10 Italian festivals restarting in summer 2021
Cultural institutions in Italy are beginning to reopen following COVID-19 measures. Starting April 26, museums, cinemas, and theaters in the yellow zone have resumed their operations. A series of festivals is set for summer 2021, including the Festival di Film della Villa at Villa Medici in Rome, scheduled for September 15-19 and directed by Sam Stourdzé. The Riaperture PhotoFestival Ferrara will take place from September 10 to October 3, focusing on the theme 'Ideale'. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Santarcangelo Festival will run from July 8-18 under the direction of Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolò. Additionally, the Festival DeltArte will continue until October, curated by Melania Ruggini, while the Pangea Photo Festival is set indoors until May 30 and outdoors until June 27. The 64th Festival dei Due Mondi is slated to begin on June 25, with Time in Jazz scheduled for August 7-16. The Emilia Romagna Festival will commence on June 24, and the Radicepura Garden Festival is planned from June 27 to December 19.
Key facts
- Italy returned to yellow zone on April 26, 2021, allowing cultural venues to reopen.
- Festival di Film della Villa debuts at Villa Medici in Rome, September 15-19, 2021.
- Riaperture PhotoFestival Ferrara fifth edition runs September 10 to October 3, 2021.
- Santarcangelo Festival runs July 8-18, 2021, concluding its 50th anniversary.
- Festival DeltArte ninth edition continues until October 2021, with Art Flood as lead association.
- Pangea Photo Festival indoor exhibitions until May 30, outdoor until June 27, 2021.
- Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto 64th edition runs June 25 to July 11, 2021.
- Time in Jazz runs August 7-16, 2021, in Berchidda and 14 other Sardinian locations.
- Emilia Romagna Festival opens June 24, 2021, with John Malkovich's Inferno.
- Radicepura Garden Festival third edition runs June 27 to December 19, 2021.
Entities
Artists
- Sam Stourdzé
- Enrico Casagrande
- Daniela Nicolò
- MOTUS
- Melania Ruggini
- Monique Veaute
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- Paolo Fresu
- David Bowie
- John Malkovich
- Gabriel Prokofiev
- Sergej Prokofiev
- Massimo Mercelli
- I Solisti Aquilani
- Dante Alighieri
- Claudia Giraud
- David Cesaria
- Giovanni Troilo
- Arianna Rinaldo
- Giorgia Angiuli
- Barbara Boninsegna
- Simone Frangi
- Claudia D’Alonzo
- Filippo Andreatta
- Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau’
- Denis Isaia
- Justin Randolph Thompson
- Maria Chemello
- Marco D’Agostin
- Marco Angius
- Filippo Perocco
- Dennis Elbers
- Richard Niessen
- Gianni Rodari
- Giorgio de Finis
- Alfred Seiland
- Elio Ciol
- Donata Pizzi
- Gianni Berengo Gardin
- Maurizio Galimberti
- Giovanni Gastel
- Franco Fontana
- Federico Veronesi
- Beverly Pepper
- Arnaldo Pomodoro
- Curtis Bill Pepper
- Francesca Valente
Institutions
- Accademia di Francia a Roma
- Villa Medici
- Romaeuropa Festival
- Festa del Cinema di Roma
- MAXXI
- Riaperture PhotoFestival Ferrara
- Santarcangelo Festival
- Festival DeltArte
- Art Flood
- Pangea Photo Festival
- Comune di Castelnovo ne' Monti
- A.S.C. Teatro Appennino
- Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto
- Time in Jazz
- Emilia Romagna Festival
- Rocca Sforzesca di Imola
- Palazzetto Bru Zane
- Fondazione Radicepura
- Radicepura Garden Festival
- Piante Faro
- Artribune
- PARMA 360 Festival della creatività contemporanea
- PhEST – Festival internazionale di fotografia e arte
- Mixmag
- Comune di Monopoli
- Centrale Fies – Centro di ricerca per le pratiche performative contemporanee
- Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto (OPV)
- Fondazione Cariparo
- Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono
- Fondazione Giorgio Cini
- Graphic Days
- Toolbox Coworking
- Graphic Matters
- Ambasciata dei Paesi Bassi in Italia
- Blind Walls Gallery
- Studio Dumbar
- High on Type
- Bis Publishers
- Trapped in Suburbia
- FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA
- Fondazione Palazzo Magnani
- Comune di Reggio Emilia
- Regione Emilia-Romagna
- IPER Festival delle periferie
- Roma Culture
- Azienda Speciale Palaexpo
- Museo delle Periferie
- Teatro di Tor Bella Monaca
- Brescia Photo Festival
- Festival delle Arti
- Fondazione Progetti Beverly Pepper
- Comune di Todi
- Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
- Live Arts Week
Locations
- Italy
- Rome
- Villa Medici
- Ferrara
- Santarcangelo di Romagna
- Po Delta
- Polesine
- Castelnovo ne' Monti
- Reggio Emilia
- Spoleto
- Sardinia
- Berchidda
- Arzachena
- Bortigiadas
- Buddusò
- Bulzi
- Ittiri
- Loiri Porto San Paolo
- Luogosanto
- Mores
- Olbia
- Oschiri
- Porto Rotondo
- San Teodoro
- Telti
- Tempio Pausania
- Imola
- Venice
- Giarre
- Sicily
- Parma
- Monopoli
- Puglia
- Mediterranean
- Dro
- Trentino Alto Adige
- Padua
- Veneto
- Turin
- Netherlands
- Breda
- Emilia-Romagna
- Addis Ababa
- Barcelona
- Bari
- Berlin
- Bologna
- Bolzano
- Bucharest
- Buenos Aires
- Caracas
- Mexico City
- Cairo
- Kinshasa
- Lima
- Manchester
- Miami
- Milan
- Montreuil
- Naples
- New York
- Palermo
- Papaichton
- Paris
- Beijing
- Prague
- Quito
- Taipei
- Taranto
- Tel Aviv
- Torino
- Tripoli
- Brescia
- Todi
- L'Aquila
- Umbria
- Quartiere Barca
- Reno river