From a cinema seat to a street full of music
Choose something you actually want to be here for. A film, a concert, a neighbourhood evening — then leave a little room around it.
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Use this twelve-month calendar for published Lisbon festival editions and keep seasonal planning separate from confirmed dates. Cinema and performance festivals sit alongside NOS Alive in nearby Algés. Santos Populares, Christmas and New Year have their own guides. Subscribe for date updates and calendar reminders; always choose an actual performance or ticket before booking your day.
ONE YEAR, DIFFERENT KINDS OF LISBON
Published dates first. Seasonal ideas stay separate until their edition is verified.
7 published editions · 8 seasonal plans awaiting dates or a source check.
Choose an individual session, its language and venue before booking. A festival’s full date range is not its daily programme. Last date checks are shown below. Tickets stay with the organiser.
Film · under way
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Lisbon cinemas · choose an individual screening
Documentary discoveries, not one all-day ticket. Pick the film, cinema, screening time and subtitle language in the programme.
Official festival details ↗Date evidence checked: 18 Oct 2026
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
Technology · published dates
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MEO Arena and FIL · Parque das Nações
Talks and technology, rather than a citywide free festival. Confirm your registration, programme and pass conditions with the organiser; an evening meetup may have its own invitation.
Official festival details ↗Date evidence checked: 18 Oct 2026
Performance · published dates
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Lisbon · the venue depends on the production
Dance, performance and conversations across the programme. Reserve the individual production and leave time for its own venue.
Official festival details ↗Date evidence checked: 18 Oct 2026
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
SEASONAL PLANNING · NOT CONFIRMED EVENT DATES
Christmas in Lisbon · lights and markets · programme not verified here yet
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
SEASONAL PLANNING · NOT CONFIRMED EVENT DATES
Christmas in Lisbon · lights and markets · programme not verified here yet
New Year’s Eve · 2026 into 2027 · programme not verified here yet
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
SEASONAL PLANNING · NOT CONFIRMED EVENT DATES
Christmas in Lisbon · lights and markets · programme not verified here yet
New Year’s Eve · 2026 into 2027 · programme not verified here yet
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
Film · published dates
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Lisbon · see the individual programme
Animation for curious filmgoers. MONSTRINHA is a separate young-audience strand; check the specific age, language and session.
Official festival details ↗Saved date source: 24 Oct 2026
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
Film · published dates
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Lisbon · see the individual programme
Independent cinema, with room for a film you would not otherwise find. Festival dates are announced; individual screening details stay with the organiser.
Official festival details ↗Saved date source: 24 Oct 2026
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
Film · published dates
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Lisbon · see the individual programme
Independent cinema, with room for a film you would not otherwise find. Festival dates are announced; individual screening details stay with the organiser.
Official festival details ↗Saved date source: 24 Oct 2026
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
SEASONAL PLANNING · NOT CONFIRMED EVENT DATES
Santos Populares · June neighbourhood season · programme not verified here yet
Lisbon Pride march · programme not verified here yet
Rock in Rio Lisboa · next edition check · programme not verified here yet
Music · published dates
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Passeio Marítimo de Algés · Oeiras, outside Lisbon city
A three-day music trip on the Algés waterfront. Choose your actual day or pass before planning transport; the return deserves its own plan.
Official festival details ↗Saved date source: 24 Oct 2026
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
SEASONAL PLANNING · NOT CONFIRMED EVENT DATES
Jazz em Agosto · programme not verified here yet
Millennium Estoril Open · programme not verified here yet
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
SEASONAL PLANNING · NOT CONFIRMED EVENT DATES
Jazz em Agosto · programme not verified here yet
MEO KALORAMA · programme not verified here yet
Film · published dates
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Lisbon · see the individual programme
Queer cinema, with the Lisbon edition kept separate from Porto. Check the film, language and exact screening before buying.
Official festival details ↗Saved date source: 24 Oct 2026
No confirmed edition in our selection for this month yet. The full events calendar can still have things to do.
KEEP THE DATES. KEEP IT SIMPLE.
Subscribe to this free festival calendar. Updates to published dates can appear in your own calendar, with a reminder seven days before each edition begins.
Your calendar app controls refresh timing and whether it honours reminders. Check its notification settings. Unannounced or expired dates do not get an alarm; this is not a ticket-release or availability alert.
In your calendar’s settings, choose Add calendar → From URL and paste this address. A downloaded file is a one-time copy; a URL subscription is what receives later changes.
No sign-up, email address, location request or subscriber list. Nothing is booked or imported until you choose it in your calendar app.
June neighbourhood evenings: the traditions and the next programme are different things.
The announced edition, ticket products and the separate journey home.
Lights, a winter walk and seasonal visits once current dates are verified.
Choose the evening you want; keep last season’s programme in the past.
A festival can be the reason for a trip without filling every hour of it. Start with the film, music or neighbourhood atmosphere that interests you, then make the days either side easy. A late evening and an ambitious early-morning itinerary are not always good companions.
The calendar distinguishes a published edition from an individual session. An eleven-day film festival is not one film running continuously or a promise that every venue opens each day. Open the organiser’s programme, choose the actual screening and check its language before making the rest of your evening fit.
Doclisboa runs 15–25 October 2026 and Alkantara 13–29 November 2026. MONSTRA has announced 11–21 March 2027; IndieLisboa 29 April–9 May; NOS Alive 8–10 July; and Queer Lisboa 17–25 September. The last is the Lisbon edition, not Queer Porto.
We would start with one screening or concert, then choose where to eat nearby. Look at the individual programme before filling the gaps: a film’s language, the venue and the time it finishes can make more difference to the evening than the festival’s name. Let the event you want set the pace.
June neighbourhood celebrations, winter lights and New Year’s Eve deserve planning space, but a familiar annual name is not evidence of next year’s schedule. Keep the seasonal boxes as ideas for now, and save the firm dates when the programme is ready.
The Wonderland listing checked for this guide still describes 2025–26, and the Royal Palace New Year listing welcomes 2026. Jazz em Agosto’s checked presentation also describes its 2026 edition. Those pages help identify the event; none is a new announcement for the following season.
For an event-heavy trip, compare the public neighbourhood guide with the actual venue rather than choosing a room just because it says central. Ask how the entrance, late return and final walk work for your dates. A map distance alone does not describe steps, a hill or a closed station entrance.
For NOS Alive, keep the Algés waterfront separate from Lisbon city-centre nightlife. For a cinema festival, the useful base may depend on which screenings you select. For Santos, ask about celebrations on the immediate street if sleep matters to you; no whole neighbourhood can promise quiet.
Make one firm anchor for the day: a particular concert, performance or screening. Save its venue and entry information before heading out, and agree a meeting point with anyone joining later. Leave a proper pause for food instead of trying to eat inside every short interval.
The on-device planner can join guide places and published sessions into an outing; it does not reserve entry or replace the organiser’s rules. Keep the subscribed festival dates for the big picture, and the actual ticket for the precise event. They do different jobs.
Only published editions appear as dated entries. Seasonal ideas are marked separately and do not enter the reminder feed until dates have usable evidence. An edition range does not mean a session every day.
No. Its announced venue is Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras, outside Lisbon city. Read the NOS Alive guide and check your actual outward and return journey.
Subscribe to the date feed in your calendar app. Published editions carry a seven-day reminder; your app controls refresh and notification settings. A downloaded file is a one-time copy. A reminder does not mean a ticket is held, and unannounced dates are excluded.
Use the current operator information for your date; the checks below cover the dated edition and its stated practical scope. Our day plans are flexible suggestions; the exact booking conditions stay with the operator.
