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Amoreiras Shopping Center celebrates four decades with a programme of music, experiences and surprises. The event takes place at Amoreiras Shopping Center on 23 September 2026.

Free guided tour of the LISBON PROJECT Association at the Junta de Freguesia de Belém on 23 September 2026.

Delikwe takes over the decks at COLLECT RADIO for an unmissable DJ set.

Screening of Martin Scorsese's 'The Departed', with general admission at €3.20.

Frank, a 30-year-old teacher who sometimes dresses in drag, meets Bernd and starts a relationship, but struggles to keep his sexual freedom. At the annual drag queen ball, everything erupts.

Luthando, a diligent student, sees her normal school year threatened by the arrival of a new classmate who awakens repressed desires. Her scholarship and everything she thought she knew about herself are at stake.

COLLECT RADIO session with the 'Audio Trip' DJ set by Bernardo Vaz.

COLLECT RADIO session with the 'Gamut' DJ set by BENN.

The exhibition 'Pair by Pair: 1 Outfit, 1 Theme' will be on display at Casa Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves from 23 September 2026, presenting costumes paired with themes.

This documentary addresses the violence of institutions through the work of philosopher Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, with collaborations from Assa Traoré, Édouard Louis and Didier Eribon. The session includes a conversation with the philosopher and the filmmaker.

The Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2026 award ceremony will be broadcast live.

A casual encounter turns into a ménage à trois and then into an orgy, in a gay odyssey of magical realism. Matias recalls his past encounters and reflects on the future, while talking to a fictional figure from Brazilian literature.

A Queer Lisboa session dedicated to the film High Art, with general admission at 3,20€ and discounts for several audiences.

Comedy based on the RuPaul's Drag Race phenomenon, with RuPaul as the US President, and Ginger Minj and Jujubee as hostesses trying to save passengers on a luxury train. A parody of 70s disaster movies, with references to Airplane! and Assault on Precinct 13.

Screening of Martin Scorsese's classic 'Taxi Driver', starring Robert De Niro, as part of the director's retrospective.

Screening of Martin Scorsese's 'Silence', with general admission at €3.20.

Johanna, who works in a luxury watch factory, decides to restore her old Beetle and face the world of car mechanics that once rejected her. A docufiction about emancipation and second chances.

The Hot Clube Jazz Orchestra, with guests Anna Weber and Ingrid Laubrock, performs "Meditations" in the footsteps of John Coltrane, at the invitation of the new Muzeu DST museum in Braga.

Screening of Elliot Tuttle's 'Blue Film' at Queer Lisboa 30, a tense drama about a cam boy and an older man, exploring power and trauma.

A pub crawl through Lisbon bars with DJ sets, keeping the night moving from stop to stop.

A night of DJ sets featuring C4STRO, Martim Tonic and MURI.

Special edition of the Mothership Equinox event, featuring DJ sets.

The Affected Young Ladies, Molière's first major play, tells the story of two bourgeois girls who imitate aristocratic salons and are taught a lesson by their suitors, who dress their servants as noblemen to court them.

Based on Nan Shepherd's 'The Living Mountain', this show turns the mountain into a place you enter, not a summit to conquer. Written during World War II and rejected in 1940, Shepherd's manuscript comes to the stage as a meditation on the wild world.

Einar Solberg returns to Lisbon to present the new phase of his solo career, blending progressive metal, orchestral composition and expressive vocals. The concert at República da Música is part of his 2026 European tour and features an expanded band lineup.

A concert by New Zealand band Fat Freddy's Drop.

Fat Freddy’s Drop return to Campo Pequeno in Lisbon on 23 September 2026 for a special concert celebrating the 21st anniversary of their landmark album Based On A True Story.

Kali Malone presents a live electronic concert at Culturgest, designed in dialogue with visual artist Charlie Hope's lighting work, marking a return to electronics after several acoustic records. The performance, rated for ages 6+, explores pipe organ, modular synthesizers and alternative tunings.

This ticket grants access to all exhibitions and spaces of MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, including MAAT Central, MAAT Gallery and MAAT Garden. Located on the riverside in Belém, the museum combines a 1908 thermoelectric station with a contemporary building and a garden along the Tagus.

One of Strindberg's fiercest plays, about a marital power struggle and doubt over paternity, directed by Gonçalo Waddington.

Accompanied by pianist Ruben Alves, Patrícia Duarte pays tribute to the performers, composers and writers who shaped Portuguese musical identity, with songs associated with names such as Simone de Oliveira, Amália Rodrigues and Luísa Sobral. The concert takes place at Sala Ruy de Carvalho, in Centro Cultural Malaposta.

At Cossoul, the trio of Andreas Knudsen, Moritz Land and Francisco Nogueira reworks 19th- and 20th-century Danish traditional songs through jazz, mixing music with short stories about Danish culture. The show presents new readings of a songbook rarely heard by Portuguese audiences.

Ty Segall plays LAV in Lisbon on 23 September 2026, delivering an intense garage-rock show of controlled noise and unstoppable energy.

A Bridge, Two Banks takes place at CIUL, in Lisbon, on 23 September 2026.

A musical comedy that pits two opposite families against each other, one devoted to opera and the other passionate about pimba music, with plenty of chaos on the ice. With text by José Campos and André Pereira, staging by Hugo Franco and music by Carlos Pires, it promises music, dance and laughter from start to finish.