6 Summer Music Festivals in the Italian Mountains

A selection of six music festivals taking place in Italy's mountain regions during summer 2018, blending music, art, and landscape. In Valle d'Aosta, the CHAMOISic festival presents its original installation "Forze d'Acqua" at the CVA hydroelectric plant in Maën, Valtournenche, created by Fabio Battistetti and the Audio HackLab collective, turning water into music. Bolzano Festival Bozen in Trentino-Alto Adige celebrates its 15th edition with classical music events across the city, including Castel Mareccio and Castel Roncolo. In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Microfestival returns as an itinerant performance art caravan organized by the Zeroidee collective, supported by the region and Fondazione Friuli. Abruzzo's Paesaggi Sonori festival, founded by Massimo Stringini and Flavia Massimo, enters its third edition with concerts in cultural and natural heritage sites. On the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, "L'importanza di essere piccoli" festival brings poetry and music to marginal villages for its eighth year. In Basilicata, the Pollino Music Festival in San Severino Lucano features headliners Motta, Cosmo, and British producer Neil Perch of Zion Train for its 23rd edition.