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Vexation of Spirit: The Duerckheim Collection × Serralves
15 May 2026 → 1 Nov 2026
Fundação Serralves
Art exhibition exploring religion, society & war through works by major contemporary artists
Culture
Partilhar, de Pia Camil
16 May 2026 → 16 Oct 2026
Galeria Municipal do Porto
Mexican artist Pia Camil's installation "Sharing" at Galeria Municipal do Porto features a large-scale textile project made from donated second-hand clothing, exploring themes of collaboration and collective consciousness, and will be on display until October.
Music
Espasmo Quadrado, de Pedro Henriques
22 May 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
CCBombarda
Pedro Henriques presents 20 years of his artistic work at Museu de Serralves, showcasing diverse mediums like sculpture and drawing.
CultureEntertainment
Serralves em Luz
9 Jul 2026 → 8 Nov 2026
Experience Trindade
Serralves em Luz returns in 2026 for its 4th edition, offering an immersive night tour of the Serralves Park.
CultureArchitecture
Para Voz, de Lydia Ourahmane
11 Jul 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
Associação de Moradores da Bouça
Lydia Ourahmane showcases a collaborative installation titled Per Voce at Galeria Municipal do Porto, featuring a score composed for visually impaired singers that responds to the venue's architecture and acoustics.
Culture
Viva o Porto, Viva Portugal, de Sérgio Remondes
17 Jul 2026 → 25 Oct 2026
Allmo
The Museu dos Clérigos opens the exhibition Viva o Porto, Viva Portugal by artist Sérgio Remondes.
Culture
Água, Mar, Pessoas
22 Jul 2026 → 31 Dec 2026
doBarro
The ICBAS/FFUP Library inaugurates the exhibition Water, Sea, People on July 22 at 11:30 am, showcasing images and interpretive content about the links between water, the sea, and people, with free admission through December 31.
Culture
Afinidades — Práticas Gráficas Contemporâneas
25 Jul 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
Allmo
The exhibition features 49 contemporary graphic works inspired by an English mug from the 18th century.
Culture
Brasil Moderno: Uma Nova Perspectiva
29 Jul 2026 → 1 Nov 2026
doBarro
The Brasil Moderno exhibition showcases influential 20th-century Brazilian artists, highlighting the impact of Modernism on Brazil's visual identity.
Culture
Porto Regresso ao Futuro
15 Aug 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
Porto Regresso ao Futuro revisits the 2001 European Capital of Culture through memory and archives, 25 years later.
Culture
Pintura em Portugal, da Idade Média Contemporânea: inventário, coleções públicas e privadas
1 Sep 2026 → 16 Dec 2026
doBarro
A course on painting in Portugal from the Middle Ages to contemporary times, led by Sónia Duarte.
Education
Saberes que Passam — Laboratório de Choro
5 Sep 2026 → 5 Dec 2026
Mercado do Bolhão
Choro Laboratory — Knowledge Passed On is a monthly workshop for learning, practicing, and sharing Brazilian choro through listening, experimentation, and collective music-making guided by Chico Bastos and Saulo Giovannini.
EducationHistory
A(r)riscar — Oficinas de Ilustração Científica
5 Sep 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
doBarro
Luísa Jorge leads new workshops in the A(r)riscar series, concentrating on scientific illustration in archaeology.
HistoryCulture
Matinés do Cineclube
6 Sep 2026 → 20 Dec 2026
Serralves
Batalha collaborates with Cineclube do Porto to revive historical matinés from the 1940s.
CultureHistory
Solo Blues
9 Sep 2026 → 30 Dec 2026
Clube de Ténis do Porto
Solo Blues is a beginner-friendly dance class in Porto that teaches the foundations of Blues-inspired movement, emphasizing rhythm, improvisation, musicality, and personal expression rooted in African American culture.
EntertainmentFamilyEducation
Sim, Vamos outra vez!
12 Sep 2026 → 12 Dec 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
A regular theatre workshop for children and teenagers in Porto, led by Marta Costa, where body, voice, play and imagination help participants create characters, stories, and scenes through games and exercises, with no prior experience required.
CultureNaturePhotography
Sobretudo, de Nuno Félix da Costa
12 Sep 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
doBarro
Nuno Félix da Costa's photography explores new meanings, moving beyond traditional documentary to create an enigmatic, poetic experience.
Culture
Desenhos de Patrícia Magalhães inspirados em RUR, livro de Karel Čapek
14 Sep 2026 → 19 Oct 2026
Galeria Cor Própria
Patrícia Magalhães, an artist trained in drawing and painting, created works inspired by Karel Čapek's RUR for the Embassy of the Republic.
CultureEducation
Visitas guiadas Biblioteca Poética Eugénio de Andrade
15 Sep 2026 → 13 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
Guided tours of the Eugénio de Andrade Poetry Library, Porto's first library dedicated to poetry, located in the poet's former residence.
Culture
Ateliê António Carneiro
16 Sep 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
doBarro
The Ateliê António Carneiro exhibition showcases a municipal collection of the artist's work, highlighting his evolution from Symbolism to early modernism.
CultureEntertainmentHistory
Raw Rhythms, Cecilia Bengolea
17 Sep 2026 → 22 Nov 2026
Serralves
Raw Rhythms marks Cecilia Bengolea’s first exhibition in Porto and Vila do Conde, exploring coastal Atlantic heritage through dances, maritime crafts, and generational knowledge, blending landscape, gesture, and ritual in a free-entry show.
Culture
Computer Picture Tratamento, de Miguel Tavares
17 Sep 2026 → 30 Oct 2026
Térmita
Miguel Tavares' solo exhibition features speculative ads for a digital healer's services.
HistoryCulture
O Rasto da Maresia
18 Sep 2026 → 16 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
Guided tours of the Eugénio de Andrade Poetry Library, dedicated to the poet's life and work.
CulturePhotography
60%, de Nuno Pinheiro
19 Sep 2026 → 13 Dec 2026
doBarro
An autobiographical photography exhibition by Nuno Pinheiro that uses 60 images spanning decades to explore cancer survivorship, identity, growth, gender, memory, and social themes through diverse techniques and styles.
Culture
A Invenção de Horizontes, de Mafalda Mendonça
19 Sep 2026 → 7 Nov 2026
Clay Freckles
A Mafalda Mendonça exhibition, The Invention of Horizons, invites viewers into intimate, evolving emotional landscapes captured in vibrant paintings.
Culture
Morto, Matado, Morrido, de Diogo Potes
19 Sep 2026 → 10 Oct 2026
doBarro
Explores themes of death and survival, revealing how some things continue to live through us.
Culture
Off The Wall, de Kilos
19 Sep 2026 → 30 Oct 2026
Galeria Cor Própria
Kilos, a graffiti artist from Porto, transitioned from lettering to street art, bringing his sketches to city walls since 2015.
Culture
Phantom Limb, de Maria Palma, Tatyana Cristina e Nadya Ismail
19 Sep 2026 → 7 Nov 2026
Térmita
Phantom Limb is an exhibition by Maria Palma, Tatyana Cristina, and Nadya Ismail exploring image as a site of apparition, absence, and memory, using butterfly symbolism to examine femininity, pain, and care.
Culture
Árvore das Virtudes
19 Sep 2026 → 17 Oct 2026
doBarro
The Cooperativa Árvore presents the 6th edition of the Arvore das Virtudes Prize, an exhibition in Sala 1, 2, and 3 from September 19 to October 17 showcasing 23 emerging artists and their diverse...
Culture
ροτεανιάδα / Proteaníada: figuras que mudam, alguns retratos sem pernas
19 Sep 2026 → 21 Nov 2026
doBarro
An exhibition by José Miguel Gervásio at Galeria Pedro Oliveira exploring metamorphosis in painting and drawing, where landscapes, portraits, and fragments are juxtaposed to change meaning through proximity and montage.
Culture
Luga Poster Biennale 2024
24 Sep 2026 → 11 Dec 2026
Galeria Geraldes da Silva
The event inaugurates the LUGA Poster Biennale 2024 with a discussion on poster territories, contexts, and perspectives, moderated by Vítor Quelhas and Horácio Marques, followed by an itinerant poster exhibition.
Culture
Bestas, Cometas e Pessoas, de Yevheniia Hryhoryan & Ksenia Fokina
25 Sep 2026 → 25 Oct 2026
doBarro
An exhibition by two Ukrainian artists exploring how we give form to the unknown — through images, symbols, stories and systems that help us to understand what we cannot explain.
Culture
Digging up my way down, de Diana Geiroto
26 Sep 2026 → 30 Oct 2026
One Star Donuts
This is an artistically staged exploration of claustrophobic anxiety, fear, and impulses to escape, depicting internal conflict and distorted memories through plans that collapse.
FoodEducation
Oficina Intensiva de Donuts
27 Sep 2026 → 13 Dec 2026
Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett
A hands-on class teaching donut making, including yeast dough, fermentation, frying, and frosting, with a small class size.
ShoppingCulture
Mercado do Sol
1 Oct 2026 → 29 Oct 2026
Casa do Infante — Gabinete do Tempo
Mercado do Sol is an urban market selling handmade and semi-industrial items with traditional and contemporary features.
Family
Aulas de Skate
1 Oct 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
Piscinas Municipais do Porto — Constituição e Eng. Armando Pimentel
Free skate lessons for children over 6, with two instructors, held weekly on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, limited to 20 spots per session and up to two classes per participant per week, with online registration starting Monday at midnight.
CultureWellness
Movimento Suave (ioga)
1 Oct 2026 → 29 Oct 2026
Espaço Cultural Jubilant
Movimento Suave is a gentle yoga practice led by Leonor that invites slow, mindful movement, breathing, and body awareness to cultivate mobility and well-being for all levels in Porto.
Music
Authentic Jazz
1 Oct 2026 → 29 Oct 2026
Clube de Ténis do Porto
Authentic Jazz classes in Porto, led by Edmilson Botelho, focus on beginner-friendly instruction in African American jazz roots and improvisation.
Culture
Great Artists on Campus
2 Oct 2026 → 11 Dec 2026
Serralves
Great Artists on Campus at Batalha features contemporary creators showcasing film works in collaboration with Universidade Lusófona.
ArchitectureCulturePhotography
Foco – Ecos da Vida Moderna, de Claudia Rocha
2 Oct 2026 → 29 Nov 2026
FISGA Warehouse
Claudia Rocha's photography blends interior and portrait styles, capturing modern life across Portugal and the UK.
EntertainmentCulture
CommedIA a La Carte
2 Oct 2026 → 25 Oct 2026
Serralves
A transdisciplinary approach to works from 1975.
Wellness
Days with Energy
3 Oct 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
Piscinas Municipais do Porto — Constituição e Eng. Armando Pimentel
Days with Energy offers free pilates, yoga, and tai chi classes every Saturday morning.
ShoppingCulture
Mercado Porto Belo
3 Oct 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
Casa do Infante — Gabinete do Tempo
Mercado Porto Belo is an urban market held on Saturdays, featuring vinyl records, illustrations, typewriters, clothing, jewelry, and sweets.
EducationCulture
Interculturalidade por Caminhos Artísticos
3 Oct 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
Training session led by Renata Flaiban Zanete focused on artistic interculturality.
CulturePhotographyEducation
Rapidinhas de Outubro
3 Oct 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
Galeria CATAPULTA
A studio workshop in Porto offers hands-on sessions with a 4-week turnaround for finished pieces and required photography.
EducationHistory
A(r)riscar, com Luísa Jorge
3 Oct 2026 → 31 Oct 2026
Galeria CATAPULTA
Luísa Jorge continues the A(r)riscar series with workshops focused on scientific illustration in archaeology.
Culture
Vizinhos, de Sara Felgueiras
3 Oct 2026 → 4 Nov 2026
doBarro
A narrative about nosy neighbors who watch the street, the city, and a curious passer-by, blurring who is really watching whom.
MusicCulture
Encontros no Romântico — Ciclo de Recitais #1
3 Oct 2026 → 24 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
Program for the first recital in the Encontros no Romântico series, featuring Silva Monteiro Music Course.
Education
galhos, de Eliana Manuel Pinho
3 Oct 2026 → 17 Oct 2026
doBarro
The event is an exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Eliana Manuel Pinho exploring gesture and materiality through wood carving and graphite, accompanied by workshops and a conversation, at ACASO from October 3 to 17, 2026.
CultureNature
O Lugar do Pequeno, de Carla Sónia Lopes
3 Oct 2026 → 15 Oct 2026
doBarro
The event showcases a painterly exploration of nature and animals through abstract, atmospheric works in acrylics and oils, inviting slow, attentive perception of presence and scale, culminating in The Place of the Small.
Culture
E os Olhos Voltaram-se para outro Lado, de Tiago Romão
3 Oct 2026 → 28 Nov 2026
Galeria CATAPULTA
Exposição com imagens que acumulam cenas prosaicas, memórias e vislumbres
Culture
Toute une Nuit, de Chantal Akerman
7 Oct 2026
Cinema Trindade
A late-summer night in Brussels follows multiple couples through passionate encounters, intimacy, and lingering attraction across several vignettes in a lesser-known Chantal Akerman film restored by CINEMATEK.
Culture
A Poesia Adora Andar Descalça
7 Oct 2026 → 28 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
A Poesia Adora Andar Descalça is a weekly project promoting poetry in its written, read, and listened forms.
Culture
O Estranho Caso de Angélica, de Manoel de Oliveira
7 Oct 2026
Serralves
This is the 44th session of the Manoel de Oliveira film cycle, coinciding with the third part of the related exhibition.
Culture
Balfolk
7 Oct 2026 → 28 Oct 2026
Douro Marina
Balfolk is a global, accessible dance movement blending traditional rhythms with contemporary music, inviting people of all levels to connect through joyful, social dancing.
Culture
Vulcões
7 Oct 2026
Batalha Centro de Cinema
A three-part film program explores the volcano as territory and mythic force, guiding viewers through Lanzarote’s volcanic tubes, Pico Island’s search for a lost figure, and Canary Islands sisters’ intimate, wary journeys.
MusicEntertainment
Há Fado no Mercado
7 Oct 2026
Espaço Porta-Jazz
Há Fado no Mercado brings Portuguese music to Bolhão restaurants, featuring a performance by fadista João Robalinho.
MusicEducation
Blues a Pares
7 Oct 2026 → 28 Oct 2026
Parque das Virtudes
Partner Blues is a beginner's class series teaching African American social blues dances, focusing on communication and musicality.
Entertainment
A Lemonade Stand-up Comedy
7 Oct 2026
Teatro Sá da Bandeira
English stand-up comedy at Look.Sharp Café! Join us on October 7th for an evening of international comedians, new jokes, bad decisions and hopefully a few laughs.
EducationCulture
Conversas Filosóficas — Horizontalidade Comum
7 Oct 2026
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
This discussion series examines how the horizon metaphor influences concepts of commonality and social organization throughout history.
Culture
Dr. Love: A Cerimónia
7 Oct 2026
CRL — Central Elétrica, CACE Cultural
Dr. Love returns in October with a ceremonial event that replaces military symbolism with themes of love.
MusicEntertainment
Flippeur
7 Oct 2026
Ateliê António Carneiro
Flippeur is an electric presence in the current alternative scene.
Music
Os Dias Levantados, de António Pinho Vargas
7 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
Os dias levantados is a contemporary opera by António Pinho Vargas that explores the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal, its democratic opening, and the tension between freedom and uncertainty.
Culture
Amor, de Michael Haneke
7 Oct 2026
Cinema Trindade
In *Amor*, Georges and Anne, retired music teachers, face a dramatic change when Anne suffers a stroke.
Music
Grant-Lee Philips
7 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
Grant-Lee Phillips, former frontman of Grant Lee Buffalo, recently released his 12th solo album, *In the Hour of Dust*.
Culture
Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk, de Amanda Kramer
7 Oct 2026
Cinema Trindade
An exclusive screening of the film Imaginal Disk, based on Magdalena Bay’s album, with a pre-recorded interview with director Amanda Kramer, followed by a discussion of its surreal, self-discovery themed visuals.
Music
Meninos do Coro
7 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
A charity concert at Sala Suggia featuring Meninos do Coro performing a diverse, generations-spanning program with a full band and a guest artist, celebrating 28 years of the choir while raising funds for Vida Norte.
MusicNightlife
Pedro Tabuada convida Guta
7 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
Pedro Tabuada invites Guta for an all-night vinyl set to celebrate the 4th anniversary of R4W.
Education
Prestação de Contas e a Invenção da Realidade
8 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
On October 8, a seminar on Accountability and the Invention of Reality will be held at Universidade Católica Portuguesa Porto.
CultureEntertainment
Eu Quero a Lua! · Partículas Elementares
8 Oct 2026 → 10 Oct 2026
Rivoli Theatre
A solo stage performance by Carlos Silva about a girl named Alice who dreams of the Moon, exploring desire, friendship, and the idea that the impossible can be within reach.
Education
Quintas-feiras com Ciência
8 Oct 2026
TNSJ — Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória
Quintas-feiras com Ciência focuses on building learning health organizations to address current challenges.
Culture
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna, de Chantal Akerman
8 Oct 2026
Cinema Trindade
In *Les Rendez-vous d'Anna*, Aurore Clément portrays Chantal Akerman's alter ego in a film about her travels across Europe.
Sports
Torneio Internacional Cadeira de Rodas
8 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
Fundação Infantil Ronald McDonald
The 9th Wheelchair International Tennis Tournament takes place from October 8 to 11.
CultureNature
Café-Europa
8 Oct 2026
INSTITUTO
Café-Europa opens a group art exhibition featuring works by AraújoMota____, José Taborda, Mariana Vilanova, and Patrícia Geraldes.
EducationCulture
Cryptozoology: Paint Yeti, Unicorns, Reptilians & Friends
8 Oct 2026
Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
A donation-based workshop where participants paint their chosen cryptozoological creature with gouache, learning to convey personality and mood while enjoying a creative night with others.
Culture
O Pai, de August Strindberg
8 Oct 2026 → 18 Oct 2026
O LUGAR da Palmilha Dentada
Strindberg's play *The Father* explores a tumultuous family dynamic marked by conflict and questions of paternity.
WellnessEducation
Meditação & Budismo Moderno
8 Oct 2026
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
This event teaches how cultivating virtuous mental qualities can alleviate anxiety and promote lasting peace and happiness.
Culture
10 Anos de Atrocity Exhibition, de Danny Brown
8 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
Music on Music hosts a free listening session and live video interview in Porto, Portugal, celebrating Danny Brown’s Atrocity Exhibition 10th anniversary with producer Paul White and HOLLY discussing its impact and their collaboration.
Culture
O que vai acontecer aqui?, do coletivo Left Hand Rotation
8 Oct 2026
Casa Comum
A documentary cinema cycle by NEFUP at Casa Comum in Porto features three films on urban life, memory, and housing, with a post-screening discussion.
Culture
Wasp + Fish Tank
8 Oct 2026
Batalha Centro de Cinema
Wasp follows a single mother who, after years, goes on a date and strives to ensure her children do not hinder her new opportunity.
Culture
Heat, de Michael Mann
8 Oct 2026
Passos Manuel
In Heat, master thief Neil McCauley and detective Vincent Hanna engage in a tense cat-and-mouse game across Los Angeles.
Culture
Primetime, de Lance Oppenheim
8 Oct 2026
Cinema Trindade
In 2006, Chris Hansen, presenter of *To Catch a Predator*, decided to make television history.
MusicNightlife
Salma Jô
8 Oct 2026
Ateliê António Carneiro
Salma Jô returns to Portugal for a performance at Maus Hábitos on October 8, following a successful tour with Carne Doce in 2019.
MusicEntertainment
Hate Moss
8 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Hate Moss, the Italian-Brazilian duo, performs in Porto with their new LP, blending electronic and post-punk for a high-energy show.
Nightlife
Mein Weg + Lil Biwee + K.R.V.Z. + Fohune
8 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
23h59–06h00 The Beginning (Psy Party): Mein Weg Lil Biwee K.R.V.Z. Fohune
Family
Ride for Kids
9 Oct 2026
Bamu Zunta Mon
Part of the proceeds from this event will support Casa Ronald McDonald Portugal, aiding children in hospital treatment and their families.
MusicCultureEntertainment
FIMP — Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto
9 Oct 2026 → 18 Oct 2026
Teatro Sá da Bandeira
A festival in Porto celebrating puppet and object theatre through performances inspired by literature, inviting adults and families to experience live storytelling on a small, magical scale.
EducationCulture
Conversas na Bolsa, com Ramón Forcada
9 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
The Porto Commercial Association hosts a luncheon-conference on October 9 with Ramón Forcada discussing geostrategic financial analysis.
EducationCulture
Self-Portrait Without a Face
9 Oct 2026
Portal
A donation-based workshop where you create an acrylic abstract self-portrait without showing your face, exploring inner emotions and dreams through color, texture, and shape.
CultureMusicEntertainment
Sensory Labirinth Theater
9 Oct 2026
Escola Utopia
Instead of watching a performance, the blindfolded audience goes physically trough the story, follows sounds, discovers textures and lets the actors lead them. This expire once was created by the performers during a 9 weeks preparation.
Culture
Contra-Escarpa, de Paulo Brighenti e David Gonçalves
9 Oct 2026 → 7 Nov 2026
INSTITUTO
An exhibition curated by Óscar Faria featuring works by Paulo Brighenti and David Gonçalves.
Culture
Histoires d’Amérique, de Chantal Akerman
9 Oct 2026 → 9 Dec 2026
Cinema Trindade
Through jokes, comedic situations, and absurd scenes from everyday life, this little-known gem by Akerman revolves around the memory and identity of American Jews.
CultureEntertainment
Em Nome Próprio: Mário Lúcio Sousa
9 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
Lello Bookstore hosts author and artist Mário Lúcio Sousa for a close literary and artistic conversation, exploring his crossing of poetry, fiction, theater, and essays, along with two unique musical performances.
Culture
Homem Raiz, de Agostinho Santos
9 Oct 2026
UFLOM – União das Freguesias de Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos
Homem Raiz marks forty years of Agostinho Santos’s work by revisiting and deepening the early Bicho Homem, presenting a metamorphic journey through memory, material, and social concerns, with an immersive central installation at the Porto Museum.
Culture
Travessia
9 Oct 2026
Portal
Travessia is a collective exhibition of artist books created by people with mental illness, exploring memory, emotion, and imagination through intimate, collaborative pages that invite open, human engagement with experiences often left unseen.
MusicEntertainment
before I died, de Danai Anastasopoulou
9 Oct 2026
Escola Utopia
A 9 minutes solo performance, by Danai Anastasopoulou, where the spotlight goes to the face!
MusicEntertainment
Greg Malcolm & Jenny Ward
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Greg Malcolm and Jenny Ward perform together, supported by the Criatório program of Ágora – Cultura e Desporto do Porto.
Entertainment
Quiz Night
9 Oct 2026
TNSJ — Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória
Quiz Night offers an evening of trivia, snacks, drinks, and lively interaction.
Wellness
Yin Yoga
9 Oct 2026 → 23 Oct 2026
Bamu Zunta Mon
Yin Yoga provides a gentle practice that encourages a pause from the fast pace of daily life.
CultureMusic
Listening session
9 Oct 2026
Escola Utopia
Weekly sessions focus on listening to an entire album, giving full attention to each track.
CultureEntertainment
Transport: Cargo, do Teatro de Marionetas de Maribor
9 Oct 2026 → 10 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
Transport is a three-part production exploring the pressures faced by a lorry driver and the ethical implications of global freight.
MusicCulture
Rayssa Dias & Nega do Babado
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Nêga do Babado and Rayssa Dias perform their Bregueiras Latinas tour, celebrating women's power through music.
Music
Sing Out Bingo
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Missing Sing Out Bingo is back on October 9 at 8:30pm for nearly three hours of music, food, drinks, and fun with live host Wandson Lisboa and DJ Elísio Sousa, where players identify song clips on bingo cards to win prizes.
MusicCultureEducation
Trem Bão Forró
9 Oct 2026 → 10 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Join us on October 9th at Espaço Cultural Jubilant for a forró dance night with DJ Camini and guest DJ Deeno, featuring baião, xote, and arrasta-pé, plus a beginner’s forró workshop with Beto Walbert.
MusicCulture
Blues Juke Joint Weekend
9 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
Fundação Infantil Ronald McDonald
The Blue Juke Joint Weekend is a Blues culture and Blues dance festival in Porto, Portugal, featuring live music, social dancing, and cultural exchange from October 9–11, 2026.
CultureEntertainment
Crime e Castigo, da Compagnie Karyatides
9 Oct 2026 → 10 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
A theatre production inspired by Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment presents the crime, guilt, and confession through speed, rhythm, and humor as a Belgian company stages an evocative object theatre performance.
MusicCulture
Rui Veloso Trio
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Rui Veloso Trio will perform intimate concerts in 2026, revisiting his repertoire in a close, immersive setting.
Entertainment
Serenata de Mozart
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Mozart mastered every musical genre he ventured into, and this programme reveals two complementary facets of his genius: the lightness of Serenade No. 8 and the solemnity of the Music for a Masonic Funeral.
Entertainment
Xico Gaiato
9 Oct 2026
Ateliê António Carneiro
Xico Gaiato is the artistic persona of Francisco Barata, focusing on transforming emotions and observations through music.
CultureEntertainmentSports
A Comédia Francesa, de Bertrand Usclat e Martin Darondeau
9 Oct 2026
Passos Manuel
At the Comédie-Française, the show must go on. But three hours before Nina's directorial debut, chaos erupts: a stranded actor, exploding tensions, broken equipment, clashing egos. With time running out, she fights to save the premiere.
Music
Jam Session Porta-Jazz
9 Oct 2026
Espaço Porta-Jazz
Friday nights at 9:30 PM feature a jazz tradition: a jam session open to all musicians, preceded by a concert with the host leader, offering the audience a spontaneous, relaxed experience.
Culture
José Pinhal Post-Mortem Experience
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
The José Pinhal Post-Mortem Experience honors the legacy of the iconic singer José Pinhal, a key figure in northern popular culture.
MusicNightlife
Vargas + Budapest Fight Club
9 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
22h00–00h30 Vargas (live music) 00h30–04h00 Budapest Fight Club (DJ set)
EntertainmentCulture
Crankies de fazer chorar as pedras da calçada (Parte II), de A Tarumba
9 Oct 2026 → 10 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
Musiscópios is an intimate, multi-sensory show by A Tarumba featuring story-songs with moving scroll visuals and comic-cranky performances that invite heartfelt emotion, humor, and a touch of dance.
MusicEntertainment
Batidão Baile Funk
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Batidão Baile Funk brings Brazil's popular electronic genre to Porto, hosted by Pyrats and Kebraku.
MusicEntertainment
Carol D'Souza + Gabi M b2b Mota_4475 + T-Crosse + Bonus_Bass
9 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Invictus Music presents a HardTechno event featuring Carol D'Souza, Gabi M b2b Mota_4475, T-Crosse, and Bonus_Bass.
CultureEducation
Encadernação Japonesa
10 Oct 2026
Sismógrafo
Japanese bookbinding involves sewing loose sheets together without pre-planning their order.
CultureEducation
Realização de Cinema
10 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
Universidade Lusófona — Centro Universitário do Porto
This workshop places you in the central role of a film producer, guiding a crew through hands-on sessions on real sets to experience the artistic and technical decisions that shape a movie.
CultureEntertainment
Animar o Inanimado – da Ficção Ação
10 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
A masterclass on puppet theatre creation, covering dramaturgy, construction, and writing, led by Micaela Soares and Vítor Gomes.
FamilyEducation
Fimpalitos
10 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
Workshop for children.
Culture
O Saber do Cinema — Sessão 1
10 Oct 2026
Batalha Centro de Cinema
The first session of the cinema and conversation series O Saber do Cinema, moderated by Regina Guimarães and Saguenail.
Education
Oficina para Bebés
10 Oct 2026
Museu do Carro Eléctrico
A sensory early childhood music workshop for babies 18–36 months and their adults, exploring autumn-inspired sounds, movement, instruments and play through songs, rhythm, and interactive discovery.
Sports
Porto City Race
10 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
Fundação Infantil Ronald McDonald
The Porto City Race is an urban foot orienteering event organized by GD4Caminhos and Ágora – Cultura e Desporto do Porto.
FamilyEducation
Cerâmica em Família
10 Oct 2026
Porto Planetarium
Matérica’s Family Pottery Workshop is a relaxing, family-friendly studio session where parents and children collaboratively shape, paint, and glaze functional ceramic pieces, then have them professionally fired for lasting keepsakes.
CultureEntertainment
Biodanza
10 Oct 2026
PAZ — Performance Arts Zone
A weekly Biodanza class led in Portuguese and English invites adults to explore movement, music, and shared living experience without requiring dance skills.
CultureEducation
Escuta Ativa
10 Oct 2026
Fonoteca Municipal do Porto
Discussion with Eva Cruzeiro, rapper and member of the Assembly of the Republic.
CultureEducation
Eça Agora!
10 Oct 2026
Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett
Storytellers present two tales by Eça de Queiroz: A Aia and O Tesouro.
FamilyEducation
Sábados a Contar
10 Oct 2026
FISGA Warehouse
Storytelling and creative activities for children aged 3 to 6, encouraging imagination and family participation.
Sports
Campeonato Distrital de Tiro do Porto
10 Oct 2026
Bamu Zunta Mon
On October 10, the Porto Shooting Society hosts the District Championship with numerous athletes expected.
CultureEducation
Sculptural Floral Arrangement
10 Oct 2026
INSTITUTO
Come spend an afternoon surrounded by flowers, creativity and good company, and take home your own floral creation. Places are limited, so advance booking is required. Book your spot via WhatsApp: +351935670000
CultureEducation
VI Fórum de Teatro Associativo e Artes Performativas
10 Oct 2026
Teatro Sá da Bandeira
A forum for reflection and interaction among associations, schools, and the public, available in-person or online.
Education
BitCommit
10 Oct 2026
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
Discussion on the impact of AI on IT jobs.
History
Casas de Brasileiros ou Torna-Viagens
10 Oct 2026
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
A profile of a Portuguese historian and educator with advanced research in heritage studies, focusing on emigration to Brazil and patrimonial and tourism studies.
CultureEntertainmentFamily
Eish K’A Medo!
10 Oct 2026 → 17 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
An exhibition in Porto showcases a multidisciplinary workshop for children from Portuguese-speaking African countries that uses drawing, plastics, and performance to turn fears into animated objects, presenting the resulting works and guided tours.
PhotographyEntertainment
PhotoExperience Instax PAL 2 & Wide 2
10 Oct 2026
TNSJ — Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória
An afternoon dedicated to instant photography.
Culture
Podíamos Viver Melhor Aqui?
10 Oct 2026
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
Informal gathering to discuss the Antas area.
MusicFood
Vinhos Prova no Ervilha
10 Oct 2026
Svet Space
Wine tasting accompanied by a DJ set.
WellnessCulture
Yoga & Clay
10 Oct 2026
INSTITUTO
A session combining yoga and clay modeling, ending with relaxation.
MusicEntertainment
10 Anos Coro Crescendi
10 Oct 2026
Madame Travessa
Crescendi – Coro da Pausa marks its 10th anniversary with a special concert at Sala Suggia, bringing together current and former young singers for a visually and musically engaging performance to celebrate a decade of repertoire and growth.
MusicArchitecture
de raiz #01
10 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
A community sound system event in Porto brings together DIY high-fidelity speakers and live music as a fundraiser to celebrate a collective, open-building project that fosters artistic experimentation, mutual support, and cross-subculture connections.
CultureHistory
O Cavaleiro da Triste Figura – As Aventuras de Dom Quixote
10 Oct 2026 → 12 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
An event reflecting on Don Quixote and the shaping of history and narratives.
Culture
A Corda, de Alfred Hitchcock
10 Oct 2026
Serralves
Film screening and discussion of Hitchcock's 'Rope'.
Culture
O Convite, de Olivia Wilde
10 Oct 2026
Cinema Trindade
A couple's dinner takes a turn when enigmatic neighbors are invited.
CultureEntertainment
Ondas e Confissões
10 Oct 2026
Escola Utopia
A storytelling session with six people from four nationalities sharing secrets.
Culture
Prazeres Mutáveis, de Teresa TAF e Tiago Rocha Costa
10 Oct 2026
Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
'Mutable Pleasures' explores the transformation of bodies and materials.
MusicEntertainment
The Cradle + Larie + Sofi Naufal
10 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
An afternoon of performances featuring The Cradle, Larie, and Sofi Naufal.
Culture
Luas Novas: Carla Andrade + Joana Patrão
10 Oct 2026
Batalha Centro de Cinema
Joana Patrão and Carla Andrade present a session related to the Telúricas chapter of the Seleção Nacional program.
Culture
O Canto das Florestas, de Vincent Munier
10 Oct 2026
Batalha Centro de Cinema
A journey of uncommon beauty into the heart of wild forests.
Education
Prazer Mais
10 Oct 2026
Biblioteca Poética Eugénio de Andrade
Workshop on pleasure with A Rapariga que Lia o Kamasutra in Porto.
Culture
A Abertura da Abertura 2021–2026
10 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
A project producing five short films featuring moving objects, created in a week-long process.
EntertainmentCulture
Fireflies, a physical theater performance
10 Oct 2026
Escola Utopia
Fireflies is a semi-improvised physical theatre performance exploring the invisible, unbreakable bonds that unite us, reminding us that we find our own light by connecting with others.
Entertainment
Transport: Fasten Your Seat Belts!, do Teatro de Marionetas de Klaipeda
10 Oct 2026 → 11 Oct 2026
TMP — Campo Alegre
Fasten Your Seat Belts! is a satirical performance by Klaipėdos Lėlių Teatras that critiques the widening gap between luxury space tourism and global inequalities, while touring Portugal as part of the Transport project.
Culture
Paprika, de Satoshi Kon
10 Oct 2026
Batalha Centro de Cinema
Paprika is a sci-fi animated thriller about Dr. Atsuko Chiba using a dream-entering device to enter patients’ dreams, whose theft blurs dream and reality and risks collective sanity.
Culture
Adeus, Mundo Cruel, de Félix de Givry
10 Oct 2026
Batalha Centro de Cinema
14-year-old Otto vanishes after writing goodbye letters to his classmates. Everyone thinks he's dead, but his classmate Léna spots him walking the streets one night.
MusicEntertainment
Agnes Nunes
10 Oct 2026
Era uma vez em Paris
Agnes Nunes begins her European tour, featuring her blend of MPB, R&B, and forró, inspired by her albums Menina Mulher and O Amor e Suas Variáveis.
Entertainment
Pedro Jerónimo Quinteto
10 Oct 2026
Espaço Porta-Jazz
An immersive concept album where each day of the week corresponds to a planetary mood and musical piece, inviting listeners to experience a primordial journey through sound.
Music
Rike + Márcio Reis
10 Oct 2026
Casa da Música
22h00–00h30 Rike (live music) 00h30–04h00 Márcio Reis (DJ Set)
Entertainment
Criatura-dança + Bilrus
10 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
A descriptive overview of two Portuguese indie bands, Criatura-dança and Bilrus, highlighting their origins, musical styles, releases, and notable live appearances.
MusicEntertainment
Bekka Lopez + Auad + Bekka Lopez vs Auad
10 Oct 2026
Era uma vez no Porto
Mætrix IV: Higher Realities.
MusicNightlife
Massimiliano Pagliara
10 Oct 2026
Espaço Porta-Jazz
Massimiliano Pagliara is a Berlin-based Italian DJ and producer known for blending house, disco, electro, and techno, with two decades of experience and performances at iconic venues like Panorama Bar and Robert Johnson.
Culture
Creative Sewing
11 Oct 2026
UFLOM – União das Freguesias de Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos
Two Creative Sewing sessions on October 11th will teach basic techniques and allow participants to create their own pieces, with all materials provided.
Culture
Dia do Vizinho #15
11 Oct 2026
Balleteatro
Dia do Vizinho invites community connection and sharing, with the Museu and Bibliotecas do Porto hosting festive gatherings three Sundays a year.
HistoryCulture
Patrimónios e Arte Pública — De Montebelo a Santa Maria de Campanhã
11 Oct 2026
Various venues
A guided tour of the Montebelo Palaces and nearby chapels, gardens, and industrial sites, connecting historic estates with modern public art in Porto.
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