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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.

Camerata Sete Colinas presents a solidarity concert at the Marvila Library in memory of cellist Kenneth Frazer, supporting the Bombeiros Voluntários de Samora Correia, with Anthony Flint and Elizabeth Allen as soloists in Mendelssohn's double concerto and the premiere of Gabriel Williams's Evocations.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 family workshop at Casa Sommer in Cascais, part of the 'Soldados da Paz' firefighters exhibition: guided by Pinóquio Fun & Culture, families with children aged 4 to 12 build their own fully customisable 3D cardboard emergency vehicle.

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

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.

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.

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.

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'.

A staged tour of the Ajuda Palace led by Queen D. Maria Pia of Savoy, the queen who lived there longest, recounting her daily life at court and ending with a ball in the palace's halls, in a special edition marking her birthday month.

A family-friendly musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, adapted and staged by Fernando Gomes, playing Saturdays at 16:00 and Sundays at 11:00.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Scottish hard rock legends Nazareth, defining the sound of the genre since 1968, take the stage in Lisbon on 3 October for a night of raspy vocals, powerful riffs and classic anthems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.