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November 5 at 6:30pm
FICA - Oficina Criativa · Lisboa • 95 €
Learn screen printing from scratch at FICA, Lisbon's beloved creative workshop hub. Over two evening sessions you'll engrave screens, pull prints with water-based inks, and leave with your own work on paper.
November 5 at 6:30pm +5
Artlier - Escola de Artes e Ofícios · Lisboa • 181,50 €
Get your hands properly muddy at Artlier's three-session pottery course, where total beginners learn to throw, trim, and decorate their own bowls and cups on the wheel. All tools and firings included, no experience required.
November 6 at 8pm
Time Out Market · Lisboa • Free
Beginners learn basic forró steps before stepping onto the floor during this evening of dance hosted by Espaço Baião at Mercado da Ribeira, with free admission for all attendees.
November 10 at 6:30pm +6
Artlier - Escola de Artes e Ofícios · Lisboa • 161,50 €
Bring that wobbly chair or tired dresser back to life. Over four sessions, you'll learn traditional techniques like shellac polishing and marquetry, or go modern with decoupage and decapé. All tools included, just bring a piece and your creativity.
November 5 at 7:30pm +2
Teatro do Bairro Alto · Lisboa • 12 €
Cellular universes and astrological readings meet in this new performance by Joana Levi at Teatro do Bairro Alto, where the creator examines her own body and Lynn Margulis's theories on symbiosis.
November 4 at 8pm +119
Associação do Fado Casto · Lisboa • € 69-€ 129
Fado echoes through a vaulted former church in Alfama, where fadistas sing among guests at long shared tables. Dinner comes with barrels of red wine and walls lined with portraits of the greats.
November 4 at 9pm +41
Teatro Politeama · Lisboa • 20-40 €
When Portugal looks into a comic mirror, Filipe La Féria’s new Revista à Portuguesa spins power, vanity and fear into sharp satire, staged at Teatro Politeama with Joaquim Monchique, Marina Mota, Paula Sá and Miguel Dias.
November 4 at 9:30pm +4
CAL - Centro de Artes de Lisboa · Lisboa
Written as a farewell for the fictional Irmãos Bázúk, this final production by creators Duarte Romão, Inês Vilão, and Laura Garnel stages a brief history of friendship at CAL - Centro de Artes de Lisboa.
November 5 at 9pm
LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo · Lisboa
Max Cooper bridges the gap between techno production and visual art in this live performance. The set centers on his project, Feeling Is Structure, utilizing intricate sound design and immersive visuals.
November 5 at 5pm +17
Foundation Amália Rodrigues · Lisboa • 25 €
Listen to acoustic Fado performances in the private garden of Amália Rodrigues' former home. These intimate sessions offer a rare chance to experience Portugal's soul-stirring music in the residence of its legendary queen.
November 5 at 9pm
Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisboa
Portuguese folk melodies get a jazz remix. Guitarist Vicente Oliveira's sextet reimagines ancestral tunes from Trás-os-Montes to the Algarve, mixing regional traditions with original compositions.
November 6 at 7pm +50
Reservatório da Patriarcal · Lisboa
An old nineteenth-century cistern beneath the Príncipe Real garden becomes a subterranean concert hall for traditional fado, where the natural stone acoustics shape fifty-minute sets of Portuguese song presented by Real Fado Concerts.
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Wed, Nov 11 · 10:15 PM
Páteo - Bairro do Avillez · Lisboa
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Thu, Nov 5 · 10:00 PM
Távola Jazz Club · Lisboa
$$$
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM
artlier · Lisboa
131,50 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
Sirigaita · Lisboa
Thu, Nov 5 · 9:30 PM
Cine-Teatro Turim · Lisboa
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Act - Escola de Actores · Lisboa
190 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 10:00 PM
Távola Jazz Club · Lisboa
$$$
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Pavilhão Chinês · Lisboa
$$
Thu, Nov 5 · 10:15 PM
Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisboa
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:30 PM
Theater A Barraca · Lisboa
16-22 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:00 PM
Artlier · Lisboa
170 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:30 PM
Espaço Chiado · Lisboa
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Casulo - Espaço Cultural · Lisboa
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Pavilhão Chinês · Lisboa
$$
Tue, Nov 10 · 6:30 PM
Contraprova · Lisboa
60 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 9:00 PM
Teatro Maria Matos · Lisboa
21-23 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM
KINO-DOC · Lisboa
85 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM
Fundação Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva · Lisboa
Thu, Nov 5 · 10:00 PM
Fábrica Braço de Prata · Lisboa
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Collect · Lisboa
$$
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM
Museu de Artes Decorativas · Lisboa
Free
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 PM
Casa Capitão · Lisboa
16,50 €
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 PM
Casa Capitão · Lisboa
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 PM
Patriarchal Reservoir · Lisboa
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:30 PM
Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisboa
5 €
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:45 PM
Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisboa
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:30 PM
The Fyve - Cowork Living · Lisboa
Sat, Nov 7 · 7:00 PM
ZABRA - Centro de Investigação de Arte Pós-Humana · Lisboa
Sat, Nov 7 · 9:30 PM
Casa Capitão · Lisboa
Sat, Nov 7 · 7:00 PM
Centro Cultural de Belém · Lisboa
Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 PM
Selva Comedy Cafe · Lisboa
$$
Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 PM
Casa Capitão · Lisboa
19,50 €
Wed, Dec 2 · 6:30 PM
FICA - Oficina Criativa · Lisboa
165 €
Sun, Nov 8 · 7:00 PM
River Steakhouse · Lisboa
Sun, Nov 8 · 6:00 PM
Coliseu dos Recreios · Lisboa
40-60 €
Sun, Nov 8 · 10:00 PM
Lisboa Rio · Lisboa
Free
Sun, Nov 8 · 6:00 PM
MACAM - Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins · Lisboa
Sun, Nov 8 · 7:00 PM
River Steakhouse · Lisboa
Mon, Nov 9 · 7:30 PM
Turim - Um Teatro em Cada Bairro · Lisboa
Mon, Nov 9 · 9:00 PM
Teatro Tivoli BBVA · Lisboa
Mon, Nov 9 · 7:00 PM
Fábrica Braço de Prata · Lisboa
Free
Mon, Nov 9 · 9:00 PM
Casa da Achada –Centro Mário Dionísio · Lisboa
Mon, Nov 9 · 9:00 PM
Tivoli · Lisboa
Mon, Nov 9 · 7:30 PM
Turim - Um Teatro em Cada Bairro · Lisboa
Mon, Nov 9 · 7:30 PM
Teatro Meridional · Lisboa
170 €
Mon, Nov 9 · 9:00 PM
Tivoli · Lisboa
Mon, Nov 9 · 9:00 PM
Xafarix Bar · Lisboa
$$
Mon, Nov 9 · 9:00 PM
Tivoli · Lisboa
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