fado Archives - Neighbourly Lisbon

Fado in the castle – Fado no Castelo 2017

Lisbon has always been the city of Fado. And there’s no way to deny it has always been a multicultural melting pot. So Lisbon is probably the only place in the world where you can listen to some Fado, mixed with the Spanish Flamenco, the…

Where codfish is king – Laurentina restaurant

In Portugal there are, supposedly, 1001 different ways to cook codfish or, as we say it, “bacalhau” – when it comes to culinary, Portuguese people are extremely creative. So when in Lisbon one must try, at least, one codfish recipe and Laurentina restaurant is one…

Fado festival – Caixa Alfama 16

Portugal has some of the best music festivals. Some of them win prizes and attract people from all over the world. But there is one music festival that you will only find in Lisbon and it happens every year, for the past 4 years, by…

Fado’s finest – Carlos do Carmo in concert

It is impossible to talk about portuguese Fado and not to talk about Carlos do Carmo. He is one of the biggest voices of Fado, his mother was one of the greatest Fado singers, Lucília do Carmo, and he was born in Mouraria, of one…

Fado under the stars – Camané live

What better way of celebrating the beginning of another weekend than with a fado concert, under the stars, having the beautiful Teatro Nacional de São Carlos as a background? Portuguese fado singer Camané will be performing tomorrow, Friday, at Largo de São Carlos, presenting a…

Late summer festival in Lisbon – Com’out Lisbon

Summer may be almost waving goodbye throughout many european countries but not in Portugal. In fact, here in Lisbon we intend to stay out on the streets for at least a few more weeks and there’s the perfect festival to keep us all busy: Com’out…