LISA (Sala Lisa)

Lisbon by Design'26

Lisbon by Design'26 unfolds across the city’s venues, a vibrant annual art and design fair presenting contemporary and vintage works by artists, designers, and artisans in a sunlit, creative pulse.

ARCOlisboa International Contemporary Art Fair 2026

ARCOlisboa 2026 returns to Lisbon with a vibrant lineup of galleries, bold installations and Portuguese art at the center, sparking international dialogue as collectors and visitors explore globally connected creativity.

Around Classic

Around Classic is a Lisbon festival showcasing classical music in all its forms, bridging the past and present and connecting people with shared interests.

Father John Misty

Father John Misty graces Lisbon's Sagres Campo Pequeno on June 1, fusing baroque folk, sly satire, and lush indie-rock into a spellbinding, theatrical night.

L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

In Lisbon, Handel's L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato returns to the stage, a lyrical baroque journey that premiered in London in 1740, weaving merriment and contemplation with elegant vocal and instrumental color.

The Reinvention of Vivaldi

In Lisboa, The Reinvention of Vivaldi roams beyond baroque borders, blending lush string textures with bold modern twists to celebrate Antonio Vivaldi’s timeless elegance and boundless creativity.

AHRESP Awards

The 10th AHRESP Awards celebrate leading companies, professionals, and initiatives shaping the Restaurant, Hospitality, and Tourism Promotion sectors.

Edmazia Mayembe – 15 Years of Me

Edmazia Mayembe headlines Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon for 15 Years of Me, a historic night where Angola's powerhouse voice pours Lusophone soul and intimate ballads across a packed, candle-lit venue.

Pennywise

Schumann Symphony Cycle

At Lisbon's grand concert halls, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra opens a Schumann Symphony Cycle, tracing the 19th‑century master's Romantic fire and keen musical wit with lush strings, bold contrasts, and an intimate celebratory mood.

Scorpions

Lisboa shakes as the Scorpions return to MEO Arena, Parque das Nações, delivering blistering riffs, towering choruses, and a nostalgia-soaked crowd singing Wind of Change under electric lights.

Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian return to Lisbon to celebrate its 30th anniversary, weaving soft indie pop and jangly guitars through Lisboa’s intimate venues as twilight lights shimmer on the Tagus.

Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny, one of jazz's most influential voices, returns to Portugal for a unique July 27 concert at the Coliseu dos Recreios, weaving luminous guitar textures through a Lisbon night.

Come From Away

Come From Away lands in Lisbon's theatres, a powerful musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, recounting the week after 9/11 through stories of resilience, song and community.

Gentleman

Gentleman returns to Lisbon with Gentleman - Live 2026, celebrating contemporary reggae's transformative power and the vibrant energy of his Mad World era, bringing a full-band set and crowd-pleasing rhythms.

QUEER LISBOA - International Queer Film Festival'26

QUEER LISBOA - International Queer Film Festival '26 in Lisbon is Portugal's sole LGBT-focused film festival, screening bold queer cinema that challenges identity and gender on screen.

Fat Freddy’s Drop

In Lisbon's intimate Lisboa club, Fat Freddy’s Drop fuse dub, reggae, soul and jazz into a radiant live blaze, delivering groove-heavy rhythms and an unforgettable, dance-ready night.

Quinzena de Dança de Almada – International Dance Festival

Quinzena de Dança de Almada showcases international contemporary dance with performances, workshops, exhibitions and video-dance in Lisbon.

Intercasa

Dive into Intercasa in Lisbon, a vibrant market where global decorating solutions burst to life among colorful stalls, live demos, and inspiring concepts from around the world, turning the venue into a buzzing design atelier.

doclisboa - International Film Festival'26

Doclisboa'26 in Lisboa invites cinephiles to immersive documentary cinema, pairing intimate portraits with bold investigations, spotlighting contemporary national and international voices in a sunlit, historic venue.

Alphaville

Alphaville returns to Lisbon for a synth-pop night at Sagres Campo Pequeno, where neon-led melodies meet iconic hits under a grand arena roof, delivering a spellbinding retro-modern concert in Portugal.

Drawing Room Lisboa'26

Drawing Room Lisboa'26 casts a spotlight on contemporary drawing and paper, pairing international galleries with bold, challenging works in a sunlit Lisbon venue, featuring themed exhibitions, crisp lines, and ideas unfolding on every sheet.

Novembro, Mês do Torricado e dos Sabores do Campo

November festival celebrating torricado and countryside flavors with participating restaurants in Vila Franca de Xira, highlighting regional gastronomy.

Lisbon Art Weekend 2026

Lisbon Art Weekend'26 showcases contemporary Portuguese art across venues with exhibitions, performances, and conversations during a city-wide festival.

LEFFEST | Lisboa Film Festival'26

LEFFEST Lisboa Film Festival'26 returns to Lisboa in November, gathering great artists, filmmakers, actors, writers and intellectuals for a vibrant, cross-cultural celebration of cinema by the Tagus.

Web Summit Lisboa'26

Lisbon hosts Web Summit 2026, a premier tech, entrepreneurship and innovation conference bringing global leaders, startups, and investors together.

InShadow - Lisbon ScreenDance Festival'26

InShadow Lisbon ScreenDance Festival'26 celebrates cutting-edge video-dance and contemporary creativity, Lisbon's only festival of its kind, spotlighting bold motion, sound, and striking visuals.

Lisboa Games Week'26

Lisboa Games Week'26 brings Portugal's biggest videogames event to Lisbon, showcasing the latest industry news, launches, and game premieres.

This is Michael

Comunicar é Natural. A Botânica nas Comunicações

Comunicar é Natural. Botânica nas Comunicações invites Lisbon visitors to trace how human speech and art entwine with plants, showing how leaves, pollination, and scent shape our messages.

Happiness | Mariana Mizarela

Happiness, a Mariana Mizarela exhibition in Lisbon, invites viewers to reflect on what lights children’s faces and joy, using vibrant forms to celebrate simple, universal delight.

Centenary exhibition of Júlio Pomar

Centenary exhibition of Júlio Pomar at CAMB in Lisbon surveys 1944–2004, tracing the painter’s career across nearly all phases with bold color, political works, and modern Portuguese art.

Jacob Kirkegaard. Testimonium

An immersive multichannel sound installation 'Testimonium' by Jacob Kirkegaard as part of the (de)composition programme in Lisboa.

Rituals of light | The bright of Nossa Senhora das Candeias

Rituals of light illuminates Lisbon’s Nossa Senhora das Candeias with art that probes how light shapes history, turning quiet spaces into luminous journeys through invention, absence, and human wonder.

Nadir Afonso | Territory of Absolute Freedom

An expansive Lisbon show surveys Nadir Afonso’s precise geometric language through 94 original works, tracing a lifelong quest for absolute freedom and the luminous rigor that reshaped 20th-century Portuguese painting.

Phoebe Collings-James

Phoebe Collings-James channels two decades of multidisciplinary practice—music, sound, painting, writing and ceramic sculpture—into a tactile, enigmatic Lisbon show that invites touch and curiosity.

1st Exhibition Cycle

The 1st Exhibition Cycle at the Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation in Lisbon runs February 10 to May 10, 2026, framing a cycle of contemporary visions within a living modern-art setting.

Toma! 150 Years of Zé Povinho

Toma! 150 Years of Zé Povinho at the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum in Lisbon honors Portugal’s most enduring satirical icon, celebrating irreverent humor, social critique and national memory.

Hut Hut

In Lisbon's Lumiar Cite, Hut Hut is Willem de Rooij’s first solo exhibition in Portugal, an intricate, quiet survey of images and archives that reframes the domestic into art with razor-sharp precision.

Mafolofolo

Lisboa hosts Mafolofolo, a MADEYOULOOK collective exhibition from South Africa, pairing striking installations with sharp social critique and a vibrant cross-continental dialogue in a sleek gallery setting.

Bruno Zhu. Belas Artes

Bruno Zhu presents an exhibition at Belas Artes in Lisbon, examining power structures in museology through a distinctive conceptual approach.

Festival de Guitarra Portuguesa

Two-day Lisbon festival celebrating the Portuguese guitar with concerts, musician talks, and documentary screenings across five rooms.

Louis Lui

Louis Lui (2025) by Companhia Paulo Ribeiro is a contemporary choreographic work exploring the body as a political and poetic space, part of a century-spanning trilogy, staged at São Luiz Theatre in Lisbon.

Cartoon Xira

Cartoon Xira returns to Lisboa, presenting the most irreverent works by Portugal's top cartoonists in a bold, playful exhibit that sparkles with satire, color, and fearless lines.