Concert: Eliades Ochoa (Cuba)
Date: 03/08/2008

Eliades is considered one of the most important musicians of all time.

Centro Cultural de Belém
Grande Auditorio

Exhibition: “Le Corbusier”
Until 17/08/2008

Museo Colección Berardo hosts the exhibit “Le Corbusier, Arte y Arquitectura”, before the exhibition moves on to Liverpool, the European Cultural Capital, to eventually finish up in London.

Museo Colección Berardo
Praça do Imperio

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World Fireworks Competition
Dates: 6^th, 13^th, 20^th and 27^th September 2008

This year Portugal hosts the international competition, with Lisbon as the chosen venue for the fireworks display. Entries by different countries are sure to impress spectators as the competitors battle it out for the coveted first place.  

Praça do Comércio

Concert: Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan
Date: 08/09/2008, 10 p.m.

Two of Alternative Rock’s greatest singers join forces on a new Project, “the Gutter Twins”, which they will present live in this concert.

Santiago Alquimista

Concert: Madonna
Date: 14/09/2008

Parque de Bela Vista

EXD09 - ExperimentaDesign
Dates: 16^th to 29^th September 2008

Dedicated to design, architecture and contemporary culture, “ExperimentaDesign” takes Lisbon by storm every other year. This year it will be on by from September to November.

BaixAnima Street Festival
Dates: Until September 2008

Weekends only. Music, dance, theatre, circus, sport and a touch of the bizarre mingle at Lisbon's summer BaixAnima festival. The flamboyant event takes place every weekend from July to September in the Baixa quarter and commercial centres on Rua Augusta.

WWE Smackdown ECW Live
Date: 24/09/2008

Pavilhão Atlântico

Dance: Tango Dire
Date: 27/09/2008

For the first time ever, Portugal welcomes an Argentine tango company led by prestigious dancer Carolina Soler.

Coliseu dos Recreios
Rua das Portas de Santo Antao, 96

Lisbon Half-Marathon
Date: 28/09/2008, 10:30 a.m.

Lisbon organises half-marathons twice a year, in March and September, at opposite ends of the city. The September race starts at kilometre 7 on the Vasco da Gama Bridge, in the east of the city in the Parque das Nações.