10 Italian Summer Festivals to Watch in 2021
Starting April 26, 2021, cultural sites across Italy will begin to reopen, with various summer festivals set to take place. The Lago Film Fest, scheduled for July 23–August 1 in Revine Lago, is expected to draw over 15,000 attendees. The CROSS Festival will be held on Lake Maggiore from June 11–27, showcasing dance and performing arts. In Pinerolo, Musica in Prossimità will feature electronic music on June 18–19 and July 2–3. The Gita al Faro literary festival on Ventotene island will celebrate its tenth edition from June 22–27. Torino a Cielo Aperto will host events from June 15 to September 30, while the Villae Film Festival is set for July 12–18 and September 6–12. The GENERA festival in Rome will run from June to September, the Linea Festival in Puglia is on July 9–11, and the In-Box festival in Siena will occur from June 10–16, with the FAROUT festival in Milan taking place from June 10 to July 24.
Key facts
- Italian cultural venues reopened from April 26, 2021 after months of restrictions
- Lago Film Fest returns July 23–August 1 in Revine Lago, attracting over 15,000 visitors annually
- CROSS Festival on Lake Maggiore runs June 11–27 with eight locations including Verbania and Ameno
- Musica in Prossimità in Pinerolo features Lea Bertucci and Lucrecia Dalt on June 18–19 and July 2–3
- Gita al Faro literary festival on Ventotene marks its tenth edition and the 80th anniversary of the Ventotene Manifesto
- Torino a Cielo Aperto includes Hiroshima Sound Garden and Ginzburg Park Festival from June 15 to September 30
- Villae Film Festival at Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este runs July 12–18 and September 6–12
- Spring Attitude Festival rebrands as GENERA with events in Rome from June to September
- Linea Festival in Puglia takes place July 9–11 at MAT Laboratorio Urbano in Terlizzi
- In-Box festival in Siena runs June 10–16 for theater artists under 35
- Petrarubra Festival holds its first virtual edition until June 14 using drone photogrammetry
- FAROUT festival in Milan from June 10 to July 24 features 38 artists and Luke Jerram's Gaia
Entities
Artists
- Lea Bertucci
- Lucrecia Dalt
- Claudio Panariello
- Benedicte Davin
- Tatsuru Arai
- Caterina Palazzi
- Luke Jerram
- Quartetto Maurice
- Georgia Privitera
- Loredana Lipperini
- Francesca Mancini
- Laura Pesino
- Vania Ribeca
- Francesco Perrone
- Fabrizio Trisciani
- Andrea Bruciati
- Altiero Spinelli
- Ernesto Rossi
- Eugenio Colorni
- Virginia Woolf
Institutions
- Artribune
- Lago Film Fest
- CROSS Festival
- Musica in Prossimità
- Metamorfosi Notturne
- Gita al Faro
- Associazione per Santo Stefano in Ventotene onlus
- Libreria Ultima Spiaggia
- Comune di Ventotene
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Torino a Cielo Aperto
- Fondazione per la Cultura
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Seeyousound
- Goethe-Institut Turin
- Torino Fringe Festival
- La Rete italiana di cultura popolare
- Orfeo
- Villae Film Festival
- Istituto Villa Adriana e Villa d'Este
- MiC
- Regione Lazio
- Associazione Culturale Seven
- Spring Attitude Festival
- GENERA
- Teatro India
- Eur Social Park
- Linea Festival
- Apulia Center for Art and Technology
- MAT Laboratorio Urbano
- Puglia Sounds Live
- Regione Puglia
- In-Box
- Straligut Teatro
- Comune di Siena
- Regione Toscana
- Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo Onlus
- Ministero della Cultura
- Petrarubra Festival
- FAROUT
- BASE Milano
- Threes
- Terraforma
- UNESCO
Locations
- Italy
- Revine Lago
- Conegliano
- Valdobbiadene
- Lake Maggiore
- Verbania
- Ameno
- Pinerolo
- Turin
- Ventotene
- Rome
- Ruvo di Puglia
- Terlizzi
- Siena
- Tuscany
- Pesaro
- Milan
- Villa Adriana
- Villa d'Este
- Lazio