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Ongoing: 290 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

No time published 3 events
Live Music

Orixás Restaurante Bar Galeria Sintra

Live music

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

Live Music

Clube da Praia Praia das Maçãs Sintra

Live music

Live music at Clube da Praia, on Praia das Maçãs beach, every Friday and Saturday night.

Live Traditional Music

Taverna dos Trovadores São Pedro de Sintra Sintra

Live music

Nights of live Portuguese traditional music at the Taverna dos Trovadores, every Friday and Saturday.

Afternoon 3 events
ASI CONTEST BEST SOMMELIER OF THE WORLD 2026

14:30 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

35€ 18+ Other

The ASI Contest Best Sommelier of the World 2026 is the world's most prestigious sommellerie competition. In the Grand Final, finalists face practical and technical challenges in a live show, with the winner crowned World Champion.

IMPULSO I

17:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

Party

Impulso I party on Friday, October 16, from 5pm to 6am.

[ju:dtend'en:s]

17:00 Collect LX Factory Lisbon

DJ set

The Swedish collective [ju:dtend'en:s] (Ljudtendens) celebrates 10 years of contributing to the Swedish underground scene with an intimate family-style party of sound, light and art at Collect, LX Factory, on October 16, 2026, from 5 pm to 2 am. Residents Daniel Lien, Flord King, Morganismen and Nico O'Konor are on music duty.

Evening 16 events
Lino Brocka | Insiang

18:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A screening of 'Insiang', Lino Brocka's classic of Philippine cinema.

Sunset DJ

18:00 7 Seas Bistro Cascais

DJ set

A sunset DJ set at 7 Seas Bistro, every Friday from 18h00 to 21h00.

LISBON REVISITED / OPENING SESSION

19:00 Casa Fernando Pessoa Lisbon

6€ Theatre

The opening session of the Lisbon Revisited poetry festival brings together poets from different countries to share stories, talk about writing and read their poems.

Lado BB | La Femme Et Le Pantin

19:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Lado BB cycle screens La Femme et le Pantin at the Cinemateca, Julien Duvivier's classic with Brigitte Bardot as the seductive Conchita; tickets are 3,20€, with discounts for Cinemateca friends, young people, students and seniors.

MARGARIDA CAMPELO

20:00 Centro Cultural de Belém Belém Lisbon

17,5€ Live music

Concert by Margarida Campelo, presenting her musical journey through pop, soul, R&B and experimental jazz, including tracks from the album 'Supermarket Joy' and the ballad 'Eu Sei Que o Amor'.

PAGOSAMBA

20:00 Pista de Radiomodelismo de Monsanto Lisbon

Live music

On Friday 16 October, Jardim do Éden at the Pista de Radiomodelismo do Monsanto hosts a special PAGOSAMBA night with Leo Fofucho, Samba di Rua and DJ Xibata, mixing pagodão and samba to sing and dance from start to finish.

SUPERSTAR

21:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

SUPERSTAR is a theatre production taking to the stage.

Strawberry Guy

21:00 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

21,63€ 12+ Live music

Strawberry Guy, the musical project of Alex Stephens, brings his sonic impressionism to Lisbon, in a concert at Casa Capitão.

Lino Brocka | Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang

21:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A screening of 'Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang' as part of the series dedicated to Filipino director Lino Brocka. Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, young people, students and over-65s.

Playing on the Grass!

21:30 Auditório Roma Lisbon

15€ Theatre

A comedy show written and performed by Joa Vítor, Pedro Durão and Ricardo Maria, testing each one's creativity and including music.

João Melgueira ~ at Pensão Amor

22:00 Pensão Amor Lisbon

Free 18+ DJ set

João Melgueira provides the music for a night at Pensão Amor, the iconic bar at R. Nova do Carvalho 38 in Cais do Sodré, Lisbon.

Impulso I

23:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

Free DJ set

Impulso I is the debut party of a new music community, taking over Village Underground Lisboa on 16 October 2026 from 5 pm to 6 am with Phyros, Luis FMR, CIINTRA live and Enkō, and free entry until 11 pm.

Rufo

23:59 5A Lisbon

18+ DJ set

A DJ set by artist Rufo, performing a solo set on the night.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 290 events

Claude Debussy: La mer

Live music 25€

Saturday 14 November · 18:30

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Teatro Camões Parque das Nações · Lisbon
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The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Swensen, performs key works of French modernism alongside a Portuguese voice, featuring Debussy's La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, and Ravel's Pavane, in a concert mapping the creative effervescence of early modernism.

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What if, in a single program, one could map the creative effervescence of early modernism, its boundary-breaking, its interartistic dialogues, and its relentless search for a new musical language? The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Joseph Swensen, presents key works of French modernism centered around a Portuguese voice shaped by the same currents. Opening the concert, Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), a landmark in music history born from Mallarmé's symbolist poetry. By dissolving the boundaries between rhythms, harmony and orchestral color, this work introduced a new conception of musical time, in which atmosphere supersedes argument and the sinuous theme of the flute drifts adrift, like consciousness itself. Luís de Freitas Branco's Violin Concerto (1916), here performed by Carlos Damas (soloist of the work's Parisian premiere), constitutes a singular achievement in Portuguese music. Based on modal exploration and cyclical forms closer to César Franck than to Impressionism, it reveals a composer navigating between the heritage of the past and an unmistakably personal harmonic voice, decades ahead of its wider recognition. Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899), a meditation on a Renaissance court dance, brings stillness and luminous orchestral restraint to the program. Closing the evening, Debussy's ambitious La mer (1905): three symphonic sketches in which the sea becomes an inexhaustible source of color, movement and emotional depth; a work in infinite renewal, like the tides it evokes. Four works, three composers, but a shared conviction: that music, when free from convention, becomes something close to nature itself.

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E se, num único programa, se pudesse mapear a efervescência criativa do modernismo inicial, o seu galgar de limites, os seus diálogos interartísticos e a sua busca incansável por uma nova linguagem musical? A Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, sob a batuta de Joseph Swensen, apresenta obras-chave do modernismo francês em torno de uma voz portuguesa moldada pelas mesmas correntes. A abrir o concerto, o Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894) de Debussy, um marco da história da música gerado a partir da poesia simbolista de Mallarmé. Ao dissolver as fronteiras entre ritmos, harmonia e cor orquestral, esta obra introduziu uma nova conceção de tempo musical, na qual a atmosfera suplanta o argumento e o tema sinuoso da flauta flutua à deriva, como a própria consciência. O Concerto para violino e orquestra (1916) de Luís de Freitas Branco, aqui interpretado por Carlos Damas (solista da estreia parisiense da obra), constitui um feito singular na música portuguesa. Baseando-se na exploração modal e de formas cíclicas mais próximas de César Franck do que do Impressionismo, revela um compositor a navegar entre a herança do passado e uma voz harmónica inequivocamente pessoal, décadas à frente do seu reconhecimento mais amplo. A Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) de Ravel, uma meditação sobre uma dança de corte renascentista, traz quietude e luminosa contenção orquestral ao programa. A fechar o serão, o ambicioso La mer (1905) de Debussy: três esquissos sinfónicos nos quais o mar se converte em fonte inesgotável de cor, movimento e profundidade emocional; uma obra em infinita renovação, como as marés que evoca. Quatro obras, três compositores, mas uma convicção partilhada: a de que a música, quando livre de convenções, se torna algo próximo da própria natureza.

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