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A reading of Peter Brown's “The Curious Garden” followed by a five-senses exploration of the community garden, with sensory boxes and nature-observation challenges for children aged 3 to 8, accompanied by an adult. Free entry, registration required.

A two-day medieval festival at São Jorge Castle in Lisbon, featuring workshops, guided tours, concerts, and activities for all ages, celebrating medieval history and culture.

A field drawing session in nature, treated as a fundamental observation tool, exploring contrast, shape and texture — no previous experience required. Each participant leaves with a field notebook of new sketches. Price: 15 euros, with online registration and organisation by DESIS Lab @Nova SBE.

A wine tour focused on discovering the wines of Colares, one of Portugal's most unique wine regions.

A silk painting workshop with Paulo Valle, exploring the ancient technique and textile memory, combining color and composition experimentation.

the RESET takes over Penhasco Arte Cooperativa with a night built around the theme of Connection, merging DJ sets, live coding, workshops, food and conversation into one flowing experience. The bill features AEONA REX live-coding with Strudel, Leenو, Rayge.Uncovered and the The Auragrio, with phone-free areas to help you reconnect.

Fuse Records throws its last open air, with free entry until 5 pm and sets from Echonomist, DJ Nox and Syper; the full programme is still to be announced.

WAVS × afterglow take a limited-capacity catamaran onto the Tagus on Saturday 26 September for a three-hour session of melodic house & techno, tech house and deep house as Lisbon's skyline drifts by, with professional photography, drone footage and live-recorded DJ sets. Once the boat docks, the journey continues with a free afterparty at Secret Garden LX till late.

A guided tour of the Roman Theatre exploring the artistic installation 'O que Resta' and the role of fragments in the collection, revealing the work of archaeologists and artists.

afterglow takes over Lisbon's hidden Secret Garden for an open-air Saturday session, moving from warm melodic and progressive grooves into deeper house as daylight turns to sunset and evening. Entry is free with registration and capacity is limited.

Intertwined closes the summer with a special edition in an enchanted forest in Almocageme, Colares, headlined by Hungarian artist Дeva, who blends downtempo electronics with traditional folk in a live solo concert. The day also brings DJ sets by Ed Dingli, Flying Snail and Tom Select, a dance embodiment practice, artisan pizzas, massages and intuitive readings.

Throwback returns to Lisbon on Saturday, September 26, from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM, taking over the nature-surrounded Monsantos Open Air with the greatest hits of the 80s, 90s and 00s.

A four-hour boat party on the Tagus every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 pm, with a DJ mixing techno, deep house, reggaeton and club anthems, cocktails, sunset views of Belém and Praça do Comércio, and after-party entry included.

A night walk through São Jorge Castle in the company of Biota biologists, using an ultrasound detector to observe and identify the castle's bat species — from the lesser horseshoe bat to the European free-tailed bat — while learning about the extraordinary role bats play in ecosystems.

Brunch Electronik and Fuse Records close the season with their final Open Air on September 26th at Village Underground Lisboa, making the most of one of the last sunny afternoons of music and dancing outdoors.

Berimbau debuts a new samba and pagode roda at Giro’Giro in Jardim do Campo Grande, with free entry. The event brings Brazilian music from late afternoon to night, with a continuous program from 5 PM to 11 PM.

The Capitólio rooftop hosts the second edition of Cinecapitólio, with curation by Rui Pedro Tendinha and an open-air cinema programme for the whole family, ranging from classics to contemporary works, as part of Festas de Lisboa.