Italian Cultural Festivals in July 2024: From Santarcangelo to Cortona On The Move
Italy in July 2024 is alive with a variety of cultural celebrations. The 54th Santarcangelo Festival, taking place from July 5-14 in Santarcangelo di Romagna and led by Tomasz Kirenczuk, emphasizes performance and social transformation. In Rome, Videocittà will return to Gazometro from July 5-7, showcasing immersive art installations. The Festival delle Città del Medioevo in L'Aquila, scheduled for July 4-7, will delve into the theme of water in medieval urban settings. Meanwhile, the Festival dei Calanchi e delle Argille Azzurre in Faenza will continue until July 4 and will resume from September 19-26. Barga's Limbo Festival (July 5-7) focuses on music and wellness, while the GEM Island Festival on Elba runs from July 1 to August 31, merging gastronomy with art. Lastly, the Kappa Futur Festival in Turin, also from July 5-7, will feature over 100 artists, and Cortona On The Move will investigate 'Body of Evidence' from July 11 to November 3.
Key facts
- Santarcangelo Festival runs July 5-14, 2024, directed by Tomasz Kirenczuk.
- Videocittà in Rome features Nebula by Quiet Ensemble and Giorgio Moroder.
- Kappa Futur Festival had over 90,000 attendees from 118 countries in 2023.
- Cortona On The Move exhibition runs from July 11 to November 3, 2024.
- Eolie Music Fest is directed by Samuel Romano of Subsonica.
- LOST festival takes place in the world's largest bamboo labyrinth.
- Festival Illica commemorates the centenary of Giacomo Puccini's death.
- Musica a Regio Aperto offers concert tickets at 5 euros.
Entities
Artists
- Tomasz Kirenczuk
- Francesco Rutelli
- Francesco Dobrovich
- Quiet Ensemble
- Giorgio Moroder
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Lee Burridge
- Mano Le Tough
- Jeff Mills
- Skrillex
- Nina Kravitz
- Four Tet
- The Blessed Madonna
- Carl Cox
- Samuel Romano
- Franco Maria Ricci
- Niccolò Rastrelli
- Rehab Eldalil
- Lorenzo Reina
- Gabriele Del Grande
- Luigi Illica
- Giacomo Puccini
- Pietro Mascagni
- Umberto Giordano
- Giosuè Carducci
- Christian Raimo
- Giorgia Vaccari
- Claudia Giraud
- Massimo Luconi
- Francesco Astore
- Stefano Pesca
- Damiana Leoni
- Rä di Martino
- Sting
- Placebo
Institutions
- Santarcangelo Festival
- Videocittà
- Gazometro di Roma
- Festival delle Città del Medioevo
- Museo Carlo Zauli
- Limbo Festival
- GEM Island Festival
- Kappa Futur Festival
- Eolie Music Fest
- Subsonica
- LOST
- Labirinto della Masone
- Cortona On The Move
- Fortezza del Girifalco
- Autolinee Toscane
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Gallerie d'Italia
- Medici Senza Frontiere
- Festival di Spoleto
- Fondazione Carla Fendi
- Mahler & LeWitt Studios
- Sole Luna Doc film festival
- GAM/Galleria d’arte Moderna
- Palazzo Branciforte
- Fondazione Sicilia
- BAO Music Festival
- Festival Illica
- Touring Club Italiano
- Aniene Festival
- Parco Nomentano
- Teatro Regio
- Artribune
- Popsophia Festival
- Festival Di Radicondoli
- Fuori Campo
- I Notturni Dell’arte
- Associazione Arte Continua
- Collisioni
- Taormina Arte Festival
- Fondazione Taormina Arte Sicilia
- Smach
- Biennale di Arte Pubblica delle Dolomiti
- Festival Letterario dell’archeologia
- Fondazione Mont‘e Prama
- Sonic Park Stupinigi
- Forestàte
- La Spezia estate Festival
- MAXXI
- Club Silencio
- Orto Botanico Corsini Monte Argentario
- Parco Archeologico naturale del Sinis
- Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi
- Unesco
Locations
- Santarcangelo di Romagna
- Italy
- Romagna
- Rome
- Gazometro di Roma
- Europe
- L'Aquila
- Faenza
- Brisighella
- Riolo Terme
- Castel Bolognese
- Barga
- Lucca
- Garfagnana
- Tuscany
- Isola d'Elba
- Turin
- Parco Dora
- Polynesia
- Sri Lanka
- Netherlands Antilles
- Seychelles
- Martinique
- Salina
- Lipari
- Panarea
- Aeolian Islands
- Fontanellato
- Parma
- Cortona
- Camucia
- Spoleto
- Palermo
- Brescia
- Valle Trompia
- Franciacorta
- Castell'Arquato
- Piacenza
- Arezzo
- Pesaro
- Radicondoli
- Siena
- Moncalieri
- Torino
- Roma
- Gazometro Roma
- Porto Ercole
- Grosseto
- Monte Argentario
- Alba
- Taormina
- Teatro Antico Taormina
- Il Ciocco
- Dolomiti
- Cabras
- Paulilatino
- Oristano
- Nichelino
- Stupinigi
- Foresta
- Caserta
- Tora e Piccilli
- Roccamonfina
- La Spezia
- Parco Tanaro
- Parco Archeologico naturale del Sinis