The closure of DIY electronic music venue Planeta Manas might be a huge loss for Lisbon’s underground dance circuit, but these photos from the ARVI x xCakes event show that the fight for queer spaces is anything but over
Aug 07, 2025
Portugal is becoming a bonafide fashion destination through events like Lisbon Fashion Week and design hotels like the W
Aug 08, 2024
Felipe Orellana’s new photo series pairs young Lisbon creatives with ancient weaponry, a symbolic gesture of resilience and confronting past traumas
May 23, 2023
Maythey is the city’s first club night combining heady hardstyle and gabber with unapologetic queerness
Feb 13, 2023
The kuduro artist featured on a hit single when she was just 15 years old, but ended up working menial jobs after losing her royalties. Now, she’s making music on her own terms
May 08, 2020
LGBTQ+ parties and crews like mina and Circa A.D. are creating more room and support for marginalised people, both on and off the dancefloor
Sep 06, 2019
The Naive label boss discusses how she’s fighting for the inclusion of women and the LGBTQ community in dance music
Aug 20, 2018
Our guest editor takes us on a trip to his favourite bookshop, Lisbon’s Under The Cover
Aug 15, 2018
The artist formerly known as Nídia Minaj drops a rapidfire Dazed Mix ahead of her new album for Príncipe
Jun 28, 2017
The photographer explores the ideas of refuge and reality by re-appropriating the child-like dens we all once built, and shooting them in various homes in Lisbon
Oct 04, 2016
Buraka Som Sistema look back on a decade of Afro-Portugese dance rhythms and share their blistering set for Boiler Room and Ballantine’s Stay True series
Jun 24, 2016
Gala Drop are set to revitalise the Lisbon music scene with the dub polyrhythms of their soon-to-be released second album
Nov 07, 2014
Glass Animals' dreamy debut, Lana's drama-soaked return and Tom Vek's perfectly formed third outing
Jun 30, 2014
We travel to the city's vast suburbs to party with the people making the best dance music in the world
May 20, 2014