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The duo Afundem O Bismarck performs at the Coruchéus in Lisbon on 3 October 2026 at 18h00, with improvised music between rock, jazz and pop and free entry.

Albaluna bring their new album “Arena das Falas” to CriArte in Carcavelos on 3 October 2026 at 21h30, blending protest folk rock with Portuguese traditional instruments and Mediterranean and Silk Road sounds.

Tickets to climb to the top of the Rua Augusta Arch, past Célestin Anatole Calmels' sculpture, to a 360° viewpoint over Lisbon's harbour. The triumphal arch stands as the symbol of the city's strength and rebuilding after the 1755 earthquake and tsunami.

Entry ticket to Belém Tower in Lisbon, with access to the Governor's Room, Kings' Room, chapel and batteries, plus a spectacular view over the Tagus.

Tomás Frazer conducts the Camerata Sete Colinas in a benefit concert for the Samora Correia firefighters, in tribute to his father, cellist Kenneth Frazer, featuring Mendelssohn's double concerto and the premiere of Evocations by Gabriel Williams.

Dead Cats Dead Rats return to Pátio do Sol, at the Fábrica da Pólvora de Barcarena, with The Doors Trip, a tribute show recreating the intensity, psychedelia and theatricality of Jim Morrison and The Doors, followed by an after party dedicated to 90s and 2000s indie.

A one-hour live fado show at the Cine-Theatro Gymnásio in Chiado, with Portuguese and acoustic guitars and images of Lisbon's most iconic sunlit spots. Sessions at 5:30 PM and 7:00 PM, suitable for all ages with free entry for children up to 3.

An intimate 50-minute live fado show in Lisbon, paired with a glass of port wine. Sessions take place in the evening at Rua do Crucifix 84, with free entry for children aged 4 to 6 and reduced tickets for young people.

Festival Cantábile brings a chamber music programme dedicated to Gustav Holst and Franz Schubert to the Igreja do Convento dos Cardaes, in a 14th edition that pairs international performers with Lisbon's historic heritage. Entry is free, with a donation recommended at the end of the concert.

A guided 40-minute tour of the house where Amália Rodrigues lived for 44 years, recreating the Queen of Fado's daily life through her stage dresses, jewellery, awards and personal objects. Visits run Tuesday to Sunday in Portuguese, French or English, with free entry for children under 12.

Entry ticket to Monserrate Palace in Sintra, with skip-the-line access to the 19th-century eclectic palace and its exotic botanical gardens with lakes, fountains and grottoes.

Skip-the-line tickets to Sintra's Moorish Castle let you explore its stunning fortification, walk its beautiful trails and enjoy incredible views over Sintra and the surrounding area, with free entry for children under 6.

The Associação Mundu Nôbu, founded by Dino D'Santiago and Liliana Valpaços, hosts a free afternoon of talks, slam poetry and concerts with the Talentos de Lisboa competition winners — Bárbara Bandeira, Soraia Ramos and Bateu Matou — celebrating music from Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries.

The Banksy Museum in Lisbon brings together 100 works by the mysterious street artist, from 'Girl with Balloon' to 'Sweep It Under The Carpet', spanning murals, graffiti, canvases, projections and video installations from France and Italy to Ukraine and the USA.

In the Chiado, the Museum of Illusions Lisbon challenges your perception with more than 20 interactive installations blending science, art and entertainment. Immersive rooms, optical illusions and brain teasers make it a fun visit for families, couples, friends and school groups.

Live music at Clube da Praia in Praia das Maçãs every Friday and Saturday night.

Live Brazilian music at the Orixás restaurant and gallery every Friday and Saturday during dinner.

Live traditional Portuguese music at Taverna dos Trovadores every Friday and Saturday night.

Skip-the-line entry to the National Palace and Gardens of Queluz, the Portuguese Royal Family's summer residence, with its stunning 18th-century architecture and lush gardens. Your ticket also includes the free hop-on hop-off service in the gardens and access to the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art on site.

Fábrica de Alternativas hosts a double bill with O Louco and Engine Meltpoint, blending electronic song, theatricality and audiovisual performance, with free entry from 21h30.

This ticket gives access to the Park and National Palace of Pena, King Fernando II's former monastery turned royal residence, and to the charming Chalet of the Countess d'Edla. Explore the lush park with its exotic plants and hidden trails in this pearl of Sintra.

An interactive centre in Alcântara dedicated to the Ponte 25 de Abril, with multimedia exhibits, virtual reality and an elevator ride up to a panoramic view over Lisbon and the Tejo. Children under 5 enter free.

Rolando Semedo headlines a Noite das Danças at Malandro do Marquês on 3 October 2026, with funaná, morna, coladeira, mazurca and batuku, an optional Lusophone dinner and tickets from 10€ to 30€.

The 10th Cascais Philharmonic Bands Festival brings together the municipality's seven bands for an afternoon at the Fernando Lopes-Graça Auditorium in Parque Palmela, celebrating the role of wind bands in training musicians and in local community life. Entry is free.

A journey through 5000 years of health history at the Pharmacy Museum, from an Egyptian sarcophagus and a Black Death medical suit to a reconstruction of a traditional Chinese pharmacy from Macau. Open Monday to Saturday, with tickets for adults, seniors, students and families.

📱 Smartphone tickets. ⚡ Instant access to your tickets Explore the iconic Castelo de São Jorge, one of Lisbon's top spots! Pop in your headphones and dive into its rich history, especially the Moorish era. Marvel at the towering walls and battlements that have withstood countless sieges. Check out the Tower of Ulysses

📱 Smartphone tickets. ⚡ Instant access to your tickets The Palácio Nacional da Ajuda has a history full of twists and turns! Originally dreamed up by King João V as a summer retreat in the early 18th century, its construction only kicked off after the original royal residence was destroyed by an earthquake in 1755. Th

Part of the exhibition 'Soldados da Paz: História(s) dos Bombeiros do Concelho de Cascais' at Casa Sommer, this workshop led by Pinóquio Fun & Culture invites families with children aged 4 to 12 to build their own customisable 3D cardboard emergency vehicle. Registration is sold out.

📱 Smartphone tickets. ⚡ Instant access to your tickets Discover the enchantment of Castelo de São Jorge with a fast-track entry and guided tour! Dive into centuries of history as you explore this hilltop fortress that transformed from a Moorish base to a royal palace, military center, and prison. Climb the Torre de Ul

A walk along the trails of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park on 3 October 2026 to explore the park's nature.

A hands-on community planting session to create a sensory garden at UNL - Nova SBE School of Business & Economics on 3 October 2026.

Descubra os sabores, aromas e tradições da cozinha grega num workshop dedicado a uma das gastronomias mais emblemáticas do Mediterrâneo. Ao longo da sessão, vai aprender a preparar um menu completo inspirado na cozinha tradicional grega, explorando ingredientes frescos, técnicas e receitas que fazem parte da identidade

An initiative by the Câmara Municipal de Sintra scheduled for 3 October 2026, dedicated to conquering and exploring the natural balconies of the Serra de Sintra.

Presentation of the children's book "O Nemo e a Soraia", a story of magic, friendship and courage, for children aged 5 and up and their families.

Monthly free drawing meetup with Urban Sketchers Portugal, on the first Saturday of each month, for anyone who likes to draw.

📱 Tickets on your phone. ⚡ Instant access to your tickets. Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983, the Jerónimos Monastery is a must-see for both Lisbon residents and visitors to the Portuguese capital! An unprecedented tribute to Portuguese identity and culture that will not leave anyone indifferent. Sit

The second edition of Cantares de Museu takes place at the Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum in Cascais on 3 October 2026.

A guided route starting from Santa Apolónia Station reveals how industrial development transformed Lisbon's riverside area, from former factories to working-class neighbourhoods.

In Cloudbusting, singer Aline Goffin invites young audiences into Kate Bush's universe through an intimate fusion of music, movement and image, complete with magical holograms.

A hands-on music workshop by Bruno Estima and WETUMTUM, where participants explore group music-making through playful challenges and instruments, culminating in a short public presentation.

Da Pele is a series of sound installations centered on the adufe, exploring the power of collective and memory through a simple instrument.

Norquestra is an interactive concert in which audiences and musicians explore the mystery of musical creation, with the audience invited to intervene in the music being played. The show emerges from a creation-research process developed with musicians and neuroscientists.

Visit two rooms where Big Bang musicians live, exploring their fantastic imaginaries and secret adventures.

Thiago Bernardes leads a tour of the Albuquerque Foundation's architecture, revealing how the project connects the built heritage, the contemporary spaces and the gardens. Suitable for ages 10 and up; the ticket includes access to the exhibitions.

Skip the line at Castelo de São Jorge and join a guided tour of the hilltop fortress that went from Moorish base to royal palace and military centre. The visit includes a climb up the Tower of Ulysses for a 360º view over Lisbon and the Tagus, with guides in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

Explore the Jerónimos Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and masterpiece of 16th-century Manueline architecture overlooking the Tagus. The ticket includes entrance, the 16th-century cloister and the old monks' refectory, open Tuesday to Sunday from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

A percussionist, a pianist and a trumpeter guide us through the fascinating world of jazz legend Miles Davis in this immersive Big Bang Festival concert, with Fulco Ottervanger, Simon Segers and Bert Bernaerts exploring the infinite possibilities of improvised music.

A hands-on workshop in the Big Bang festival where participants combine singing and the traditional Portuguese adupe frame drum, mattering how small rhythmic impulses can become a collective flood of sound.

An interactive sound installation by composer Jaime Reis and violinist Beatriz Costa, inviting audiences to explore and create soundscapes from the skeleton of a reconstructed piano.

Explore the Jerónimos Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and masterpiece of 16th-century Manueline architecture overlooking the Tagus. The ticket includes entrance, the 16th-century cloister and the old monks' refectory, open Tuesday to Sunday from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

Explore the Jerónimos Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and masterpiece of 16th-century Manueline architecture overlooking the Tagus. The ticket includes entrance, the 16th-century cloister and the old monks' refectory, open Tuesday to Sunday from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

Step inside the Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, the only palace in Lisbon that still preserves its 19th-century style and room arrangements. The entrance ticket gives access to grand halls filled with decorative arts, from silverware and paintings to over 17,000 pieces of porcelain, faience and stoneware.

Explore the Jerónimos Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and masterpiece of 16th-century Manueline architecture overlooking the Tagus. The ticket includes entrance, the 16th-century cloister and the old monks' refectory, open Tuesday to Sunday from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

Harbour turns seven and marks the anniversary with a party celebrating seven years of music, encounters, long nights and stories that keep happening. Save the date.

A live Raku firing ceremony led by ceramicist Yishai Simon, in which glazed pieces are transformed by heat, smoke and cooling. Held in English and Portuguese with free entry.

A family film screening in the Family Saturdays series, inspired by the tale 'The Ugly Duckling'.

Skip the lines at São Jorge Castle with fast-track entry and a guided tour of the hilltop fortress, from its Moorish origins to its days as a royal palace and military center. Climb the Tower of Ulysses for a 360º view over Lisbon and the Tagus and see Roman and Moorish artifacts.

Explore the Jerónimos Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece of 16th-century Manueline architecture overlooking the Tagus. Visit the cloister, the old monks' refectory and the old library, with entry Tuesday to Sunday from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

Skip the lines at São Jorge Castle with fast-track entry and a guided tour of the hilltop fortress, from its Moorish origins to its days as a royal palace and military center. Climb the Tower of Ulysses for a 360º view over Lisbon and the Tagus and see Roman and Moorish artifacts.

Beleza Abstracta Prog Fest party on Saturday, October 3, from 17h to 06h.

Collect LX Factory welcomes Amsterdam-based producer Mammo, the project of Fabiano, for a special live performance on October 3rd, moving through dub techno, ambient electronics and experimental club music, with Andre Cascais also on the line-up.

NOTMAINSTREAM and TREBLE join forces for a 13-hour sunset-to-sunrise party at the legendary Praia de Bafureira, headlined by ELEVIN, with an open-air sunset experience from 17:00 to 22:00, an all-night club experience until 06:00, a chill-out area and an art gallery by ArtSubmit. Guestlist on Shotgun, entry subject to venue capacity.

The Coro Infantil da Voz do Operário children's choir joins the Retimbrar collective in a Big Bang Festival concert that proposes song as a ritual, celebrating Portuguese roots music, orality and community in a reflection on the passage of time.

Enjoy an acoustic fado session with voice, Portuguese guitar and fado guitar in the secret garden of Casa da Amália, the Lisbon house where Amália Rodrigues lived for 44 years. Children under 6 enter free.

At the 27th French Cinema Festival, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's animated classic screens as a tribute to the recently departed Satrapi, following young Marjane through childhood and adolescence in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, between Tehran and Vienna.

The Cascais Philharmonic Bands Festival brings together the seven philharmonic bands of the municipality, celebrating intergenerational talent and the work of local associations. The 10th edition is co-organized by the Cascais City Council and the Sociedade Recreativa e Musical de Carcavelos, with free entry.

The Metropolitan Opera of New York presents Mozart's Così fan tutte in a vibrant production set in 1950s Coney Island.

The opera 'La Vera Costanza' takes the stage at the Casino Estoril.

A screening of 'Spécial Bardot' in the Lado BB cinema series. General admission is 3,20€, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Youth Card holders, the unemployed, students, over-65s and more.

A four-hour party boat on the Tagus every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 pm, with a DJ mixing techno, deep house and reggaeton, cocktails, sunset views of Belém and Praça do Comércio, and after-party entry included once the boat docks.

At the 27th French Cinema Festival, Nathan Ambrosioni's drama follows Jeanne, who must take in her nephew and niece after her sister Suzanne vanishes without a trace, a delicate and surprisingly mature film about absence and the families that reinvent themselves.

South Korean pianist Young-Choon Park presents a recital with works by Mozart, Chopin, and Beethoven.

Experience intimate fado concerts with premium seating close to the artists in the Jardim do Príncipe Real, rotating between the Chinese Pavilion on Thursdays, the Patriarchal Reservoir on Fridays and Saturdays, and EmbaiXada on Sundays.

Gypsy returns to TEJÁ House with a special three-act dinner built around the new autumn menu served sharing-style. The night culminates in 'The Siren Song', an intimate musical experience from Mads Paige filled with storytelling about life, love, loss and philosophy.

Drawing on Ájax, probably the oldest of Sophocles' tragedies, this show crosses the Greek text and the figure of Sophocles with testimonies, narratives and artistic interventions. A reflection on the limits of power, disinformation and the totalitarian threats of our time — a theatre eye to eye.

A Candlelight concert at the Altis Grand Hotel brings the best 80s hits — from Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' to a-ha's 'Take on Me' — performed by a string quartet amid a sea of candles. The 60-minute show welcomes ages 6 and up.

A concert of saxophone and voice featuring Mark Cain and Katia.

A Cinemateca session dedicated to filmmaker Noémia Delgado, featuring films adapted from Portuguese literary classics by Eça de Queiroz, Camilo Castelo Branco and Almeida Garrett. Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts available.

Premiered at the Berlinale and made over ten years, Jérémy Comte's debut feature screens at the 27th French Cinema Festival, following two teenagers in search of a father figure between the vibrant nights of Accra and the frozen silences of Quebec.

Bia Ferreira presents her new album Améfrica in Lisbon, with a 6-piece band.

C4 Pedro, one of the most influential artists in contemporary African music, performs at Monsantos Open Air in Lisbon.

A jam session concert where musicians meet on stage to improvise together.

Tribute to Queen by the Orquestra Nova de Guitarras, featuring 50 classical guitars and special participation of Peter Freestone, Freddie Mercury's personal assistant. Musical direction by Miguel Madaleno.

Theatre play 'Superstar'.

At the 27th French Cinema Festival, Jean-Pierre Jeunet returns to the big screen with this adaptation of Valérie Perrin's acclaimed novel, in which Violette, a cemetery keeper in Burgundy, sees her routine upended when a police officer investigates her husband's mysterious disappearance.

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The Cinemateca screens 'Moral Order' as part of its retrospective dedicated to producer Paulo Branco. Tickets are €3.20, with discounts for students, over-65s, retirees and other groups.

Rapper Lute, from Dreamville, makes his Portuguese debut at Casa Capitão with his soul-infused, dirty south style.

Screening at the 27th French Cinema Festival, Sarah Arnold's black-comedy thriller, premiered at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, follows an explosive gendarme and a psychologist in crisis who reopen the investigation into the disappearance of a farmer in northeast France, where farmers and hunters wage war on wild boar.

The weekend edition of Desterronics takes over DARC - Desterro on 3 October 2026.

A guided pub crawl through one of Lisbon's best nightlife neighbourhoods, visiting three venues — two with welcome shots and one with an hour of unlimited sangria and beer (or a gin, vodka, rum and whiskey upgrade) — and ending with VIP entry at a club.

Recanto take the stage with a concert that strolls through the regions of Portugal, pairing traditional Portuguese tunes with original pieces on sanfona, guitar, bouzouki, berimbaus, adufe and percussion.

RIOT lands at Village Underground Lisboa on Friday 2 October 2026, from 23h to 06h, with b2b sets from Ketarina, VLB 2.0, V.Crespo Pires, NoCut and OSeven.

Superb returns to Lux on 03 October with DJ Vibe and Nick Curly at the Disco, and Myd and Kierastoboy at the Bar, in a night spanning house, techno and the new French Touch.

This Saturday, the French Film Festival's opening party takes over the ground floor and first floor of Casa Capitão with Shugi, Anoraak, Thomas Villard, Cobertor Eléctrico and bacalhausoundsystem, while Makina Latina brings guaracha and perreo to the attic with Linapary. A single ticket gives access to all rooms from midnight onwards.

A DJ set from Tiago Marques, who heads the line-up.

First edition of dark_001.wav: one room for 200 people, anonymous DJs playing behind a veil, at a secret location in central Lisbon whose address is only revealed to ticket holders on the day of the event.