Free entry, as the organisers announce it: concerts, exhibitions, walks, festas and open days in Cascais. 57 free events in the next 30 days.
Free Live music
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.
Free Live music
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.
Free Family friendly Other
Monthly free drawing meetup with Urban Sketchers Portugal, on the first Saturday of each month, for anyone who likes to draw.
Free Live music
The Cascais Philharmonic Bands Festival brings together the seven philharmonic bands of the municipality, celebrating intergenerational talent and the work of local associations. The 10th edition is co-organized by the Cascais City Council and the Sociedade Recreativa e Musical de Carcavelos, with free entry.
Free Family friendly Party
An annual event by the Associação São Francisco de Assis with Cascais Town Council marking World Animal Day, featuring animals for adoption, talks, a dog contest, a kids' area and concerts, with free entry.
Free 3+ Family friendly Family
Stories run wild at the S. Domingos de Rana Municipal Library, involving children and their families in unique moments of fantasy and strengthening reading habits from an early age. Each session features a storyteller and promises to enchant, surprise and delight the audience.
Free Family friendly Other
Mergulhão is a solidarity collective sea dive organised by Helpo, held simultaneously in Portugal, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Guinea-Bissau. The Cascais gathering takes place on 10 October at 10:00 at Praia da Conceição, next to the Hotel Albatroz, with free participation upon online registration.
Free Workshops & talks
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.
Free 7–12 Family friendly Cinema
A family film session featuring the award-winning animated short 'Alike', followed by an activity to leave a special message for the future.
Pianist Felipe Novellino presents Rachmaninoff and Liszt in a recital that journeys from introspection to the sublime, with free entry subject to reservation.
A journey into the past to honour engineer Augusto Jayme Telles D'Abreu Nunes, a driving force behind Cascais' development and the man behind projects such as the first festive electric lighting at the Boca do Inferno.
Free M/16 Other
Rediscover the tradition of hand sewing and transform fabric scraps into unique pieces. In this workshop, participants create bags and other patchwork elements, exploring colours, textures and patterns in a creative and sustainable experience.
Free M/18 Workshops & talks
The Regional Delegation of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area of BAD and Cascais City Council promote the 2nd Archives Meeting, dedicated to sharing experiences and discussing contemporary archival policies and practices.
Free 3+ Family friendly Family
Storytelling sessions for families with children, with stories read and told live. A celebration of words for the little ones and the whole family.
Free Family friendly Family
Oral tradition and folk wisdom sessions led by Sónia Dias, from Vale Encantado de Histórias, featuring rhymes, proverbs, chants, tongue twisters and traditional tales for families with children aged 4 to 12. Upcoming dates: 24 October, 28 November and 12 December, with registration.
Free Live music
An OCCO tribute concert honouring Prof. José António Piñeiro Nagy, creator and director of the Estoril Lisbon Festival, with a programme spanning Portuguese and international composers and ending with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.
In the @oquetequerodizer project, André writes unique typewritten portrait-poems for strangers who sit before him, without exchanging words. Target audience: M/55.