17 free concerts bring music back to churches, museums, and factories in the Porto Metropolitan Area

From September 18 to November 22, artists such as Luísa Sobral and Celina da Piedade will perform in unusual venues, ranging from museums to chapels and century-old factories.

Sounds in Heritage 2026 — Photos courtesy of the organizers / DR / Publicity

Rodrigo Regal

– Redator Estagiário

· September 22, 2026

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Would you like to attend a concert inside a spinning mill, at a seaside fortress, or in an old chapel? Thanks to the “Sons no Património” festival, that’s actually possible. The 9th edition of the festival kicks off on September 18 and runs through November 22.

The music festival features 17 free concerts, covering the 17 municipalities that make up the Porto Metropolitan Area. The lineup brings together artists and projects from a wide variety of genres within contemporary Portuguese music. In addition to the concerts, there are also guided tours, walks, exhibitions, workshops, and culinary experiences associated with each stop on the festival’s route.

A way to experience the region through music

This edition also continues the “Sons no Património” Sound Map, a collective archive built around a single question posed to the 17 municipalities: “What is the sound of your homeland?” The idea is to bring together, in one place, the sounds that give each territory its identity, complementing the already rich lineup of concerts with an extra layer of collective sound memory.

“Sons no Património” Music Program

September

On the 18th, at 9:30 p.m., Catarina Carvalho Gomes will perform at the Salão de Festas of the Municipal Youth Center in Vila do Conde
On the 19th, at 9:30 p.m., the Paulo Barros Quartet will perform at Praça da Democracia in Valongo
On the 20th, at 6:00 p.m., Luísa Sobral will perform at the Quinta de Santiago Museum in Matosinhos
On the 25th, at 9:30 p.m., Duo Sirius will perform at the Chapel in Nossa Senhora dos Milagres Park in São João da Madeira
On the 26th, at 6:00 p.m., Inês Marques Lucas will perform at the Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Póvoa de Varzim
On the 27th, at 6:30 p.m. , at the Guerra Junqueiro Museum in Porto

October

Day 2, at 9:30 p.m., Ibsxjaur, at Casa do Povo in Santa Maria da Feira
September 3, at 6:30 p.m., Mutu, at the Rio Vizela Spinning and Weaving Factory in Santo Tirso
On the 4th, at 7:00 p.m., Marco Oliveira and José Peixoto will perform at Casa Barbot in Vila Nova de Gaia
On the 5th, at 6:30 p.m., Emmy Curl at the Paredes Furniture Museum – Vilela Monastery
On the 11th, at 6:00 p.m., “The Color of Seaweed,” at the Casa da Gastronomia do Nordeste das Terras de Azeméis, in Oliveira de Azeméis
September 17, at 5:00 p.m., Espiral, at the Chapel of São Miguel-o-Anjo, in Maia
On the 23rd, at 9:30 p.m., Joana Espadinha will perform at Praça Brandão de Vasconcelos in Arouca
On the 24th, at 6:00 p.m., Romeu Bairos, at Monte Crasto, in Gondomar
On the 25th, at 5:00 p.m., João Diogo Leitão will perform at the Covelas Church in Trofa

November

On the 6th, at 9:30 p.m., Celina da Piedade will perform at Praça S. Pedro de Castelões in Vale de Cambra
On the 22nd, at 5:00 p.m., João Xavier and Quarteto Ressonâncias will perform at the Igreja Matriz in Espinho

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