Station 1 reveals the history of absence, rather than the history of presence. Fragments and further fragments are used to narrate moments that indicate the existence of the current and previous epochs. Materials from different periods coexist with audiovisual devices and different types of image, to show us how PortuCale - the city that gave Portugal its name - became Porto.

The Miró Collection, owned by the Portuguese State, on loan to the Municipality of Porto and deposited at the Serralves Foundation, comprises 85 artworks and includes paintings, sculptures, collages, drawings and tapestries by the renowned Catalan artist. The Collection spans six decades of Joan Miró's work, from 1924 to 1981, thus being an excellent introduction to his work and his main artistic concerns. The exhibition follows on from the conclusion of the works of the Serralves Villa’s restoration and adaptation project, by the architect Álvaro Siza, who had the support of the Porto City Council, under the terms of the protocol that defines the conditions for depositing the Miró Collection in Serralves. Joan Miró (1893-1983), one of the great “form-givers” of the 20th century, was simultaneously an aesthetic “assassin” who challenged the traditional limits of the medium in which he worked. In his art, the different practices dialogue with each other, crossing the mediums: painting communicates with drawing; sculpture seduces woven objects; and collages, always conjugations of disparate entities, function as a major principle or matrix for exploring the depths of reality. This exhibition does not follow a chronological or linear format: the works are thematically aggregated, trying to give a holistic view of the artist's career. The various rooms address different aspects of his art: the development of a sign language; the artist's encounter with abstract painting that was done in Europe and America; his interest in the process and the expressive gesture; its complex responses to the social drama of the 1930s; the innovative approach to collage; the impact of Southwest Asian aesthetics on his drawing practice; and, above all, his incessant curiosity about the nature of materials.

METAMORFOSES focuses on the profusion and the process of integration of the imaginary and the vegetal, mineral and animal themes in a romantic domestic space, bringing to the halls of the house of Quinta da Macieirinha several pieces, some previously exhibited in the former Romantic Museum and other spaces of Museu da Cidade, others never exhibited, showing the unquestionable quality and diversity of the municipal collections. This exhibition also marks the beginning of the evocation of the centenary of the death of Porto artist, Aurélia de Souza, a key moment of the 2022/2023 programme. The celebrated self-portrait of the artist as “Santo António” (Saint Anthony), made around 1902, will be part of the new collection that brings together paintings, furniture, tapestries and textiles, ceramics, crockery and silverware, as well as other surprising sections of the collection, such as sets of fans, cut-out papers and malacology.

This exhibition, the artist's first solo show in Portugal, is centred around her most recent film – “Eu sou uma arara” [I am a macaw] (2022) – which will have its first ever premiere in Serralves. Made in collaboration with filmmaker Mariana Lacerda, this medium-length film is a critical reflection on the impact of deforestation in the Amazon upon its indigenous peoples at a time of political and social tension. This work is also the result of a long period of research and a series of actions in São Paulo where dozens of figures inspired by Brazilian fauna and flora were paraded through the city's streets, like a dense and powerful forest. Heir to the historical legacy of the post-war avant-garde movements, from neo-concrete to tropicália, Rivane Neuenschwander (b. 1967) is one of the most renowned names in Brazilian contemporary art. In her work, the artist combines different media and mediums to build a unique visual repertoire that explores narratives on a wide range of themes, including language and time, popular culture and literature, psychoanalysis and art, nature and society, politics and philosophy, fear and desire. One of her most iconic works, “Eu desejo o seu desejo” [I wish your wish] (2003), a collection of wishes reminiscent of the wish ribbons/bracelets of Senhor do Bonfim, will be placed in the Chapel of Serralves Villa.

Yuri Dojc, a photographer renowned for his portraits of Jewish Holocaust survivors, and Katya Krausova, a veteran British filmmaker who, in 1997, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film (with "Kolya") and is now also the exhibition's curator, show the memories of the inhabitants of Bardejov, a small Slovak seaside town. The exhibition and the accompanying documentary began its journey in 2009 and have already travelled to three continents, in the most diverse venues: from the Cambridge Manuscript Library to the United Nations building in New York, to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, followed by Berlin and Moscow. Currently, several pictures from the exhibition are already part of the permanent collection of the Library of Congress in Washington (USA).

October 1st and 2nd the Harvest Wine Fest we wished for! In Porto! A Wine Festival from all over the country that joins excellent wines and gastronomy! Wine Fest of small and medium Portuguese producers, to discover and see again fabulous wines, from the most varied wine regions of our country! The Alfândega do Porto, an iconic place in the historic centre of the city, will bring together those who love wine and snacks and the Producers. Discover the wines and Producers in a 1000 m2 place, which joins the Food Court with 1000 m2 for the gastronomic offer, with tables and chairs so you can have lunch, dinner or have some tapas with friends and family, joining the wines with the various snacks, delicious regional delicacies and sweets that will be available. About 40 Producers are expected, and 550 wine references from all regions - Trás os Montes to Alentejo, including the Azores and Porto Santo!

Warhol, People and Things: 1972-2022, a collection of 68 photographs, from the 1970s and 1980s, donated to the Mishkin Gallery by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and exhibited, for the first time, in Portugal and Europe. The exhibition reveals "the work of Andy Warhol and his contributions to the development of experimental art, the media and critical art discourse, in conversation with contemporary artists, while also exposing the pioneering pop artist to a new generation in Porto". In addition to Warhol's photographs, contemporary works of art will be exhibited, several of which were commissioned for the exhibition. Among the works on display are "Scenes from the Life Of Andy Warhol" (1982), by director Jonas Mekas, John Miller’s "Middle of the Day" photographs, three films by Jeff Preiss, including his most recent "Welcome to Jordan", 2022, and recent paintings by Anna Ostoya. Works by Portuguese artists Sara Graça and Pedro Magalhães were also commissioned, and pieces from Casa São Roque will also be included, such as photographs by Augusto Alves da Silva and Robert Mapplethorpe. The exhibition program also includes lectures on photography and the relationship between Warhol and Jonas Mekas.

Spiritus –The best way to travel is to feel is an innovative multimedia show that goes beyond the walls of the Church of Clérigos, in Porto. This immersive experience explores music, light, energy and colour, creating an atmosphere of visual poetry, synchronicity and lightness that fills the entire architecture of the Church of Clérigos. Created by OCUBO and freely inspired by the poem “Afinal, a melhor maneira de viajar é sentir” by Álvaro de Campos, Spiritus awakens the imaginary, spirituality and mindfulness in each spectator.

The night tours to the Clérigos Tower are back. Visitors will be able to be dazzled by the privileged landscape of Porto until next October 16th. Tickets can be purchased at the entrance of the monument and the adult ticket price remains at 5€ per person. “Clérigos by Night” is already a programme of tradition and a hit, sought after by both local families and tourists from all over the world who visit the Invicta. This programme began in the summer of 2015, to fill the limited cultural offer available after 6 pm, which the city of Porto had at the time. For Father Manuel Fernando, President of the Institution, “it is a great pleasure to see the city regaining its visitors and to realise that various players have contributed with cultural offers of international interest and also outside the usual opening hours”.

“Serralves em Luz” is back for a second edition and transforms the entire Serralves Park into an impressive light exhibition, providing the night-time enjoyment of this magnificent space through a surprising experience. After the success of the first edition, mentioned in the British newspaper The Times as one of the 10 best exhibitions to visit in all of Europe, “Serralves em Luz” is back, with the creative direction of Nuno Maya and organised in conjunction with the Serralves team and with light designs by the OLAB Collective, Sophie Guyot, Tamar Frank and Tilen Sepič. Along a 3 km route, twenty-five light installations, using multiple sources, low energy consumption technologies and even plants recovered in the Park itself, provide a magical sensory experience, in an immersive environment that provides new perspectives of this remarkable space and beckons to discover its natural and architectural heritage. Nuno Maya's light designs, created specifically for this exhibition, combine various forms of light with different locations in the Park, awakening in the spectator different visual sensations and emotions, while international interventions focus on luminous and interactive sculptural pieces that enable, for the for the first time, an active role of the audience that can thus transform, through light, the natural landscapes of the spaces. From the workshop for children, designed by the exhibition’s creative director and held with the collaboration of the Serralves Environment Education Service, was also born a video mapping projection on the facade of Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira, created by 2nd year students of Escola Básica da Pasteleira do Porto. In parallel with this great open-air and night-time exhibition, there will be a programme of guided tours and photography workshops, which complements and enhances the experience of the different dimensions present: light, nature, art and architecture. Visit “Serralves em Luz” and enjoy a truly luminous evening.

Botanical Garden of Porto will host an immersive night show, designed with the whole family in mind, where there will be plenty of light sculptures, holograms and visual effects with lights and lasers that will highlight some of the garden’s botanical species. The show is a “sensory and interactive journey” that will feature some of the most fascinating characters from the world of Alice in Wonderland, such as the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, The Caterpillar and the Queen of Hearts, but also with well-known passages from Lewis Carroll's two books, the aforementioned and Alice Through the Looking-Glass. some sound environments and multimedia and interactive installations in mind, that is, there will be an “augmented reality app that will enable to add magic to one of the settings, using a smartphone, and a projection mapping on the south façade of the Galeria da Biodiversidade. This year there is something new. The ticket for the immersive exhibition gives direct access to Galeria da Biodiversidade – Centro Ciência Viva. Talk to us through livechat and find out everything!

The start and finish line of another edition of the Corrida do Parque à Noite is scheduled for 21:30, at Queimódromo do Porto. It will be a run (or walk) of eight kilometres, where fun meets sports. As usual, this race takes place with an associated theme – this year it's the Circus. Participants must, therefore, dress up, but the organiser provides the official kit consisting of a t-shirt and a torch. And because those who run for pleasure don't get tired, at the end of the race there's a novelty: a fun zone where athletes can relax, catch their breath and, if they still have the strength, dance to the music of a guest DJ. Other surprises are also planned: competitions and a suitable space to capture those unique moments of the Corrida do Parque à Noite, in the so-called “zona pódio livre”.

Spontaneous and popular fair where you can buy birds, food and cages. Even if you do not want to buy anything, you can enjoy the singing birds, their colour and the liveliness of the fair. When passing through the fair, one must take a look at the breath-taking view of the Douro River and its bridges.

A gathering place for various collectors, this fair has as purpose the sale and exchange of coins, postcards, stamps and other related collectibles. It takes place under the arcades of the buildings surrounding the square.

With many years of existence, this fair is already a sociocultural tradition. It is very sought-after, both by the residents of Bairro da Pasteleira and by the general population. Various products are sold here, namely food, clothing, footwear and home textiles. Location: Rua Bartolomeu Velho

“Uma caminhada à descoberta da cidade” [A walk to discover the city] is the motto for the second edition of “Porto Saudável”, a programme that offers walks guided by physical exercise professionals, designed for the whole family and that take place every weekend with different start points. In total, there will be 11 routes that will tour the most iconic places in the city.

The municipal programme Domingos em Forma returns with a warm-up session at Pavilhão do Largateiro follower by a walk along the footpaths of Parque Oriental da Cidade do Porto, between 10am and 11am. Those interested in participating should send an email with name, age and the Sunday desired class to desporto@agoraporto.pt and wait for confirmation. Participation is not suitable for pregnant women and people over 60 or with chronic diseases.

“Ajax et plures” presents a set of works by João Paulo Feliciano from the 1990s and 2000s belonging to the Serralves collection and a never-seen-before work conceived for the campus of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto. The works presented are representative of different moments in the artist’s career, revealing the continuities and ruptures that have marked his artistic practice over the last thirty years. If the works of the 1990s revolve around the world of rock music and urban reality, the works of 2004 and 2021 show an interest in exploring perceptual phenomena and allow us to distinguish a turning point in the relationship (of fascination/rejection) with technology. There is a constant questioning of the material and linguistic mediums that the artist uses as a way of rethinking our relationship with the world, questioning assumptions of traditional artistic genres in the light of different aspects of folk culture. His ironic and provocative attitude, his desire to involve the spectator in the work’s meaning and, above all, his insatiable appetite for experimentation reveals to be transversal to João Paulo Feliciano’s diverse body of work. The works are presented in different spaces of the UCP – Porto campus, at the Edifício das Artes and the Edifício de Restauro.

Cindy Sherman: Metamorphosis presents a series of works that span the artist's career from her earliest work to her most recent works. The exhibition was organized in dialogue with the artist and in partnership with The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles, an institution that has collected in depth Cindy Sherman's work for over thirty years. Mainly known for photographs in which she portrays herself as her own model, embodying the role of female media-influenced stereotypes in a wide range of personas and environments, Cindy Sherman shoots alone in her studio, serving as artistic director, photographer, makeup artist, hairdresser and subject. The portrait practice she began decades ago is responsible for some of the most striking and influential images in contemporary art. For this ambitious presentation in Serralves, the museum's galleries will undergo a radical transformation, creating a theatrical set to host the storyboard that the artist's photographs make up. The exhibition will also include new work, especially created for the Serralves Museum: a large photographic mural, which will give the exhibition an additional uniqueness. Generally, the artist does not give titles to her works, trying to avoid preconceived interpretations or pre-interpretations that could influence the viewer, preferring to leave the construction of the stories to the discretion of each person. The images are, however, grouped in series and numbered and explore various themes and techniques, thus reinforcing the differentiation and classification: Untitled Film Still (1983-1984), Fashion (1983-84), Bus Rider (1976-2000), The Fairy Tales (1985), The Disasters (1986-89), The Historical Portraits (1988-90) , Sex Pictures (1992), Horror and Surrealistic Pictures (1994), Masks (1995), Broken Dolls (1999), The Hollywood/Hampton Ladies Portraits (2000), The Clowns (2003-05), Society (2008). In the exhibition in Serralves, these series are presented with no chronological order, but rather building a narrative. In Sherman's works, individual compositions and narratives refer to a complete and complex repertoire of female identities: but while the early works are full of visible emotions, in the later photographs the emotions are gradually excluded. The works are not self-portraits, but representations perfected by the distance from the camera or lens that captures them or, as Rosalind Krauss said, they are “a copy without actually having an original”. In the late 1980s, Sherman felt the need to suppress her presence and created unreal and grotesque images, accident scenes, made up of supernatural and terrifying characters who embodied irrational fears and nightmares and created macabre and repulsive settings. Gradually, the artist's body is replaced by fake breasts, human excrescences, bodily fluids, sexual debris, medical prostheses, which later gave rise to Sex Pictures (1992), one of her most daring series, in which Sherman arranges mannequins into pseudo-pornographic tableaux, deliberately un-erotic that challenge the porn industry standards. The artist's return to the centre of the image took place around 2000 with the series Head Shots, where she features a series of studio portraits, or the disturbing series Clowns (2003-05) and, later, images of elderly women. If the fake or artificial body parts force the viewer to confront the staged aspect of the work, the tragic and vulgar appearance of the characters compels him to feel a certain empathy and respect for them. On the other hand, there is an evident change in the positioning of the camera, in the alteration of the sets, in the saturation and overlapping of props and extraneous elements in the composition, as well as the size of the print. Later, in the Society series (2008), Sherman continues her exploration into distorted ideals of beauty, self-image and aging in a society obsessed with youth and status through characters set in sumptuous backgrounds and presenting these photographs in ornate frames. Sherman goes from analogue to digital and, like her characters, she experiments with various possibilities: truly natural settings in her first images, film techniques such as “rear projection”, studio photography (the place where she has greater control over the image construction), the cyclorama and finally construction images on digital backgrounds. Although her work is generally classified by critics and theorists as being associated with feminism, violence and voyeurism and focusing on representation, the artist herself tends to avoid this theoretical instrumentalization and such associations. When building a character, Sherman does not have a specific person in mind but a genre, and the complexity of the narrative is shaped in the specificity of the relationship between the setting and the character.

From Tuesday to Friday, at 12:30PM, the monitors of the Museu da Cidade guide tours lasting 30 minutes, upon purchase of a ticket.

The Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live multisensory music experience to some of Porto's most iconic venues, never before used for this purpose. Buy your tickets now and rediscover the music of Queen at the Novo Ático, lit by the faint light of the candles.

Portugal Fashion is back for its 51st edition. From 11 to 15 of October 2022, the streets of Porto will be dressed in national fashion in what is one of the biggest fashion events in the country. Several locations, spread across the city of Porto, will host the Portugal Fashion catwalks. 5 days with fashion shows, presentations, new talents, showrooms, fashion competitions, international designers, African creativity powered by CANEX and much more. Follow everything on Portugal Fashion’s Instagram – @portugalfashion.

Next October 13th, the National Pilgrim Day is celebrated. With this day in mind, Porto and several entities in the region of Porto and North of Portugal, have created a special programme with various activities that promote the Portuguese Way and mark the date. For the special welcome of pilgrims who pass through the Invicta city on this very special day, each pilgrim who stops by the Sé Tourism Office will be offered a one-day (24 hours) walker Porto.CARD, which can be used on a future visit to the city.

When she emerged in 1999 with the much applauded “On How Life Is”, Macy Gray made an immediate impact. Thanks to the tremendous success of "I Try," which broke into the US Top 5, the Ohio-born singer's debut album sold around 7 million copies worldwide, making her almost instantly a global star. Over the next decade, the albums followed one after another and Macy built a solid discography with 10 albums, regularly playing on stages and festivals around the world. At the same time, her strong image earned her an equally applauded career in cinema, starting in 2001 with "Training Day", a film with Denzel Washington. She then made her iconic presence felt in other blockbusters like "Spider Man", "For Colored Girls" and "The Paperboy". Recognition for her wide-ranging talents also came via the Grammys: she was nominated a dozen times and won a statuette for best vocal performance with the extraordinary "I Try". Now, Macy Gray is in a new phase of her career. Along with keyboardist Billy Wes, drummer Tamir Barzilay and bassist Alex Kyhn, a trio of prodigious musicians and all multi-instrumentalists with careers that moved from pop and country to jazz and punk, Macy formed California Jet Club, the group who released the fantastic “The Reset”. The group has already performed on high audience ratings tv shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live and has made it clear that it is ready for the world: music with a solid soul-R&B foundation, open to several other sounds (the group even made a version of the “Cop Killer” classic by Ice-T's Body Count) with lyrics that reflect on modern America. Accustomed to the stages and always distinguishing herself as a solid live performer, Macy Gray now lands her California Jet Club at the Coliseu Porto Ageas, for a brilliant and unmissable debut in which, to the new sound of her present, she will add her greatest classics.

The event is held on the third Saturday of every month, between 8am and 6pm.  The Antiques Fair takes place in Praça do Doutor Francisco Sá Carneiro, popularly also known as "Praça de Velasquez".  A favourite place for enthusiasts and curious people, collectors and experts, this fair offers a wide variety of genres, under the spectrum of antiques and vintage (books, porcelain, furniture, coins, jewellery, tapestries and paintings). Access is free. 

Orfeão Universitário do Porto presents the XXXVI FITU "Cidade do Porto" ®, the oldest festival of university tunas [musical groups] in Portugal. On its 36th consecutive edition, the show marks the return to the iconic hall of the Coliseu Porto Ageas and promises a lineup filled with the best national and international tunas.

We live in a world ruled by the images that reach us through screens and displays. We adhere to the frenetic consumerism of images, the more frantic the greater the torrent of information. In a global world with growing civilizational challenges, where concepts such as war, epidemic or climate crisis seem increasingly palpable and close, it is important that such media images are not neglected as sources of information, but also that they are not devoured uncritically. On the one hand, there is talk of post-truth and the deluge of information; and there is also talk of alienation and escapism in the “society of the spectacle”, to use G. Debord’s term. To these scenarios, we wave the values ​​of science, but also of art. Since its first edition more than a decade ago, the Family Film Project has sought to reconcile the political and epistemological value of images with their aesthetic value, always pointing its focus a little beyond the direct or immediate dimension of the images, beyond of the information they provide, opening up to the performative dimension without harming the archaeological and documentary potential of such images. Whether through ethnographic films, archive or found-footage films, “home movies”, the various forms of experimental film or the hybridization between film and the performing arts, the Family Film Project seeks to highlight the challenges of cinema in its testimonial and artistic double facet: reconciling authenticity with poetry, reality with fiction, the status quo with difference… In this 11th edition, the festival's programme maintains its usual matrix, with several competitive sessions divided into thematic sections: Lives and Places, Memory and Archive and even a competitive session dedicated to Fiction and Animation. In all, the competitive sessions bring together twenty-one films from fifteen different nationalities, including five films produced in Portugal.

Halloween is coming and there’s still plenty to do! We must prepare the party... Or rather, we must prepare a great party, and as more haste, less speed, the best thing is to use some magic so that everything is ready on time! At the Auditório Fernando Sardoeira Pinto (Futebol Clube do Porto Museum) and under the ingenious and performing baton of Rui Ramos, this is a História com Magia para Dragõezinhos aimed at children, but also including the adults. The event is perfect to participate as a family, because in this enchanting universe, fun is for everyone regardless the age!

“Estado Desunidos da América” [Disunited States of America], a critical look by João Porfírio (photojournalist) and João de Almeida Dias (reporter) during the 2020 presidential elections. The two were, from 24 October to 7 November 2020, covering the presidential campaign in the US, for the online daily newspaper Observador. The exhibition, curated by Maria Mann, is “a record of a country that is politically engaged but severely hamstrung”, stresses Casa da Imprensa, the organiser. During the 16 days, João Porfírio and João de Almeida Dias (now a diplomat) travelled more than 2600 kilometres, passing through four North American states: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Together they made 16 reports. “We couldn't find anyone willing to sit on the fence. We heard from those who put Trump alongside the worst of the fascists and also those who equated Biden with communist dictators. We also met those who had stopped talking to friends or family because they couldn't tolerate their political opinions”, emphasises João de Almeida Dias, quoted by the organiser. “João Porfírio and João de Almeida Dias have captured the very heart of today's America in eloquent and evocative documentation. Their photos and words place us directly at the centre of a disunited America”, stresses the exhibition's curator.

On October 26th, the Salão Árabe of Palácio da Bolsa hosts a special autumn concert, featuring the soloists of Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, José Bernardo Silva (horn), Álvaro Pereira, (violin), Mateusz Stasto (viola) and Michal Kiska (cello). The programme includes works by Joseph Haydn, Johann Andreas Amon, Giovanni Stich-Punto and Robert N. Ward. The concert will start at 9:30 pm and admission is free. Prior booking is mandatory and capacity will be limited to the number of seats available. Register by calling +351 223399063 Programme: Joseph Haydn: - Divertimento a Tre, Hob.IV:5 - Trio in E-flat major for Horn, Violin and Cello (cc 10m) Johann Andreas Amon: - Quartet in F Major for Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello (cc 12m) - I. Allegro moderato - II. Adagio - III. Rondo (Allegretto) Giovanni Stich-Punto: - Quartet in F Major Op.8 nº1 for Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello (cc 15m) - I. Allegro maestoso - II. Adagio - III. Rondo con variazioni Robert N. Ward: - Small Serenade - Quartet for Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello (cc 10m) - I. Striding - II. Intersection - III. Rondo

Rui Veloso, the great name of Portuguese music and one of the most influential with a career full of hits that span generations, is back in Porto for two very special concerts in a unique format: an intimate concert with a guitar trio. To the concert on October 28th at Coliseu Porto Ageas at 8 pm, an extra date was added the day before, October 27th. There are more than 40 years of songs by the singer, songwriter and guitarist, Rui Veloso, who continues to take his music, now also belonging to all of us. And because it’s a Rui Veloso concert, the voices are tuned to sing in unison all the songs of several generations. A concert not to be missed.

In the centenary year of the current crest of FC Porto, designed by Augusto Batista Ferreira – a former player of the club, popularized as ‘Simplício’ –, the Rota do Dragão traces the origins of this brand of FC Porto and Porto’a identity. Since 1922, the dragon of the old City Coat of Arms has been part of the FC Porto symbol, a union that involves the Episcopal Palace of Porto, next to the Cathedral, memories of the Porto City Hall and other places, facts, figures and fun facts full of history. The eighth edition of the Rota do Dragão begins with this original tour to the ciy centre of Porto, led by historian Joel Cleto. The journey into the past covers more than 128 years of blue and white heritage and a permanent relationship with the city of Porto. Awarded the Tourist Information accolade by the Associação Portuguesa de Museologia (APOM), Rota do Dragão is a project that the Futebol Clube do Porto Museum and the historian Joel Cleto have been developing since 2014, maintaining principles of innovation, quality and evolution in the discovery, understanding and sharing of history within the Museum or in the city, but always in the heart of Porto and with a surprising character associated with each tour. Participation is limited and prior registration is advised.

A screen, a stool and a guitar are the setting for "Ouviram do Abaporu", by the Brazilian singer, songwriter and activist Leo Bianchini. A show that tells the audiovisual history of Brazil's culture under the sign of independence, based on its popular songbook. Under the baton of music history, it is through the understanding of a single Brazilian music that Leo Bianchini will sing excerpts from the urban folk songbook to trace the development of Brazilian art from its independences: the official proclamation by the Emperor D. Pedro, which celebrated 200 years in September, and the proclamation of artistic aesthetics that took place exactly a century ago when the 1922 Modern Art Week took place. Through songs by key names such as Jackson do Pandeiro or Caetano Veloso, text and video screenings, the audience is invited to travel through time and Brazil’s history, told by its greatest cultural asset: music. Directed and scripted by singer and researcher Naira Marcatto, "Ouviram do Abaporu" is part of the MPB - Movimento Porto Brasil programme, which the Coliseu has prepared to celebrate the 200 years of independence of its sister country.

John Black Wolf, is Diogo Lima, a musician from Porto, who debuted his first album as John Black Wolf in 2019. The album received numerous positive reviews in the foreign market. In July 2021, he consolidated his work with the successor album "Until the dark is gone", distributed by Farol Música and nominated by IPMA for best rock song and best video 2021. John Black Wolf & The Bandits take us on a journey filled with sound elements within Rock, Americana, Heartland rock, and Blues, an energetic, powerful and vibrant show.

In 2022, MOONSPELL celebrates 30 years of sorcery with the international tour THE GREATER TOUR, which culminates in a historic concert, in the most iconic venue in the city: October 31st, Halloween, a legendary date in the calendar of their pack, thus kicking off the celebrations at Coliseu do Porto. Moonspell will play a set list that goes back to their origins (Anno Satanae/Under the Moonspell) with the rest of the songs chosen by the fans, on a by-request basis, through voting on the band's social media. The Coliseu will have an exhibition of 30 iconic objects, belonging to the band's private collection, which can be visited from 7:30 pm. A documentary aspect will also be added to the show, with the projection on stage of some of the most remarkable moments in MOONSPELL's trajectory. It was 1992 when Morbid God became MOONSPELL. In 2022, they celebrate 30 years of a blazing career: they are not only the top of mind of Portuguese Heavy Metal but also the authors of the most famous pages of the Portuguese chapter in the world history of Heavy Metal. With nearly half a million records sold, concerts on five continents and more than twenty editions, Moonspell never ceased to innovate and honour their legacy. THE GREATER TOUR will take the band to over fifty countries to celebrate past, present and future with the best they have: their fans. The legendary SAMAEL will guarantee the first part of MOONSPELL's 30th anniversary concert from 8:30 pm.