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October 2026

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  5. Sat 31 39
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Ongoing: 279 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 279 events

Claude Debussy: La mer

Live music 25€

Saturday 14 November · 18:30

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Teatro Camões Parque das Nações · Lisbon

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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