Web Summit Lisbon 2026

The numbers

Every figure links to where it came from. Attendance for an event that has not happened is a projection, and each row says so rather than presenting it as a count.

• Dates9 to 12 Nov

  Official 2026 dates. Opening night is 9 November from 18:00 on Centre Stage. Web Summit

• Attendees, stated70,000+

  Figure on the official 2026 homepage and ticket page. Wikipedia cites 70,000 for 2022. Web Summit tickets

• VenueMEO Arena + FIL

  Official venue page: Rossio dos Olivais, Parque das Nacoes. Web Summit venue

• General ticket, listedfrom 775 EUR

  Struck-through higher price on the official ticket page when last checked. Confirm the live tier. Web Summit tickets

What it is

Web Summit is Lisbon's large generalist tech conference. The 2026 edition returns to MEO Arena and FIL on 9 to 12 November. The official site leads on 70,000-plus people. That is a marketing figure, but it matches the scale Wikipedia records for recent Lisbon editions. It is a broad room: founders, press, governments and a lot of people who came for the brand.

Who goes

A mixed European tech crowd, heavier on startups and media than on protocol engineers. If you need Ethereum client teams, Devcon the week before in Mumbai is the better ticket. If you need a dense calendar of random meetings in one building, this is that. Opening night on 9 November is part of the programme, not an optional extra.

Side events

Search Web Summit side event or Web Summit Lisbon party and you will find independent lists that, in past years, ran to several dozen nights between late October and the closing day. They are not on websummit.com. They appear on Luma, on national-pavilion calendars and on company pages. Parque das Nacoes and the city centre both fill. There is no single official side-event sheet. Treat last year's published lists as a pattern, not as this year's grid. Aspire does not run those nights.

Tickets and costs

Tickets are on websummit.com. The venue page names MEO Arena and FIL at Rossio dos Olivais. Metro to Oriente or a walk from the park hotels is the usual path. Stay in Parque das Nacoes if you can pay for it. Stay in the centre and budget the metro if you cannot. November in Lisbon is mild and wet.

Worth knowing before you book

The floor is loud and the meetings you want are often in the side week, not in the aisle. Book those before you land. The official schedule publishes talks in waves. Do not fly only for a name that is still marked coming soon.