Lisbon Run
Join a welcoming weekly running meetup in Lisbon. Open to all levels, the group starts at 10:00 from Lisbonne for a 60–90 minute jog, sharing tips and conversation along the way. A friendly way to stay active, meet new people, and make new friends while exploring the city.
Sintra Bodyboard Pro Fest
Sintra Bodyboard Pro Fest storms Praia Grande in Sintra, Portugal, as the biggest bodyboard festival yet, drawing top male and female riders to wild breaks and sun-soaked shore action.
Teorias e Modelos de Estado, Administração e Políticas Públicas
A university seminar series in Lisbon exploring theories and models of state, administration, and public policies, hosted by ISCTE-IUL. Insightful talks on governance frameworks and policy design.
Pintar é Fácil. Faça Você Mesmo!
Pintar é Fácil. Faça Você Mesmo! at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian invites families and artists to roll up their sleeves for DIY painting, collaborative projects and playful creative exploration in Lisbon.
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.
Seminário Permanente: Revisitar o Século XIX
A university seminar series at ISCTE Lisbon revisiting the nineteenth century, featuring historians and scholars exploring politics, culture, and social change from multiple perspectives in a formal academic setting.
Petrus-Pedro Veiga: Autor-Editor
A scholarly colloquium at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal profiling Petrus-Pedro Veiga, editor, translator and opposition jurist, with a focus on his editorial projects around Pessoa and the modernists and his role in shaping Portuguese literary culture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Poetry Book Fair
A literary fair dedicated to poetry at Jardim da Parada, Lisbon, featuring book presentations, readings, workshops, and cinema. The event offers a rich program for poetry lovers and budding authors, celebrating local and international verse in a festive, bookish atmosphere.
TecStorm’26
TecStorm’26 is Portugal's biggest university hackathon focusing on innovation and technology. In Lisbon, student teams and mentors compete to build prototypes over an intensive coding marathon, showcasing creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in a high-energy tech setting.
Easter Market
The Easter Market returns to Praça Luís de Camões in Lisbon, running March 28–April 12. Explore outdoor stalls with crafts, local foods and festive treats in a lively, family-friendly market atmosphere.
Quinta Pedagógica - 30th anniversary
Lisbon hosts a commemorative exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of Quinta Pedagógica, inviting the public to explore its educational mission through interactive displays and archival materials. This artsy celebration highlights decades of community learning at the site and invites everyone to join.
ON: Smile! You’re on camera
Lisbon-based exhibition by Maria Peixoto Martins at Galeria Zé dos Bois (ZDB). A contemporary show exploring image and perception under the theme Smile! You’re on camera, staged in the gallery’s intimate, cutting-edge space.