Poplar Utopia 2025 at Mart Rovereto: Music, Performance, and Climate Talks

Poplar Utopia, the spin-off of the experimental music festival Poplar, returns to the spaces of Mart in Rovereto from May 31 to June 1, 2025. The program features a live performance of PopX's debut album 'I belong to you' for its tenth anniversary, Delicatoni's 'Deliconstructions' sound journey, and 'Uno due Tre' electroacoustic improvisation for three drum sets by Elia Pastori, Pietro Vicentini, and Anton Sconosciuto. Climatologist Luca Mercalli and Pietro Lacasella will discuss glacier conservation in the International Year of Glaciers, accompanied by the sonorization of the Sebastião Salgado. Ghiacciai exhibition. The immersive experience MANI blends image and sound. Film screenings include documentaries on Pino Daniele and Charli XCX's 'Alone Together'. Headliner Kelly Lee Owens performs her only Italian summer date for 'Dreamstate', alongside Giorgio Poi with new album 'Schegge' (May 2, 2025), Venerus in trio, and MACE's 'VOODOO PEOPLE' set co-produced by Club To Club. Beatrice Favaretto's 'Hold Me While I’m Naked' features live readings by Lalliboop, and Jacopo Mazzonelli and Eleonora Wegher present 'Strange Pianos' on rare keyboard instruments.