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To mark the 1 October release of Rita Azevedo Gomes's latest film, Fuck the Polis, a documentary that unfolds as a visual essay.

A diptych composition for two singers and orchestra by Sara Ross, written at the invitation of the Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa.

Marking International Music Day, the Biblioteca Orlando Ribeiro hosts a free concert pairing fado singer Inês Coito, from Marvila, with writer and hip-hop performer Don Fran, bringing fado, writing and urban culture together on 1 October 2026 at 21h00.

Marking the centenary of Miles Davis's birth, Laurent Filipe presents a narrated concert at the Auditório Carlos Avilez, joined by Mário Delgado, Alexandre Frazão, Massimo Cavalli and Pedro Lopes. The Portuguese trumpeter revisits decisive moments of Davis's career and shows how he crossed and helped transform successive phases of modern jazz.

Máximo presents his album PANGEA in a jazz trio format with voice and electronic elements, a sensory reflection on the climate crisis with a track for each season of the year, on 1 October at B.Leza.

The monthly film recommendation: to mark World Audiovisual Heritage Day, the editors single out a film that offers an unusual perspective on Hollywood.

Free access to several rooms — dance, music, theatre, multipurpose and training — with free entry.

Free event in October 2026, with free entry to various spaces in Boavista and Monsanto.

FabLab Sintra has open registrations for an introductory Adobe Illustrator workshop on 1 and 2 October, from 10h00 to 16h30, aimed at beginner participants.

Marking the International Day of Older Persons and World Music Day, the Library hosts a workshop showing how music can be everywhere, using the body, voice and everyday objects to create rhythm. Free participation, subject to registration, for people aged 55 and over.

DJ session on Thursday 1 October from 17h to 23h, with Pedro Faz inviting John-E.

A guided tour through the Gulbenkian Garden exploring the surprising dialogue between botany, classical literature (Ovid) and the philosophy of nature (Goethe) on metamorphoses.

A concert-style jam session where musicians gather on stage to improvise and play off one another.

A concert-style jam session where musicians gather on stage to improvise and play off one another.

A concert-style jam session where musicians gather on stage to improvise and play off one another.

A concert-style jam session where musicians gather on stage to improvise and play off one another.

A show based on Sophocles' Ajax, probably his oldest tragedy, crossing the text with testimonies, narratives and artistic interventions in a reflection on the limits of power and the totalitarian threats of our time.

A live concert night where musicians meet on stage to improvise together, trading solos and riffs in the spur of the moment.

A live concert night where musicians meet on stage to improvise together, trading solos and riffs in the spur of the moment.

A live concert night where musicians meet on stage to improvise together, trading solos and riffs in the spur of the moment.

On World Music Day, 1 October, the Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães hosts "From Court to Salon", a violin and piano concert tracing love-themed music from the refined elegance of the European courts to the intimacy of the late 19th and early 20th century salons, performed by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos musicians Alexander Stewart and João Paulo Santos.

Agora Dez takes the stage at the Aula Magna in Lisbon for a charity concert on 1 October 2026.

Ana Bacalhau performs with the Martim Sousa Tavares Orchestra at the Universidade de Lisboa on 1 October 2026, in a concert that pairs the singer's voice with the conductor's orchestral arrangements.

Concert by Lera Lynn, an independent artist blending alt-Americana, indie rock and cinematic noir, known for her work on True Detective and her recent album 'Comic Book Cowboy'. No seating, arrive early.

American rock band Mercury Rev performs live in Lisbon.

A theatre play about a superstar.

A live concert night where musicians meet on stage to improvise together, trading solos and riffs in the spur of the moment.

A screening of L'Enfant at the Cinemateca as part of the series dedicated to producer Paulo Branco, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for students, seniors and other groups.

TEJÁ House, Sol Temple and Vagabundo Gallery close the gallery's first Lisbon edition with a night of art, drinks and deep, hypnotic sounds from Isis Sage, Oli Liu and Avi, running from 22:00 until 01:00 — or a little longer.

Concert by Joshua Idehen, British-Nigerian poet and musician known for his work with Sons of Kemet, presenting his spiritual project built with producer Saturday, Monday. Doors open at 9:30 PM, concert at 10 PM.

A pub crawl through one of Lisbon's best nightlife neighbourhoods, with three venues, welcome shots, an hour of unlimited beer and sangria (or a 10€ upgrade to gin, vodka, rum and whiskey) and VIP club entry to finish the night.

A live concert night where musicians meet on stage to improvise together, trading solos and riffs in the spur of the moment.

Jam do Arroz, with El Zaperoco, is a jam session open to musicians and live music lovers.

From midnight, Casa Capitão turns into BAILE, the every-Thursday plan, with tickets split into several phases and a limited number available per phase.

On October 1st, RIKTUS welcomes Germany's HARD BOCK DRAUF to Lisbon for a special collaboration joining three German and three Portuguese artists around hard, fast and uncompromising techno, with DeGuzman, Penelope (2), Anastasiya Ty and Kafox.