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September 2026

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Ongoing: 213 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

No time published 4 events
HOEHN presents MISTRAL at Cossoul with two guitars between classical and jazz

Cossoul R. Nova da Piedade 66 Lisbon

13€ Live music

Brothers Samuel and Silvan Kuntz of the instrumental duo HOEHN present their debut album MISTRAL in a two-guitar concert at Cossoul, blending classical guitar, jazz and sonic experimentation. The show takes place on 30 September 2026 at 21h00, with tickets at 13€.

When You Least Expect It

Teatro Tivoli BBVA Santo António Lisbon

M/14 Theatre

A theatre play about life's unexpected moments.

Rádio Macau

Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

18–45€ 6+ Live music

Rádio Macau return to the stage with two concerts in Lisbon on September 30 and October 2, after more than a decade of hiatus. Tickets range from €18 to €45.

Morning 1 event
Workshop: Sleep Hygiene

09:30 Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon

Workshops & talks

A workshop on sleep hygiene taking place at the Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa on 30 September 2026.

Afternoon 6 events
COLLECT RADIO w/ VIL

12:00 Collect LX Factory Lisbon

18+ DJ set

The COLLECT RADIO series welcomes Portuguese DJ VIL for a session.

Scorsese | Silence

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

Screening of Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' at Cinemateca. General ticket €3.20, with discounts for various audiences.

You had to be there - Breath Fair

17:00 Arroz Estúdios Beato Lisbon

Other

Breath Fair presents 'You had to be there', an experience made to be lived in the moment rather than recounted afterwards.

Evening 12 events
Joshua Decter - Can Art be Transgressive?

18:00 Pavilhão Julião Sarmento Lisbon

Free Exhibition

A lecture by Joshua Decter on transgression in art, based on Sarmento's exhibition, exploring the concept in the 21st century.

Curse of Strahd Campaign

19:00 Casa do Fauno Sintra

Other

Bring your character's backstory to life on 30 September in this 13-session horror campaign set in the realm of Strahd.

Scorsese | Killers of the Flower Moon

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

Screening of Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' at Cinemateca. General ticket €3.20, with discounts for various audiences.

Blood Red Shoes

20:00 República da Música Alvalade Lisbon

Live music

Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes return to Lisbon on 30 September at Républica da Musica on their 2026 European tour — the first time audiences anywhere in the world will hear their new material live, including 'Screams', their first new song in four years.

TRANSVISION VAMP | LISBON

20:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

27,50€ M/6 Live music

British band Transvision Vamp, fronted by the charismatic Wendy James, returns to the world stage with a Lisbon date at LAV, promising a setlist that blends pop, punk and alternative rock, with iconic hits like 'I Want Your Love' and 'Revolution Baby' guaranteed to appear.

Paulo Branco | Snow White

21:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A cinema session associated with Paulo Branco featuring 'Snow White', with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for young people, students, seniors and other audiences.

Pub Crawl

22:00 Local a anunciar Lisbon

10€ 18+ DJ set

A night out on a pub crawl through one of Lisbon's best nightlife neighbourhoods, with welcome shots, an hour of unlimited sangria and beer and VIP entry to a club to round off the night.

Mothership

23:59 Lisboa Rio Lisbon

10€ DJ set

Every Wednesday from midnight to 6am at Temple Club, the Visionaries x Freaky Fiction alliance invites you aboard the Mothership for galactic explorations with ritualistic aesthetics, with an open beer bar until 01:00 and free entry on your birthday.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 213 events

Claude Debussy: La mer

Live music M/06

Sunday 15 November · 17:00

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Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval Sintra

The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Swensen, performs key works of French modernism alongside a Portuguese voice, featuring Debussy's La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, and Ravel's Pavane, in a concert mapping the creative effervescence of early modernism.

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What if, in a single program, one could map the creative effervescence of early modernism, its boundary-breaking, its interartistic dialogues, and its relentless search for a new musical language? The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Joseph Swensen, presents key works of French modernism centered around a Portuguese voice shaped by the same currents. Opening the concert, Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), a landmark in music history born from Mallarmé's symbolist poetry. By dissolving the boundaries between rhythms, harmony and orchestral color, this work introduced a new conception of musical time, in which atmosphere supersedes argument and the sinuous theme of the flute drifts adrift, like consciousness itself. Luís de Freitas Branco's Violin Concerto (1916), here performed by Carlos Damas (soloist of the work's Parisian premiere), constitutes a singular achievement in Portuguese music. Based on modal exploration and cyclical forms closer to César Franck than to Impressionism, it reveals a composer navigating between the heritage of the past and an unmistakably personal harmonic voice, decades ahead of its wider recognition. Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899), a meditation on a Renaissance court dance, brings stillness and luminous orchestral restraint to the program. Closing the evening, Debussy's ambitious La mer (1905): three symphonic sketches in which the sea becomes an inexhaustible source of color, movement and emotional depth; a work in infinite renewal, like the tides it evokes. Four works, three composers, but a shared conviction: that music, when free from convention, becomes something close to nature itself.

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E se, num único programa, se pudesse mapear a efervescência criativa do modernismo inicial, o seu galgar de limites, os seus diálogos interartísticos e a sua busca incansável por uma nova linguagem musical? A Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, sob a batuta de Joseph Swensen, apresenta obras-chave do modernismo francês em torno de uma voz portuguesa moldada pelas mesmas correntes. A abrir o concerto, o Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894) de Debussy, um marco da história da música gerado a partir da poesia simbolista de Mallarmé. Ao dissolver as fronteiras entre ritmos, harmonia e cor orquestral, esta obra introduziu uma nova conceção de tempo musical, na qual a atmosfera suplanta o argumento e o tema sinuoso da flauta flutua à deriva, como a própria consciência. O Concerto para violino e orquestra (1916) de Luís de Freitas Branco, aqui interpretado por Carlos Damas (solista da estreia parisiense da obra), constitui um feito singular na música portuguesa. Baseando-se na exploração modal e de formas cíclicas mais próximas de César Franck do que do Impressionismo, revela um compositor a navegar entre a herança do passado e uma voz harmónica inequivocamente pessoal, décadas à frente do seu reconhecimento mais amplo. A Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) de Ravel, uma meditação sobre uma dança de corte renascentista, traz quietude e luminosa contenção orquestral ao programa. A fechar o serão, o ambicioso La mer (1905) de Debussy: três esquissos sinfónicos nos quais o mar se converte em fonte inesgotável de cor, movimento e profundidade emocional; uma obra em infinita renovação, como as marés que evoca. Quatro obras, três compositores, mas uma convicção partilhada: a de que a música, quando livre de convenções, se torna algo próximo da própria natureza.

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