Lx Factory | Cool Places in Lisbon | Live Music Lisbon

A favourite of the Lisbon Directory, we have been coming here for years and love the place! It never fails to please for a few of the following reasons. Lx Factory has over 50 shops, restaurants and bars however, what makes it unique from other Lisbon districts is the plethora of events that happen all year round, from big names in music and fashion to lesser-known more eclectic performers, making it a central hub for the live music lisbon scene.

The hipster cafes, design studios and fashionable shops of the Lx Factory creative quarter under the iconic span of the 25 de Abril Bridge in the heart of Lisbon, Portugal’s vibrant capital city.

Lx Factory is located at an iconic location of Alcantara where the Company Fabrious Lisbonese had first set up shop. Now, the location is like a hub for industry professionals to bring out their creativity and put it up for the world to see. The area also has some of the greatest and most thought-provoking street art for the tourists and is a must when you are looking for places in Lisbon to visit!

Check out the happening and forever popular Cantina restaurant. Offering the authentic Portuguese specialties, the restaurant is a popular hangout zone. Check out to Landeau Chocolate for some special chocolate treats to make you squeal in happiness.

There are casual designer clothes shops and even bookstores for the bookworm who cannot think beyond books. The Sunday Lx Factory Market opens from 11am and closes to 7pm. The open-air market is open on Sunday where you can view art pieces patiently made by love and hand.

The 23000 sq meter area is dotted with bars and art studios where you can watch performances at stipulated times. Just make sure to check these prior itself by going to the website and getting your tickets.

There are live and EDP bands, performing on the selected days and weeks, which you must certainly not miss when you are checking out places in Lisbon to see! 

You can experience more lisbon live music from The Brothers from Friday – Sunday who are an amazing band ensemble who never fail to get the crowd rocking with the perfect mix of popular, soul, R’n’B and original numbers! Take a look at a video below taken from one of their performances at Lx Factory…

Things to Do Nearby Lx Factory:

• • Jeronimos Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém
  • Padrão dos Descobrimentos is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon.
  • Museu de Marinha is a maritime museum in Lisbon, dedicated to all aspects of the history of navigation in Portugal.

  • Jardim Botânico Tropical: Enduring botanical garden with vintage greenhouses, plus peacocks & other free-roaming birds.

  • If you looking for more places to visit in Lisbon then take a look at our complete tourist guide here!