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Ongoing: 355 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

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My Love Is Blind

Chapitô Lisbon

Theatre

A romantic comedy starring two blind actors, in which a couple's everyday life reveals that differences don't drive them apart — they bring them closer.

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 355 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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