One good plan a day is plenty
Concerts, exhibitions, workshops and family ideas from the announced programmes. Choose the date, then read the session and language details.
870 announced programmes for October 2026. Later months may not have been announced yet.
In October 2026, Lisbon’s announced programme includes Mil Vezes Revista and Herman José – MEO Commedia a la Carte Fest’26. Choose the actual session, venue and language before booking, then keep a meal or neighbourhood walk nearby. Exhibitions and festival periods cover programmes, not daily performances; the official links give the details for your chosen visit.
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Worth putting in the diary
Selected major shows across the coming months.
10 Jan 2027 · 19:30
MEO Arena
Details & official tickets ↗17 Oct 2026 · time to confirm
Boutique da Cultura
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24 Oct 2026 · time to confirm
Teatro Villaret
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24 Oct 2026 · time to confirm
Teatro Politeama
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24 Oct 2026 · time to confirm
Boutique da Cultura - Um Teatro em Cada Bairro
Details & official tickets ↗24 Oct 2026 · 21:30
Coliseu de Lisboa
Details & official tickets ↗Choose what you enjoy. Suggestions use published dates across the coming months. Your choices stay in this browser.
Published programmes, with practical English overviews. Read each event for session dates, language guidance and official tickets.
Source snapshots fetched between Oct 16, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026. This is not a manual check of every event.
Programme checked 24 October 2026, 21:26 · Lisbon time.
Pavilhão Julião Sarmento
Works from the Julião Sarmento Collection explore how American cinema, cities and cultural myths shaped postwar art. Rita McBride’s Arena is reimagined using reused materials. This is a gallery exhibition at Pavilhão Julião Sarmento, not a screening of the film.
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna
See collection works that usually stay out of the galleries, in a space also used by museum professionals. This is a supervised, limited-capacity visit; check the published entry slots before arriving.
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MACAM - Museu de Arte Contemporânea
Photographs from the Américo Marques collection bring together different generations and ways of seeing. A MACAM stop for anyone drawn to contemporary photography, rather than a photography workshop.
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Padrão dos Descobrimentos
At Padrão dos Descobrimentos, this exhibition follows the monument’s image from 1940 onwards. Objects and visual references show how a familiar Lisbon landmark became part of everyday culture; this is an exhibition, not a house tour.
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MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia
MAAT’s Oval Gallery brings together Cabrita Reis’s paintings, drawings and sculptures. Familiar materials become part of a much larger conversation about art and the spaces around us. Pair this exhibition with a riverside Belém walk.
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Gulbenkian · check the programme for the room
Rosana Antolí combines a sculpture on the garden pond with birdsong, electronic music and a soprano voice. This is an art-and-sound installation in Gulbenkian’s South Garden, not a live opera ticket or a talk.
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Centro Cultural de Belém
At MAC/CCB, soil becomes an architectural material rather than just something underfoot. Prototypes, research and building-site examples explore how earth can be reused in contemporary construction.
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Casa Fernando Pessoa
At Casa Fernando Pessoa, this exhibition follows how biographies, publishing and translations kept the writer’s work alive after 1935. Books, film excerpts and documents make it more than a simple timeline.
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MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia
At MAAT Central, works by Portuguese artists trace the collection from the 1960s onwards. A broad introduction to contemporary art, with photographs, sculpture and other media to explore.
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Pavilhão Julião Sarmento
At Pavilhão Julião Sarmento, Araújo’s installations, photographs, videos and other works explore psychological and existential questions. Books of watercolours inspired by a journey to southern South America are among the works; this is a gallery visit, not a scheduled live performance.
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MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia
For an art afternoon with a little theatre in the room: Joana Vasconcelos’s large textile works meet Valentino’s couture at MAAT Gallery. Give the installation time rather than treating it as a quick fashion-photo stop. This is an exhibition, not a runway show. Check museum admission and any separate guided-visit arrangements.
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MACAM - Museu de Arte Contemporânea
Sculptures and installations from the MACAM collection explore balance, materials and the forces that shape spaces. A three-dimensional art exhibition, not a fitness or outdoor event.
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Gulbenkian · check the programme for the room
If you like making something rather than just looking, this museum workshop introduces screenprinting through patterns and objects from the collection. Artists Rita Cachão and Tiago de Sá lead six hours across two afternoon sessions. It is in Portuguese, for ages 16+, in the museum’s Sala Polivalente. Check enrolment and whether you can attend both dates.
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna
CAM uses the storytelling world of One Thousand and One Nights to explore its collection. Think gallery visit and stories told through artworks, not a staged performance of the tales.
Details & tickets →MUDE
Coexistences – Jewellery and the Beauty of the World is a collective international exhibition that explores sustainability, ethics and aesthetics in contemporary jewellery. It invites artists and designers to use ecological systems, artificial intelligence, digital networks and indigenous epistemologies to imagine a future of fair, empathetic coexistence. The works encourage active listening and a relationship with multiple forms of life, human and non‑human.
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MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia
Children choose artworks, invent stories and bring them to life through movement with Teatro Praga. Families are invited to see the final creation, rather than take the whole workshop together. It is a two-hour Portuguese-language activity for ages 8–12 at MAAT Central; meet at the Central ticket office. Book a published session and confirm the family viewing arrangements.
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Lx Factory
Start with a coffee, then give yourself time to rummage: LX Market brings handmade pieces and vintage finds to LX Factory. A nice stop if you prefer browsing to ticking off monuments. The tourism board lists Sunday editions and free entry; check your chosen edition before travelling, especially in poor weather.
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A singer, Portuguese guitar and classical guitar introduce Lisbon’s fado in a theatre-style show. This is a performance ticket rather than a restaurant dinner; choose the specific date and session.
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An intimate voice-and-guitar concert in the garden of Amália Rodrigues’s former home. A house-museum tour may also be offered; check whether your chosen ticket includes it rather than assuming it does.
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Centro Cultural de Belém
Bizet’s Carmen comes to CCB’s Grand Auditorium with the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos chorus and Portuguese Symphony Orchestra. The published production is sung in French with Portuguese surtitles—not English. Choose an actual performance date, rather than treating the run as daily.
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Gulbenkian · check the programme for the room
Learn to look more closely through drawing, using museum artworks and studio objects as starting points. Catarina Dias leads this Portuguese-language course for ages 16+. Important: this is a 16-session course, not a one-off holiday workshop. Bring your own drawing materials and ask the organiser about enrolment and attendance requirements.
Details & tickets →Coliseu de Lisboa
IMAGINA brings César Mourão, Fábio Porchat, João Vicente and Gustavo Miranda together for a new improvised comedy show as part of MEO Commedia A La Carte Fest.
Details & tickets →Teatro da Comuna
This musical comedy at Teatro da Comuna follows two rival families: one devoted to opera and the other to Portuguese pimba music. Hugo Franco directs an adaptation of a text by José Campos and André Pereira, with music by Franco and Carlos Pires. The theatre explicitly cancels the 22–25 October 2026 performances and lists no performances on 28–30 October or 14–15 November. These exceptions apply to this production; check the theatre for the selected performance.
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Museu da Marioneta
A chaotic train journey brings characters from Fernando Pessoa’s world together in a playful mix of poetry, puppets and unexpected encounters. A lovely idea for curious older children, not a real train ride. The museum recommends ages 6+ and lists a 60-minute show. Choose a public weekend session; weekday performances are for schools. Confirm the spoken language before booking.
Details & tickets →These venues publish a regular weekly programme. This is separate from dated sessions: holidays, closures, changes and ticket availability must be checked with the organiser.
Fado in Chiado · Rua da Misericórdia 14, Lisboa
Monday–Saturday · usual starts 17:30 & 19:00 · 50 minutes
Regular schedule checked 2026-10-24.
Confirm your date with the venue ↗Confirm session times, age limits, language, accessibility, ticket availability and cancellations with the official source before you book. Some programmes are in Portuguese. Sparse published dates are not treated as daily performances.
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