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Laura Pausini brings her Io Canto world tour to the MEO Arena on 22 October, performing her greatest hits alongside songs from her new album Io Canto 2.

Guided routes of cultural and historical richness highlighting the typically Portuguese calçada pavement, with three itineraries: São Pedro de Alcântara viewpoint (21 May), Avenida da Liberdade (15 September) and Praça do Império (22 October), from 14h30 to 16h30, with prior registration.

Leeds quartet Yard Act, one of British indie's great success stories of the decade with two UK top 5 albums and a Mercury Prize nomination, play the Capitólio as they finish work on their third album with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen.

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

Pedro Neves examines thousands of negatives photographed by Manuel Roberto in Mozambique during Samora Machel's government, finding the history of a country that tried to be the best popular republic in the world. World premiere in the Portuguese Competition, screening on 16 and 22 October at São Jorge.

The only film made about the 1976 Tall el Zaatar massacre reconstructs the history of the refugee camp and the months of assault and resistance through the voices of the survivors. Discovered and restored by Monica Maurer and Emily Jacir, it premieres in Portugal on 22 October at São Jorge, in a school session open to the public.

Doclisboa 2026's Verdes Anos #2 session brings together four short films — 'Other Distant Mornings', 'Frozen Lands', 'Yilma' and 'Square of the Unseen' — in world and international premieres, screening on 22 October at 15:30 at São Jorge, Sala M. Oliveira.

The Cinemateca screens 'Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak', a film by Filipino director Lino Brocka. Tickets cost €3.20, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Cartão Jovem holders, students, over-65s and other groups.

Doclisboa 2026's Terra à Lua session presents three films on Palestine by Monica Maurer and Samir Nimer — 'Born Out of Death', 'Palestine Red Crescent Society' and 'Children of Palestine' — in their Portuguese premieres, screening on 22 October at 16:30 at São Jorge, Sala 3.

A guided tour that invites visitors to question the boundaries between production and consumption, work, leisure, individual creativity and collective participation.

At Doclisboa 2026, Thunska Pansittivorakul world-premieres a film conceived as the director's suicide letter, a record of anxieties, fears and last memories through which the rise and fall of Thailand's homosexual pornographic press emerges, intertwined with the country's unstable politics. Screenings on 22 and 24 October at São Jorge, Room 3; over 16s only.

The Cinemateca screens 'Macho Dancer', Lino Brocka's film set in Manila's nightclub scene. Tickets cost €3.20, with discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Cartão Jovem holders, students, over-65s and other groups.

Doclisboa 2026 screens the copy restored by Cinemateca Portuguesa of Ala-Arriba!, José Leitão de Barros' 1942 landmark portraying a Póvoa fishing community through the forbidden love between a sardine fisherman and a young woman. Screening on 22 October at São Jorge, Room M. Oliveira.

Cinemateca screens 'Ina, Kapatid, Anak', Lino Brocka's classic drama about two Filipino families bound by blood and divided by class. Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts for students, over-65s and other groups.

Evgeny Kissin and András Schiff perform a four-hand and two-piano recital featuring works by Mozart, Schumann, Smetana, and Dvořák.

Tunisian progressive metallers Myrath return to Lisbon on 22 October to bring their "Wilderness of Mirrors, Second Strike" tour to República da Música, fusing powerful riffs with Middle Eastern melodies in an intense, theatrical show.

The Vienna Mozart Orchestra presents a concert recreating the atmosphere of classical concerts in imperial Vienna, with music, opera singing and ballet, in a journey through time.

Club Câlins takes over Badassery for the first time on Thursday, October 22nd, reuniting Ronan Gravier, Sen10za and FastArth for an all-night-long of house, grooves and warm basslines. Free before 10pm, 5 euros via Shotgun and 8 euros at the door.

Frank Jorge and Carlinhos Carneiro come together for a night of Brazilian rock from Rio Grande do Sul at Casa Capitão, with sophisticated songs and lots of energy.

The concert series featuring young students and alumni of the Escola do Hot Clube continues at àCapela Live arts&bar in the Armando Martins Museum of Contemporary Art (MACAM) with a performance by the Filipe Chambel Trio.

R&B phenomenon JMSN makes his Portuguese debut at Lisboa ao Vivo on 22 October, with tickets at 25€, promising an unforgettable night of Soul and R&B featuring his new album and his greatest classics.

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

Left Hand Rotation world-premieres what they announce as their last film about Lisbon, asking what traces of the struggles shared in its streets will remain if one day the water swallows the city. Screening on 22 October at 21.30 at São Jorge, Room M. Oliveira.

A double bill in which Aude Fourel's Where Life Holds films Monica Maurer at work restoring the decisive documentaries she made on the Palestinian struggle between 1977 and 1982, preceded by Maurer's Land Day, a study of the systematic destruction of Palestinian audiovisual memory. Screenings on 21 and 22 October at São Jorge, Room 3.

Desterro #40 gathers the Alienação crew for a night of hypnotic, high-energy techno, with Lisbon-based ARCHON, Ukrainian-born VDYM and label boss João Melgueira behind the decks. Tickets at the door.

Cinemateca shows 'Gumising Ka... Maruja', Lino Brocka's supernatural drama in which Maruja's love outlives death itself. Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts available.

A DJ-set night at DIGGERS featuring Lilly Winter, Laura Control and Nicolau.

A Ribatexas DJ night with Fonzi (2) behind the decks.