NOS Alive 2026

[TDAYS]

Yes, the 3 day passes and the 2 day passes (9 and 11, 10 and 11) have all sold out. Now you can only buy day tickets for 9 and 10 or a two day pass (9 and 10). They normally warn before solding out which didn’t happen this time and a lot of people are complaining about it on their social media 

[GAmbrose]

Sort of got tickets to this on a whim without doing too much research beforehand

Me and my wife went to MEO Kalorama in 2023 and thought that was really good, but subsequent lineups weren't strong enough to consider ticket/flights/hotels.

 

We were originally considering Madrid Mad Cool, but we prefer Lisbon/Portugal to Spain and the lineups are pretty similar. Shame there's no CMAT, but hey-ho.

 

Anything I should know beforehand? Anyone been to Kalorama for comparison?

[Missymoo]

On 31/01/2026 at 09:26, TDAYS said:

Yes, the 3 day passes and the 2 day passes (9 and 11, 10 and 11) have all sold out. Now you can only buy day tickets for 9 and 10 or a two day pass (9 and 10). They normally warn before solding out which didn’t happen this time and a lot of people are complaining about it on their social media 

Not surprised. Line up is AMAZING

[just_one]

im very surprised that Foo Fighters is not sold out , it would be the 1st day to sold out if you asked me.

[Jamesthedrake]

We still expecting a few more names for this? Seems like a while since the last announcement. There’s a few smaller names knocking about that I’d quite like to pop up

[exactly]

What about lily allen here?

[TDAYS]

[TheNewUnion]

If anyone is around post fest, David Byrne is playing Cascais Cool Jazz on Tuesday. Pretty affordable tickets, we paid about £38. 

[TDAYS]

[NTA]

10th of July sold out 

[TDAYS]

10 hours ago, NTA said:

10th of July sold out 

 That is not correct! You can still buy tickets for the 10th! NOS ALIVE issued a warning of low tickets for this day so they will eventually sold out in the next few days. But at this moment they are still available. 

[Jamesthedrake]

Sold out now though!

[NTA]

At the moment I said sold out , it was really sold out 

On 02/03/2026 at 10:48, TDAYS said:

 That is not correct! You can still buy tickets for the 10th! NOS ALIVE issued a warning of low tickets for this day so they will eventually sold out in the next few days. But at this moment they are still available. 

 

[TheNewUnion]

In before we end up on Page 2!

Wondering when we see anything approaching a time table? Does it follow that that the order in which they're listed on the stagge page is the order that they're playing? I really want to see The War on Drugs again, but I doubt I can stay awake until 2am or whater after a day on the wine pints :-)

 

[TDAYS]

On 09/04/2026 at 16:13, TheNewUnion said:

In before we end up on Page 2!

Wondering when we see anything approaching a time table? Does it follow that that the order in which they're listed on the stagge page is the order that they're playing? I really want to see The War on Drugs again, but I doubt I can stay awake until 2am or whater after a day on the wine pints 🙂

 

 

Normally the timetable is only released the week before. And as far as I'm aware the line up is still not closed! And it doesn't follow the order in which they are listed. 

 

 

[TheNewUnion]

I think The War on Drugs are a late night band, but I am not a late night person. It could be a challenge!

 

[TSmith89]

Hopefully some more news coming soon you’ve got to think. Even if it’s just a couple of Heineken Stage acts.   

[r55N]

On 16/04/2026 at 22:58, TSmith89 said:

Hopefully some more news coming soon you’ve got to think. Even if it’s just a couple of Heineken Stage acts.   

well you know... they sold out most of the festival and apparently are not interested in completing the line-up:D
Joke apart, months ago I was hoping for acts like halsey, hives, interpol... lots of cool names at open'er, werchter mad cool etc.
Being silent still only tells me they don't have other interesting acts to show up for. and if I'm right, they can either fill the remaining slots a week before the festival or not at all. 

[NTA]

Thursday new announcements for palco comédia , fado and coreto . And sic it’s now the media supporter instead of RTP.

https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/festivais2014/2026-05-12-video-se-houvesse-crise-nao-teriamos-tantos-artistas-alvaro-covoes-antecipa-tres-dias-fantasticos-no-nos-alive-bed034f1

https://echoboomer.pt/concertos-nos-alive-passam-ser-transmitidos-sic/?fbclid=IwZnRzaARwj0xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeLDzV_lXjq151mOrA3xjfF_og5TMBxTIdvOcdySwp_RWqh732IjBOkKPws60_aem_Pa-VMcRDn6m87kxXU9syaw

Edited May 13 by NTA

[Jamesthedrake]

Now that it seems that most of the lineup is out, anyone have any advice for a first timer? We can’t wait! I’ve watched a couple of videos but always good to hear first hand

[WFD]

1 hour ago, Jamesthedrake said:

Now that it seems that most of the lineup is out, anyone have any advice for a first timer? We can’t wait! I’ve watched a couple of videos but always good to hear first hand

 

Only been once (2019), but my number one tip is if you really want to hear the act and it's someone who isn't full on loud, then get in close because if you try and watch from the sides they'll be drowned out by people talking.  There are a lot of people there for a social occasion with some music in the background.

 

Other than that it is a decent vibe, plenty of opportunities to buy drinks (including the beer minions passing through the crowd).  Numerous food stalls but they do get very busy after sunset, eat before you go in if you can, and get by on snacks while inside.  If you go on the train, when you get off at Alges there may well be people selling cans of beer from coolers, for a drink on the walk to the gate (can't take them inside obviously).

[charlierc]

Is it wrong to be curious how people will fare at Lisbon Airport when coming in for this given it's reputation for comically enormous queues with the EUs EES thing?

[MeMeMeM]

3 hours ago, charlierc said:

Is it wrong to be curious how people will fare at Lisbon Airport when coming in for this given it's reputation for comically enormous queues with the EUs EES thing?

If you are an European citizen, you should be okay, since that doesn't apply for Eu citizens. The problem is for the other foreigners.

[charlierc]

On 03/06/2026 at 19:09, MeMeMeM said:

If you are an European citizen, you should be okay, since that doesn't apply for Eu citizens. The problem is for the other foreigners.

I'm British so it very much would apply for me.

 

I mean, it's a moot point as I don't have tickets so will not be in town for this, but I've heard reports of lengthy queues and given I remember Lisbon Airport having a long queue at arrivals even pre-EES when I went in 2023, I seem to guess it might be quite the wait, depending on flight paths.

 

Certainly, the worst I've had pre-EES was a 45 minute wait for a stamp at Valencia Airport in Spain, where 4 flights to non-EU destinations in quick succession were placed one after the other. So I can't say I'm enthusiastic about what's in store. Or you know. Maybe I'm just overthinking it.

[Jamesthedrake]

My understanding is that the queues returning back to the UK will be much worse (up to two hours) but the queue entering Lisbon isn’t so bad. That’s just from reading a few forum posts about it though so take it with a pinch of salt!