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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 23 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.

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.

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.

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 267 events

Strauss’s Domestic Symphony

Sinfonia doméstica de Strauss

Live music 20€

Sunday 10 January · 17:00

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Centro Cultural de Belém Belém · Lisbon

Richard Strauss’s singular Domestic Symphony, Op. 53, a programmatic work centred on family life, performed with his characteristic orchestral mastery.

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The Domestic Symphony, Op. 53 is a unique composition by Richard Strauss. The idea of composing a symphonic poem based on elements of his daily life, particularly centred on his family, reflects his vision of life during this period. As can be inferred from his biography, the family he had built was an important pillar for him, notably his wife Pauline, whom he married in 1894, and the couple's son, Franz, who would be born three years later in 1897. The choice of programme, albeit 'domestic', points to this period of stability in his closest family experiences. The musical themes therefore allude to the figures of the husband, the wife and the son, with the richness and mastery of orchestration characteristic of Strauss. The composer finished the work in 1903, shortly before beginning his tour of some cities in the United States of America. The work was premiered on 21 March 1904 at Carnegie Hall in New York by the Wetzler Symphony Orchestra, with considerable success. In Vienna, the premiere was conducted by Gustav Mahler that same year. Although well received, the work drew some criticism, particularly for the 'domestic' theme chosen by the composer. The Four Last Songs, of great emotional intensity, would be composed in 1948, when he was already 84 years old, constituting one of his final efforts. The work, revealing his musical fullness, would be premiered in 1950 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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A Sinfonia Doméstica , Op. 53 é uma composição singular de Richard Strauss. A ideia de compor um poema sinfónico baseado em elementos do seu quotidiano, em particular centrado na sua família, reflete a sua visão de vida neste período. Como se depreende da sua biografia, a família construída constituía, para si, um importante pilar, nomeadamente a sua esposa Pauline, com quem casara em 1894, e o filho do casal, Franz, que nasceria três anos depois, em 1897. A escolha do programa, ainda que “doméstico”, aponta para este período de estabilidade nas vivências familiares mais próximas. Os temas musicais aludem, por isso, à figura do marido, da esposa e do filho, com a riqueza e a mestria da orquestração características de Strauss. O compositor terminou a obra em 1903, pouco tempo antes de iniciar a sua digressão por algumas cidades dos Estados Unidos da América. A obra foi estreada a 21 de março de 1904 no Carnegie Hall, em Nova Iorque, pela Wetzler Symphony Orchestra, com um sucesso considerável. Em Viena, a estreia foi dirigida por Gustav Mahler, nesse mesmo ano. Apesar de bem recebida, a obra suscitou algumas críticas, sobretudo pela temática “familiar” escolhida pelo compositor. As quatro últimas canções, de grande intensidade emocional, seriam compostas em 1948, quando ele já tinha 84 anos, constituindo um dos seus últimos esforços. A obra, reveladora da sua plenitude musical, seria estreada em 1950, no Royal Albert Hall em Londres.

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