Latest news and stories about music festivals in Portugal for expats and residents.
The 'Falar Global' team went to the 'Meo Marés Vivas' festival in Matosinhos to learn about the 'Música com Sentido' initiative, which helps the deaf community enjoy concerts.
Sillyseason bring Macbeth to the present day and the rest is music, with Porto Blues Fest, Cerveira ao Piano, Loulé Jazz and the Marvão International Music Festival.
In 2025, the Belgian festival saw its main stage completely destroyed by a massive fire. Now, in an edition that once again features several Portuguese artists on the lineup, such as Diego Miranda, MXGPU, and Xinobi, pyrotechnics are excluded.
Following their performance at Rock in Rio Lisboa, the Kaiser Chiefs return to Portugal for CA Vilar de Mouros; President, a rising name in the English metal scene, are also on the bill, as are Cabaret Voltaire, a cult name in British post-punk, and Marky Ramone, the longest-serving drummer of the historic Ramones.
Following their performance at Rock in Rio Lisboa, the Kaiser Chiefs return to Portugal for CA Vilar de Mouros; President, a rising name in the English metal scene, are also on the bill. The Minho festival will announce more new names this Wednesday: find them here.
Buraka Som Sistema, Pixies, and Lorde performances at NOS Alive 2026.
The most anticipated name was the most celebrated concert. The final day also featured Florence, Teddy Swims, and Lorde as headliners. The festival returns on July 8, 9, and 10, 2027.
Buraka Som Sistema returned to the stage with energy to spare on the final day of Nos Alive, which also featured great concerts by Lorde and Florence + The Machine.
NOS Alive revealed the dates for its 2027 edition during a press conference held this Saturday
Performances by Teddy Swims, Don West, Florence Road, and Alessi Rose at NOS Alive 2026.
Thanks to a new application developed by NOS, blind or low-vision people can more fully experience the world around them. 'Guia-NOS' uses artificial intelligence to describe the surrounding space, which it reads through a smartphone camera or smart glasses. At NOS Alive, three young people were able to better experience the concerts thanks to this tool, and Expresso went to follow the moment.
On a sold-out day, 60,000 people attended Nos Alive yesterday. The Foo Fighters were the headliners and Swedish singer Zara Larsson ended the night with a pop concert.
At the end of the second day of NOS Alive, Swedish singer Zara Larsson brought her most danceable pop to Algés. One moment from the concert is gaining attention: Afonso, a Portuguese fan, went on stage and showed he had completely mastered the dance for ‘Lush Life’.
On the second day, a sold-out festival gathered to see the Americans in a setlist that went from winning to repetitive. The Swedish singer, however, left no doubt: the hype is real. This Saturday features Buraka.
Dave Grohl shredded on the six strings, ran around, pointed at the crowd, screamed like a madman, and time could have stopped right there. It was a big concert – two and a half hours – and a great concert: this Friday, returning to Portugal and NOS Alive, the Foo Fighters polished up their classics and made fans vibrate through the weight of nostalgia. And they even gave a fine history lesson.
They may be in the final stages of a new album, but The War on Drugs came to NOS Alive to review their back catalogue. And no one complained: the tent filled up to applaud the American-tradition rock of Adam Granduciel and company, and only began to empty as the Foo Fighters took to the main stage.
Under the concept “Awaken at the Origin of Coffee”, Delta Cafés has strengthened its commitment and presence in the world of music festivals this summer. From Rock in Rio to Nos Alive, including Meo Marés, Meo Kalorama, Ageas CoolJazz, Funchal Jazz, Festival da Comida Continente, Expofacic, and Festas das Flores, Delta Cafés intends to...
No matter how many times we have seen them live, the Australian and his Bad Seeds always manage to create an intimate and rare rock'n'roll communion. The first night of the festival was inevitably theirs.
The first day of NOS Alive was fertile with great concerts: on the festival's second-largest stage in Algés, the returning Americans Alabama Shakes offered an intimate soul show, powered by a prodigious Brittany Howard, a lady with a delivery capable of moving the audience. The ideal antidote to the previous concert: fellow countrymen Dogstar – who? The band of actor Keanu Reeves – showed pleasant but harmless rock.
A reflection on the commercialisation of music festivals like Rock in Rio, where corporate branding permeates every experience, contrasting this with smaller, non-sponsored events like Andanças and Tradidanças that focus on community and accessibility.
Heineken Stage, 6:30 PM. Time for Dogstar to perform at NOS Alive. The alternative rock band is not a headliner, but features a Hollywood star among its members: Keanu Reeves. The actor from films such as The Matrix (1999), John Wick (2014), Speed (1994), Point Break (1991), and The Devil's Advocate (1997) is the bassist for the band he co-founded in 1991 with drummer Robert Mailhouse, which also features Bret Domrose on vocals and guitar. The band split in 2002 and reunited in 2022, following the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, they recorded a new studio album, Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees, and released the record All In Now in May of this year. The band is currently on tour and, after being welcomed by a packed crowd at the Passeio Marítimo de Algés, they head to Italy, Romania, Austria, and Hungary. They will then cross the Atlantic again to the United States, where they will play in several cities until September. Browse the photo gallery to see images from the concert.
Cooljazz creator, Karla Campos, recruited Gilberto Gil to open this year's event. The Cascais stage has already hosted Jorge Ben Jor, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia, and Gal Costa.
On the eve of the 18th edition of NOS Alive, Álvaro Covões says the festival's location is to be maintained. The CEO of Everything is New announces a new multi-purpose venue for Lisbon, but criticises cultural policy for discriminating against private enterprise in favour of the State.
Nick Cave, Foo Fighters, Florence + The Machine, Pixies, Lorde, and the returning Buraka Som Sistema headline the 18th edition of the Algés festival, which now features a “literary stage.” A preview of NOS Alive 2026 by Álvaro Covões, the festival's general director, and Jehnny Beth, the lead singer of Savages, who will perform solo in Algés.
The actress said on 'Noite das Estrelas' that the festival will feature international bands paying tribute to various singers.
Over the last two weekends, Parque Papa Francisco hosted the resilient Linkin Park, the ever-eccentric Katy Perry, the civilised riot of the Kaiser Chiefs, the fiery farewell of Sepultura, the flawless victory of 21 Savage, the Saturday night fever of Rod Stewart, the defiant spirit of Cyndi Lauper, and the graduation party of Portuguese rock. Here are the 12 concerts that defined the festival.
It was a final day with a much smaller audience and a headliner who, despite the anticipation, disappointed. The Portuguese artist Valete was one of those who raised the bar. The festival returns in 2028.
