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Laurent Filipe celebrates the 100th anniversary of Miles Davis in a free concert in Estoril

Academia de Artes do Estoril Av. Acácias 2 Cascais

Free Live music

Marking the centenary of Miles Davis's birth, Laurent Filipe presents a narrated concert at the Auditório Carlos Avilez, joined by Mário Delgado, Alexandre Frazão, Massimo Cavalli and Pedro Lopes. The Portuguese trumpeter revisits decisive moments of Davis's career and shows how he crossed and helped transform successive phases of modern jazz.

Máximo brings PANGEA to B.Leza, a trio project where jazz, voice and electronica meet in a musical reflection on the climate crisis, with Joppe van Noten on drums and Jan Honnef on bass. Live, the album's five tracks are expanded through improvisation, adding solo piano, spoken word, synthesizers and pre-recorded material.

October 2026

Polo Cultural Gaivotas Misericórdia Lisbon

Free Other

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

Pure Madness

Teatro Maria Matos Alvalade Lisbon

M/12 Theatre

A theatre show bearing the evocative title “Pure Madness”.

outubro / october 2026

Residências Artísticas Lisbon

Free Other

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

Morning 3 events
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 3 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.

The BB Side | Et Dieu... Créa La Femme

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

Screening in the Cinemateca's Lado BB cycle of 'Et Dieu... créa la femme', the 1956 film that made Brigitte Bardot a star. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts for Cinemateca members, students, over-65s and other groups.

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 24 events
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.

The BB Side | Le Parti Des Choses: Bardot/Godard + Le Mépris

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A double bill in the Cinemateca's Lado BB cycle: Jacques Rozier's short 'Le Parti des choses', following Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Luc Godard on the set of 'Le Mépris', followed by Godard's 1963 classic. Tickets are 3,20€, with discounts available.

Ájax

19:00 8 Marvila Marvila Lisbon

10€ Theatre

A show based on Sophocles' Ajax, probably his oldest tragedy, crossing the text with testimonies, narratives and artistic interventions in a reflection on the limits of power and the totalitarian threats of our time.

What I Want to See | Garbo Talks

19:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A screening of Garbo Talks at the Cinemateca as part of the What I Want to See series, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for students, seniors and other groups.

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.

"From Court to Salon", violin and piano concert

21:00 Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães Cascais e Estoril Cascais

Free Live music

On World Music Day, 1 October, the Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães hosts "From Court to Salon", a violin and piano concert tracing love-themed music from the refined elegance of the European courts to the intimacy of the late 19th and early 20th century salons, performed by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos musicians Alexander Stewart and João Paulo Santos.

Agora Dez - Charity Concert

21:00 Aula Magna Cidade Universitária Lisbon

Live music

Agora Dez takes the stage at the Aula Magna in Lisbon for a charity concert on 1 October 2026.

Ana Bacalhau with the Martim Sousa Tavares Orchestra - Lisbon

21:00 Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon

Live music

Ana Bacalhau performs with the Martim Sousa Tavares Orchestra at the Universidade de Lisboa on 1 October 2026, in a concert that pairs the singer's voice with the conductor's orchestral arrangements.

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.

Paulo Branco | L'Enfant

21:45 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A screening of L'Enfant at the Cinemateca as part of the series dedicated to producer Paulo Branco, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for students, seniors and other groups.

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.

OctobeFest Pub Crawl in Lisbon

22:00 Local a anunciar Lisbon

18+ DJ set

A pub crawl through one of Lisbon's best nightlife neighbourhoods, with three venues, welcome shots, an hour of unlimited beer and sangria (or a 10€ upgrade to gin, vodka, rum and whiskey) and VIP club entry to finish the night.

Rice Jam - El Zaperoco

23:00 Arroz Estúdios Beato Lisbon

Other

Jam do Arroz, with El Zaperoco, is a jam session open to musicians and live music lovers.

BAILE: FOMO

23:30 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

Free 18+ DJ set

From midnight, Casa Capitão turns into BAILE, the every-Thursday plan, with tickets split into several phases and a limited number available per phase.

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.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 259 events

Open Garden

Jardim Aberto

Live music

Tuesday 12 January · 18:30

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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Chiado · Lisbon

In this Open Garden concert, Alexis Hatch, Isabel Pereira and Alexandre Alvarez perform Bach's Goldberg Variations in Dmitry Sitkovetsky's string trio transcription, revealing the contrapuntal clarity and eloquence of Bach's music.

Full details

Few works of the early repertoire have crossed time and instrumental boundaries as durably as the Goldberg Variations. Published in 1741, in Volume IV of the Clavier-Übung, they constitute the most extensive set of keyboard music printed in the eighteenth century and one of the rare cases in which Bach's work achieved fame during the composer's lifetime. The legend associating their origin with the insomnia of Count Keyserlingk and the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg has been increasingly contradicted by musicological research; more consensual is that Bach had in mind, as a probable performer, his son Wilhelm Friedemann. Regardless of the story attached to them, what remains is an architecture of thirty variations, a true encyclopedia of the keyboard and a supreme exercise in contrapuntal invention. The passage of this work to other instrumental formations is part of a practice that is neither modern nor foreign to Bach. In the Baroque period, transcribing, adapting and reusing material from others was a common procedure among composers, and Bach himself practised it, both with his own music and with works by other composers. Transcription does not betray the work: it prolongs its life and broadens its reach. It is in this context that Dmitry Sitkovetsky's version for string trio fits, begun in 1984 under the impact of Glenn Gould's recording of the Variations, completed in 1985, the tercentenary of Bach's birth, and dedicated to the pianist's memory. With the three instruments, the counterpoint gains clarity and Bach's art reveals itself in its sharpness and eloquence. Alexis Hatch, Isabel Pereira and Alexandre Alvarez give voice to this reading, showing that Bach's music continues to speak to musicians and audiences alike, a sign that it remains alive, not as a monument, but as an active presence.

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Poucas obras do repertório antigo atravessaram tão longamente o tempo e as fronteiras dos instrumentos como as Variações Goldberg. Publicadas em 1741, no volume IV dos Clavier-Übung , constituem o mais extenso conjunto de música para teclado impresso no século XVIII e um dos raros casos em que a obra de Bach alcançou notoriedade, ainda em vida do compositor. A lenda que associa a sua génese à insónia do code Keyserlingk e ao jovem cravista Johann Gottlieb Goldberg tem vindo a ser desmentida pela investigação musicológica; mais consensual é que Bach tivesse em vista, como intérprete provável, o seu filho Wilhelm Friedemann. Independentemente da história que se lhe colou, o que permanece é uma arquitetura de trinta variações, verdadeira enciclopédia do teclado e exercício superior de invenção contrapontística. A passagem desta obra para outras formações instrumentais inscreve-se numa prática que não é moderna, nem alheia a Bach. No período barroco, transcrever, adaptar e reutilizar material alheio era procedimento corrente entre compositores, e o próprio Bach o praticou, tanto com música sua como com obras de outros compositores. A transcrição não trai a obra: prolonga-lhe a vida e amplia-lhe o alcance. É neste contexto que se situa a versão para trio de cordas de Dmitry Sitkovetsky, iniciada em 1984 sob o impacto da gravação das Variações por Glenn Gould, concluída em 1985, ano do tricentenário do nascimento de Bach, e dedicada à memória do pianista. Com os três instrumentos, o contraponto ganha clareza e a arte de Bach revela-se na sua nitidez e eloquência. Alexis Hatch, Isabel Pereira e Alexandre Alvarez dão voz a esta leitura, mostrando que a música de Bach continua a interpelar músicos e públicos, sinal de que permanece viva, não como monumento, mas como presença ativa.

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