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Manoel de Oliveira e o Cinema Português
13 Mar 2026 → 4 Oct 2026
Galeria Cor Própria
This event is the final part of a trilogy of exhibitions that explore the personal archive of a filmmaker in relation to contemporary Portuguese cinema, following a chronological sequence that began with a focus on the Estado Novo period.
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Yugen [幽玄]: Uma Reiteração Poética do Japão, de Tomás Guerrero
15 Apr 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
Casa Comum
An exhibition inspired by Valter Hugo Mãe's work, showcasing Japan as a poetic landscape through text and 36 illustrations, running from April 15, 2023.
CultureHistoryPhotography
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.
HistoryArchitecture
IX Ciclo de Visitas ao Cemitério da Lapa
30 May 2026 → 18 Sep 2026
Cemitério de Agramonte
Irmandade da Lapa organizes thematic cemetery visits from May to September, highlighting its historical and artistic significance.
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Porto Saudável
10 Jun 2026 → 26 Sep 2026
Espaço Agra
The first of 22 routes for Porto Saudável takes place on June 10, running until September.
Culture
Rever Valores: A Perspetiva Ucraniana
11 Jun 2026 → 13 Sep 2026
Atelier de Arte Realista do Porto
The MMIPO inaugurates the exhibition Rever Valores: A Perspetiva Ucraniana on June 11, in collaboration with the Ukrainian gallery ZAG.
Culture
Histórias de Fantasmas
13 Jun 2026 → 25 Sep 2026
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
"Ghost Stories" intertwines memory and desire through the narrative space conceived for the exhibition, where Moletta’s spectral ephemerality and Szott’s intimate narratives shape forms of knowledge of that which persistently returns.
Culture
Sei o que Fizeste no Verão Passado
13 Jun 2026 → 25 Sep 2026
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
An exploration of secrets and tensions from past events that shape our present.
Culture
Open Navigator, de Martín Bruce
20 Jun 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
Duas Luas Studio
"Open Navigator" is Martín Bruce's inaugural exhibition at Lehmann Projects, showcasing his interdisciplinary work that blends painting, installation, and digital aesthetics to explore themes of cultural displacement and the early internet experience.
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Viagem a Itália, de António Júlio Duarte
20 Jun 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
FUJIFILM House of Photography
"Viagem a Itália" is António Júlio Duarte's inaugural exhibition at Lehmann Gallery, showcasing six photographs that explore themes of history, experience, and the act of looking, while challenging traditional representations of place and heritage.
Culture
No Stable Ground, de Attilio Fiumarella
4 Jul 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
Quarteirão de Miguel Bombarda
No Stable Ground is an artistic project that explores themes of displacement and the quest for stability through a fragmented atlas of objects and images, reflecting on the tension between permanence and impermanence in a shifting reality.
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
Rasgos de Alma, de Sérgio Carvalho
18 Jul 2026 → 30 Sep 2026
Allmo
This event invites you to explore a photographer’s intimate urban journeys, where light, memory, and emotion are captured to reveal the hidden atmospheres of streets, bridges, fog, and silence.
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STOP no Coreto
18 Jul 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
Circo de Ideias
Every Sunday from July 18 to September 12, resident bands will perform at various kiosks in the city.
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
Close-Up: Uma Questão de Escala
23 Jul 2026 → 30 Sep 2026
Allmo
Close-Up: Uma Questão de Escala is the third exhibition in the O MNAA no MNSR program, showcasing iconic works in Porto through 2026.
Culture
Um Tarot de (Mais) Emoções, de Adriana Fontelas
25 Jul 2026 → 5 Sep 2026
doBarro
The map continues. Here, each card is a small universe: a gesture, a memory, an emotion. They are portraits of the unseen. As we look at them, we may not find the future. But perhaps, for a moment, we discover new ways of recognising ourselves.
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
Living Surface, de Kandice Kardell
30 Jul 2026 → 5 Sep 2026
Allmo
Living Surface by Kandice Kardell examines algae as a material and metaphor for environmental change.
Culture
Aqui, Massarelos
31 Jul 2026 → 3 Oct 2026
Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional Norte
The Electric Car Museum hosts the Here, Massarelos exhibition, sharing oral histories from residents and highlighting the evolving identity of Massarelos through voices from the neighborhood, its river, and its memory.
CultureArchitecture
More-Than Cinema
1 Aug 2026 → 30 Sep 2026
Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional Norte
More-Than Cinema is a site-specific installation showcasing recent projects by ETH Zurich's Chair of Architecture and Urban Design.
CultureEducation
Nerikomi
3 Aug 2026 → 31 Aug 2026
Escola Utopia
This 3-hour Nerikomi workshop teaches how to color clay with oxides, combine layers to create internal patterns, and turn them into unique plates, cups, or decorative objects through hands-on experimentation.
Culture
Américo Moura: 60 Anos
14 Aug 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
doBarro
The exhibition Américo Moura: 60 Anos presents works from different moments of the painter’s career, organized by affinities rather than chronology, at Cooperativa Árvore in Porto.
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.
CultureEntertainment
Von Calhau!
21 Aug 2026 → 6 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
The event is a collaborative exploration across music, visual arts, text, and performance by João Artur Alves and Marta ngela Baptista, integrating interdisciplinary works and mural reflections that fuse poetic gesture with ephemeral imagery on walls.
CultureEntertainment
After-Hours da Feira
21 Aug 2026 → 6 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
The Book Fair continues even after the gardens of the Palácio de Cristal close.
Culture
Ilha Inês Lourenço, de Surma
21 Aug 2026 → 6 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
Inês Lourenço's verses blend with Surma's music and electronic distortion.
Culture
Dance-Generative Positions
22 Aug 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
Praia Internacional do Porto
A four-session Biodanza cycle led by Constança Carvalho Homem in Porto, exploring Rolando Toro’s Dance-Generative Positions for adults, with classes in Portuguese and English from August to September.
EducationCulture
Porto de Palavras: Voando entre Palavras e Sons
26 Aug 2026 → 2 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
Porto de Palavras promotes literacy through various activities in the city.
NightlifeCulture
Drinking Club
29 Aug 2026 → 12 Sep 2026
doBarro
Sun, beach, friends, and cocktails. The Drinking Club is where afternoons begin, nights come alive, and every toast celebrates the end of summer! 20 artists. 20 cocktails. One collective of risoprint experience! In collaboration with MAGO Studio.
CultureEducation
Desenho em Verso
30 Aug 2026 → 31 Aug 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
Exploring the concept of verse as a semi-straight line that begins in poetry and extends infinitely in our minds.
Sports
Torneio Internacional de Ténis CT Porto Cup
31 Aug 2026 → 6 Sep 2026
Pavilhão da Associação Branco e Negro Vitória e Campanhã
The ATP Challenger 75 "CT Porto Cup" tennis tournament takes place from August 31 to September 6.
CultureMusic
Rádio Clandestina, com Os Possessos
31 Aug 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
Rádio Clandestina commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Portuguese revolution of April 1974.
Education
Azulejo Manifesto
31 Aug 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
A tile painting workshop where words, drawings, and patterns become small visual statements.
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Expressões Integradas
31 Aug 2026 → 4 Sep 2026
MACS — Multidisciplinary Art and Craft Space
Expressões Integradas is a weeklong workshop for children aged 6 to 12 that combines visual arts, language, drama, and music to create puppets, sets, and a final performance, with each child taking home a puppet and part of the set.
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A Poesia na Escrita e no Teatro de Angélica Liddell
31 Aug 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
Angélica Liddell, a prominent contemporary creator, discusses poetry in writing and theater with professor Alexandra Moreira da Silva.
CultureFamilyHistory
Entre Reis, Baobás e Florestas Encantadas
31 Aug 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
A journey through the oral culture of Africa and South America, inspired by tales of ancient kings, wise animals, and enchanted characters.
Music
Afonso Cabral e Francisca Cortesão
31 Aug 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
An intimate acoustic concert series at the Porto Book Fair’s Concha Acústica each evening, featuring various artists over 17 days.
Culture
O Poema Começa com um Nó na Garganta
31 Aug 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
A cycle titled "The poem is an invincible animal, it is the victory of language."
CultureEntertainment
Morte e Vida Madalena, de Guto Parente
31 Aug 2026
FISGA Warehouse
Madalena, an 8-month pregnant film producer, prepares to shoot a low-budget sci-fi film written by her late father.
CultureEducation
Impressão em Cerâmica
1 Sep 2026
Cooperativa Árvore
A three-hour workshop exploring how drawing can be embedded into clay, using imprinting, printing, and transfer techniques to create unique ceramic pieces.
CultureEducation
Impressão em Tetrapack
1 Sep 2026
Cooperativa Árvore
This hands-on workshop teaches printmaking with everyday materials, using recycled milk cartons and a pasta press to create printing plates and inked images, suitable for beginners and easily replicable at home.
Education
Recomeçar!
1 Sep 2026
Praça Velásquez
The Observatory returns for a meeting near Ponte Ferreirinha.
FamilyNatureEducation
Tesouras Pintoras: Um Dia no Parque
1 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
A creative collage workshop using scissors to transform painted leaves and colored paper, with activities like picnicking and reading.
CultureWellness
Versos para um Mundo Saudável
1 Sep 2026
Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett
Explore your senses, emotions, and imagination through the poetry of Inês Lourenço.
EducationWellness
Criação e Saúde Mental: Romantização e Realidade
1 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
An event discussing the intersection of creativity and mental health at Jardins do Palácio de Cristal.
FoodFamily
O Tacho do Rufino
1 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
Join Rufino, a curious and talkative puppet, on a journey filled with stories, scents, and discoveries about food.
CultureMusic
Salão Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba
1 Sep 2026 → 30 Sep 2026
MACS — Multidisciplinary Art and Craft Space
The event is a free international exhibit in Porto showcasing selected works from the Piracicaba International Humor Salon, bridging Portugal and Brazil through graphic humor and global perspectives.
CultureNightlife
Drawing Session #44
1 Sep 2026
Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
A two-and-a-half hour open life-drawing gathering at Escola Utopia for all levels, with materials provided or BYO, no instructor, a friendly space to practice and enjoy drawing together.
MusicEntertainment
Osso Vaidoso
1 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
An intimate acoustic concert series at sunset on the Concha Acústica stage during Porto’s Book Fair, featuring diverse musical acts and special guests each evening.
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.
EducationWellness
Criação e Saúde Mental: Autobiografia Não Escrita de Martha Freud
1 Sep 2026
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
An event on the unwritten autobiography of Martha Freud, focusing on creativity and mental health at Jardins do Palácio de Cristal.
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