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A debate-style workshop weighing the arguments for and against the legalisation of sex work.

TOKIODK perform live in concert.

In the Gulbenkian Garden, this experience teaches you to observe nature, discover the invisible and turn small details into surprising images using your mobile phone.

A Chinese painting continuation workshop with Mário Kong for those who have attended the introduction workshops, offering practice and deepening of techniques such as cherry blossoms and carp.

Following the success of the first workshop, this activity returns to tufting, a contemporary textile creation technique, with artist Francisco Couto.

Workshop on Japanese culture and daily life, with practical tips for traveling with more confidence and having a more integrated experience.

A haiku writing workshop led by Leonilda Alfarrobinha, in two Saturday sessions. Participants will explore the origins and features of this Japanese poetic form and write their own poems.

A walking route through eastern Lisbon starting at Rua do Grilo, showing how farms and convents became factory units and how this history shaped the city.

Aida Nunes, coordinator of conservation and restoration services at the Museum of Lisbon, hosts a guided tour of the museum's open storage reserve, sharing the behind-the-scenes of managing the collections.

A relaxed guided tour and workshop on Fernando Pessoa and his heteronyms, with hands-on activities about identity. It is aimed at families and people who benefit from calmer cultural environments, including young children.

A Saturday course on 21 November, from 14.00 to 18.00, with biologist Luís Mendonça de Carvalho on the plants mentioned in the Holy Scriptures and their symbolism in Medieval and Renaissance sacred art. €45 registration, for ages 16 and over.

Birds that sing, insects that buzz and creatures that take shape through instruments: a concert that invites audiences into the Musical Bestiary.

A pop musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, with modern songs and choreography.

A family film screening of Frozen - The Frozen Kingdom at the Cinemateca.

Collect LX Factory hosts a live set from C3D-E, whose elastic, unstable rhythms — tight percussion, distorted low-end and shifting electronic tones — build tension between the elements rather than filling every space. Ze Salvador and Solid-Funk join the line-up.

The show 'Em Casa d'Amália - The Live Concert' comes to the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on 21 November 2026, celebrating the life and legacy of Amália Rodrigues with some of the most iconic voices in Portuguese music.

A classical guitar duo recital spanning different eras and musical languages, from Bach to Jolivet, crossing tradition and modernity.

Comedian Pedro Correia takes the stage with "Pode ser que deia", the set of jokes he wrote as he realised he has made the wrong decisions more often than not — family life, half-finished relationships and things that shouldn't matter but do. Tickets 13€.

A play by Anthony Neilson as part of the Tonight We Shout cycle, with tickets at €5 for the stalls.

German composer and pianist Niklas Paschburg brings an immersive concert to MISTY FEST, where neoclassical piano meets electronica and ambient pop. The ticket (€ 30,00) also includes entry to the museum.

Primitive Reason return to Lisbon for a special concert at LX Factory on November 21, with Bad Tomato as opener and material from the album Tips & Shortcuts.

Alan Stivell celebrates 60 years of career at MISTY FEST with a fully renewed 10-musician line-up, revisiting emblematic themes and excerpts from his Celtic Symphony No. 2. Tickets from 30€ to 70€.

Lime Garden make their Lisbon debut on 21 November at LAV, presenting their new album Maybe Not Tonight, with their fusion of garage-rock guitars, synths and hypnotic rhythms. An unmissable night of wonk-pop and the new generation of British rock.

PAUS bid farewell to the stage at MISTY FEST after 18 years of career, with the final show of the “Enterro” tour, blending the band's intensity with images, sounds of their history and a choir of voices. General admission 25€.

Maria Arnal, one of the most innovative voices in contemporary Spanish music, takes the stage at Casa Capitão with her work blending electronics, avant-pop and traditional polyphony. A night to discover her award-winning path through sound, technology and art.

Némanus announce two mega concerts for 2026, including a date in Lisbon at Sagres Campo Pequeno. With their fusion of Portuguese music and African, Latin and Brazilian rhythms, they promise a night of dance and celebration.

French accordionist Vincent Peirani presents “Time Reflections”, the fourth chapter of his acclaimed Living Being project, with his quintet at MISTY FEST. Tickets from 7€ to 25€.

Cleveland's Cloud Nothings bring their anthemic indie rock to Lisbon, from 'Wasted Days' to 'I'm Not Part of Me' and the songs of their new album 'Final Summer', with VEENHO on the bill.

Saturday, November 21 - Treble Showcase // 11 PM - 6 AM