Live music
January 7, 2010
Live music is returning to O Fado soon. More details will be available soon.
Happy new year!!
Message from Liliana
October 22, 2009
“Dearest Friends
After a year and a half working at and for O Fado, due to family problems, I am forced to go back to Portugal.
Being manager of O Fado has been rewarding and challenging all the way.
I´ve tried to create at O Fado a dignifying center of Portuguese culture and I do believe I have [...]
Welcome Back
August 26, 2009
After two great weeks catching the warm sun of Portugal, O Fado staff is happily back at work to promote our wonderful country to you.
O Fado is now open from Monday to Saturday 12pm-15pm and 6.30pm-11pm preparing some new exciting cultural events for you to attend to and discover a bit more of Portugal.
O Fado on holidays - Closed from the 2nd to the 16th of August
July 25, 2009
O Fado staff is going on vacation.
Most of us will travel to enjoy the Portuguese sun and warm weather.
Which means when we are back, you can expect us full of energy and enthusiasm to serve you.
So please do visit us from the 17th of August.
We are sorry if this is of any inconvenience to you [...]
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World Music Night - Stockholm Lisboa Project live on the 21st July
July 6, 2009
Stockholm Lisboa Project has been receiving the best reviews on the European world music scene.
O Fado is proud to have them playing live on the 21st of July at 20h30.
2 Portuguese and 2 Swedish musicians that ingeniously combine their talents and roots traditions on a music that can well be a simbol of an Europe without frontiers, joining together south [...]
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12th June - St. Antonio’s Night
June 22, 2009
12th June (Popular Saints)
Celebration of St Antonio’s night (as in Lisbon city’s commemorations)
O Fado will recreate the festivity spirit of Lisbon on the 12th June.
Lisbon celebrates the Festas dos Santos Populares (Feast Days of the Popular Saints) in June. Barely a narrow street escapes as paper lanterns, streamers and coloured lights are hung from balconies and railings. There is [...]
O Fado at Regents College Portuguese Week
May 29, 2009
O Fado was present at Regents College’s Festival of Gastronomy and Culture with a Portuguese Art Workshop in the Knapp Gallery.
From the 11th to the 15th of May, Regents College has introduced Portugal to their students and staff.
Ligia Fonseca, artisan, responsible for O Fado’s handicrafts workshops, was representing O Fado with a live painting of Azulejos (Portuguese tiles) [...]
Portuguese Wine & Food Quiz Dinner with Charles Metcalfe - 28th May
May 8, 2009
28th of May at 7.30pm
An evening of fun and good wine featuring a light-hearted Wine & Food Quiz with mystery wines, hosted by Charles Metcalfe, one of the best-known and amusing wine critics in Britain and a delicious 3-course supper with matched wines.
No need to be a wine buff, or to worry if you are [...]
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New Lunch Menus and Portuguese “Tapas”
May 8, 2009
As summer is approaching O Fado is renewing its lunch menus and also introducing a new concept at O Fado - the Portuguese “Tapas” - an appealing menu for younger people on their new journey throughout Portuguese food
Portuguese Tapas
7 courses = £15
Caldo Verde - Portuguese Cabbage Soup
Queijo Regional - Sheep Portuguese Cheese 100g
Pastéis de [...]
10th June (Day of Portugal)
May 7, 2009
10th June (Portugal Day)
Day of Portugal, of Camoes and the Portuguese Communities
Celebrate Portugal’s day with Lusiadas Poems and a live demonstration of Azulejos painting (Portuguese Tiles) by the artisan Ligia Fonseca.
We invite our guests to try themselves this traditional Portuguese Art.
