Located in the historic centre next to the Church of Santo António, this branch of the Museu de Lisboa presents the figure of Saint Anthony and his relationship with the city where he was born and lived until the age of 20.

The Bordalo Pinheiro Museum offers a self-guided visit to its permanent exhibition, featuring the work of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, including the famous Zé Povinho. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm, with a €5 ticket and various exemptions.

Visits to the Radha Krishna Temple, officially inaugurated on November 4, 1998.

The Manuel de Brito Art Centre presents an exhibition dedicated to Menez, one of the most unique Portuguese artists of the 20th century, spanning her work from early abstraction to the intimate figuration of her later years.

A guided tour of the exhibition 'Turn Around. A Look at the Fundação EDP Art Collection' at MAAT, led by a mediator who contextualises the works and encourages open dialogue with participants, on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm.

The Biblioteca da Casa do Alentejo hosts the VEJA film cycle, a retrospective dedicated to the work of director Sérgio Tréfaut, screening one film per month over several months.

A guided visit to Pedro Cabrita Reis's exhibition 'with a heart free of cares', bringing together around two hundred unpublished works across painting, drawing, collage and sculpture. A mediator-led tour offering a deeper look at the artist's themes.

Guided tours of the exhibition by Pedro Cabrita Reis, 'without sorrow of heart'.

Turn Around presents one of the broadest public readings of contemporary art in Portugal, bringing together around 100 works from the EDP Foundation Collection at MAAT Central. Curated by João Pinharanda, Margarida Chantre and Sérgio Mah, the exhibition remains on view until 2027, Wednesday to Monday.

Exhibition by Pedro Cabrita Reis, titled 'without sorrow of heart', exploring memory, absence, and the human condition.

Curated by Mathieu Copeland, this exhibition brings together sixteen dreams interpreted as songs, following the forms of mandalas.

Exhibition bringing together over fifty artists from the CAM Collection, exploring the notion of place as a conceptual axis.

A Blue Cruises boat trip with brunch on board, offering special fares for young people, children and a family pack, plus extra meal options.

A sunset cruise on the Tagus with Blue Cruises, including a complimentary bottle of wine, a beer, orange juice or water, a pastel de nata and a spread of breads, jams, olives and dried fruits, with a family pack available.

A Blue Cruises boat trip with a Moscatel de Setúbal (5cl) or orange juice included, with fares for young people, children and a family pack of 2 adults plus 2 minors.

Once Upon a Time in America reflects on the enduring influence of the American imaginary on contemporary art, based on the Julião Sarmento Collection, with works by artists such as Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha and Nan Goldin, and Rita McBride's sculpture Arena.

The Monument to the Discoveries is a monument in Lisbon celebrating the Portuguese Age of Discovery. It offers a panoramic view over Belém and the Tagus, and includes exhibitions and a viewpoint.

The Lisbon Museum - Roman Theatre is a site museum that reveals the remains of the Roman theatre of Olisipo. It includes exhibitions and an archaeological field.

An exhibition held as part of the Belém Art Circuit, showcasing contemporary art at MACAM.

Visit the Julião Sarmento Pavilion, part of the Belém Art Circuit (CABE), featuring the artist's work in Lisbon.

Casa Fernando Pessoa is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the poet. It offers exhibitions, a library, and guided tours.

A contemporary art event in Belém, part of the CABE circuit.

Art circuit in Belém, organized by the CCB, featuring various exhibitions and artistic interventions.

The Fado Museum, unique in the world and dedicated to fado and the Portuguese guitar, offers a unique experience with a wide-ranging program. The visit to the permanent exhibition is an immersion in the history of fado, with contact with instruments, scores and works of art.

Guided visit to the historic Castelo de São Jorge in Lisbon, offering panoramic views and rich history.