Music in Lisboa.
Live music in Lisboa — concerts, opera, flamenco, jazz, zarzuela, and everything in between.
69 events currently running
WORLD
Tom Smith
Tom Smith from The Editors performs solo at Teatro Maria Matos. A genre-defying set blending folk, country, and romantic ballads.
MUSIC
Fado vadio - Tasca do Chico
Amateur and professional fado singers share an improvised stage nightly at this small Bairro Alto tasca. Informal atmosphere, simple petiscos menu, no reservations.
JAZZ
Resident Concert - Hot Clube de Portugal
Europe's oldest active jazz club, opened 1948, now in a restored basement near Praça da Alegria. Daily programming with resident trios, Tuesday jam sessions, international tours, and upstairs jazz school.
MUSIC
St. George's Day and World Book Day
Sant Jordi celebration at Livraria Buchholz. Catalan tradition merges with World Book Day on April 23, featuring book and rose exchanges.
CLASSICAL
From the Conservatory to the Museum
Soloists and chamber music at Museu de Artes Decorativas Portuguesas. Concert series held April 23.
CLASSICAL
Tannhäuser
Wagner's three-act opera composed between 1843 and 1845. Tells of the Wartburg song contest, blending courtly love themes with redemption. Performed at Centro Cultural de Belém.
CLASSICAL
The Chorus
Beatriz Pessoa creates original songs inspired by the Mission: Democracy book collection and its themes. Explores different musical styles and voices as democratic expression.
JAZZ
Jazz at Cinema São Jorge
Hot Clube de Portugal curates two nights celebrating contemporary Portuguese jazz's vitality and diversity. A four-concert cycle across varied styles and artists.
MUSIC
Live Sessions by indiemusic.pt
Live Sessions showcase new releases from independent labels and their artists at Pensão Amor.
OUTDOOR
Mind Design
Ufonic presents a three-day musical and performance cycle (April 22-24) at Sala Estúdio Valentim de Barros in Jardins do Bombarda.
MUSIC
Our Dear Month of April
NOVA FCSH programming throughout April under the motto 'Everything is politics. Everything is celebration. Everything is April.' Cross-disciplinary events blending art and critical thought.
ELECTRONIC
Noite de fado - Adega Machado
Centennial fado house in Bairro Alto (1937) with one of the city's most regular programmes. Resident fadistas and Portuguese and classical guitars. Dinner-show or standalone fado.
MUSIC
Noite de fado - Mesa de Frades
Eighteenth-century converted chapel with original azulejos, seating 40 guests. Fadistas sing among guests without stage. Reservation required.
MUSIC
Noite de fado - Parreirinha de Alfama
Founded in 1952 by Argentina Santos, one of Lisbon's oldest and most revered fado houses. Central stage with fadistas and guitars metres from tables.
ELECTRONIC
Noite de fado - Clube de Fado
Historic Alfama fado house opened by guitarist Mário Pacheco in 1995 in a Pombaline building near the Cathedral. Daily programming with resident and guest fadistas.
ELECTRONIC
Noite de fado e folclore - Café Luso
Fado and folklore house in Bairro Alto since 1927, with dual stage for fado and folk groups. Long show with at least six artists nightly, Portuguese dinner included.
MUSIC
Violoncelos de Zeca Afonso
BOTA Anjos hosts a concert exploring José Afonso's work through cello arrangements. A meeting of music, memory, and listening that treats the compositions as living material.
MUSIC
O Gajo & Guests
O Gajo celebrates ten years of artistic career with a special concert at B.Leza. A celebration blending past, present and future through music and special guest performances.
ELECTRONIC
Nãobody
Casa Capitão hosts the Porto-based collective Nãobody. September is the lead single from their debut album Caza Primavera, blending Portuguese producer Foque's electronic vision.
JAZZ
Concert - Hot Clube de Portugal
Europe's oldest active jazz club, opened 1948, now in a restored basement near Praça da Alegria. Daily programming with resident trios, Tuesday jam sessions, international tours, and upstairs jazz school.
JAZZ
Live Orchestra - B.Leza
Waterfront warehouse hosting African and Portuguese-language music: kizomba, semba, morna, funaná. Live orchestras Thursday and Friday, DJ sets and dance classes Saturday. Hub of Cape Verdean diaspora.
ELECTRONIC
Noite no Lux - Lux Frágil
Nightclub in a restored warehouse by the port, co-founded by Manuel Reis and John Malkovich. Three floors with international electronic programming, rooftop overlooking the Tagus. DJ sets, live music, and dinners until dawn.
POP / ROCK
Night at Musicbox - Musicbox
Club and concert hall at Cais do Sodré (Rua Nova do Carvalho, old Pink Street). Mixed programming: alternative rock, Portuguese hip-hop, electronics, themed parties. Intimate capacity with local and international line-ups.
MUSIC
Candlelight Spring
Candlelight concerts return to Lisboa with a new spring edition featuring a floral setting and curated classical repertoire performed by candlelight.
MUSIC
Naruto Shippuden Symphonic Experience
Following the success of Naruto Symphonic Experience, this film concert at Coliseu dos Recreios focuses on the epic Naruto Shippuden series with orchestral accompaniment.
MUSIC
B Fachada
Five years after Rapazes e Raposas, B Fachada returns to perform his tribute project to Zeca Afonso. A journey through the songs of José Afonso, honouring a Portuguese musical legacy.
ELECTRONIC
Noite no Ministerium
Techno and house club in the former Finance Ministry rooms, Terreiro do Paço north wing. International DJs and Lisbon residencies perform within intact Pombaline architecture and bespoke sound system.
MUSIC
Djodje
Cape Verdean and lusophone music luminary Djodje returns to Coliseu dos Recreios after nine years with a concert celebrating his influential career and musical legacy.
MUSIC
Pablo Alborán
Spanish musician Pablo Alborán performs at MEO Arena presenting his latest album KM0, bringing a retrospective concert reflecting his career and musical evolution.
JAZZ
Kizomba Night - B.Leza
Waterfront warehouse hosting African and Portuguese-language music: kizomba, semba, morna, funaná. Live orchestras Thursday and Friday, DJ sets and dance classes Saturday. Hub of Cape Verdean diaspora.
CLASSICAL
Jubilate
Universidade de Lisboa choir performs at Igreja Evangélica Alemã. Concert programme featuring choral works.
CLASSICAL
The Four Seasons
Janine Jansen interprets Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Centro Cultural de Belém. Her approach to this popular work combines technical mastery with fresh musical insight, offering audiences a distinctive perspective on the Baroque masterpiece.
CLASSICAL
Gulbenkian Orchestra soloists
Musicians from the Gulbenkian Orchestra, renowned for technical and artistic excellence, perform chamber music recitals throughout the season. Audience members may enjoy intimate interpretations of classical works.
MUSIC
Diálogos com o Piano
Concert cycle at Atmosfera M from 7 to 28 April proposing musical dialogue and complicity between piano and various instruments.
MUSIC
Lula Pena
Lula Pena performs at Teatro do Bairro Alto, returning to the intimate voice and guitar style that defines his discography: Phados (1998), Troubadour (2010), and Archivo Pittoresco.
MUSIC
Festival Música Viva
São Luiz Teatro Municipal hosts the 32nd edition of Festival Música Viva, this year under the theme Insurgência. The event uses music to respond to humanity's current profound crises.
JAZZ
Jam session - Hot Clube de Portugal
Europe's oldest active jazz club, opened in 1948 in a refurbished attic near Praça da Alegria. Regular programming features resident trios, Tuesday jam sessions, and international tours. Jazz school upstairs.
MUSIC
5.ª de Mahler
Gustav Mahler compôs a Sinfonia n.º 5 num período agitado da sua vida. No início de 1901 foi vítima de um sério problema de saúde, que lhe permitiria no entanto estudar a fundo a obr...
MUSIC
Zé Pinho & Amigos
Live music honouring Bacchus on the last Thursday of each month at Museu de Lisboa - Teatro Romano, in the museum or archaeological site.
MUSIC
Carminho
Carminho performs at Coliseu dos Recreios to launch her seventh album. The concert features collaborators from across her career spanning three decades.
MUSIC
José Manuel Neto
José Manuel Neto presents his new album Madrepérolas. The concert reunites musicians with whom he shares over thirty years of artistic collaboration.
MUSIC
Rival Consoles
Rival Consoles presents their album Landscape from Memory with an immersive concert combining sound and visuals at Lisboa ao Vivo in Marvila.
ELECTRONIC
Trinix
French DJ duo Trinix, composed of Josh and Lois, perform at Lisboa ao Vivo. One of the most solid projects of their generation and leading names in electronic music.
ELECTRONIC
Bateu Matou
O Nosso Baile edition at Casa Capitão featuring Caril de Mexilhão da Tia Flávia with a DJ set and live performance by Bateu Matou no Chão in Beato.
MUSIC
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer return to Portugal for a concert at MEO Arena. The band features Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin.
JAZZ
Metropolitana Big Band
A formação de big band , ainda que tenha uma forte conotação com a música de tradição norte-americana, em particular o jazz , reúne características singulares que lhe têm per...
MUSIC
Concertamos juntos
Em maio, Mariza, Capitão Fausto, Tiago Bettencourt, Samuel Úria & os 12 ao Todo, Carlão e Ana Lua Caiano reúnem-se no concerto solidário Concertamos Juntos , no Coliseu. O evento ?...
MUSIC
Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti tem uma nova digressão mundial, Una Storia Importante , que traz a Lisboa em maio. O concerto acontece no MEO Arena e será uma oportu...
MUSIC
Around Miles Davis and John Coltrane
A celebration of Miles Davis and John Coltrane's legacy as their birth centenaries occur in 2026. The programme honours universes that left profound marks on music history.
JAZZ
Festival Django Portugal
Fábrica Braço de Prata hosts three concerts celebrating a decade of gypsy jazz promotion and related music styles.
MUSIC
Jacaréu
Jacaréu's debut album Eterno Espectador marks a new chapter, blending poetry and rap in a distinctive musical language.
ELECTRONIC
Lewis OfMan
Lewis OfMan released his debut album Sonic Poems in 2022, following three EPs. Electronic and poetic exploration of sound.
CLASSICAL
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi's emblematic opera returns to Portugal. Aida is celebrated for its dramatic force, sweeping melodies, and one of opera's most recognizable scores.
FLAMENCO
Gipsy Kings by Diego Baliardo
Gipsy Kings by Diego Baliardo return to Portugal with the A Tu Vera tour, celebrating 35 years of international hits that became flamenco rumba anthems.
MUSIC
Tatanka
Cantor, guitarrista e compositor, Tatanka (Pedro Taborda Barbosa) é uma das figuras mais singulares da música portuguesa contemporânea. Construiu uma identidade própria na interseção entre a <em...
POP / ROCK
Arde Bogotá
Spanish indie rock band featuring Antonio García on vocals and guitar, Pepe Esteban on bass, and Jota Mercader on drums. Known for energetic, hook-driven rock anthems.
MUSIC
Macacos do Chinês
After nearly 15 years, the band returns to record a new EP, Bolos Depois da Noite. Formed in 2007, they bring renewed energy to their distinctive sound.
MUSIC
Até ao Fim do Mundo
Collaborative multidisciplinary project crossing geology, musical exploration of natural elements, literature, and video. A dialogue between disciplines exploring sound and landscape.
JAZZ
Joshua Idehen
Percussionist Joshua Idehen, who shook English jazz with Sons of Kemet's 2018 album Your Queen is a Reptile, performs at Casa Capitão.
CLASSICAL
Por todos nós
Opera celebrating 50 years of Teatro Aberto and the 25 April, staging Lídia Jorge's novel 'Os Memoráveis'.
MUSIC
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel conducts a program inspired by Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, mirroring Liszt's approach to Dante. Renaissance and early modern polyphony unite with visual and textual elements.
ELECTRONIC
Dardust
Pianist Dario Faini (Dardust) blends classical music with electronic production across five albums. His work redefines boundaries between traditional and contemporary sounds.
CLASSICAL
Camerata Atlântica
Camerata Atlântica brings baroque vitality and Latin American richness to Palácio Nacional da Ajuda. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos 3 and 5 showcase virtuosic interplay across periods and continents.
MUSIC
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven's Seventh alternates popular dance forms with military archetypes, marked by expressive contrasts. A pivotal work in his symphonic catalogue.
MUSIC
Mais Alto!
A commented concert born at LU.CA celebrating democracy and music's role in social and political change. An evolving program reflecting on collective voice.
MUSIC
Malevolence
Malevolence return to Portugal for their first headline show from Sheffield. Recognized as one of the most solid and innovative forces in their genre.
MUSIC
Laurie Anderson com Sexmob
Laurie Anderson is a writer, director, composer, visual artist, and vocalist pioneering work across art, theatre, experimental music, and performance. An interdisciplinary collaboration.
POP / ROCK
Conan Gray
Conan Gray brings the Wishbone tour to MEO Arena. The American singer-songwriter makes his lisbon debut with support from singer Esha Tewari.
CLASSICAL
Jardim Aberto
Chamber music concert cycle at São Luiz Teatro Municipal, a collaboration between Teatro Nacional de São Carlos and Teatro São Luiz featuring intimate performances by ensembles.