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October 2026

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Mon 5 Oct Monday 5 October

  1. Fri 2 81
  2. Sat 3 95
  3. Sun 4 51
  4. Mon 5 20
  5. Tue 6 18
  6. Wed 7 24
  7. Thu 8 35
  8. Fri 9 49
  9. Sat 10 99

Ongoing: 406 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

No time published 4 events
5 October at the Assembly of the Republic

Assembleia da República Lisbon

Free 6–12 Family friendly Live music

The Assembly of the Republic marks the Revolution of 5 October 1910 by opening the Palácio de São Bento for free visits, exhibitions, a children's treasure hunt, the Antiprincesas show and a concert by Luís Trigacheiro.

The Merry History of Portugal in 90 Minutes

Teatro Bocage Lisbon

6+ Family friendly Theatre

The Companhia do Teatro Bocage sweeps through the History of Portugal with 75 representative characters, from Viriato to D. João V, in a 90-minute show with an unstoppable plot. For ages 6 and over, booking by phone.

Flow

Teatro Tivoli BBVA Santo António Lisbon

Comedy

Connor Burns' fifth solo show promises an hour of brand-new material combining sharp intelligence with an impressive rate of big laughs.

The Treasure of the Last Kings and Queens of Portugal

Museu do Tesouro Real Lisbon

13€ Other

A tour that retraces the embarkation of D. Manuel II, D. Amélia and D. Maria Pia aboard the royal yacht Amélia in Ericeira on 5 October 1910, presenting the objects left behind in the rush to exile and the Crown Treasure of Portugal's last monarchs. Advance booking required.

Afternoon 2 events
The Stranger | 27th French Film Festival

16:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

François Ozon adapts Albert Camus's celebrated novel: in Algiers, 1938, Meursault, a young clerk with a routine life and a distant attitude, is led by a tragic turn of events into a situation that will radically transform his life.

Evening 10 events
Nights of the Rescue of Being

18:00 Eco Retiro de Galamares Sintra

Party

A party night with Noites de Resgate do Ser at the Eco Retiro de Galamares on 5 October 2026.

Jam Session

19:00 Forklore Café Lisbon

Free Live music

A musical improvisation session where musicians play together on stage in a spirit of spontaneous sharing.

The Plague | 27th French Film Festival

19:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, Sarah Arnold's black comedy thriller follows an explosive gendarme and a psychologist in crisis who reopen the investigation into the disappearance of a farmer in north-eastern France, in a delirious ride that evokes the Coen brothers.

FORWARD IS NOT THE ONLY WAY | OCP

20:00 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

6€ Live music

A concert exploring the idea that progress is not linear, presented by OCP.

Jam Session

21:00 Titanic Sur Mer Lisbon

Free Live music

A concert in jam session format, with collective improvisation and room for musicians to trade ideas on stage.

I Will Get Up and Bite a Fig ~ Mondays at z

21:00 Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto Lisbon

Other

A performance imagining a laboratory where altruism is biological law and every body serves a system of function and repetition, presented on Mondays at z.

The Unknown Woman | 27th French Film Festival

21:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Oscar winner Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall) adapts his own graphic novel into a radical thriller starring Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider, in which a photographer who follows a woman at a party wakes up in her body, beginning a vertiginous crossing between identities.

João Melgueira ~ at Pensão Amor

21:30 Pensão Amor Lisbon

Free 18+ DJ set

João Melgueira plays a DJ set at Pensão Amor on Rua Nova do Carvalho in Lisbon's Cais do Sodré.

Farewell, Cruel World | 27th French Film Festival

21:45 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

The closing film of the 65th Critics' Week at Cannes, Félix de Givry's film starts from the bullying suffered by Otto, a 14-year-old teenager, and a suicide attempt, transforming them into a surreal, tender and luminous tale with echoes of the Nouvelle Vague.

MONGOLIAN HEART LIVE IN PORTUGAL

23:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

Live music

Mongolian Heart, a band from Nepal, performs live in Portugal, bringing their sound of folk, pop, and slow rock.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 406 events

Big Bang Lx2026

Live music 3,50–5€ Family friendly

Friday 2 October · until 3 Oct

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Centro Cultural de Belém Belém · Lisbon

The international festival Big Bang returns to Lisbon with a labyrinth of musical adventures — multidisciplinary performances, interactive installations and workshops — with 2 October dedicated to schools and 3 October to families.

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For curious ears and adventurous spirits, Big Bang is back! More than a music festival, it is a territory of discovery where children, young people and adults are invited to explore new ways of listening, feeling and taking part. Along a true labyrinth of musical adventures, the audience encounters multidisciplinary performances, interactive installations, music of different styles and formats, and workshops that challenge participants to experiment and create. Between unexpected sounds and experiences that cross different artistic languages, Big Bang turns music into a journey open to curiosity and imagination, bringing audiences of different ages closer to unconventional sound universes. An international-scale project, the festival brings together partners from various cities and currently has editions in 20 cities across Europe and the world. In Lisbon, the 2026 edition is split between school and family audiences: 2 October, Friday, dedicated to schools, and 3 October, Saturday, dedicated to families, with activities spread across various spaces and times. The full programme can be consulted here. children schools families young people.

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Para quem tem ouvidos curiosos e espírito aventureiro, o Big Bang está de regresso! Mais do que um festival de música, é um território de descoberta onde crianças, jovens e adultos são convidados a explorar novas formas de ouvir, sentir e participar. Ao longo de um verdadeiro labirinto de aventuras musicais, o público encontra espetáculos multidisciplinares, instalações interativas, músicas de diferentes estilos e formatos e oficinas que desafiam a experimentar e a criar. Entre sons inesperados e experiências que cruzam diferentes linguagens artísticas, o Big Bang transforma a música numa viagem aberta à curiosidade e à imaginação, aproximando públicos de diferentes idades de universos sonoros pouco convencionais. Projeto de dimensão internacional, o festival reúne parceiros de várias cidades e conta atualmente com edições em 20 cidades da Europa e do mundo. Em Lisboa, a edição de 2026 divide-se entre o público escolar e familiar: 2 de outubro, sexta-feira, dedicado às escolas, e 3 de outubro, sábado, dedicado às famílias, com atividades distribuídas por vários espaços e horários. O programa completo pode ser consultado aqui . crianças escolas famílias jovens.

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