LIVE MUSIC · PORTUGAL
Two cities, one music, and about two hours of train between them. These 15 nights cover the Lisbon fado houses, the Porto cellars and the dinners built around both.
Review of Porto’s intimate live Fado show with Port wine, historic venues, helpful cultural context, value, timing, and booking advice.
“I really enjoyed this experience. It was very interactive and fun learned a lot about the culture and history of the music. Would come again!”
Hear authentic Fado without microphones in Lisbon’s intimate 45-seat venue, with award-winning artists, port wine, and cultural stories.
“Really good performers and very interesting and funny event Really beaufitul place!”
Review of Lisbon’s 50-minute Fado show inside medieval walls, with Portuguese wine, live music, history, and practical booking tips.
“Loved the group that performed. The muscians and singers were top class! Having two wines to choose from was pretty nice. Only suggestion would be to fix their washroom door. It was so loud that it both users and audience cringed everytime someone opened or closed it.”
Tour Porto’s Cálem cellars, taste two ports, and enjoy a 45-minute Fado show for an easy cultural evening.
“The tour was very interesting and informative, and the port wines we tasted were lovely! The fado show was also really good! Overall excellent and good value for money”
Hear Lisbon’s soulful fado in a central concert hall, with two singers, Portuguese guitar, projected city images, and a 50-minute show.
“Excellent singers and musicians, great atmosphere and a fun and entertaining evening”
Hear powerful Fado, learn about Portuguese guitars, and enjoy Port wine in Porto’s intimate Casa da Guitarra for $11.
“Beautiful music in a gorgeous location. The Casa da Guitarra is a lovely venue with many stringed instruments to learn about. Both singers were very talented and the string trio were excellent. If you like listening to traditional music, this activity is a good choice.”
Learn the story of Portuguese Fado through live singers, Coimbra music, Portuguese guitar, film, and a glass of Tawny Port in Porto.
“Amazing experience enjoyed the show and interaction and involvement”
Experience two Fado traditions in Porto’s intimate Miragaia tavern, with live music, Port wine, and a genuine one-hour cultural evening.
“I loved we were listening to two different types of Fado!”
Review of Porto’s Ideal Clube de Fado, an intimate one-hour concert with classic Portuguese music, skilled artists, and a glass of Port.
“Small and intimate, this is a wonderful place to experience Fado!”
Enjoy a Portuguese dinner, live Fado, lyric translations, and local history on this two-hour Lisbon evening for $57.
“Melissa provides a fabulous tour guide of the street in Lisbon and fado! She introduces the history of fado and translates the lyrics into English for us to help us understand fado! Highly recommend to book this fado tour with Melissa! BTW could everyone see the following petition as well SOS: Yu Menglong—Kind Soul Brutally Silenced in ‘Safest’ Beijing. Sept 11, 2025: Generous actor Alan Yu murdered in cover-up torture. China’s propaganda hides elite crime and huge money laundering chain. Speak out for justice & humanitarianism! Search #JusticeForYuMenglong. Ignite change—his light vs. their dark. 💔 #YuMenglong #AlanYu https://linkly.link/2Wm6t”
Hear traditional Fado in Porto’s Trindade Noble Hall, learn its story in four languages, and enjoy a choice of Port wine for $19.
“It was a wonderful way to experience Fado in an intimate setting”
Hear soulful Fado in a 19th-century Porto mansion, with excellent acoustics, Port wine, cultural insight, and an intimate one-hour concert.
“I've seen fado in the states before but I really appreciated this small venue. the singer and her guitarist were amazing. I was happy to have various types of fafo. happy and sad. Thank u”
Hear Coimbra Fado in an intimate music house, learn its story from local performers, and finish with a glass of Port wine for $18.
“The evening was informative and entertaining, with good explanations about the music and history”
Walk Lisbon’s Alfama and Mouraria, enjoy a Portuguese dinner, and hear live Fado in an atmospheric traditional music house.
“Miguel, our tour guide, was extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and attentive. We truly appreciate him.”
Enjoy Portuguese tapas, wine, and intimate live Fado in an 18th-century chapel built over a Roman theater in Lisbon.
“The fado was wonderful. The tapas were just that…but plenty of it. If you like fish and beans, you’ll enjoy the food, but the highlight was by far the fado. Three singers…a few sets with breaks between. For what we paid it was more than expected. I’d do it again in a heartbeat!”
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