Handpicked from the same music lineup, scored for this weekend.
MUSIC
Fado vadio - Tasca do Chico
Small Bairro Alto tasca where amateur and professional fadistas share an improvised stage. Informal fado vadio every night, simple petiscos menu. No reservation, first come, first served.
ELECTRONIC
Fado night - Adega Machado
Centennial fado house in Bairro Alto (1937) with one of the city's most regular programming schedules. Resident fadistas and Portuguese and classical guitars. Dinner show or standalone fado night.
ELECTRONIC
Fado and Folklore Night at Café Luso
Fado and folklore house in Bairro Alto since 1927, with dual stage for fado and folk groups. Nightly shows feature at least six artists, accompanied by traditional Portuguese dinner.
JAZZ
Live Orchestra - B.Leza
Waterfront warehouse venue for African music: kizomba, semba, morna, funaná. Live orchestras Thursday and Friday, DJ sets and dance classes Saturday. Reference club for Cape Verdean diaspora.
ELECTRONIC
Fado night - Parreirinha de Alfama
Fado house founded in 1952 by Argentina Santos, among the city's oldest and most revered. Central stage with fadistas and guitars metres from the tables. Dinner show every night.
ELECTRONIC
Fado Night - Clube de Fado
Historic Alfama fado house opened by guitarist Mário Pacheco in 1995 in a Pombaline building near the Sé. Daily programming with resident and guest fadistas; dinner show nightly.
JAZZ
Jam session - Hot Clube de Portugal
Tuesday jam sessions at Europe's oldest active jazz club, founded in 1948 in a renovated attic near Praça da Alegria. Jazz school operates upstairs.
JAZZ
Concert - Hot Clube de Portugal
Europe's oldest active jazz club, open since 1948 in a renovated attic near Praça da Alegria. Daily programming with resident trios, Tuesday jam sessions, and international tours. Jazz school on upper floor.
