By Harry Nara · Last updated
- Where
- Passeio Marítimo de Algés
- Tickets
- Ticketed
- Time of year
- July
- Dates
- Around the same dates every year
From the organiser: Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 July 2027 on the Passeio Marítimo de Algés, the festival’s nineteenth edition. The xx, Jungle and Tom Misch were among the first acts confirmed. Gate times, re-entry rules, late trains and night buses here describe the last edition, 9 to 11 July 2026, and are confirmed nearer the time.
NOS Alive is a three-day music festival on the riverfront at Algés, a short train ride west of the centre, with a line-up announced one act at a time through the winter and spring. Choose your day by its headliner and buy as soon as that act is confirmed, because single days can sell out. Take the Cascais line both ways: the last edition added late trains until the gates closed.
What NOS Alive actually is
NOS Alive is a festival of international rock, pop, indie and electronic acts, held every July on the Passeio Marítimo de Algés, a stretch of riverside ground near the mouth of the Tagus. It is run by the promoter Everything Is New and carries the name of its telecoms sponsor.
There are several stages, so a day is a choice between overlapping sets rather than one long wait for a single headliner. Gates open at three and the music runs into the small hours, which makes it a festival you can treat as an evening out from a city hotel rather than a camping weekend, though a campsite in Monsanto park is sold separately.
The bill is never published in one go. Acts are confirmed one or two at a time, each announcement naming its day, so for most of the year you are buying into a partial line-up. That rhythm decides how to buy a ticket here.
How to choose your day
- Buy for a headliner, not for the festival. Each announcement names the day an act plays and every day costs the same, so the sensible order is to wait for the act you would cross a city for, then buy that day straight away. Single days can sell out once a big name lands on them, and the organiser’s own ticket rules plan for it.
- The three-day pass is the only discount. Two days cost exactly what two day tickets do, so a two-day pass buys you one thing: the wristband, which lets you leave the site and come back. Three days come in well under three day tickets.
- Pace the day around the late sets. The headliners play late, so a day that starts when the gates open is a long time on your feet. Plenty of people arrive in the early evening instead, and with a day ticket that is the better plan, because once you leave you cannot get back in.
- Bring less than you think. Only small bags of roughly A4 size are allowed, and umbrellas, pushchairs, metal bottles, folding chairs, selfie sticks and power banks bigger than a phone are all refused. Anything turned away can go in the cloakroom outside the gates for a charge per item.
Tickets and what it costs
At the organiser’s prices a day ticket is €89, a pass for any two days €178 and the three-day pass €210, which saves €57 against three day tickets. Each comes in a version that includes the return train on the Cascais line. Tickets are personal: a pass is swapped for a wristband on your first day, and the wristband cannot be handed on.
Children under six are not admitted, and anyone older needs a full ticket. The box office at the entrance opens at noon on festival days, but it only helps if that day has not sold out.
Official information and booking: nosalive.com
Getting there
The Cascais line from Cais do Sodré stops at Algés, close to the site, and is the easiest way in. At the last edition CP ran extra trains back towards Cais do Sodré and out towards Cascais through the small hours, the last at four in the morning, and Carris added night buses from the site to Santa Apolónia, Marquês de Pombal and Oriente. The 15E tram from Praça da Figueira also ends at Algés.
There is paid parking nearby, but with trains and night buses running until the gates close there is little reason to drive. Coming from Porto or elsewhere in Portugal, ticket holders got a discount on CP intercity trains at the last edition, and a special night train left for Porto after the main stage finished.
Mistakes worth avoiding
Planning to pop out on a day ticket
A day ticket is good for one entry. Leave the site for dinner in Algés and you will not get back in; only the two- and three-day wristbands allow re-entry.
Waiting for the full line-up
By the time the last acts are announced, the days with the biggest names may already be gone. Buy the day as soon as the act you care about is confirmed for it.
Arriving with a backpack
Bags larger than about A4 are refused at the gate, along with umbrellas and pushchairs. The cloakroom outside charges per item, so pack small to begin with.
Dressing for the afternoon only
It can be hot when the gates open and much cooler by the river after midnight, once the wind comes in off the estuary. Carry a light layer that folds into a small bag.
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Frequently asked questions
When is NOS Alive?
Over three days in early July, on the Passeio Marítimo de Algés just west of Lisbon. The dates of the next edition are in the box at the top of this page.
How much are NOS Alive tickets?
A day ticket is €89, a two-day pass €178 and a three-day pass €210, with versions that include the return train on the Cascais line. Only the passes allow re-entry.
How do you get to NOS Alive from Lisbon?
Take the Cascais line from Cais do Sodré to Algés. At the last edition extra trains ran back to the city until four in the morning, and night buses went to Santa Apolónia, Marquês de Pombal and Oriente.
Can children go to NOS Alive?
Not under six, which is the minimum age, and every child from six up needs a full ticket. Pushchairs are not allowed in.
Can you leave NOS Alive and come back in?
Only with a two- or three-day pass, once the wristband is on. A day ticket is scanned once and does not allow re-entry.
Sources
- NOS Alive, the organiser
- NOS Alive, tickets and prices (Portuguese)
- NOS Alive, getting there (Portuguese)
- NOS Alive, frequently asked questions (Portuguese)
Dates on this page are checked against the organiser’s own listing and confirmed through 2027. Written and maintained by Harry Nara.