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September 2026

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Morning 3 events
PCP Parliamentary Days

07:30 Centro de Saúde do Olival Agualva-Cacém Sintra

Other

A PCP outreach action meeting users of the Centro de Saúde do Olival, in the presence of Paulo Raimundo and Paula Santos, opening the party's Parliamentary Days.

COLLECTION, DONATION | GUIDED TOUR FOUNDATIONS AND DONORS DAY

11:30 Museu do Oriente. Lisbon

Free Other

A guided tour of the Fundação Oriente museum, part of Foundations and Donors Day, with free entry and limited to 25 participants. The visit highlights the role of donations in building the foundation's collections.

Afternoon 2 events
Let's Percu(r)ss: Workshop by Mais Cultura

15:00 Biblioteca Municipal de S. Domingos de Rana S. Domingos de Rana Cascais

Free Live music

Marking the International Day of Older Persons and World Music Day, the Library hosts a workshop showing how music can be everywhere, using the body, voice and everyday objects to create rhythm. Free participation, subject to registration, for people aged 55 and over.

PEDRO FAZ INVITES JOHN-E

17:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

DJ set

DJ session on Thursday 1 October from 17h to 23h, with Pedro Faz inviting John-E.

Evening 15 events
THE SHAPE OF SOUND | PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH MUSIC

18:00 Museu do Oriente. Lisbon

40€ M/14 Workshops & talks

On October 1, from 17h00 to 19h30, the workshop 'The Shape of Sound' invites participants aged 14+ to explore the connection between music, art and nature, giving visual form to sound through painting.

From Ovid and Goethe - Metamorphoses in the Gulbenkian Garden

18:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Literature

A guided tour through the Gulbenkian Garden exploring the surprising dialogue between botany, classical literature (Ovid) and the philosophy of nature (Goethe) on metamorphoses.

Ajax

19:00 8 Marvila Marvila Lisbon

10€ Theatre

A theatrical adaptation of Sophocles' 'Ajax', one of his earliest tragedies, exploring the limits of power and serving as a response to totalitarian threats. The performance, premiering at TMJB, crosses the text with testimonies, narratives, and artistic interventions to create a sharp, human theater that looks us in the eye.

Paintings for a Continent

20:00 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

6€ Live music

Concert with tickets between €6 and €15, with discounts for over 65s, São Luiz cardholders, unemployed people, people with disabilities and performing arts professionals.

DEIVE LEONARDO, THE AWAKENING | WORLD TOUR

20:30 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

30€ 6+ Live music

Religious gathering led by evangelist Deive Leonardo, coming to Lisbon as part of 'The Awakening' tour, with messages of faith, reflection and spiritual transformation.

Lera Lynn

21:00 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

19,50€ 12+ Live music

Concert by Lera Lynn, an independent artist blending alt-Americana, indie rock and cinematic noir, known for her work on True Detective and her recent album 'Comic Book Cowboy'. No seating, arrive early.

MERCURY REV IN LISBON

21:00 República da Música Alvalade Lisbon

30€ Live music

American rock band Mercury Rev performs live in Lisbon.

SUPERSTAR

21:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

A theatre play about a superstar.

FREAKSHOW LABS | LISBOA

21:30 Auditório Roma Lisbon

12€ Theatre

An evening of theatre featuring a brief introduction and stand-up tests. General admission costs €12.

Exhibition Closing Party: Culture & Connection

22:00 Teja House Lisbon

Party

TEJÁ House, Sol Temple and Vagabundo Gallery close the gallery's first Lisbon edition with a night of art, drinks and deep, hypnotic sounds from Isis Sage, Oli Liu and Avi, running from 22:00 until 01:00 — or a little longer.

Joshua Idehen

22:00 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

17,30€ Todas as idades Live music

Concert by Joshua Idehen, British-Nigerian poet and musician known for his work with Sons of Kemet, presenting his spiritual project built with producer Saturday, Monday. Doors open at 9:30 PM, concert at 10 PM.

On October 1st, RIKTUS welcomes Germany's HARD BOCK DRAUF to Lisbon for a special collaboration joining three German and three Portuguese artists around hard, fast and uncompromising techno, with DeGuzman, Penelope (2), Anastasiya Ty and Kafox.

On this day, no time published 4 events
MÁXIMO (TRIO)

Clube B.Leza Cais do Sodré Lisbon

M/16 Live music

Concert by the trio Máximo.

October 2026

Polo Cultural Gaivotas Misericórdia Lisbon

Free Other

Free access to several rooms — dance, music, theatre, multipurpose and training — with free entry.

outubro / october 2026

Residências Artísticas Lisbon

Free Other

Free event in October 2026, with free entry to various spaces in Boavista and Monsanto.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 259 events

The Father, by August Strindberg

O Pai, de August Strindberg

Theatre 6€

Sunday 27 September · 17:30

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São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

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.

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Synopsis We are not exaggerating if we say that The Father (1887) is one of August Strindberg's fiercest plays. A seismic shock in three acts that still shakes the walls of a bourgeois family's living room to its very foundations. In a traditional household, the father, the Captain, and the mother, Laura, are in open conflict over the education of their daughter, Berta. "It's like being shut in a cage of tigers." When the Captain tries to impose his will, Laura retaliates, planting in her husband's feverish imagination the virus of doubt: is he, in fact, Berta's father? The uncertainty plunges the Captain into the devastating nightmare of paranoia, hallucination and even dementia. The Father stages several of the themes dear to Strindberg, not without a shadow of misogyny: the author saw relations between men and women as a "fight to the death for power". With this play, we return to the work of the playwright of "the vast expanses of the intimate" and to Gonçalo Waddington's directing work. Artistic credits Text August Strindberg. Translation António Cabrita and Luis Miguel Cintra. Direction Gonçalo Waddington. Direction assistance Rafael Gomes. Cast Carla Maciel, Cecília Borges, Gonçalo Waddington, Hugo Narciso, Joana Bárcia, João Pedro Vaz and Miguel Sopas. Lighting design Daniel Worm. Sound Miguel Raposo Lima. Set and costume design Ângela Rocha. Set design assistant Catarina Sousa. Construction of structures Catarina Sousa and João Calixto. Making of the Priest and Military costumes Aldina Jesus. Atelier. Production direction Cláudia Teixeira. Executive production Sofia Freitas. Financial and administrative management Sufoco. A Gonçalo Waddington & Carla Maciel production in co-production with Teatro Nacional São João and São Luiz Teatro Municipal. Artistic residency support Companhia Olga Roriz. Thanks: EIRA, Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa, João Rocha, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. Prices 1st Stalls - 15€. 2nd Stalls - 12€. Dress circle boxes (Frisas) - 12€. 1st Central Boxes - 6€ to 15€. Discounts Over 65, São Luiz Card, unemployed, people with disabilities, performing arts teachers.

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Sinopse Não exageramos se dissermos que O Pai (1887) é uma das peças mais ferozes de August Strindberg. Um abalo sísmico em três atos, que continua a sacudir até aos alicerces as paredes da sala de estar da família burguesa. Num lar tradicional, o pai, Capitão, e a mãe, Laura, estão em conflito aberto sobre a educação da filha, Berta. “É como estar metido numa jaula de tigres.” Quando o Capitão tenta impor a sua vontade, Laura retalia, instilando na imaginação febril do marido o vírus da dúvida: seria ele, de facto, o pai de Berta? A incerteza lança o Capitão no devastador pesadelo da paranoia, da alucinação e até da demência. O Pai põe em cena vários dos temas caros a Strindberg, não sem uma sombra de misoginia: o autor via as relações entre homens e mulheres como uma “luta de morte pelo poder”. Com esta peça, regressamos à obra do dramaturgo das “vastas extensões do íntimo” e ao trabalho de encenação de Gonçalo Waddington. Ficha Artística Texto August Strindberg Tradução António Cabrita e Luis Miguel Cintra Encenação Gonçalo Waddington Assistência de encenação Rafael Gomes Interpretação Carla Maciel, Cecília Borges, Gonçalo Waddington, Hugo Narciso, Joana Bárcia, João Pedro Vaz e Miguel Sopas Desenho de luz Daniel Worm Som Miguel Raposo Lima Cenografia e figurinos Ângela Rocha Assistente de cenografia Catarina Sousa Construção de estruturas Catarina Sousa e João Calixto Confecção do figurino do Padre e Militar Aldina Jesus Atelier Direção de produção Cláudia Teixeira Produção executiva Sofia Freitas Gestão financeira e administrativa Sufoco Uma produção Gonçalo Waddington & Carla Maciel em coprodução com Teatro Nacional São João e São Luiz Teatro Municipal Apoio à Residência Artística Companhia Olga Roriz Agradecimentos EIRA, Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema , Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa, João Rocha, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II Preços 1ª Plateia - 15€ 2ª Plateia - 12€ Frisas - 12€ Camarotes 1ª Central - 6€ a 15€ Descontos > 65 anos Cartão São Luiz Desempregados Pessoa com NE Prof. Artes Performativas

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