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September 2026

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  5. Sat 31 38
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Ongoing: 285 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

Afternoon 1 event
Evening 20 events
Workshop Tim Kliphuis

18:00 Fábrica Braço de Prata Lisbon

25€ Workshops & talks

Workshop with Tim Kliphuis, renowned Gypsy Jazz and Classical Music pedagogue, offering personalized advice on melodic direction, dynamics, phrasing, rhythm and accompaniment.

Halloween Ceramics Workshop

18:30 Albuquerque Foundation Sintra

60€ 10+ Family friendly Workshops & talks

A Halloween workshop for families in which each adult-and-child pair (ages 10 and up) creates and decorates a ceramic pumpkin, while the adults also take part in a wine tasting.

Lino Brocka | Signed:Lino Brocka

19:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Cinemateca session devoted to Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka, featuring the programme 'Signed:Lino Brocka'.

Carmen

20:00 Centro Cultural de Belém Belém Lisbon

Live music

Georges Bizet's Carmen, based on Prosper Marimée's novella, tells the story of the gypsy woman who dies in the name of freedom and love. Revisited by countless directors, it remains one of the most striking contemporary myths.

TEJÁ VU: Yaima, Halloween Night

20:30 Teja House Lisbon

DJ set

The TEJÁ VU house party series returns to TEJÁ House for Halloween night with Yaima, by the river in Cais do Sodré from 20:30.

Black Humor

21:00 Boutique da Cultura Lisbon

12€ Comedy

Nights of no-holds-barred comedy, tackling themes like death, discrimination, and illness without taboos.

SUPERSTAR

21:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

The theatre show SUPERSTAR takes to the stage.

ALCEU VALENÇA | 80 SUNFLOWERS

21:30 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

25€ 6+ Live music

Alceu Valença celebrates his eightieth birthday in 2026 with a new tour that crosses eight countries and eleven European cities. "80 Girassóis" presents Alceu Valença at the height of his artistic maturity, capable of transforming his classics into true celebrations on stage. Between "Anunciação", "Belle de Jour", "Tropicana" and "Como Dois Animais", the shows will revisit his entire musical journey, from the early years to the themes that are now part of several generations.

IADE | Various Films

21:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Cinemateca session presenting a selection of several films associated with IADE.

Tim Kliphuis Trio (Lisboa)

21:30 Fábrica Braço de Prata Lisbon

15€ Live music

Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis presents his unique style blending classical, manouche jazz and folk in a gypsy jazz concert.

Festa Piloto - Rotational

22:00 Carcavelos (DM for full Location) Cascais

18+ Party

A Festa Piloto party night headlined by Rotational and joined by Silvestre, with limited tickets available at the door.

HALLOWEEN BAILE DAS ANTIGAS

23:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

100€ Party

On 30 October, Baile das Antigas brings a special Halloween edition to Lisbon dedicated to old-school funk from 2015 to 2019, with two artists straight from Brazil, two national artists and a costume contest awarding €100 to the best costume of the night.

NEXUS: FRIDAY BEAT INFERNO

23:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

DJ set

A DJ-set night at Nexus: Friday Beat Inferno takes over the club on Friday, 30 October, running from 23h to 06h.

Perel, Oito//Oito, NVNO, Rui Vargas, David Moreira

23:00 Lux Frágil Santa Apolónia Lisbon

DJ set

On Friday 30, Perel takes centre stage in the Disco at Lux with her house and techno tinged with New Wave and Post-Punk melancholy, as NVNO and OITO//OITO complete the line-up and David Moreira and Rui Vargas play the Bar.

Parecia Tão Boa Pessoa Live - Halloween Special 2026!

23:45 Teatro A Barraca Lisbon

10€ Live music

The true-crime podcast that makes you laugh takes the stage at the Bar do Teatro A Barraca, where hosts Paula Neves and Maria João present two hair-raising cases live in a Halloween special, for a shared nervous laugh.

Serginho

23:59 5A Lisbon

18+ DJ set

Serginho plays a solo DJ set, standing as the only name on the bill.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 285 events

Un ballo in maschera

Live music 45€

Wednesday 28 April · 20:00

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Centro Cultural de Belém Belém · Lisbon

Verdi's opera about a king in love with his best friend's wife, a political conspiracy and a masked ball where all the threads of the plot converge; this new São Carlos production adds another chapter to Lisbon's long relationship with the work.

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A king in love with his best friend's wife; a conspirator who discovers the betrayal too late to act honourably; a fortune-teller whose prophecy no one wants to believe; and a masked ball where all the threads of the plot converge. Premiered at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 17 February 1859, Un ballo in maschera is one of Verdi's most singular works. The story of its creation is as dramatic as the plot itself: commissioned by the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, it was blocked by the censors in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Napoleon III of France. Verdi refused the censors' corrections and eventually broke his contract with the Neapolitan institution. When it finally reached the stage, with the original Swedish setting transformed under Roman censorship into colonial Boston, the opera had survived a lawsuit and two years of obstacles. The libretto by Antonio Somma, inspired by Eugène Scribe, is based on a historical event: the murder of King Gustav III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792. In Verdi's hands, a political conspiracy and a secret love become inextricable, as the friendship between the King and Renato, his adviser, collapses under the weight of a passion neither can control. The score moves between tragedy and lightness with remarkable ease, especially in the pages entrusted to Oscar, the King's page, whose music radiates the distinctly French lightness that Verdi absorbed from his experience on Parisian stages. Lisbon holds a special place in the history of this opera: on 15 April 1860, just over a year after the Rome premiere, the then Royal Theatre of São Carlos was the first opera house to stage Un ballo in maschera outside Italy, with Gaetano Fraschini, the tenor who had created the title role, repeating it in the Portuguese capital. Since then, the opera has returned to São Carlos several times. This new production adds another chapter to that long relationship.

Show original (Portuguese)

Um rei apaixonado pela mulher do seu melhor amigo; um conspirador que descobre a traição demasiado tarde para agir honradamente; uma vidente em cuja profecia ninguém quer acreditar; e um baile de máscaras onde convergem todos os fios da trama. Estreado no Teatro Apollo de Roma em 17 de fevereiro de 1859, Un ballo in maschera é uma das obras mais singulares de Verdi. A história da sua criação é tão dramática quanto o próprio enredo: encomendada pelo Teatro di San Carlo de Nápoles, acabou barrada pelo crivo da censura no rescaldo da tentativa de assassinato de Napoleão III de França. Verdi recusou as correções dos censores, acabando por romper o contrato com a instituição napolitana. Quando, finalmente, chegou ao palco , com o cenário original sueco transformado, sob censura romana, na Boston colonial , , a ópera sobrevivera a um processo judicial e a dois anos de obstáculos. O libreto de Antonio Somma, inspirado em Eugène Scribe, baseia-se num acontecimento histórico: o assassínio do rei Gustavo III da Suécia, num baile de máscaras, em 1792. Nas mãos de Verdi, uma conspiração política e um amor secreto tornam-se inextricáveis, quando a amizade entre o Rei e Renato, seu conselheiro, se desmorona sob o peso de uma paixão que nenhum dos dois consegue controlar. A partitura move-se entre a tragédia e a leveza com notável facilidade, sobretudo nas páginas confiadas a Oscar, o pajem do Rei, cuja música irradia a ligeireza distintivamente francesa que Verdi incorporou da sua experiência nos palcos parisienses. Lisboa ocupa um lugar especial na história desta ópera: a 15 de abril de 1860, pouco mais de um ano após a estreia em Roma, o então Real Teatro de São Carlos foi a primeira casa de ópera a levar Un ballo in maschera à cena fora de Itália, com Gaetano. Fraschini, o tenor que havia criado o papel do protagonista, a repeti-lo na capital portuguesa. De então para cá, a ópera regressou várias vezes ao São Carlos. Esta nova produção acrescenta outro capítulo a essa longa relação.

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