Casa Fado ao Centro is a Cultural Centre – Fado House. Located in the city’s historic centre, it opens its doors every day of the year, without exception, to welcome anyone who wants to come and discover, remember and appreciate the genuine academic experience and traditions surrounding Coimbra’s Fado.
Every day, at 6pm, we hold our live show, a unique cultural experience and an opportunity to witness the magic of Coimbra’s Fado, performed by some of the city’s most renowned musicians. Book your place and visit us.

The Casa de Fados – Cultural Centre ‘àCapella’ presents a daily show/serenade of Fado, Song and Guitar from Coimbra.

New winter timetable, the show starts at 21:30.

Open every day

Come and visit our 14th century chapel and enjoy our terrace, bar service and free internet.

Opening hours: 7pm until 2am

Café Curto, at the table with music.
The Café Curto cycle is returning in 2025 with the usual proposal: every week a thirty-minute showcase is served, with a strong focus on young artists and emerging projects. Since 2020, more than 170 sessions have taken place, putting Coimbra on the map of the national music circuit. In addition to the express showcases, music is enjoyed in double doses in the last week of each month with Café Duplo, an artistic dialogue between different languages and geographies, resulting in a unique concert.

A singer of songs

Information available soon.

The show is scheduled for the 21st, at 9 p.m., at Pátio das Escolas, and is part of a broader programme by Sons da Cidade that evokes ‘Versos do Tempo, Vozes do Património’ (Verses of Time, Voices of Heritage).
Fado singer Mariza will be in Coimbra on the 21st for a show that is part of the celebrations of the 12th anniversary of the classification of the University of Coimbra, Alta and Sofia as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

The commemorative concert, which will take place at 9 p.m. at Pátio das Escolas, is part of the Sons da Cidade festival programme and aims to mark the 735th anniversary of the University of Coimbra, as well as the 700th anniversary of the death of King Dinis. ‘Flores do Verde Ramo’ (Flowers of the Green Branch), the theme of the concert, which will be free to attend, will feature, in addition to fado singer Mariza, the early music group The Wandering Bard (TWB Ensemble), with Margarida Belo Costa as artistic director.

Tickets for this show can be picked up from the 16th at the University of Coimbra Tourism Shop, as well as at the São Francisco Convent ticket office.

Sara Correia is embarking on this new tour with the rightful status of a phenomenon: she has travelled the world to great acclaim, released two albums that have been acclaimed by the public, praised by critics and awarded by the industry, been nominated for a Grammy Latino, gathered around her some of the best lyricists and composers of our time and affirmed fado as her home.

Sara Correia says that Liberdade, her third album, is the “most fado”. The fado singer’s melodic language, with its strong Portuguese flavour, was later joined by melodies with different arrangements and more eclectic, free sounds, without stereotypes.

On stage, together with her band – Diogo Clemente on fado guitar and artistic direction, Ângelo Freire on Portuguese guitar, Frederico Gato on acoustic bass and Joel Silva on drums – Sara Correia presents a uniform and cohesive show, but tinged with many different colours and textures that result from subtle experiences and influences from other genres. All of this fits into Sara Correia’s fado, all of it resonates in her soul that lives fully in this Liberdade.

Artistic/Technical File

Voice: Sara Correia

Fado guitar and artistic direction: Diogo Clemente

Portuguese guitar: Ângelo Freire

Acoustic bass: Frederico Gato

Drums: Joel Silva

Age Rating: M/6

Duration: 80 minutes

Information

Box Office: 239 857 191

bilheteira@coimbraconvento.pt

Buy your ticket here

Orchestra Seats and 1st Box

€20

€18 students / over 65s / groups (minimum 10 people) / unemployed / performing arts and music professionals

2nd Box and Balcony

€18

€16 students / over 65s / groups (minimum 10 people) / unemployed / performing arts and music professionals

CSF Friend Card applicable (40% discount)

– To purchase Reduced Mobility tickets, please contact the Convento São Francisco box office (daily between 3pm and 8pm) by telephone on 239 857 191 or send an e-mail to: bilheteira@coimbraconvento.pt.

Toinho Brito: The Bahian Who Sings Like He Breathes

The return of the troubadour who made our stage his home
“Two years ago, Toinho left behind memories that still echo off the walls.
Today, the poet from Bahia returns to remind us:
A deep voice is not sung—it is shared.
A guitar is not played – it is breathed.”
Why tonight is unmissable:
Bahian heritage: Music that runs through the veins like water from the Recôncavo
Temporal magic: Hours that pass like minutes when his fingers dance on the strings
Intimacy achieved: The rare artist who asks for ‘just one more’ until the soul asks for rest
For those who lived through 2023:
‘Relive the night that was etched in the memory of the house’
For those who missed it:
‘Discover why we still talk about that August as a milestone’
What to expect:
A repertoire that draws from Dorival Caymmi to new creations
Stories between songs like chatting on the porch
The alchemy of a man and his guitar filling the space

‘We said, “you have to come back.” He listened. Now it’s your turn to listen to him.’

‘This year’s theme, Around the World, invites the audience to embark on a musical journey to the four corners of the globe, celebrating the diversity of cultures and sounds that unite us.’

In the 2025 edition, we will have three mixed tunas competing and one guest tuna, who will take to the stage to compete for various prizes on a night full of music, entertainment, and academic spirit. This year’s theme, Around the World, invites the audience to embark on a musical journey around the globe, celebrating the diversity of cultures and sounds that unite us. We aim to provide an unforgettable night of celebration and musical sharing, where the art of music will be our passport to the world.

— Coimbra Nursing Tuna

Duration 3 hours

Age group M6

Price €7

€5 students

Discounted tickets are personal and non-transferable and require identification at the entrance when requested. Discounts are not cumulative.

Ticket office / in-person service
Monday to Friday 5pm — 8pm
on event days 1 hour before / up to half an hour after
closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays

Café Curto, at the table with music.
The Café Curto cycle is returning in 2025 with the usual proposal: every week a thirty-minute showcase is served, with a strong focus on young artists and emerging projects. Since 2020, more than 170 sessions have taken place, putting Coimbra on the map of the national music circuit. In addition to the express showcases, music is enjoyed in double doses in the last week of each month with Café Duplo, an artistic dialogue between different languages and geographies, resulting in a unique concert.

Nuno Carpinteiro & Miguel Calhaz

In June, Café Duplo brings together two accomplished instrumentalists. Nuno Carpinteiro is a multi-instrumentalist, known for his close relationship with the accordion, which has accompanied him from an early age. As well as participating in other projects and collaborating with other artists, the musician from Mirandela has released two solo albums, ‘A Montanha’ (2019) and ‘Viagem’ (2022), in which the simplicity, silence and, at the same time, complex harmony he finds on country walks are reflected in his original compositions. Miguel Calhaz is a singer-songwriter and bassist who maintains musical projects in the areas of jazz, world music and Portuguese music. In 2023, he released the album ‘Contra: Contemporânea Tradição’, by JACC Records/Terra Series, and, in 2024, ‘Contra Cantos Vol. 1’, in which he proposes a reinterpretation of songs that marked April and the opposition to the dictatorship.

Fidju Kitxora present their debut album ‘Racodja’ in the garden of Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto.
A very recent and somewhat mysterious entity in transit between Lisbon and Cape Verde, Fidju Kitxora released ‘Racodja’, their first album, in 2024.
Evoking the past, present and future voices of the diaspora, they reorder various languages into a lively and constantly changing music that brings together the heat of funaná, the swing of semba, the syncopation of kuduro and afro-house, and other sincere fusions, amid field recordings, soaring synthesizers, vocal samples, and an unstoppable barrage of infectious beats.

Pre-sale tickets €8 / On the day €12 (available at Blueticket and Casa das Artes from Tuesday to Saturday, 3pm to 7pm)