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Millennium Estoril Open Tennis Tournament 2026, 18-26 July

PC Staff — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:48:00 +0000

The excitement of professional men’s tennis returns to Portugal at the beginning of April with another thrilling edition of the Millennium Estoril Open 2026. Already confirmed for this edition are Norwegian Casper Ruud, Italian Luciano Darderi and Russian Andrey Rublev. They will compete against top international stars, including Portugal’s own Nuno Borges. The tournament plays out 18-26 July at the Clube de Ténis do Estoril. For 2026, Estoril Open is an ATP 250 event. The tournament features strictly men’s singles […]

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Fado in Amália’s Garden: An Intimate Lisbon Music Experience

Greg Boegner — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:33:00 +0000

There are many ways to experience Fado in Lisbon, but few feel as authentic—or as moving—as an evening spent in the garden of Amália Rodrigues’ former home. For Portuguese people, Amália Rodrigues remains an almost mythical figure. Often referred to as the “Queen of Fado,” she introduced Portugal’s soulful musical tradition to audiences around the world and became one of the country’s most celebrated cultural ambassadors. More than two decades after her death, her voice and influence continue to define […]

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Art Explora Festival Brings the World’s First Museum Boat to Cascais

PC Staff — Wed, 27 May 2026 17:33:28 +0000

For ten days this June, the marina in Cascais will become something between an open-air cultural village, an immersive art installation, and a Mediterranean-inspired summer gathering. From June 18 to 28, the Art Explora Festival docks in Portugal with the world’s largest museum catamaran — a striking 47-meter sailing vessel that has already become one of Europe’s most ambitious traveling cultural projects. Free and open to the public, the festival blends contemporary art, live music, performance, film, sound installations, workshops, […]

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Lisbon Design Week, Celebration of Creativity, 27-31 May

PC Staff — Tue, 19 May 2026 17:42:19 +0000

As Lisbon continues to cement its reputation as one of Europe’s most dynamic creative capitals, Lisbon Design Week returns in 2026 with its most ambitious edition yet. Taking place across approximately 80 venues throughout the city, the five-day event will spotlight more than 150 creators working across furniture, interiors, textiles, craftsmanship, architecture, fashion, and collectible design. From historic chapels and private apartments to galleries, ateliers, and hotels, Lisbon Design Week once again transforms the city into an immersive showcase of […]

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ARCO Lisboa Contemporary Art Fair 2026, 28-31 May

PC Staff — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:01:27 +0000

ARCO Lisboa returns to the Cordoaria Nacional from May 28–31, celebrating a decade of bringing contemporary art, collectors, curators, and galleries to the Portuguese capital. The 2026 edition features 83 galleries from 17 countries, reinforcing Lisbon’s growing status as one of Europe’s leading cultural destinations. Portuguese galleries account for 30 of the participants, while 53 international galleries round out the fair’s increasingly global profile. The core General Programme includes 61 galleries. Two curated sections also feature prominently into ARCO. They […]

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Rosa Barba Transforms Lisbon’s CAM Into an Immersive Cinematic Landscape

Greg Boegner — Tue, 12 May 2026 09:27:23 +0000

From May 16 through September 28, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian presents Drawing Vocabularies, the first solo exhibition in Portugal by acclaimed Italian artist and filmmaker Rosa Barba. Photo at top: Hear, There, Where the Echoes Are, 2016–2021, Drums, projectors, glass panels, screens, Installation view at MoMA PS1, New York, 2016 | Photo: Charles Roussel © Rosa Barba Occupying the soaring central Nave of the museum, the exhibition brings together around twenty works — including […]

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Out Jazz 2026, Free Jazz Concerts every Sunday in Oeiras, May through September

Greg Boegner — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:09 +0000

If you’re looking for a soundtrack to your summer in Lisbon, we’ve got just the vibe: Somersby Out Jazz 2026 is back, and it’s bringing music, sunshine, and soul to the city’s most scenic green spaces. From May through September, every Sunday (and a few Saturdays), grab your crew, pack your sunhat, and head to the gardens of Oeiras, where the rhythms of jazz, soul, funk, and hip-hop drift through the air as the sun dips low in the sky. […]

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Art & Fashion, Side by Side at Lisbon’s Gulbenkian

Greg Boegner — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:51:13 +0000

At Lisbon’s Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, art and couture step into conversation this spring with a new exhibition running from April 18 to June 21, 2026. Bringing together museum masterpieces and exceptional fashion pieces, the show explores how creativity transcends medium—and time. Staged in the Main Gallery of the Headquarters Building, the exhibition pairs around 100 works from the Gulbenkian collection with approximately 140 haute couture creations spanning the past 150 years. Visitors will encounter designs from iconic houses such as […]

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