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You can usually find the latest Hollywood releases playing around town. Films are generally shown in their original language with Portuguese subtitles. The exceptions are children’s cartoons, which are normally dubbed but often have at least one original-version screening.
This contemporary art museum and live music venue is set in a beautiful 18th-century building. Permanent and visiting exhibitions and installations will appeal to art lovers, and a café-bar with outdoor seating offers incredible river and bridge views.
In a former armaments factory, this multiconcept cultural space encompasses exhibition rooms, a bookstore, shops, conferences, film screenings, and concerts ranging from jazz to rock, funk, and world music. Although everything is now up to code, it still retains some of the feeling of a half-abandoned building, with rooms that artists might take over from time to time. One of the more popular residencies is a storytelling series that takes place in English and in Portuguese.
Constructed in 1890, this circular concert hall is a Lisbon cultural landmark. The great acoustics have made it one of the city's most important venues for performances ranging from classical music to rock. The smaller Sala hosts more intimate events like stand-up comedy.
These days this monumental structure hosts more rock concerts than bullfights. Holding up to 9,000 people, the Moorish-style auditorium hosts big names like Pixies and Arcade Fire. There's a multiscreen cinema here, too, often showing blockbuster family films in English with Portuguese subtitles.
This convention center mounts a major concert and exhibition program, often of cutting-edge contemporary art.
