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Summer Jamboree: Senigallia's Vintage Festival Celebrates 1940s-50s American Culture

festival-fair · 2026-05-05

Since its inception on August 20, 2000, the Summer Jamboree has taken place annually in Senigallia, Italy, under the direction of Angelo Di Liberto. This international celebration of 1940s and 1950s music and culture showcases vintage automobiles, pin-up attire, and approximately 40 free concerts featuring artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, alongside dance workshops. The festival, which introduced burlesque to Italy by hosting Dita Von Teese in 2007, also includes a vintage market and classic American cars. In both 2016 and 2017, it drew over 400,000 visitors, establishing itself as the largest festival of its kind in Europe. Di Liberto was honored with the "Orgoglio Marchigiano nel Mondo" award in 2017, and the event is confirmed to continue through 2020.

Key facts

  • Summer Jamboree is an international festival of music and culture from the 1940s and 1950s.
  • Founded on August 20, 2000, by Angelo Di Liberto in Senigallia, Italy.
  • Features around 40 free concerts with artists like Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Ben E. King.
  • Includes dance camps for swing, boogie woogie, and lindy hop.
  • Hosted the first Burlesque Show in Italy in 2006 and Dita Von Teese in 2007.
  • Attracts over 400,000 attendees per edition (2016 and 2017).
  • Largest festival of its kind in Europe and world by attendance.
  • Confirmed through 2020 with a winter edition called Winter Jamboree.

Entities

Artists

  • Angelo Di Liberto
  • Alessandro Piccinini
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Chuck Berry
  • Gaynel Hodge
  • Fluke Holland
  • Stray Cats
  • Ben E. King
  • Dita Von Teese
  • Elvis Presley
  • Michele Trimarchi

Institutions

  • Summer Jamboree
  • Comune di Senigallia
  • Regione Marche
  • Camera di Commercio di Ancona
  • Artribune
  • Teatro La Fenice
  • Rocca Roveresca
  • Rotonda a Mare

Locations

  • Senigallia
  • Italy
  • Marche
  • Rimini
  • San Benedetto
  • Francavilla d'Ete
  • Fermo
  • Piazza del Foro Annonario
  • Piazza del Duca
  • Via Carducci
  • Piazza Simoncelli
  • Piazza Saffi
  • Piazza Garibaldi
  • Lungomare Alighieri
  • Lungomare Mameli

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