WhatsUpLisbon Alpha

In this workshop, participants explore the Japanese beauty ritual, learning its principles and creating two personalized skincare products with natural ingredients like rice, azuki, and camellia oil.

A family film session featuring the award-winning animated short 'Alike', followed by an activity to leave a special message for the future.

Introduction to sumi-e painting workshop with Mami Higuchi, where participants practice basic brushstrokes and draw bamboo and other elements.

Exclusive visit exploring Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles' interventions in the Gulbenkian Garden between 2000 and 2014.

Guided tours with audio description at Casa Fernando Pessoa provide detailed, objective descriptions of rooms and objects for visually impaired visitors. The house also has tactile paving, captions and braille materials; general tickets cost €6 and exemptions are only available at the box office.

Intercell returns to Lisbon for an open-air closer under the Ponte 25 de Abril in October, with Pegassi and Partiboi69 on chaos duty and SAIDAH, DJOOKE and Nicolle Velcro holding the line.

MXGPU bring their transformative 360° live show to an iconic Lisbon location that has never hosted a clubnight, for one night only with 8+ hours of music and a DJ lineup curated by the duo.

Pop musical based on the classic The Wizard of Oz.

In this guided tour with Ivo Meco, we'll discover botanical curiosities in the Garden.

Assemble Music celebrates 15 years of underground electronic music with a special party at Collect, Lx Factory, from 4PM to midnight, headlined by Willow (UK) and Patrick Specke (DE).

A guided tour with audio description of Alexandre Estrela's RedSkyFalls at Galeria Zé dos Bois, aimed at blind and low-vision visitors, on 10 October at 16H.

The Afterglow Music Session takes over Thursday 10 October with a DJ set running from 17h to 23h.

The Cascais Symphony Orchestra opens its doors to students from the Conservatório de Cascais and Slovak Erasmus students in a pedagogical concert at Auditório Senhora da Boa Nova. The programme includes Britten's work, in the year marking the 50th anniversary of his death, and features a young soloist.

Pianist Felipe Novellino presents Rachmaninoff and Liszt in a recital that journeys from introspection to the sublime, with free entry subject to reservation.

A visit to the masterpieces gathered by Calouste Gulbenkian, a journey through their extraordinary diversity, from Ancient Egypt to French Art Nouveau.

Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 pm, four hours of non-stop partying on the Tagus with a DJ, cocktails and views of Belém, Praça do Comércio and the 7 hills, with a welcome drink and after-party entry included.

Presentation of Rui Sebok Bizarro's novel The Awakening of Kalki: The Knight of the Fifth Empire, already heading into its 2nd edition, at Casa do Fauno in Sintra. The evening includes a cacao-sharing ritual, musical moments and a book presentation conducted by Natanael Lamispramis.

South Korean duo Dal:um reinvents traditional instruments gayageum and geomungo in a fusion of contemporary music and Asian tradition.

Live music at 7 Seas Bistro, every Saturday from 19h30 to 21h30.

'Amor Azul' is one of Gilberto Gil's most ambitious creations, conceived with conductor Aldo Brizzi, based on the Indian classic poem Gita Govinda. This opera blends Brazilian popular music with European classical tradition, presented in an expanded form in Lisbon, featuring Gilberto Gil, the Bahia Opera Nucleus, choir, orchestra, and Aldo Brizzi's musical direction.

BODYDOXY and ATMOSFÉRICAS meet at Casa Independente in Intendente on 10 October, with a fashion show at 22h00 and an after party with BODYDOXY until 03h00.

German duo TWO LANES performs in Lisbon with their new album, combining acoustic piano, synthesizers, and electronics.

IST IST performs live in Lisbon.

Gandarva bring guitar, concertina and violin to Casa do Fauno for a journey through the melodies and rhythms of European folk traditions. A night of music, dance and enchantment in which the room may turn into a small village, a feast or a passage to another world.

Band Heroína presents their debut album ‘Heroína’, blending hardcore, noise rock, and intense songs, in concert with Iguanas and Prado.

An intimate, intentionally limited listening experience — nights on a human scale to stay, listen, dance and share the moment, this time with Dancast on the decks.

A DJ set by João Melgueira, in a night whose name playfully twists the classic western 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'.

Takeover #03 is a DJ set event taking place from 11 PM to 6 AM on Saturday, October 10.

Live Brazilian music at the Orixás restaurant and gallery, every Friday and Saturday during dinner.

Live music at Clube da Praia, on Praia das Maçãs, every Friday and Saturday night.

A night of live traditional Portuguese music at Taverna dos Trovadores, every Friday and Saturday.

A solo concert by Ryan Adams as part of his 2026 European tour.