Essentials for Visitors
What’s on in September in Lisbon
Open-air cinema and concerts, Lisbon’s iconic horror film fest, a ton of opera and more: September in the city can keep you busy.
August 29, 2025
Open-air cinema and concerts, Lisbon’s iconic horror film fest, a ton of opera and more: September in the city can keep you busy.
Suresh Nampuri’s adaptation of Nightfall and Death and the Maiden has taken over the Teatro do Bairro for a 6-day run.
The cast and crew deliver on this Shakespearean masterpiece
Adapted and directed by Suresh Nampuri, Sartre’s classic takes influence from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel Elective Affinities.
Did you know that in Hellenistic astrology “the dog days” (named after Sirius, aka “The Dog Star”) were associated with drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad
“August, the summer’s last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.”
Henry Rollins.
It’s official: out of the roughly 7.8 billion humans on the planet, almost 2.6 billion are now on lockdown. That’s a third of the Earth’s
Lisbon is complex, and the people and performers of the city equally so. Lil’QT is one performer driving new and exciting music on a very personal level in the city, which is something to be admired and enjoyed.
The humorous play is performed in English by the all-Portuguese cast, complete with brilliantly choreographed dance routines and re-written versions of popular international songs, like Wannabe by the Spice Girls, that keep the audience captivated and amused.