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September 2026

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Ongoing: 289 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

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MAHLER'S SYMPHONY NO. 5

Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval Sintra

M/6 Live music

A concert performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 5, a towering work in the orchestral canon.

Morning 9 events
Porta-Bagagem Fair

09:00 Parque de Estacionamento da EMES Monte Abraão Sintra

Other

The Porta-Bagagem Fair takes place at the EMES Monte Abraão car park on 4 October 2026.

Group Family Constellations

10:00 Eco Retiro de Galamares Sintra

Family

A group Family Constellations session taking place at Eco Retiro de Galamares on 4 October 2026.

Animal Day

10:00 Alameda de São Marcos São Marcos Sintra

Family friendly Workshops & talks

A programme run by the Animal Welfare Office with talks, dog-handling demonstrations and entertainment activities dedicated to animals and their owners.

Cascais Car Boot Sale

10:00 Mercado da Vila de Cascais Cascais e Estoril Cascais

Other

A second-hand market at the Mercado da Vila de Cascais on 04-10-2026, where all kinds of used goods are sold straight from the boot of the car.

Animal Party 2026

10:00 Parque Marechal Carmona Cascais e Estoril Cascais

Free Family friendly Party

An annual event by the Associação São Francisco de Assis with Cascais Town Council marking World Animal Day, featuring animals for adoption, talks, a dog contest, a kids' area and concerts, with free entry.

Drawing Workshop - The Miranda Donkeys

10:30 Quinta do Pisão Cascais

Family friendly Workshops & talks

A drawing workshop at Quinta do Pisão dedicated to the Miranda donkeys, taking place on 4 October 2026.

PALACE PIMENTA - RIVERSIDE LISBON - GUIDED TOUR

11:00 Museu de Lisboa - Palácio Pimenta Campo Grande Lisbon

5€ Family friendly Other

Guided tour of Palácio Pimenta, exploring the relationship between Lisbon and the Tagus River throughout history.

Afternoon 8 events
Boris Brejcha - Lisbon 2026

12:00 Local a anunciar Lisbon

18+ DJ set

Boris Brejcha, creator of High-Tech Minimal and founder of the FCKNG SERIOUS universe, arrives in Lisbon on 4 October 2026 for a rare open-air gathering at a location yet to be revealed.

Delicatessen | 27th French Film Festival

15:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's debut feature follows Louison, who moves into a building ruled by eccentric characters in a city where food is scarce, unaware of the fate awaiting him. A baroque, delirious dystopia blending black humour and fantasy, now a cult classic of French cinema.

Congo Boy | 27th French Film Festival

16:00 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

In Bangui, 17-year-old Robert sees his dream of becoming a musician threatened by war and his parents' imprisonment, which leaves him caring alone for his four siblings. This vibrant musical drama, premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, earned Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset the Best Actor award.

In the Image of Animals & Creatures

16:00 Albuquerque Foundation Sintra

12€ 14+ Other

On World Animal Day, a visit to the Albuquerque Collection revealing real animals and fantastic creatures hidden among the pieces, somewhere between the real and the imaginary. In Portuguese, for ages 14 and over; entrance is 12€.

Ájax

16:00 8 Marvila Marvila Lisbon

Theatre

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.

SOBASS AND FRIENDS

17:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

Live music

Sobass & Friends performs on Saturday, October 4, from 17h to 06h.

Evening 10 events
SUPERSTAR

18:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

Theatre play 'Superstar'.

De la Comédie-Française | 27th French Film Festival

18:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Three hours before the curtain rises, Nina's directing debut at the Comédie-Française becomes a vertiginous race against time, where every mishap and every ego threatens to bring the show down. An irreverent comedy about the backstage chaos of France's most prestigious theatre, already seen by over a million spectators.

Du fioul dans les artères | 27th French Film Festival

19:00 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Étienne, a truck driver who lives on the road, meets Bartosz, a Polish trucker he falls in love with, amid fleeting encounters in car parks. Pierre Le Gall blends social realism and queer intimacy in a delicate love story.

MDO - MENINO DE OURO

20:30 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

Live music

MDO (Menino de Ouro) takes the stage at LAV for his first live concert with a band, celebrating his connection to Lusophone music.

The Money Maker | 27th French Film Festival

21:00 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

The true story of Jan Bojarski, a Polish engineer who took refuge in France and became the country's greatest banknote counterfeiter. Jean-Paul Salomé blends film noir, investigation drama and subtle comedy in one of France's biggest hits of the year.

La Haine | 27th French Film Festival

21:15 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

After a night of clashes between young people from a suburban estate and the police, three friends — Hubert, Saïd and Vinz — go through a day on the edge of the abyss. Mathieu Kassovitz's classic remains one of the most politically explosive works of French cinema, and is still tragically relevant.

🧙‍♂️ The Faun Quiz

21:30 Casa do Fauno Sintra

Other

A quiz night at Casa do Fauno in Sintra with questions on history, music, mythology, cinema and trivia — and, between drinks and laughter, one big question: which team will win the bottle of mead?

Fonzie

21:30 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

16,50€ 12+ Live music

Fonzie celebrates 30 years of career with a special concert at Casa Capitão, revisiting their entire discography, with emphasis on 'The Melo Pot'.

Riktus presents: GAIVEU All Night Long #2

22:00 Ministerium Club Lisbon

18+ DJ set

Gaiveu spends ten straight hours behind the decks on holiday eve, Sunday October 4th, journeying through different eras, styles and emotions, with exclusive B2B sets alongside four special guests — three of them international — and immersive audiovisual production by Audiolux.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 289 events

Un ballo in maschera

Live music 45€

Wednesday 28 April · 20:00

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Centro Cultural de Belém Belém · Lisbon

Verdi's opera about a king in love with his best friend's wife, a political conspiracy and a masked ball where all the threads of the plot converge; this new São Carlos production adds another chapter to Lisbon's long relationship with the work.

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A king in love with his best friend's wife; a conspirator who discovers the betrayal too late to act honourably; a fortune-teller whose prophecy no one wants to believe; and a masked ball where all the threads of the plot converge. Premiered at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 17 February 1859, Un ballo in maschera is one of Verdi's most singular works. The story of its creation is as dramatic as the plot itself: commissioned by the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, it was blocked by the censors in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Napoleon III of France. Verdi refused the censors' corrections and eventually broke his contract with the Neapolitan institution. When it finally reached the stage, with the original Swedish setting transformed under Roman censorship into colonial Boston, the opera had survived a lawsuit and two years of obstacles. The libretto by Antonio Somma, inspired by Eugène Scribe, is based on a historical event: the murder of King Gustav III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792. In Verdi's hands, a political conspiracy and a secret love become inextricable, as the friendship between the King and Renato, his adviser, collapses under the weight of a passion neither can control. The score moves between tragedy and lightness with remarkable ease, especially in the pages entrusted to Oscar, the King's page, whose music radiates the distinctly French lightness that Verdi absorbed from his experience on Parisian stages. Lisbon holds a special place in the history of this opera: on 15 April 1860, just over a year after the Rome premiere, the then Royal Theatre of São Carlos was the first opera house to stage Un ballo in maschera outside Italy, with Gaetano Fraschini, the tenor who had created the title role, repeating it in the Portuguese capital. Since then, the opera has returned to São Carlos several times. This new production adds another chapter to that long relationship.

Show original (Portuguese)

Um rei apaixonado pela mulher do seu melhor amigo; um conspirador que descobre a traição demasiado tarde para agir honradamente; uma vidente em cuja profecia ninguém quer acreditar; e um baile de máscaras onde convergem todos os fios da trama. Estreado no Teatro Apollo de Roma em 17 de fevereiro de 1859, Un ballo in maschera é uma das obras mais singulares de Verdi. A história da sua criação é tão dramática quanto o próprio enredo: encomendada pelo Teatro di San Carlo de Nápoles, acabou barrada pelo crivo da censura no rescaldo da tentativa de assassinato de Napoleão III de França. Verdi recusou as correções dos censores, acabando por romper o contrato com a instituição napolitana. Quando, finalmente, chegou ao palco , com o cenário original sueco transformado, sob censura romana, na Boston colonial , , a ópera sobrevivera a um processo judicial e a dois anos de obstáculos. O libreto de Antonio Somma, inspirado em Eugène Scribe, baseia-se num acontecimento histórico: o assassínio do rei Gustavo III da Suécia, num baile de máscaras, em 1792. Nas mãos de Verdi, uma conspiração política e um amor secreto tornam-se inextricáveis, quando a amizade entre o Rei e Renato, seu conselheiro, se desmorona sob o peso de uma paixão que nenhum dos dois consegue controlar. A partitura move-se entre a tragédia e a leveza com notável facilidade, sobretudo nas páginas confiadas a Oscar, o pajem do Rei, cuja música irradia a ligeireza distintivamente francesa que Verdi incorporou da sua experiência nos palcos parisienses. Lisboa ocupa um lugar especial na história desta ópera: a 15 de abril de 1860, pouco mais de um ano após a estreia em Roma, o então Real Teatro de São Carlos foi a primeira casa de ópera a levar Un ballo in maschera à cena fora de Itália, com Gaetano. Fraschini, o tenor que havia criado o papel do protagonista, a repeti-lo na capital portuguesa. De então para cá, a ópera regressou várias vezes ao São Carlos. Esta nova produção acrescenta outro capítulo a essa longa relação.

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