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The American singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips returns to Portugal for a series of four concerts, presenting songs from In the Hour of Dust (2025), his 12th solo album. He performs on 8 October at the Auditório Carlos Paredes; tickets 19,33 €.

Single Mothers perform 'Go-Getter' in concert.

Alto saxophonist Ricardo Toscano and pianist João Paulo Esteves da Silva premiere live, on the Culturgest stage where it all began, the music of The Third Beside Us, their first duo album. The repertoire moves between Portuguese and North American jazz, framed by 'Grito Mudo' and 'A Entrevista' around a central spontaneous suite.

In October, Sintra City Council promotes intercultural storytelling sessions at the Municipal Libraries, as part of a cultural mediation project.

Workshop to learn how to make Dasik, Korean miniatures to accompany tea. The session will be conducted in English.

A Lado BB programme screening of 'La Femme Et Le Pantin' at the Cinemateca, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for Friends of Cinemateca, Youth Card holders, students, the unemployed and over-65s.

At the 27th French Film Festival, Sylvain Chomet's 'Marcel and Monsieur Pagnol' is a hand-drawn animated biopic in which young Marcel leads the famous writer back to his memories of Provence, his first loves and the arrival of sound cinema. Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, it celebrates the life and imagination of one of France's great storytellers.

A launch party for Soundprint Studio with a dj set on Thursday, 8 October, from 5pm to 11pm.

A jam session in a concert setting, where musicians get together on stage to improvise and play off each other.

A jam session in a concert setting, where musicians get together on stage to improvise and play off each other.

A jam session in a concert setting, where musicians get together on stage to improvise and play off each other.

A session of the Cinemateca retrospective dedicated to Noémia Delgado, screening 'The Deceased' (O Defunto) and 'The Siren's Song' (O Canto da Sereia). Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts available.

At the 27th French Film Festival, Jean-Gabriel Périot's documentary 'Une vie manifeste' portrays the extraordinary destiny of Michèle Firk, a woman passionate about cinema and revolution, from the Second World War to the guerrilla struggle in Guatemala. Built from film and photographic archives and narrated by Alice Diop, it offers a fragmented, fascinating portrait of a fully emancipated life.

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.

Solidarity show by the MOG association to give voice to gynecological cancers, with special participations.

A Lado BB series screening at the Cinemateca featuring the film La Vérité, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, students, over-65s and other audiences.

A jam session in a concert setting, where musicians get together on stage to improvise and play off each other.

Concert by Mike Stern, one of the great jazz guitarists, accompanied by a luxury band.

A jam session in a concert setting, where musicians get together on stage to improvise and play off each other.

Concert closing the 2026 Live Sessions cycle at Coliseu Club, with performances by puto bacoco and Beware Jack, and special appearances by New Max and Da Chick.

Theatre play 'Superstar'.

Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in La Troisième Nuit, a drama of resistance set in August 1942 during the Occupation, presented in the Cannes Première section and screened at the 27th French Film Festival.

'Bazar' is the film on show in the Paulo Branco retrospective at the Cinemateca. Tickets are €3.20, with discounts for young people, students, over-65s and retirees.

Premiered at the Berlinale, Jérémy Comte's debut film, made over ten years, follows two teenagers between Accra and Quebec searching for a father figure, in a screening of the 27th French Film Festival.

A jam session in a concert setting, where musicians get together on stage to improvise and play off each other.

A Contratempos clubbing night featuring a DJ set from Delikwe.

A DJ session with Señor Pelota and Mirror People at the Disco not Disco party.