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Ongoing: 269 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

Morning 4 events
Building Nest Boxes for Tits

10:30 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Other

In this workshop, participants will learn more about tits and build wooden nest boxes for them to use in the next breeding season.

Saint Anthony - There's a Party in Lisbon - Workshop for Families

10:30 Museu de Lisboa - Santo António Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

5€ Family friendly Family

In Lisbon, June is synonymous with party, color and tradition, it is the month when we celebrate Saint Anthony. But do we really have to wait for summer to celebrate? In this workshop, after diving into popular traditions and the stories that make Saint Anthony one of the city's most beloved saints, each participant is invited to create their own festive symbol: a decorated arch, a throne, a basil plant or even a well-rhymed verse! Because in Lisbon... there's a party all year round! Just use your imagination!

ACTIVITY: THE MUSEUM HOPPING | 4 - 6 years

11:00 Centro Cultural de Belém Belém Lisbon

3€ Family friendly Exhibition

A visit for children aged 4 to 6 that explores movement in artworks, discovering artists who use the body to create.

Between Samurai and Violins | Lisbon Music Academy | Commented Concerts

11:00 Centro Cultural de Belém Belém Lisbon

17,5€ Live music

Commented concert by Susana Henriques. Lisbon Music Academy. Between Samurai and Violins proposes a musical journey inspired by the life and thought of Shinichi Suzuki, a major figure in 20th-century music pedagogy. Born into a lineage of samurai and a member of the family that owned the world's largest instrument factory, his path was marked by a late discovery of the violin, by his time in Berlin, by his friendship with Einstein and by the formulation of the 'mother tongue' principle. This concert celebrates a legacy that combines discipline, listening and affection, revealing music as a language of formation, sharing and growth. Between tradition and innovation, this concert promotes an immersive experience, capable of transforming performers and audiences on both sides of the stage.

Afternoon 1 event
The Wizard of Oz | A Pop Musical

15:00 Casino Estoril Estoril Cascais

M/6 Family friendly Live music

A lively pop musical adaptation of the classic tale The Wizard of Oz.

Evening 2 events
The Barber of Seville | Opera by Gioachino Rossini

18:00 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

40€ 6+ Family friendly Live music

One of the most celebrated operas of all time, Rossini's The Barber of Seville arrives in Portugal in November 2026 for three performances, closing on 8 November at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon. Amid disguises and misunderstandings, Count Almaviva enlists the ingenious barber Figaro to help him win Rosina in a comedy where humour, music and virtuosity meet.

Virgem Suta | Living Room

21:30 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

20€ 6+ Family friendly Live music

Virgem Suta present their new album 'Sala de Estar' in an acoustic format, revisiting songs such as 'Linhas Cruzadas' and 'Dança de Balcão', on 8 November at Coliseu Club in Lisbon.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 269 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.

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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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