Date: 30 April
Hour: 5 p.m.
Venue: Pavilhão de Portugal, Parque das Nações
More information: Official Site

“The reopening of Pavilhão de Portugal to the public will be marked by the first Concertos à Pala, with the artist Milhanas performing on 30 April at 9 p.m., marking the start of a regular programme of free concerts aimed at supporting and giving visibility to new talents in national music, which will take place under the emblematic concrete canopy that covers the building’s Ceremonial Square.

The following day, on 1 May, the doors of the new Pavilhão de Portugal Exhibition Centre open to the public with the exhibition ‘Meu matalote e amigo Luís de Camões’, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., portraying a contemporary evocation of the poet Luís de Camões, through a visual and literary journey that combines art, literature and heritage.

Also in May, the programme includes two other significant moments: its inclusion in the next edition of Open House Lisboa, a programme of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which on 10 and 11 May will allow the public to visit the interior of Pavilhão de Portugal free of charge. On the same day as the anniversary of the opening of Expo’98, 22 May, the new 24-hour Study Room for all city’s students, the Mega Ferreira Library and the Parque das Nações Interpretive Centre will be inaugurated in a partnership between the Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon City Council and Parque das Nações Parish Council.»