Vila Franca de Xira will host the X Market, a fantastic and appealing multi-brand street market, with street food on offer and a vast and diverse programme of entertainment.
Praia Grande, in Sintra, will once again be the setting for the Sintra Bodyboard Pro Fest, the biggest ever bodyboard festival in Portugal, which will be attended by the best bodyboard athletes in the men's and women's categories.
Free Entry
Come From Away is a musical created by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, based on events in the week following the attacks of 11 September 2001.
From €25 to €35
The festival takes over Marvila with a new edition, featuring music, visual arts, dance, urban sports, community projects, discussions, gastronomy, and much more.
Gentleman returns to Portugal with Gentleman – Live 2026, a show that celebrates the transformative power of contemporary reggae and the vibrant energy of his latest album, Mad World. " "Gentleman returns to Portugal with Gentleman – Live 2026, a show that celebrates the transformative power of contemporary reggae and the vibrant energy of his latest album, Mad World.
From €30 to €40
[ September ] Queer Lisboa is the sole Portuguese Film Festival dedicated exclusively to screen LGBT themed films, and movies dealing with subjects or aesthetics related to issues such as gender, identities or bodies, a genre known as Queer Cinema.
The sound of these New Zealanders is the result of a fusion of dub, reggae, soul and jazz, which guarantees an energetic live presence.
From €26
Founded in 1992, this festival is a space for Dance promotion, offering its audiences a set of events well representative of national and international Contemporary Dance, as well as workshops, exhibitions, meetings, video-dance, etc.
[ October ] For aficionados of comics, the Amadora International Festival offers an opportunity to mingle with authors and other professionals from all over the world.
OUT.FEST - Barreiro International Festival of Exploratory Music, on the south shore of the Tejo, at Barreiro, is considered to be one of the most important experimental music events in the country.
Lisboa once again hosts the French Film Festival, a great cinema celebration.
MIL will be back, and with it comes an artistic programme involving the entire city and a combination of concerts, debates, masterclasses and professional meetings.
[ October ] Portuguese designers present their new collections and trends for the next Spring / Summer.
Free Entry
Big Bang promises yet another explosion of music for children, young people and adults alike.
From €2.5
42 kms distance Marathon sets off from Cascais and follows the Coastal Road (Estrada Marginal) until the finish line at Lisbon's Praça do Comércio.
[ October ] Entirely dedicated to documentaries, will bring the best of the contemporary national and international production.
Alphaville returns to Portugal for an unmissable concert on 16 October 2026 at Sagres Campo Pequeno.
From €45
Cascais welcomes the IRONMAN world. The town on the Atlantic coast will host the long-distance triathlon, which challenges athletes to complete 3. 8 kilometres of swimming, 180 kilometres of cycling and 42.
Focusing on contemporary drawing and the medium of paper, Drawing Room Lisboa has invited several international galleries to present the most “significant, challenging and innovative” works of art from their artists.
Gifted with one of the most powerful and recognizable voices in music history, international icon Anastacia began her career in 1999, becoming just two years later the "World's Best-Selling Female Pop Debut Artist".
From €40
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