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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.

Guided walk as part of Pink October, about 4 km in Monsanto, to raise funds for breast cancer screening.

A kimono pattern‑making and sewing workshop for beginners, guided by Cristina Neves, where each participant creates a unique piece, blending classic and contemporary styles.

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.

In this workshop, open to all and led by the Florestas na Cidade project, participants explore the garden in the face of climate change, identifying challenges and opportunities, and co-create nature-based solutions to make it more resilient and biodiverse.

In this experience, an old suitcase reveals objects, textures and surprises, inviting families to explore and create their own “home” together. An activity for children aged 3 to 6.

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

A drawing and painting workshop for children aged 6 to 14, inviting them to imagine and draw the mythical figure Caquesseitão and to look for the actual object in the museum, then reinterpret it with unusual materials.

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.

Photo-paper discovery of the Moagem Factory, a photographic clue game with 11 challenges to complete in 50 minutes.

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.

A children's workshop that turns them into modern collectors, they explore the Museu do Oriente's galleries and the collection of professor Kwok On, then makes their own miniature collection of drawings and cutouts.

Origami workshop to learn how to create anesama dolls, an ancient Japanese tradition.

A theoretical-practical activity on wild bees and their role in pollination, biodiversity and food production, exploring habitats and conservation actions for the sustainability of rural ecosystems.

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.

Route through Marquês de Pombal Roundabout to discover the history of Portuguese pavement, a living heritage that reflects the relationship between Lisbon, light and the ground.

TKESHI, born in a Georgian pine forest, brings new media art, audiovisual performances and diverse music to Lisbon, with five days of workshops and labs at RnA Studio & Zabra and a final showcase at Those Who Dance on 10 October.

A four-session workshop exploring the classical Indian dance form, covering gestures, movement, rhythm, and emotion.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.