Festivals in Rome
Summer festival under the stars at Ostia Antica.
The fifth edition of the Ostia Antica Festival takes place in the Antico Teatro Romano of the archaeological park outside Rome from 14 July until 19 September.
Rome:...
Florence landmarks illuminated with spectacular lightshows.
F-Light, the annual Festival of Lights, returns to Florence over the Christmas season, from 8 December until 6 January 2020.
The festival illuminates the ci...
July and Aug. Villa Rufolo on the Amalfi coast is the spectacular setting for a series of symphony concerts (on the Belvedere) and chamber music concerts (in the Wagner garden).
The symphony concerts are per...
21-29 July. This festival was founded in memory of Iris Origo and her husband Antonio by their daughter Benedetta and grandson Antonio Lysy.
It is centred in the now immaculate estate which was nearly derelict wh...
12-July-21 Aug. Wake up!! Music will save the planet” is the hopeful theme this year. There are concerts, workshops and jazz sessions all over the city, some in the auditorium, some in Piazza IV Novembre and the Galleria...
28 June-14 July. The theme of the festival is Ocean of Inspiration and this year's poster featuring David LaChapelle's picture Sister Moon sets the Siren against the constant movement of the waves in the ocean behind...
21 June to 7 Sept. This year the operas are Verdi's La Traviata (11- 30 Aug and 5 Sept) with Placido Domingo singing the role of Germont on 1 Aug; Verdi's Aida with the 1913 set designs (5-28 July, 3 -31 Aug, 3-7 Sept) c...
21-30 July. Under the theme The Myth and the Dream, his open-air festival of theatre, dance and music takes place against the magnificent backdrop of the Ostia Antica archaeological park, with events most nights until 30...
22 Sept-5 Nov. This festival, which explores the connections between science and the contemporary arts, resumes after a summer break.
The programme offers interactive meetings, masterclasses, concerts and performance...
1-3 Sept. The Isola del Cinema festival on Rome's Tiber Island dedicates three evenings to Australian cinematography, with the Australian Focus event from 1-3 September.
The first screening, which is by invite only, i...
28-30 May. The annual flower festival, or "infiorata", takes place at Genzano south of Rome from 28-30 May.
The ancient festival, now in its 238th edition, is held each year on the weekend of Corpus Domini, which thi...
13 May-13 July. This year's festival is dedicated to Nelson Mandela and the theme of freedom.
This year the programme's festival is dedicated to the value of freedom and in particular to Nelson Mandela, based on two...
4-8 Dec. The 14th edition of Piú libri piú liberi, the national fair for small and medium Italian book publishing houses, offers a five-day literary programme of conferences, lectures, readings, theatre workshops, perfor...
21-22 Nov. The seventh edition of the National Fair of Panettone and Pandoro takes place at the Chamber of Commerce in Piazza di Pietra on the weekend of 21-22 November, from 10.30-19.30 on both days.
The popular fair...
Outdoor street art Festival in Rome
2-31 Oct. Under the theme Here Now, the sixth edition of the urban art festival Outdoor is based at a 30,000-sqm disused military barracks on Via Guido Reni, near the Museo Nazional...
30 June- 5 Sept. When other summer festivals are winding down the Ravello festival is in full swing throughout August. Located in the lovely Villa Rufolo above Amalfi, where Wagner lived and drew his inspiration for Pars...
24 July-30 Aug. This is the only all-Puccini festival and and this year's four operas are the same as last year, although there is a new production of Tosca to mark the 115th anniversary of its first performance at the T...
24-31 July. This short festival is held at La Foce, the one time home of Anglo-American-Irisheristerio writer author Iris Origo, made famous in her book War in Val d'Orcia.
The festival gradual grew out of her grands...
17 July-9 Aug. The operas this year at the Sferisterio open-air theatre in Macerata are Rigoletto (17, 25, 31 July and 8, 9 Aug), Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci (18, 24 July, 2, 8 Aug) and La Boheme (26 July 1, 7 Aug...
15 July-4 Aug. This festival in Martina Franca specialises in rare and seldom performed works. To celebrate its 41th birthday it presents the new opera Le Braci by Italy's prolific composer Marco Tutino at its opening ni...
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