Upcoming events until the end of 2015..
DOCLisboa
Doclisboa is a celebration dedicated to docudrama and to the brand-new feasible paths that are being opened for the branche. All the screening process are complied with by a dispute with the viewers, directors, producers, and also film critics. The Celebration consists of two competitions: 1. International Competitors: brief movies (around 59min) with function movies (over 60 minutes); 2. National Competition: short films (up to 59min) with feature films (over 60 minutes).
22.10.2015 till 01.11.2015
Casa do Cinema, Rua do Rosa 277, Lisbon
The Feast of Saint Martin
St. Martin’s Day, also known as the Feast of St. Martin, Martinstag or Martinmas or the Feast of St Martin is a time for feasting celebrations. This is the time when autumn wheat seeding was completed, and the annual slaughter of fattened cattle produced “Martinmas beef”. Historically, hiring fairs were held where farm laborers would seek new posts.
11.11.2015
The villages and mountainous areas of Andalusia
Arte Lisboa
Arte Lisboa is a social occasion with the intention of offering the required conditions to establish a top quality exhibition, oriented in the direction of contemporary art.
A meeting point for experts as well as the public. Arte Lisboa is an unique opportunity for private as well as corporate collectors to obtain jobs of both identified with emerging artists.}
22.11.2015
Lisboa International Fair (FIL) building
Banks are Closed
This day all the banks in Lisbon and in the whole of Portugal.
24.12.2015
The Whole of Portugal
Christmas in Portugal
Christmas celebrations in Portugal are the same as in other countries. The Portuguese use Christmas trees and Santa Claus (Pai Natal). Families typically put a Christmas show on (Presépio) with Mary, Joseph, the cow and the donkey, the three wise men, but the image of infant Jesus is usually only at the decor added after the family went to the midnight mass. Kids get their presents usually around midnight on Christmas Eve and don’t wait until the next morning.
The consoada is a family gathering where everyone waits for the arrival of Santa Claus at midnight after dinner on Christmas Eve. The main course is usually cooked during the consoada bacalhau (COD), potatoes and cabbage or leafy vegetable with olive oil. The variety and quantity of desserts is normally huge. Rice pudding with cinnamon, Rabanadas (a special French toast), pastries made with syrup or honey which the Broas Mel and Bolo Rei (King cake), are certainly a delight for anyone who loves sweet.
The Bolo Rei takes a special place during the Christmas celebrations: in this powerful wreath shaped fruitcake, which is covered with candied fruit and pine nuts is a little surprise hidden, a bean (fava) — the first one who finds the fava should pay the Bolo Rei next year. On Christmas day the Portuguese visit their friends and especially their family and then they have a great family lunch, usually with grilled chicken, lamb or Turkey.
25.12.2015
New Years Eve Lisbon
Lisbon City Hall organizes a big party on one of the most popular places of the city: the Praça do Comércio. There is music and a grand fireworks. If you are on a high spot in the city, such as the Castelo de São Jorge (Saint George Castle), that before the end of the year, opens its doors, you can even see the fireworks in the distance on the other Bank of the Tagus, as for example in Almada and Seixal.
31.12.2015 till 01.01.2016