Things to do with kids in Lisbon

The BIG BANG Festival returns to the CCB for its 15th edition, with two days of concerts, interactive installations, performances and workshops for children, young people and families. The project is part of an international network and fosters a participatory relationship with music, sound and artistic creation.

A jazz night on board with table options by the aisle or by the window and separate prices for adults and children. After buying your ticket, you must contact the organisers to choose your main course.

Norquestra, António-Pedro's creation developed with João Clemente and neuroscientists, premieres at the Big Bang Festival, turning the CCB's Black Box into an improvisation laboratory. Over about 45 minutes, the audience's interventions change the course of the music in real time.

Part of the 27th French Cinema Festival, Ugo Bienvenu's animated film ARCO follows Íris, a 10-year-old girl who in 2075 helps Arco, a boy from a distant future where humanity lives in harmony with nature, return home while he is pursued by those who want to uncover his secret. The film premiered at Cannes and won the Cristal for Best Feature at Annecy and the César for Best Animated Film.

A workshop at the MAAT where children aged 6 and over build a solar-powered car and then race it in an exciting challenge. It lasts 60 minutes, costs 8€ per participant, and the meeting point is the MAAT Central ticket office.

Dance workshop for children aged 7 to 12. Price: €4.

Dance workshop for children aged 3 to 6. Price: €4.

In the countryside, neighbours know everything — so when the Country Mouse sets off to visit his cousin in the City, every animal already knows about the trip. Created by Joana Estrela and Nicolau, this show tells a story through drawings, music and a few worms, as the two mice debate whether it is better to live in the country or the city.

A regular visit to the Tejo Power Station, every Saturday and Sunday at 10h30, where children aged 7 to 12, helmets on, discover the old factory that produced electricity for Lisbon in the 20th century.

A journey through the history of energy, from the past to our collective future, focusing on the challenges of the energy transition and sustainability, inviting visitors — including the little ones — to be active agents of change.

In Cloudbusting, singer Aline Goffin invites young audiences into Kate Bush's universe through an intimate fusion of music, movement and image, complete with magical holograms.

Da Pele is a series of sound installations centered on the adufe, exploring the power of collective and memory through a simple instrument.

Norquestra is an interactive concert in which audiences and musicians explore the mystery of musical creation, with the audience invited to intervene in the music being played. The show emerges from a creation-research process developed with musicians and neuroscientists.

Visit two rooms where Big Bang musicians live, exploring their fantastic imaginaries and secret adventures.

A percussionist, pianist and trumpeter guide us through the world of Miles Davis, exploring the infinite possibilities of improvised music.

A hands-on workshop in the Big Bang festival where participants combine singing and the traditional Portuguese adupe frame drum, mattering how small rhythmic impulses can become a collective flood of sound.

An interactive sound installation by composer Jaime Reis and violinist Beatriz Costa, inviting audiences to explore and create soundscapes from the skeleton of a reconstructed piano.

A family film screening in the Family Saturdays series, inspired by the tale 'The Ugly Duckling'.

A staged tour of the Ajuda Palace led by Queen Maria Pia of Savoy, the queen who lived there longest. The visit ends with a ball in the palace's salons.

The Voz do Operário Children's Choir and the Retimbrar collective present a concert celebrating Portuguese roots music, reflecting on time, memory and community through song.

South Korean pianist Young-Choon Park presents a recital with works by Mozart, Chopin, and Beethoven.

Bia Ferreira presents her new album Améfrica in Lisbon, with a 6-piece band.

C4 Pedro, one of the most influential artists in contemporary African music, performs at Monsantos Open Air in Lisbon.

Tribute to Queen by the Orquestra Nova de Guitarras, featuring 50 classical guitars and special participation of Peter Freestone, Freddie Mercury's personal assistant. Musical direction by Miguel Madaleno.

A MAAT activity for children aged 8 and up (who may be accompanied by an adult) exploring what an electromagnet is, how it is built and what it is used for, ending with a game that tests what has been learned. It takes place on Sundays at 16.00, lasts 60 minutes and costs 8€ per child and 12€ per adult, free for MAAT Friends.

In this fun adaptation of the classic tale, Snow White, about to turn eighteen, flees the Queen and discovers, among a dancing hunter, a rule-bound dwarf and a poisoned apple, that true beauty lies within. With text and direction by Paulo Cintrão, humour, music, dance and lots of magic from Byfurcação Teatro.

A creative workshop by Teatro Praga, with Cláudia Jardim and Diogo Bento, at the MAAT: starting from the works in the 'Turn around' exhibition, participants build narratives and performative proposals with the body and movement, in a final result open to their families.

A theatre show for babies and early childhood created and performed by Carolina Picoito Pinto, in which the 'little monkeys' of the heart are discovered to the sound of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Beethoven and Prokofiev, in a clown language full of sensory stimuli.

Guided tour of Palácio Pimenta, exploring the relationship between Lisbon and the Tagus River throughout history.

Filipe La Féria presents the new Portuguese revue show, with Marina Mota and Joaquim Monchique, at Teatro Politeama.

At the 27th French Film Festival, Sylvain Chomet's 'Marcel and Monsieur Pagnol' is a hand-drawn animated biopic in which young Marcel leads the famous writer back to his memories of Provence, his first loves and the arrival of sound cinema. Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, it celebrates the life and imagination of one of France's great storytellers.

Concert closing the 2026 Live Sessions cycle at Coliseu Club, with performances by puto bacoco and Beware Jack, and special appearances by New Max and Da Chick.

Screening of animated short films for the whole family, with animal stories and lots of imagination.

Art Cart is a workshop that invites families with children aged six and up to do creative activities together.

Stories about animals and their way of seeing the world; they look, listen, feel, and speak, and have courage, fear, cleverness, and wisdom, almost like people.

An intimate acoustic concert for children aged 0 to 8, with guitar, percussion and voice, celebrating the concept of family through audience interaction and puppets.

A monthly meditation experience at MAAT, with each session tailored to the current exhibition and featuring an exclusive meditation in the exhibition space. Aimed at young people (12+) and adults, it connects art, mindfulness and well-being.

A musical show for babies and children aged 0 to 6 about friendship and forest animals, featuring puppets, original songs and traditional tunes such as "Cuco na Floresta". Actress and singer Cat interacts with the animals and helps Raposa Brincadeiras apologise to Coelho Saltinhos.

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.

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

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.

A family-friendly film screening in the 'Family Saturdays' series, featuring 'Mars Attacks!'. General admission €3.20, with discounts for Friends of Cinemateca, students, youth, seniors and retirees.

After The Velvet Queen, Vincent Munier returns to the forests of the Vosges with his father, the naturalist Michel, and his son Simon, on a journey through three generations united by a passion for wildlife. The documentary, with a soundtrack by Warren Ellis, won the César Awards for Best Documentary Film and Best Sound and was a major box-office success in France.

'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.

Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's nostalgic, tender comedy follows Vincent, a boy about to turn 13 in the Paris suburbs of 1985, as he confronts identity, friendship, family and first loves — screening at the 27th French Cinema Festival.

A workshop for children where you build a simple electrical circuit and test it in a skill and concentration challenge, inspired by getting past a sleeping dragon without waking it.

A monthly open-access workshop for families where experimentation is the watchword.

A sensory trail at Estádio da Tapadinha inviting participants to experience Vhils' work through touch, tracing the stories of the Atlético club and the Alcântara community carved into the stadium walls.

In this activity, families learn to make ink from the garden's oak galls and draw what they like most about the space. Aimed at children aged 6 to 12.

An activity for children aged 4 to 6 in which a first visit to the museum becomes a box of surprises, with unpredictable colours, shapes and textures to discover as a family.

Directed by biologists Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou, Microcosmos transforms an ordinary French meadow into an extraordinary universe over 24 hours — an epic, hypnotic journey into the world of insects, winner of five Césars, screening at the 27th French Cinema Festival.

A children's theatre show based on the story of the Fairy Oriana, with free entry.

A comedic play about Dracula's brothers plotting to overthrow him on Halloween night, full of magic and laughter.

A musical workshop for families that invites you to dive into an underwater sound universe, exploring sounds and music inspired by the bottom of the sea.

A sensory show for babies where emotions take on colour, shape and sound through sounds, rhythms and melodies. A journey of discovery and affection for the little ones.

Two former sweethearts are forced to work together on a school project about the play Frei Luís de Sousa by Almeida Garrett.

After visiting the exhibitions, participants choose a word connected to the concept of collecting and stamp it by creating a linocut engraving, leaving their mark on the Julião Sarmento Pavilion.

A musical tour introducing the families of instruments, following a little turtle on a journey through the seas of music and emotions.

As part of the Family Saturdays series, this screening presents the film To Be and to Have, with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for young people, students, seniors and pensioners.

The Gulbenkian Museum opens its Art Studio to families with children aged 6 and over, inviting them to explore creative processes together.

A family-friendly visit to the Xerazade exhibition: armed with a suitcase in hand and a special passport to fill in along the way, visitors embark on a journey through the world of the arts.

Creative workshop for children aged 6 to 12, building and decorating a wooden Tangram. Materials and certificate included.

In this family workshop, participants explore the Palácio Pimenta garden and create their first herbarium, learning to distinguish trees, herbaceous plants and climbers.

As part of the Family Saturdays series, this screening presents the film The Tower, with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for young people, students, seniors and pensioners.

In a unique celebration of Portuguese traditional music, Sebastião Antunes & Quadrilha invite Karetus and other surprise guests to an intergenerational party around the hit 'Cantiga da Burra'.

A rhythmic, sensory show for babies and children aged 6 months to 5 years, inspired by Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Voice, body and movement invite little ones to discover Prokofiev's music in an interactive and playful way.

Marina Sena, one of the leading voices of contemporary Brazilian pop, presents her new project 'Natural Things' in a captivating live show.