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September 2026

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Morning 5 events
Gold Leaf: Japanese Inspiration | Workshop

10:00 Museu do Oriente. Lisbon

35€ M/16 Other

Workshop on gold leaf application, inspired by the Museum of the Orient's collection. Includes observation of pieces and hands-on gold leaf application on various supports.

Introduction to Oriental Dance | course

10:30 Museu do Oriente. Lisbon

75€ M/16 Workshops & talks

An introductory Oriental dance course led by Carla Sofia at the Museu do Oriente, for adults and young people aged 16 and over, no previous experience required, available in person and online.

New Nations Square - The Colonies Neighborhood - Route

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

7€ Other

A walking tour starting at New Nations Square that reveals the urban and architectural transformation of Lisbon in the 1920s-30s, exemplified by the Colonies Neighborhood.

Families: Guided Workshop

11:30 Pavilhão Julião Sarmento Lisbon

Free Family friendly Family

After visiting the exhibitions, participants choose a word connected to the concept of collecting and stamp it by creating a linocut engraving, leaving their mark on the Julião Sarmento Pavilion.

Afternoon 12 events
Marbled Paper Workshop

14:00 Museu do Oriente. Lisbon

65€ Workshops & talks

A workshop on the art of marbled paper, led by Octávio Júlio, covering techniques from Suminagashi to Ebru, with materials included.

Between Scraps and Stitches: Sewing Memories

14:30 Casal Saloio de Outeiro de Polima S. Domingos de Rana Cascais

Free M/16 Other

Rediscover the tradition of hand sewing and transform fabric scraps into unique pieces. In this workshop, participants create bags and other patchwork elements, exploring colours, textures and patterns in a creative and sustainable experience.

MU.SA invites you to discover the art of illustration

15:00 MU.SA - Museu das Artes de Sintra Sintra

Other

On 14 and 17 October, MU.SA — the Museum of Arts of Sintra — hosts the “Danuta Wojciechowska” illustration workshops, an invitation to discover the art of illustration.

The Chinese Dragon

15:00 Albuquerque Foundation Sintra

12€ Other

A brief introduction, with access to the exhibitions, to discover how the dragon — an “animal” that does not exist — became one of the most powerful symbols in the history of China. The visit is in Portuguese and English and entry costs 12€.

Orquestrália

15:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Family friendly Live music

A musical tour introducing the families of instruments, following a little turtle on a journey through the seas of music and emotions.

Family Saturdays | To Be and to Have

15:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Family friendly Family

As part of the Family Saturdays series, this screening presents the film To Be and to Have, with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for young people, students, seniors and pensioners.

BED BY 10

16:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

Live music

Bed By 10 is the perfect party for those who want to dance to the classics of the 80s, 90s and 2000s, without sacrificing the next day.

Jewels and Gems in the Painting Collection

16:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Exhibition

In this themed visit, gemologist Rui Galopim de Carvalho guides participants through the Gulbenkian Museum's painting collection, highlighting the jewels and gems depicted in the works.

Sushi à Brás

16:00 Museu da Marioneta Lisbon

7,5€ Theatre

A theatre show titled 'Sushi à Brás'.

Collect LX Factory presents Shoal (live)

17:00 Collect LX Factory Lisbon

18+ DJ set

Dutch producer and sound artist Shoal brings his hypnotic, texture-rich live show to Collect LX Factory on 17 October 2026, with support from Ze Salvador and Billi.

TREBLE SHOWCASE

17:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

DJ set

A DJ set event on Saturday, October 17, from 5 PM to 6 AM.

Evening 15 events
Great Works for String Quartet OCCO

18:00 Museu da Música Portuguesa Cascais e Estoril Cascais

5€ Live music

The OCCO soloists perform the first of Mozart's 'Prussian' quartets and the second quartet from Brahms's Op. 51, two landmark works of the string quartet repertoire. The concert highlights Brahms's artistic rigor and his respect for Beethoven's legacy.

Lisbon Boat Party

18:00 Lisbon Boat Party Lisbon

18+ Party

A four-hour party cruise on the Tagus with a DJ, cocktails and sunset views of Belém and Praça do Comércio, departing from Rocha do Conde de Óbidos Pier every Thursday to Saturday at 7 pm, with after-party entry included.

Macbeth

18:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Live music

A Met Opera Live in HD presentation of Verdi's Macbeth, in a powerful production conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

LISBON REVISITED / SELMA UAMUSSE

19:00 Casa Fernando Pessoa Lisbon

10€ Live music

Selma Uamusse performs as part of Lisbon Revisited - Dias da Poesia, expanding the territory of poetry through voice and music.

Live Music

19:30 7 Seas Bistro Cascais

Live music

Live music at 7 Seas Bistro, every Saturday from 19h30 to 21h30.

For the Glory

20:00 República da Música Alvalade Lisbon

Live music

Portuguese hardcore pioneers FOR THE GLORY reunite their original line-up at RCA Club on 17 October 2026 to play "Drown In Blood" in full, with Fear The Lord and Sunny Slam as guests.

Jackies Lisboa House Music Festival 2026 with Chris Stassy

20:00 Pavilhão Carlos Lopes Lisbon

18+ DJ set

Barcelona's legendary House brand Jackies lands at the Pavilhão Carlos Lopes for Portugal's first dedicated House Music Festival, with an international line-up led by Chris Stassy, DESIREE, Dan Shake, Bridge and Piem.

RODOX ORIGINALS TOUR - LISBOA

21:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

Live music

RODOX ORIGINALS TOUR comes to Lisbon, with doors at 7pm and show at 9pm.

RUI VELOSO TRIO

21:00 Sagres Campo Pequeno Avenidas Novas Lisbon

30€ M/06 Live music

Rui Veloso announces two special concerts in 2026 with a trio of guitars and a 360-degree stage, offering an intimate experience.

SUPERSTAR

21:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

The theatre show SUPERSTAR brings to the stage a reflection on fame and stardom.

Sofia Ribeiro

21:00 BOTA Lisbon

15€ Live music

Sofia Ribeiro concert, with entry at €15.

Gilsons

21:30 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

25€ 6+ Live music

The Brazilian trio Gilsons presents their new album 'Eu Vejo Luz em Maior Proporção do que Eu Vejo Escuridão' at the Coliseu de Lisboa, as part of a world tour.

Alpha Maid ⟡ Polido

22:00 Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto Lisbon

14€ Live music

A concert by Alpha Maid, presenting experimental guitar music between noise/dub and the noise of information, in the vein of her recent album Is this a queue. A show that destabilises and comforts along unpredictable paths.

MagMell

22:00 Casa do Fauno Sintra

Other

MagMell, part of Casa do Fauno's story since its opening, bring their infectious music inspired by Irish sounds and landscapes. An energetic journey that revisits and reinvents the language of Trad Folk.

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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 Music

Orixás Restaurante Bar Galeria Sintra

Live music

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

Traditional Music Live

Taverna dos Trovadores São Pedro de Sintra Sintra

Live music

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

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 290 events

Tashi Dorji + Erica Dawn Lyle

Live music 12€

Tuesday 13 October · 21:00

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Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto · Lisbon

Tashi Dorji, born in Bhutan and based in Asheville, North Carolina since 2000, crafts a vision and gesture on guitar that absorbs teachings and stories from the vastness of time and the instrument's topography. Erica Dawn Lyle is a writer, curator, experimental musician and cultural driver living in New York and Los Angeles.

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Brief Introduction Tashi Dorji Born in Bhutan and residing in Asheville, North Carolina since 2000, Tashi Dorji crafts a vision and gesture on guitar that, more than emerging from a supposed void, absorbs teachings and stories in the vastness of time and the instrument's topography to twist them into his own outburst: from an adolescence energized by the electricity of punk and metal, to then opening up to free jazz, more or less academic experimentalisms and free improvisation as if glimpsing a distant and (potentially) inexhaustible horizon of inspirations that intertwine and dissipate in his own music. Appearing out of nowhere in 2009 with a series of acoustic improvisations recorded on cassette, Dorji quickly left an authorial mark in a series of guitar passages blessed by the ghost of Derek Bailey where freedom unveiled a malleable melodic center shaped by the blues' dolence, fingerpicking vistas, anomalous scales, and silence. Textures born from ingenuity and sensitivity in articulating a fierce attack and graceful gesture, which were alternated between electric and acoustic guitar throughout an immense discography, full of collaborations with people as diverse as Susie Ibarra, Shane Parish, Aaron Turner or Alex Zhang Hungtai; a small sample of the meanders where he has carved his identity, in an agglutinating spirit and, in that process, always generous. Solo, he frequently maps these instincts, between more homey improvisations, live documents and more delineated albums for Drag City, like the recent low clouds hang, this land is on fire. Based on an always politicized vision of resistance, the successor to the tactile ferocity that emanated from Restless' 'torch songs' retreats into a discourse full of lyricism and space, of notes and melancholic chords that reverberate in silence, in an aura that recalls Loren Connors' poetics but is of Dorji's own surrender and vision. BS ~ Erica Dawn Lyle is a writer, curator, experimental musician and cultural driver living in New York and Los Angeles. Former touring guitarist for Bikini Kill, Lyle has released, individually, musical collaborations with Kim Gordon, The Raincoats, Bernadette Mayer, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Deal, Brontez Purnell and many others. She also integrates the free jazz and activism duo MYKAWARA, alongside drummer Marshall Trammell. Lyle is the author of Streetopia (Booklyn, 2015) and a contributor to Artforum, Art in America, Frieze and other publications. Her most recent publication is the book The Knight of Cups (Beladonna Press, 2023). Her latest album, On Fire, was released jointly by Feeding Tube and Half A Million Records in October 2025. Doors Open 20:30 Prices Entry - 12€

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Breve Introdução Tashi Dorji Nascido no Butão e a residir em Asheville, na Carolina do Norte, desde 2000, Tashi Dorji engenha uma visão e gesto à guitarra que, mais do que surgida de um suposto vácuo, absorve ensinamentos e histórias na vastidão do tempo e da topografia do instrumento para os torcer num assomo seu: de uma adolescência energizada na electricidade do punk e do metal, para daí se abrir ao free jazz, experimentalismos mais ou menos académicos e à improvisação livre como que a vislumbrar um horizonte longínquo e (potencialmente) inesgotável de inspirações que se enredam e dissipam na sua própria música. Aparecido meio de chofre ali em 2009 com uma série de improvisações acústicas registadas em cassete, Dorji deixou logo marca autoral numa série de passagens pela guitarra abençoadas pelo fantasma de Derek Bailey onde a liberdade descortinava um centro melódico maleável e maleado pela dolência dos blues, pelas vistas do fingerpicking, escalas anómalas, pelo silêncio. Tecituras nascidas do engenho e da sensibilidade em articular um ataque feroz e o gesto gracioso, que foram sendo alternadas entre a guitarra eléctrica e acústica ao longo de uma discografia imensa, pejada de colaborações com gente tão díspar como Susie Ibarra, Shane Parish, Aaron Turner ou Alex Zhang Hungtai; amostra pouco significativa dos meandros por onde tem cravado a sua identidade, num espírito aglutinador e, nesse processo, sempre generoso. A solo, mapeia frequentemente esses instintos, entre improvisações mais caseiras, documentos ao vivo e álbuns mais delineados para a Drag City, como o recente low clouds hang, this land is on fire . Assente numa visão sempre politizada, de resistência, o sucessor da ferocidade táctil que emanava das 'torch songs' de Restless retrai-se num discurso pleno de lirismo e espaço, de notas e acordes melancólicos que reverberam no silêncio, numa aura que relembra a poética de Loren Connors mas que é de uma entrega e visão de Dorji. BS ~ Erica Dawn Lyle é escritora, curadora, música experimental e impulsionadora cultural que vive em Nova Iorque e em Los Angeles. Ex-guitarrista de digressão dos Bikini Kill, Lyle lançou, a título individual, colaborações musicais com Kim Gordon, The Raincoats, Bernadette Mayer, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Deal, Brontez Purnell e muitos outros. Também integra a dupla de free jazz e ativismo MYKAWARA, ao lado do baterista Marshall Trammell. Lyle é autora de Streetopia (Booklyn, 2015) e colaboradora da Artforum , Art in America , Frieze e outras publicações. A sua publicação mais recente é o livro The Knight of Cups (Beladonna Press, 2023). O seu último álbum, On Fire , foi lançado em conjunto pela Feeding Tube e pela Half A Million Records em outubro de 2025. Abertura de Portas 20:30 Preços Entrada - 12€

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