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MARCHE REGION
EVENTS CALENDAR 2011
Opera
Title: The 47th Sferisterio Opera Festival
Town: Macerata
Type of event: opera
Description: It has become a festival thanks to the director Pier Luigi Pizzi since 2006; it features an excellent
play-bill with well-known international artists. Next summer’s opera season is going to develop the theme
of ‚Freedom and Destiny‛.
Date: 22 July – 6 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0733.230735
Website: www.sferisterio.it
e-mail : [email protected]
Title: The 32nd Rossini Opera Festival
Town: Pesaro
Type of event: opera
Description: The Rossini Opera Festival is one of most important international venues of classical music.
Almost entirely dedicated to the genius of Gioachino Rossini, it is hosted each year in Pesaro. The festival
aims to revive the musical heritage through a Rossini philological review of the scores brought to the stage.
It makes use of scientific collaboration of the Rossini Foundation, which is a member of the European
Festival. The 33rd edition has a play-bill with two new productions: ‚Adelaide di Borgogna‛ and “Mosè in
Egitto‛.
Location: Teatro Rossini, Adriatic Arena, Auditorium Pedrotti, Teatro Sperimentale
Date: 10-24 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.3800294
WebSite: www.rossinioperafestival.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 11th Pergolesi Spontini Festival
Town: Jesi, Maiolati Spontini, Montecarotto, Monte San Vito, Monsano e San Marcello
Province: Ancona
Type of event: opera
Description: the festival has international relevance, perfectly set in the frame of the lands of Verdicchio; it
hosts performances, artists and intellectuals of high calibre. During this year, the Fondation Pergolesi
Spontini continues performances of the complete works of Giovanni Battisti Pergolegi started for celebration
of the 300th anniversary of the famous Composer‘s birth.
Location: Teatro G. Pergolesi e Teatro V. Moriconi (Jesi), chiesa di S. Stefano e Teatro G. Spontini (Maiolati
Spontini), Teatro Comunale (Montecarotto), Teatro La Fortuna (Monte S. Vito), chiesa degli Aroli (Monsano),
Teatro P. Ferrari (S. Marcello)
Date: 2 -18 September 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 0731.206888
Web site: www.fondazioneperolesispontini.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Events
Title: Lotto’s land. Lorenzo Lotto in the Marche region
Province: Ancona Macerata, Urbino
Type of event: cultural events
Description: In occasion of the great exhibition at the ‚Scuderie del Quirinale‛ dedicated to Lorenzo Lotto
(from 2 March to 12 June 2011) itineraries will be organized to promote the paintings of the great Venetian
artist who left in the Marche twenty-four masterpieces in the towns of the Marches: Ancona, Loreto
Recanati, Mogliano, Monte S. Giusto, Cingoli, Jesi and Urbino.
Location: Marche region
Date: March-December 2011
Website: www.cultura.marche.it
Title: The 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
The Marche Region has published a calendar of the principal activities because it wishes to promote the
150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy.
Website: http://www.cultura.marche.it/CDDirectore.aspx?cat=974
Title: Urbino Press Award
Town. Urbino
Type of event: cultural event
Description: It is assigned each year to an American journalist for the skills to tell us the world which is
changing. This event is sustained by Città di Urbino, Province of Pesaro Urbino, Marche Region, Camber of
Commer of Pesaro Urbino and ‚Piero Guidi‛ (fashion company). It is chaired by Giovanni Lani.
Location: Palazzo Ducale
Date: 3 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722 309222
Website: www.urbinopressaward.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Churches Open 2011 – A stroll through the ascolano romaneque style
Town: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: cultural event
Description: Opening of Romanesque churches of Ascoli Piceno.
Location: Chiese di San Vittore, S. Venanzio, S. Giacomo Apostolo, SS Vicenzo e Anastasio, Museo
Diocesano, Battistero di Giovanni, chiesa di San Gregorio e S. Maria Intervineas; it will be possible a guided
tour of the church of Ascoli Piceno .
Date: 18-19; 25-26 June; 1 July – 31august 2011(All days except Monday)
Ph.: (+39) 0736.252883 – 338.3657608
Website: www.comune.ascolipiceno.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 25th National Eucharistic Congress
Town: Ancona, Fabriano-Matelica (deocese), Jesi, Loreto, Senigallia, Jesi
Province: Ancona and Macerata
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Type of event: religious
Description: Art and spiritual itinerary with two central moments: the Station of the Cross ( Via Crucis) and
Eucharistic procession and decking with flowers.
Location: chiesa di San Ciriaco (Ancona), piazza del Plebiscito (Ancona), Lazzaretto (Ancona), Teatro
Gentile (Fabriano), Palazzetto dello Sport (Jesi), piazza della Madanna (Loreto), fair round – stadio
(Senigallia)
Date: 3 -11 September 2011
Ph.: (+ 39) 071.285551
Website: www.congressoeucaristico.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Multidisciplinary Festival
Title: Happiness Festival
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: festival
Description: It’s a festival boasting a large number of events, like meetings, conferences and shows with
well-known Italian and foreign members from the world of culture, science and politics. The great visibility
will be confirmed to this event with the performance of Roberto Benigni on 28th may at Adriatic Arena.
Location: Piazza del Popolo e Adriatic Arena, Urbino Piazza della Repubblica, territorio provinciale
Date: 27 May - 5 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.3592501 – 2502
Website: www.festivaldellafelicita.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Amo La Mole
Town: Ancona
Type of event: multidisciplinary festival
Description: show, concerts, conferences, meeting at the Mole Vanvitelliana courtyard and art exhibitions.
Location: Mole Vanvitelliana
Date: 18 June 29 - August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.2225019 – 5039
Website: www.comune.ancona.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title : Popsophia – 1st Festival of Contemporary Art
Town: Civitanova Marche
Province: Macerata
Type of event: festival - exhibitions, performances, conferences and workshops
Description: the festival illustrates the richness and complexity of the culture in our time; it will converge
everything towards the understanding of 'modernity'. The event hosts six art exhibitions that will develop
the theme of the 'beauty of art': The Belle Epoque style in ostentation, D'Annunzio secret signs, shapes, colours;
Drean and reality; then ‚Il bello possibile‛ and ‚Il pensiero‛. The festival is divided into four weekends:
Philosophy, Fashion, Fiction and Future (the four ‚fs‛).
Location: lido Cluana and Corso Umberto I; Auditorium Sant’Agostino; Spazio Multimediale San Francesco;
ex Sacrario; Pinacoteca civica Moretti; sale dell’ex Liceo Classico
Date: 15-17; 22-24; 29-31July; 5-7 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0733.812936- 892101
Website: www.popsophia.it
e-mail: [email protected]
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Title: Sensi d’Estate
Town: Ancona
Type of event: multidisciplinary festival
Description: The festival, dedicated to music, art and flavours, is organized by the Museo Omero. It attracts
a large public each year for the quality of the wine tastings, concerts, shows and exhibitions.
Location: Museo Omero
Date: 7, 14, 21, 28 July; 4, 11, 18, 25 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.2811935
Website: www.museoomero.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Esteuropaovest. International Festival of Theatre, Music and Literature
Town: città della provincia di Macerata
Type of event: multidisciplinary festival
Description: The international festival of theatre, music and literature was founded in 1995 and it creates a
network among some Municipalities of the province of Macerata.
Location: various locations
Date: July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 347.3665927
Website: web: www.esteuropaovest.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: The 21st Castelbellino Arte
Town: Castelbellino
Province: Ancona
Type of event: multidisciplinary festival
Description: The event is divided into music, visual arts, cinema and conferences. The festival hosts the
Conference study: ‚Mario Camerini and cinematography of the twentieth century‛ and the Premio Mario
Camerini, the best song of a film. This year, it is dedicated to the screenwriter and filmmaker Renato
Castellani. The originality of the project of visibility on a national level, in line with past events promoted by
the Province of Ancona in the project on the XX century.
Date: 16-31 (23-24 cinema) July 2011
Location: piazza S. Marco, museo Villa Coppetti, Teatro B. Gigli, Terrazza M. Camerini
Ph.: (+39) 349.2977988
Website: www.comune.castelbellino.an.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Festival Adriatico Mediterraneo
Town: Ancona
Type of event multicultural festival
Description: the festival takes place every year in Ancona; on the occasion the city becomes a cultural
capital, hosting artists from the countries of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean area.
Location: Mole Vanvitelliana, Arco di Traiano, Pinacoteca civica ‚F. Podesti‛, anfiteatro romano, piazza
Roma
Date: 27August - 4 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.5021611 – 5021624 – 8046325
Website: www.adriaticomediterraneo.eu
e-mail: [email protected]
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Art exhibitions
Title: From Peter Pan to Harry Potter – Dreams and drawings by Serena Riglietti
Town: Gradara
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: exhibition
Description: A surprising show, it will take us into the enchanted world of the illustrator, in Italy, who has
given a face to Harry Potter.
Location: Palazzo Rubini-Vesin
Date: 20 December - 29 May 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0541.964673
Website: www.gradarainnova.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Landscapes of Italy: Giulio Gabrielli (1832-1910) from Corot to Fattori
Town: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: art exhibition
Descrizione: The show puts together a thematic exhibition with 120 works by Giulio Gabrielli of Ascoli
Piceno who is linked with those of the best well-known landscape artists of the 19th century and with
which he has related, during his period of study in Rome, Naples and Florence (Gigante, Von Pitloo, Caffi,
Costa, Corot, Abban, Sernesi, Vito d’Ancona, Lega and Fattori). The exhibition is part of the celebration of
the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy and illustrates the activities of Gabrielli and some of the
Italian Risorgimento exponents; and his work of the curator of the national heritage, as the founder of
Municipal Art Gallery, the Library and Museum of Ascoli Piceno.
Location: Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Osvaldo Licini
Date: 15 April – 4 November 2011
Ph.:(+39) 0736.298213
Website: www.ascolimusei.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: 2011 – Year of Italian Language and Culture in Russia and Russian Language and Culture in Italy . A
solo exibition of Zurab Tzereteli
Town: Ancona
Type of event: exhibition
Description: The exhibition, organized by art critic prof. Armando Ginesi, contains about 100 paintings and
graphics of the master Tsereteli which have come from his studio in Paris. It is divided into two sections:
"The Russian Academy of Arts: personalities, events and history "; and the artistic and expressive events of
Tsereteli. The exhibition is a continuation of the Moscow show entitled "The Italian art of the twentieth
century through the great artists of the Marches‛ which has hosted in the spring of 2006 and then 2007 in
Ancona.
Location: Mole Vanvitelliana
Date: 20 April – 29 May 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0731.605816
Website: www.consolatorusan.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Guercino at Fano
Town: Fano
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: art exhibition
Description: The art review of the paintings of the artist of Cento, painted for Fano and commissioned by the
noble families of the town, hosts ‚The Marriage of the Virgin‛, ‚Guardian Angel‛ and ‚St. John the Baptist
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at source "; the last painting comes back for the first time to Fano since 1797 after its ‚transfer‛ to France by
Napoleon's troops. Currently the work is exhibited at the Museum ‚Fabre‛ in Montpellier.
Sede: Pinacoteca di San Domenico
Date: 7 May (inauguration) - 1 October 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.802885 - 824331
Website: www.fondazionecarifano.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Vittore Crivelli from Venice to Tuscany – Artists of the Renaissance in the Apennines
Town: Sarnano
Province: Macerata
Description: The art exhibition reunites more than 40 works and it is the first show dedicated to Vittore
Crivelli (1430-1502), protagonist together with his brother Carlo of the painting of the Marche region in the
last twenty years of the fifteenth century. In addition to the artist's masterpieces, the Venetian exhibition
includes works by other artists working in the centres of the hinterland in the second half of XV century.
Sede: Palazzo del Popolo
Date: 21 May – 6 Novermber 2011
Ph.: (++39) 06.6631305 – 0733.659911
Website: www.vittorecrivelli.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Paintings, carvings and furniture from the collections of the Marchioness Mosca
Town: Pesaro
Type of event: art exhibition
Description: After the still lifes, the event scheduled at the Civic Museums of Pesaro for summer 2011, is
devoted to a series of artefacts from the collections of Madame Vittoria Mosca currently stored in
warehouses.
Date: 10 June (opening) 2011 –15 January 2012
Location: Musei Civici di Pesaro, palazzo Toschi Mosca, piazza Toschi Mosca
Ph.: (+39) 0721.387541
Website: www.museicivicipesaro.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The beauty of things
Town: Chiaravalle e Ancona
Province: Ancona
Type of event: art exibition
Description: The show is promoted by ADI (Industrial Design Association) and other Institutions such as the
Marche Region, is dedicated to the design, production and promotion of innovation.
Location: Manifattura Tabacchi and Mole Vanvitelliana
Date: 10 June – 3 July
Ph: (+39) 349.6999819
Website: www.labellezzadellecose.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Osvaldo Licini - Giorgio Morandi. Parallel Divergence
Town: Fermo e Monte Vidon Corrado
Province: Fermo
Type of event: art exhibition
Description: This is an important art exhibition, divided into two sites, wishes to deepen the studies on the
relationship between the two great artists of the Twentieth century, from the common training at the
Academy of Bologna in their last correspondence of 1958.
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Location: Palazzo dei Priori Palazzo dei Priori, Centro studi Osvaldo Licini
Date: 25 June – 25 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.232246
Website: www.provincia.fm.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: 2011 – Year of Italian Language and Culture in Russia and Russian Language and Culture in Italy.
Project Leopardi and Tolstoj: Great European literary parks, from the Hill of Infinity to Yasnaya Polyana
Town: Recanati
Province: Macerata
Type of event: exhibition
Description: Celebration of the great figures of the XIX century literature based on a project funded by the
Russian Ministry of Culture. After the Recanati art exhibition, it will be hosted at the Museum Yasnaya
Polyana Tolstoy. The exhibition is the result of a long collaboration between the Marches and Russia that
has focused on the cultural issues between Leopardi and Tolstoy. The exhibition intends to exploit the
regional contexts of origin of the two great personalities. The project has involved the Marches: the town of
Recanati, Leopardi Research Centre (Centro Studi Leopardiani), Casa Leopardi, the World Centre of Poetry
(Centro Mondiale della Poesia) and the Province of Macerata.
Date: 2 July – 20 August 2011
Location: Palazzo Leopardi
Ph.: (+39) 071. 7587217/218 - 7570604
Website: www.cultura.marche.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 62nd International Art Review/G. B. Salvi Award
Town: Sassoferranto
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Description: The Review illustrates the tradition of this event charm which is always dedicated to
contemporary art. It is one of the longest festivals with the Italian art at the Biennale International Art Venice
and the "Premio Michetti‛ in Pescara.
Location: Palazzo Pretura
Date: 29 July – 4 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0735.956218 – 377.1203522
Website: www.sassoferratocultura.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Alla mensa del Signore – Masterpieces of European art from Raffaello to Tiepolo
Town: Ancona
Type of event: exhibition
Description: exhibition of ancient paintings on the theme of the Eucharist.
Location: Mole Vanvitelliana
Date: 4 September 2011 – 20 January 2012
Ph.: (+ 39)071.285551
Website: www.congressoeucaristico.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Ballet
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Title: The 15th Civitanova Danza
Town: Civitanova Marche
Provincia: Macerata
Type of event: ballet
Description: Civitanova Danza‛ is choreography. It’s the first festival of the Marche region and is one of the
Italian festivals which proposes modern dance with more attention to the ‚mix‛ between tradition and
choreographic cultures of different countries in the world.
Location: Teatro G. Rossini, Annibal Caro, Teatro Cecchetti
Date: 24 June – 10 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.2072439
Web site: www.amatmarche.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: City Dance
Town: Pesaro
Type of event: ballet
Description: National festival of dance schools – Final 2011.
Location: piazza del Popolo
Date: 1 – 3 July 2011
Website: www.uisp.it/pesaro
e-mail: [email protected]
Drama
Title: TAU, Teatri Uniti
Town: Urbisaglia, Falerone, Ascoli Piceno, Cupra Marittima e Monte Rinaldo
Province: Macerata and Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: open-air theatre
Description: The theatrical events feature works taken from ancient theatrical literature, both Greek and
Roman. The performances take place in locations of remarkable archaeological interest. The Town Councils,
Cultural Department of the Marche Region, Amat and Soprintendenza of the Marche region are involved in
the event.
Location: Castle of Sant’Andrea (Cupra Marittima), Roman amphitheatre (Urbisaglia), Roman theatre
(Falerone), Archaeological area La Cuma (Monterinaldo).
Date: 10 July - 10 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071. 2075880
Website: www.amatmarche.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Modern Theatre
Title: The 54th National Festival of Drama
Town: Pesaro
Type of event: dramatic art – theatre
Description: The event has marked the city's cultural rebirth after the tragedy of the Second World War. The
festival is one of the most eagerly awaited events in Pesaro from Italian theatrical companies.
Location: Teatro Rossini
Date: September – October 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 0721.64311
Web site: www.festivalgadpesaro.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Contemporary Theatre
Title: Festival Inteatro
Town: Polverigi
Province: Ancona
Type of event: theatre
Description: An International event organized and produced by ‚Inteatro‛ association which has been
animated in Villa Nappi since 1977 and some other locations in Polverigi. The festival has become an
important point of reference for the spectators and artists, obtaining for itself and for the territory
remarkable visibility and real recognition for contemporary creations.
Location: villa Nappi, Teatro della Luna, Cinema Italia, streets in the historic centre
Date: 28 June – 2 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.9090007
Website: www.inteatro.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Ars Amando
Town: Amandola
Province: Fermo
Type of event: festival
Description: the event is dedicated to the performaning arts.
Location: historic centre
Date: first half of September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.84071 – 339.9101625
Web site: www.amandolateatro.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Theatre for Children
Title: National Festival of Theatre for Schools
Town: Serra San Quirico
Province: Ancona
Type of event: theatre for children
Description: The festival hosts a lot of students from all over Italy who present their theatrical works.
Date: 30 April – 20 May 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0731.86634 - 869042
Website: www.teatrogiovani.eu
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: AMBARABA’
Town: Agugliano, Falconara M., Camerata Picena, Chiaravalle, Jesi, Offagna, Polverigi, Montecarotto,
Maiolati Spontini, M. S. Vito, Monsano, Montemarciano, S. Marcello, Staffolo, Santa Maria Nuova
Province: Ancona
Type of event: puppetry
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Description: The “Festival of Puppets, Marionette and ‘Puppet Shows’", directed and organized by Pirate
Theatre Company, offers each summer a ‚dip‛ into the ancient art of puppet theatre.
Location: squares, castles, courtyards, gardens
Date: 15 June – 12 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0731.56590
Website: www.teatropirata.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 24th Puppets Opera Festival
Town: Pesaro
Type of event: Puppetry and music
Description: The festival is dedicated to puppetry. Over the years, it has achieved a broad consensus,
involving a wide audience. The event is one of the most polular of the summer among the children of
Pesaro.
Location: Palazzo Montani Antaldi (courtyard)
Date: 12 -17 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.34348
Website : www.arcimarche.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The theatres of the world - International Festival of Theatre for Children
Town: Porto Sant’Elpidio
Province: Fermo
Type of event: theatre
Description: It’s one of most remarkable Italian festivals dedicated to theatre for children, with over fifty
shows, exhibitions, meeting and special events.
Location: Villa Barucchello – Pineta Nord – Villa Murri
Date: 16 –23 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.902107
Website: www.iteatridelmondo.it
e-mail : [email protected]
Title: Paese dei Balocchi
Town: Serra San Quirico
Province: Ancona
Type event: theatre
Description: The event is entirely dedicated to children. ‚Toyland‛" is also a children's theatre festival where
the theatre companies from all over the country participate.
Location: streets and historic centre
Date: 20-24 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0731.86634
Website: www.teatrogiovani.eu
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Visiting Fairy Tales
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: youth theatre
Description: Fantastic stories for children are performed on stage.
Location: Theatre network of Pesaro Urbino Province
Date: winter edition (15 and 22 May), summer edition (June/July) 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 0721.3592575
Website: www.amatmarche.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Street Theatre
Title: Veregra Street Festival
Town: Montegranaro
Province: Fermo
Type of event: street theatre
Description: The festival takes place in squares, alleys and streets of the historic centres of various town
which are transformed into enchanted settings where take turns performing late into the night actors,
musicians and jugglers take turns performing late into the night.
Location: historic centre
Date: 20-26 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.897932 - 335.7591515
Website: www.veregrastreet.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: Street Artists International Festival
Town: Colmurano
Province: Macerata
Type of event: street theatre
Description: This event is organized annually by the local Pro Loco.
Location: centro storico
Date: 14-17 luglio 20111
Ph.: (+39) 0733.508287 - 389 0588731
Website: www.artistrada.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Dialect theater
Title: The 6h ed. National Festival of Theatre in dialect
Town: Agugliano
Province: Ancona
Type of event: folk Theatre
Description: The has become a national event since 2006,. The festival is sustained by the Marche Region, the
Province of Ancona and the Municipality of Agugliano.
Location: historic centre
Date: 22-31 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 329.9293623
Website: www.associazionelaguglia.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Cabaret
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Title: National Festival of Humour Amoremio Cabaret!
Town: Grottammare
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: comedy
Description: The "National Festival of Humour Amoremio Cabaret" is one of the most important events
dedicated to comedy and humour in the national territory for 26 years. Grottamare has become the place of
modern comedy, vital for young talents who want to enter the world of laughter. Among the newcomers,
who over the years have participated in the festival, we wish to mention now well established artists like
Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo Gabril Cirilli, Max Giusti and many others. During the festival we will be
awarding the‚Orange gold‛ Prize dedicated to the artist’s lifetime carer; it has been given to famous people
such as Lello Arena, Leo Gullotta, Iacchetti Enzo, Giorgio Panariello, Joel Diz, Serena Dandini, Blacks
Marcorè, Antonio Cornacchione, Murizio Crozza, Paul Rossi, Sabrina Guzzanti and Job Corvatta.
Location: Parco delle Rimembranze
Date: 5-7 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0735.739224-238
Website: www.cabaretamoremio.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Classical Music
Title: International Review of Sacred Music
Town: Loreto
Province: Ancona
Description: Remarkable directors, organists and choristers have performed in Loreto over the last five
centuries. The Show boasts artists coming from the most famous Italian and foreign chapels.
Location: Basilica of Loreto
Date: 24 April – 1 May 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.977748
Website: www.cappellamusicaleloreto.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: International Violin Competition “Andrea Postacchini”
Town: Fermo
Type of event: violin competition
Description: The most prestigious international schools take part in this music competition. The course is
opened to anyone from 8 to 35 years old.
Location: Teatro dell’Aquila
Date: 21-28 May 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.224137
Website: www.concorsopostacchini.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Musicae Ameni Loci
Town: Gradara, Pesaro, Mombaroccio, Sant’Angelo in Lizzola, Monteciccardo
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Description The festival is divided into a series of concerts of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music
taking place in the most charming sites of the province.
Location: Fortress (Gradara), historic centre (Pesaro, Monbaroccio, Sant’Angelo in Lizzola), Convento dei
Servi di Maria (Monteciccardo)
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Date: June, July, August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 320.1524440 – 320.8325577
Website: www.coro-jubilate.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 13th Cantar Lontano Festival
Town: Ancona, Arcevia, Corinaldo, Genga, Loreto
Type of event: music and shows
Description: The festival is conceived and directed by Maestro Marco Mencaboni; the event wants to
promote through concerts, conferences and Cds the Seventeenth century techniques of vocal music, called
‚Cantar lontano‛ and in this way introduced the pubblic to the most evocative places of the Ancona
Province rich in culture and the spirituality. The festival is supported by the Department of Culture –
Marche Region, Department of Culture and Tourism – Ancona Province.
Location: Grotte di Frasassi (Genga), chiesa del Gesù e Portonovo (Ancona), Auditorium di San Rocco,
(Senigallia), Sant’Elena (Serra San Quirico), Basilica (Loreto), Eremo di Monte di Giove (Fano), Abbazia di
San Firmano (Montelupone), chiesa del Piano (Corinaldo)
Date: 24 June - 3 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.2225019
Website: www.cantarlontano.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 6th Organ Festival
Town: Loreto
Province: Ancona
Description: International festival of music divided into five concerts.
Location: Basilica
Date: 5 July – 5 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.9747231 – 335.1724631
Website: www.santuarioloreto.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: International Organ Festival City of Senigallia
Town: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Type of event: classical music
Description: The ‚International Organ Festival - City of Senigallia‛, edited by Maestro Federica Iannella, is
among the proposals of the distinctive cultural summer season of Senigallia for the quality of the play-bill
and for the public participation.
Location: chiesa S. Maria della Neve
Date: 7,14,21,28 July; 4,11,18, 25 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.7922425
Website: www.organsenigallia.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Harmonies of the Evening Festival
Town: Porto San Giorgio, Ponzano di Fermo, Falconara Marittima, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Corridonia,
Urbino
Province: Pesaro Urbino, Ancona, Macerata, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: classical music
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Description: The festival started in 2005 from an idea of the pianist Marco Sollini.
Location: chiesa di San Marco (Ponzano di Fermo), Rocca Tiepolo (Porto San Giorgio), Castello (Falconara
M.), chiesa S. Venanzio (Ascoli Piceno), chiesa di S. Agostino (Fermo, loc. Torri di Palme), abbazia di San
Claudio (Corridonia), Palazzo Ducale (Urbino)
Date: 9 July – 15 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.630108 – 392.4779651
Website: www.armoniedellasera.it
e-mail: [email protected] – [email protected]
Title: The 42nd Early Music Festival
Town: Urbino
Type of event: classical music
Description: The festival alternates Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music in the course of nine concerts.
Date: 19- 28 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.320817
Web site: www.fima-online.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: MusicAmuseo
Town: Ancona (and other villages)
Province: Ancona
Tipe of event: classical music
Description: “MusicAmuseo‛ is a great music festival, the result of expertise and ongoing research work at
international level, organized by ‚musicAncona‛. Each concert has always had strong consensus from the
public, critics and review from most reliable regional press. It will be hold on 29th July at chiostro Diocesano
the Plamena Mangova’ concert. She was the winner of the ‚Queen Elisabeth Competition‛ in 2007 and
brilliantly embarked on an international career - from Europe to Tokyo, South Korea, Berlin Philharmonic
Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Leipziger Gewandhaus and Saint-Petersburg Philharmony notably.
Location: Mole Vanvitelliana and Museo Diocesano
Date: 30 June; 2, 9, 16, 25 July; 5, 11, 22 Septemeber;
1,6,23, October; 20, 23 November; 13 Dicember
Ph.: (+39) 071.7390352 - 7391285
Website: www.musicancona.it
email: [email protected]
Title: Perpiano solo
Town: Amandola
Province: Fermo
Description: Advanced specialist course for piano.
Location: Teatro La Nuova Fenice
Date: July – August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.257057
Web site: www.perpianosolo.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Santa Vittoria Festival
Town: Fratte Rosa
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: classical music review
Description: Classical music festival directed by Siegmund Weinmeister.
Location: Santa Vittoria Monastery
Data: 5-7 August 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 0721.777200
Website: www.santa-vittoria-festival.eu
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Accademia Organistica Elpidiense
Town: Sant’Elpidio a Mare
Province: Fermo
Type of event: classical music
Description: The ‚Organ Elpidiense Academy‛ is the first review of the organ in the Marche and among the
most important in Italy. The exhibition claims original and quality proposals each year which enhance the
organ music. For the execution of the music, two ancient instruments are used: the organ of Gaetano Callidi
(1785) and the organ of Pietro Nacchini (1757).
Location: Basilica Lateranense di Maria SS. della Misericordia
Date: 5,12,19,26 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.81961 – 334.3202627
Website: www.accademiaorganisticaelpidiense.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 25th Festival of International Chamber Music and Theatre Camerino Festival
Town: Camerino, Castelraimondo, Pievebovigliana
Province: Macerata
Type of event: chamber and baroque music
Description: It is distinguished by international and well-known artists, plurality to kinds, inside a chamber
concert dimension and with various types of performers. The festival started 23 years ago and is directed by
Francesco Rosati and attracts about 2.500 visitors each year.
Location: Teatro F. Marchetti and chiesa di S. Filippo (Camerino), Castello di Lanciano (Castelraimondo),
chiesa di S. Giusto (Pievebovigliana)
Date: August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0737.636041 – 634725 - 630193
Website: www.camerinofestival.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: The 20th Liszt Festival
Town: Grottammare (and other villages)
Province: Provincia di Ascoli
Type of event: classical music
Description: The 9th Liszt Festival dedicated to the famous Hungarian composar who stayed in
Grottammare in the summer of 1868. This year the festival proposes an original production for its pubblic
celebration the two hundred years, sence of Festival Liszt.
Location: Vecchio Incasato – chiesa di Santa lucia
Date: 27 July; 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0735.739240
Website: www.festivaliszt.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Contemporary Pop Music
Title: 22nd Festival of Popular song by author - Musicultura
Town: Macerata
Type of event: festival
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Description: The festival is a fertile ground for discussion and growth among established artists and new
proposals for the recording industry. The event is an international showcase of quality music of the most
established and prestigious Italian music, particularly those of popular songwriters.
Location: Sferisterio
Date: 17-19 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.7574320 - 7574321
Website: www.musicultura.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: The 12th Summer Jamboree
Town: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Type of event: music and entertainment
Description: It is a festival of music and culture in America in the '40s and '50s with live performances of DJ
sets swing, rock'n'roll, jive, doo-wop, rhythm and blues, and hill-billy western<
Location: Foro Annonario, piazza del Duca, historic centre
Date: 30 July - 07 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.7929264 -392.2392838
Website: www.summerjamboree.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: International Accordion Festival – The 36th International editin Città di Castelfidardo”
Town: Castelfidardo
Province: Ancona
Description: The festival, competition dedicated to the accordion, is the most important event of this the
instrument music. During the international festival you can enjoy the pleasant atmosphere and take part in
events and cultural meetings.
Sede: Cinema Astra
Date: 21 -25 September 2011
Tel. (+39) 071.7829349
Website: www.festivalcastelfidardo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Arena Musical Gigli
Town: Porto Recanati
Province: Macerata
Type of event: musical
Description: Musicals are part of five events illustrated on the bill-play of the Marche summer program.
Location: Castle – arena
Date: July – August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.759971
Website: www.portorecanatiturismo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Wavelenghts
Town: Urbino
Type of event: rock and pop
Description: Festival of independent music and cultural production (Indi) in Italy.
Location: piazza Rinascimento
Date: first week of August 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 338.3562780
Website: www.frequenzedisturbate.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Offida Opera Festival
Town: Offida
Province: Ascoli Piceno:
Type of event: operetta
Description: The music festival has a bill-ply with a lot of appointments: concerts operas, exhibitions and
workshops.
Location: Teatro Serpente Aureo, chiesa di Santa Maia della Rocca, Enoteca Regionale delle Marche, Museo
di Offida
Date: 3-11 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.888706
Website: www.comune.offida.ap.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Jazz
Title: Tam, Another Kind of music
Town: 34 local authorities including associations and foundations
Type of event: concerts
Description: Tam, Tutta un'Altra Musica (Tam, Antogher Kind of music) has been hosting both international
and rising talented artists since 1997; it also boasts original productions , new works, genres ranging from
jazz and world music to rock and reggae.
Location: different locations
Date: all year 2011
Ph.: (+39) 338.4321643
Website: www.tamfactory.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Sant’Elpidio Jazz Festival – Jazz di Marca
Town: Sant’Elpido a Mare, Porto San Giorgio, Fermo
Province: Fermo
Type of event: concerts
Description: Founded ten years ago by Alessandro Andolfi, the festival has grown year after year, hosting
the biggest names of national and international jazz.
Location: piazza Matteotti, Rocca Tiepolo Villa Vitali (o teatro dell’Aquila)
Date: June – July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.810108
Website: www.jazzdimarca.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Festival Jazz Oltre il Blu
Town: San Benedetto del Tronto
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: concerts
Description: The festival is conceived to give more opportunities and visibility to young artists, somehow
linked to the territory in order to create new expressions of jazz.
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Location: Palazzina Azzurra
Date: last week of June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 340.4719439 – 347.2248557
Website: www.sanbenedettodeltronto.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Jazz Summer Festival
Town: Ancona
Type of event: concerts
Description: Concerts will follow in the main squares of the city and in the courtyard of the Mole
Vanvitelliana. The festival hosts musicians on the international scene.
Location: various locations
Date: 3-10 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 327.6844552
Website: www.anconajazz.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Fano Jazz By The Sea
Town: Fano
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: jazz concerts
Description: It’s one of Italy’s most important jazz event, taking place in summer time. It hosts famous
artists from all over the world who can combine the tradition of Afro American music with other types of
music.
Location: Pala J - Porto Marina dei Cesari
Date: 24 July – 1 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.803043
Website: www.fanojazz.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 20th San Severino Blues Festival
Town: San Severino Marche, Gagliole, Tolentino, Pollenza, Treia, Castelraimondo, Cingoli
Province: Macerata
Type of event: jazz and blues music
Description: Summer festival of Afro-American music like blues, jazz, soul e rock. It takes place in different
towns in the province of Macerata.
The chosen locations, being historic and tourist attractions, are particularly interesting. Many well known
international artists have taken part in the previous editions, like Patti Smith, Joe Jackson, Pat Metheny, John
Mayall, Blues Brothers, Suzanne Vega, Robben Ford; Italian artists like Carmen Consoli, Eugenio Finardi
and young rising artists from the Marche have taken part too.
Location: piazza del Popolo, largo Servanzi Confidati, Castello al Monte; Rocca G. Varano; Castello della
Rancia, piazza della Libertà; giardino- convento di S. Michele; castello di Lanciano; piazzale del
Risorgimento
Date: July – August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0733.641317- 339.6733590
Website: www.sanseverinoblues.com
e-mail: [email protected]
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Titolo: The 13th Corinaldo Jazz
Town: Corinaldo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: concerts
Description: ‚Corinaldo jazz "is the jazz music festival that every summer offers evening performances of the
highest level to music lovers in this beautiful inland town.
Location: piazza del Terreno
Date: August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.679047
Website: www.corinaldojazz.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Stagione Concertistica
Town: Ancona
Type of event: musical concerts
Description: The exhibition has in its concerts program fourteen appointments devoted primarily to the
great classical repertoire, not to mention the new language of contemporary music.
Location: Teatro delle Muse e Teatro Sperimentale
Date: 13 October – 22 December 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.2070119
Website: www.amicimusica.an.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Photography
Title: Photostory -Homage to 5 Photostar
Town: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Type of event: multidisciplinary event
Description: This art exhibition is an honour to five ‚Great Masters‛ of the world of photography: Helmut
Newton, Richard Avedon, Robert Doisneau, Jeanloup Sieff Brassai. ‚Photostory‛ -Homage to 5 Photostar is divided
into: music, show, fashion, publishing etc. The partner of the art exhibition is the Mondadori bookshop
which brings a rich monograph of the artists. A part of the collection of photos which were recently donated
to the Foundation is also on exhibition. Sede: Rocca Roveresca
Date: 1 June – 30 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.4608709
Website: www.marcheandtour.com – www.fondazionezamperetti.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: Contemporary Photo Festival - FacePhotoNews
Town: Sassoferrato
Province: Ancona
Type of event: festival di fotografia
Description: The festival is organized by the Municipality of Sassoferrato from Erregibi Photography Club,
the Pro Loco, the FIAF regional BFI and the Visual Arts - Cral Cartiere Miliani Fabriano. It proposes:
meetings, reading porfolio, exhibitions and workshops. The new edition is packed with ideas, initiatives,
and prestigious prizes such as: National Portfolio Italy - Italy-Epson Grand Prix Award Kiwanis.
Location: historic centre and Castle
Date: 26-28 August 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 0736.9561
Website: www.comune.sassoferrato.an.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Cinema
Title: The 47th International Show of New Cinema
Town: Pesaro
Type of event: festival
Description: It’s one of the most important Italian film festival. In keeping with tradition, it has a rich
retrospective of Italian authors and books also with a section of films in competition in the program: Pesaro
Nuovo Cinema - Premio Lino Micciche, Cinema in piazza and new proposals for the video.
Location: piazza del Popolo, Teatro Sperimentale, Cinema Astra
Date: 19-27 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 06. 4456643 - 491156
Website: www.pesarofilmfest.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Symphonies Film Festival
Town: Montefiore dell’Aso
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: cinema
Description: The ‚Cinema Symphony Festival‛ of Montefiore Aso comes from the combination of cinema
and music; it evokes life the memory of those magical melodies that accompanied live, the first silent films,
creating a unique and fascinating show for the spectators.
Location: chiostro del Polo Museale di S. Francesco, Sala Espositiva Partino, Centro di Documentazione
Scenografia G. Basili
Date: 22-26 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.938103 – 939019
Website: www.comune.montefioredellaso.ap.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 18th Libero Bizzarri Award
Town: San Benedetto del Tronto
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: festival
Description: National and International Review of a documentary film. The festival has a rich retrospective
of documentaries which includes the theme of the ‚Young Planet‛ created for the schools.
Location: Teatro Concordia
Date: 14-16 October 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0735.753334 - 348.3323720
Website:www.fondazionebizzarri.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 23rd Fano International Film Festival
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Town: Fano
Province: Pesaro - Urbino
Type of event: festival
Description: The event includes medium and short films, produced by Italian and foreign directors, ‚Opere
prime‛ and auteur film.
Location: Teatro della Fortuna, Memo ‚M. Montanari‛
Date: 17-22 October 2011
Ph. (+ 39) 0721.854372
Website: www.fanofilmfestival.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: The 8th Italian Short Film Festival - Corto dorico
Town: Ancona
Type of event: festival
Description: Movie event with a rich program divided into workshops (screenplay, acting, photography and
short films).
Location: Teatro Sperimentale
Date: 18-20 November 2011 (to be defined)
Ph.: (+39) 335.1099665 – 339.6185682
Website: www.cortodorico.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Folk Music
Title: The 14th Folk Concerto
Town: Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Camerano, Fermo, Numana, Offida, Porto Recanati, Senigallia
Province: Ancona, Macerata, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: celtic music
Description: The exhibition "Folk Concert", founded in 1990 by Joseph Possedoni, introduced in the Marche
region of traditional folk music, more commonly known as "Celtic. "
Date: 22 e 29 July; 6 August 2011
Location: Mole Vanvitelliana (Ancona); Piazza del Popolo (Offida) and various locations
Ph.: (+39) 338.6981139 – 339.7575640
Website: www.folkconcerto.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Montelago Celtic Nighit
Town: Serravalle di Chienti
Type of event: celtic music
Description: We go back in time for one night to the Druids in the Marche Apennine with Celtic music,
meetings, conferences, dances and surrounded by the magical atmosphere from dusk till dawn of the ancient
sages and druids. The festival enjoys the patronage of the Italian Rugby Federation, the Marche Region, the
Province of Macerata and the Irish Embassy in Italy.
Location: Taverne of Serravalle di Chienti – the Highlands of Colfiorito
Date: 5-6 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0733.201359 – 338.7601331
Website: http://montelagocelticfestival.forumfree.it/ - www.artenomade.com
e-mail: [email protected]
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Title: The 26th Monsano Folk Festival
Town: Camerata Picena, Corinaldo, Monsano, Jesi, Montecarotto, Montemarciano, Monte San Vito, Morro
d’Alba, Numana, Polverigi, Serra de’ Conti, Mergo, Staffolo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: festival
Description: It’s a travelling festival taking place all over the province of Ancona. It’s a ‚must‛ event that can
offer an updated view of popular music with its traditions and potentialities. The festival , directed by
Gastone Pietrucci, is very popular in Italy because it combines original music by traditional singers and
music by groups and singers of folk-revival.
Location: historic centre
Date: 5 – 21 August 2011 (to be confirmed)
Ph.: (+39) 0731.4263
Website: www.macina.net
e-mail la [email protected]
Folklore
Title: The 14th National Folk Festival
Town: Cupramontana
Province: Ancona
Type of event: festival
Description: Groups from many regions of Italy. The festival is touring and is housed in the joint producers
of wine ‚Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi‛.
Location: piazza IV Novembre and historic centre
Date: 22-24 July 2011
Tel. (+39) 338.3906097
Website: www.massaccio.com
e-mail: [email protected] – [email protected]
Titolo: The 33rd International Festival of Folklore
Town: Staffolo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: festival
Description: Folklore, food and wine, handicrafts.
Location: piazzale dei Martiri
Date: 29-31 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 339.1620375
Website: www.colledelverdicchio.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 28th International Festival of Folklore – Ethnic groups compared
Town: Matelica
Province: Macerata
Type of event: festival
Description: Groups coming from around the world: shows, songs and cuisine of the countries (a
comparison of five continents).
Location: piazzale Gerani
Date: 29 July – 3 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 347.6681966
Website: www.assfolkmatelica.org
e-mail: [email protected]
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Title: The 41st Folk Festival Terranostra
Town: Apiro
Province: Macerata
Type of event: festival
Description: It’s a festival boasting groups coming from the five continents. It includes a market show called
‚Art and land‛ with typical products and ethnic handicraft on display. A course has been organized to learn
ancient arts and crafts.
Location: historic centre e piazza Baldini
Date: 8-15 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0733.613048
Website: www.festivalterranostra.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: International Folklore Festival – Meeting of popular culture
Town: Macerata
Type of event: folk music
Description: The event is organized by a project on itinerant folklore which characterizes the culture of many
countries around the world.
Location: Sferisterio
Date: 20 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 338.1620375
Website: www.lipistacoppi.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Cultural Awards
Title: Premio Rotondi ai Salvatori dell’Arca
Town: Sassocorvaro
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: cultural award
Description: This award is to remember the extraordinary event which involved the Sassocorvaro fortress
during the Second World War; it is a tribute to Pasquale Rotondi who saved great Italian masterpieces of
paintings. The Award wants to create a bridge between past, present and future, to remind us that the
preservation of artistic heritage requires the commitment of all.
Location: Auditorium comunale and fortress.
Date: 4 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.769015
Website: www.arcaarte.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: National Award Frontino Montefeltro
Town: Frontino
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: cultural award
Description: The award aims at promoting and recognizing the commitment to culture, particularly among
young people, concentration on the vitality, the values on the intellectual resources of peripheral areas, on
smaller areas, on the Little Italy of the Apennines, the Park of Europe, the Montefeltro and the Park of the
Apennines.
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Location: Convento di Monte Fiorentino
Date: 18 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.71135
Website: www.comune.frontino.pu.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: Salimbeni Award for History and Art Criticism
Town: San Severino Marche
Province: Macerata
Type of event: cultural award
Descrizione: The award is the only one in Italy and Europe in a rich and fertile setting like that of historians
and critics of art, created by Federico Zeri. The Salimbeni Prize is open to scholars of all nationalities. The
President of the Republic in the last few years has always granted his patronage and the prize has also
received the patronage of the Minister for Cultural Heritage, the Minister of Education and the Minister for
Foreign Affairs.
Location: Teatro I. Aleandri
Date: 29 October 2011 (to be confirmed)
Ph.: (+39) 339.5245518
Website www.fondazionesalimbeni.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 8th National Literary Prize "Paolo Volponi" - "Literature and civic commitment"
Town: Altidona, Fermo, Monte Urano, Monte Vidon Corrado, Porto San Giorgio, Porto Sant 'Elpidio,
Sant 'Elpidio a Mare e Urbino
Province: Pesaro and Urbino Fermo
Type: literary prize
Description: This is a unique event on the national scene. The award is sustained by the Province of Fermo –
Cultural Department, the Marche Region, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fermo, Chamber of Commerce,
local authorities, Coop Adriatica, cultural associations, national CGIL who also participates with her
publisher Ediesse and the union ‚Mese di Rassegna‛ . The rich program includes a series of initiatives
ranging from contextual theatre to cinema to history.
Location: It has not yet been defined; final evening at the Teatro delle Api (Porto Sant 'Elpidio)
Date: November 2011
Ph.: (+39) 333.6331721
Website: www.provincia.fm.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 17th Literary Award Metauro
Town: Communities of Upper and Middle Metauro
Type of event: cultural award
Description: It is a travelling event who has involved year after year, the towns of Borgo Pace, Fermignano,
Mercatello sul Metauro, Montecalvo in Foglia, Peglio, Petriano, Sant’Angelo in Vado, Urbania, Urbino. The
award is supported by the Marche Region, the Province of Pesaro Urbino, the BACT (Institute for Arts and
Culture and Tourism) and the Public Library of Urbania.
Location: It has not yet been defined
Date: 12 November 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.313151
Website: www.premiometauro.it
e-mail: [email protected]
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Food and wine festivals
Title: 7 Cooking traditions
Town: twenty-eight towns
Province: Ascoli Piceno and Fermo
Type of event: food and wine
Description: The food and wine is travelling and will exploit the culinary traditions of the territory, through
the rediscovery of ancient flavours and quality ingredients, from crops and local farms.
Sede: Francavilla d’Ete, Lapedona, Montefiore dell’Aso, Monte S. Pietrangeli, Moresco, Petritoli – Wild herbs;
Carassai, Falerone, Campofilone, Maltignano, Massa Fermana, Montedinove, Monte Vidon Corrado, Rotella
- Taste, history and art; Arquata del Tronto, Comunanza, Montemonaco, Palmiano - Mountains; San Benedetto
del Tronto – Marina Adriatica; Belmonte Piceno, Massignano, Monsanpietro Morico, Spinetoli, Torre San
Patrizio – Vegetable plots; Amandola, Force, Montefalcone Appennino, Roccafluvione – Truffles.
Date: January – December 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.277540-544
Website: www.provincia.ap.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: The 2nd Ice Cream Festival
Town: Agugliano
Province: Ancona
Type of event: festival
Description: The festival is dedicated to the ice cream and represents an opportunity to discover the taste of
natural products with which the confectioners make these sweets.
Location : historic centre
Date: 10-12 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.9068031
Website : www.felatoartigianalefestival.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Farrofest
Town: San Lorenzo in Campo
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: local festival
Description: This event aims at promoting the knowledge of the cereals (spelt) which grown in the San
Lorenzo territory.
Location: historic centre
Date: 11-12 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.776479
Website: www.proloco-sanlorenzo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Anghiò
Town: San Benedetto del Tronto
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: local festival
Description: The festival, dedicated to blue fish, an opportunity to rediscover the taste of local seafood
tradition.
Location: historic centre
Date: 16-19 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0735.702394
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Website: www.anghio.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 24th Verdicchio Festival
Town: Montecarotto
Province: Ancona
Type of event: local festival
Description: The festival is dedicated to the local wine. It also includes workshops on topics viticulture,
winemaking equipment and photo exhibitions on the Verdicchio wine.
Date: 29 June - 3 July 2011
Website: www.comune.montecarotto.an.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Prosciutto Festival
Town: Carpegna
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: local festival
Description: This event aims at promoting and enhancing the Carpegna Prosciutto DOP. There are also
organized rendezvous of tasting, conferences, music and shows.
Date: 15-17 July 2011
Location: historic centre
Ph.: (+39) 333.4881072 – 339.6512723
Website: www.prolococarpegna.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Sea festival with Adriatic fried fish
Town: Porto San Giorgio
Province: Fermo
Type of event: local festival
Description: During the sea festival a hundred kilograms of shrimps are fried in a huge pan.
Location: Porto San Giorgio promenade
Date: 17 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.675256
Website: www.proloco.portosangiorgio.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: The 191th Polentara Festival
Town: San Costanzo
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: local festival
Description: It is the oldest festival in the Marche. Traditional country dishes are offered in a climate of
happiness that allows us to rediscover Piazza Perticari, under the extraordinary Bell Tower and the
imposing Malatesta walls with the ‚ polentari teachers‛ of San Costanzo.
Location: historic centre
Date: 30-31 July
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Ph.: (+39) 0721.950110
Website: www.prolocosacostanzo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Sagra Nazionale dei Maccheroncini
Town: Campofilone
Province: Fermo
Type of event: festival
Description: The festival aims to promoting the tastings of the pasta ‚Maccheroncini‛ of Campofilone:
narrow strands of the fresh pasta.
Location: historic centre
Date: 4-7 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.935417 – 328.4186404
Website: www.comune.campofilone.fm.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: Mussels and Seafood Spaghetti Festival
Town: Pedaso
Provincia: Fermo
Type of event: festival
Description: The festival attracts more than forty a lot of gourmets who gather to taste the mussels of the
Adriatic Sea.
Location: historic centre
Date: 12-15 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.931631
Website: www.prolocopedaso.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 46th Verdicchio D’oro
Town: Staffolo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: local festival
Description: The festival aims at promoting the Verdicchio wine, produced in Staffolo.
Location: historic centre
Date: 18-21 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 339.4184077
Website: www.comune.staffolo.an.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Visso goloso
Town: Visso
Province: Macerata
Type of event: local festival
Description: Market of food specialities of the Marche region. There are also organized rendezvous of
tasting, conferences, music and shows.
Location: historic centre
Date: 2 - 4 September 2011
Ph. : (+39)0737.95421
Website: www.town.visso.mc.it
e-mail: [email protected]
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Title: Rosso Conero Festival
Town: Camerano
Province: Ancona
Type of event: local festival
Description: Stands with local products and Rosso Conero wine (Docg).
Location: historic centre
Date: 2-4 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.730301 - 3935857445
Website: www.turismocamerano.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Wine in Wine
Town: Offida
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: trade show
Description: The event is organized by Vinea Association with the patronage of various authorities and the
collaboration of Arcigola Slow Food.
Location: Enoteca Regionale delle Marche – centro storico
Date: 2-5 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.880005
Website: www.vineamarche.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 11th International fish Soup Festival
Town: Fano
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: festival
Description: The festival aims at promoting both the traditional fish soup and the territory. The event is
supported by the Province of Pesaro Urbino and the Marche Region.
Location: restaurants
Date: 9-11 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.831382 - 392.9778737
Website: www.brodettofestival.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title The 9th Pane Nostrum
Town: Senigallia
Province: Ancona
Type of event: local festival
Description: Trip through the flavours, fragrances, history, customs, geography of the bread that transforms
Senigallia into the ‚White City of Art‛.
Location: historic centre, piazza del Duca, fortress
Date: 15-18 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 338.7547793
Website: www.panenostrum.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 58th Wine Festival
Town: Arcevia
Provincia: Ancona
Type of event: local festival
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Description: It is a parade of floats through the historic centre. The spectators can taste also the ‚nectar of the
Gods and the traditional dishes.
Location: historic centre
Date: 23-25 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0731.984561
Website: www.arceviaweb.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Festa del Vino Cotto di Lapedona
Town: Lapedona
Province: Fermo
Type of event: local festival
Description: The Lapedona wine is considered a brand of the Fermo hills.
Location: historic centre
Date: 24-25 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.936559 – 936321
Website: www.comunedilapedona.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Mycological Regional Festival
Town: Piandimeleto (loc. San Sisto)
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: festival
Description: The fair is organized by the town of Piandimeleto; also it’s substained by the Marche Region,
the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, Comunità Montana of Montefeltro, Chamber of Commerce of Pesaro e
Urbino, Sasso Simone e Simoncello Regional Park , the Confesercenti- Federazione Ristoratori - CNA .
Sede: historic centre
Date: 25 Septemeber – 2 October 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.721460
Website: www.sansistofungo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Grape festival Town: Cupramontana
Province: Ancona
Type of event: local festival
Description: It’s one of the most ancient and remarkable wine festivals in Italy.
Location: historic centre
Date: 29 September - 2 October 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0731.786811
Website: www.sagradelluva.com
e-mail : [email protected]
Titolo: National Truffle Festival
Town: Sant’Angelo in Vado
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: festival
Description: The fair is specialized in the white truffle and other typical products, tasting of typical dishes,
craft exhibitions, musical and theatrical performances and street entertainment.
Location: historic centre - Palazzo Mercuri
Date: 8-9;15-16;22-23 October 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 0722.819924
Website: www.mostratartufo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Truffle Festival
Town: Pergola
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: local festival
Description: The fair aims at promoting the white truffle. During the event you can taste Slow food and
typical products.
Sede: centro storico
Date: 9, 16, 23 October 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.7373278
Sito web: www.comune.pergola.pu.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 11th Leguminaria
Town: Appignano
Province: Macerata
Description: Three days ‚non stop‛ to rediscover good food: sausages served with lentils, chickpeas and
beans served in pottery produced by the craft shops of Appignano.
Location: historic centre
Date: 14-16 October 2011
Ph.: (+39)0733.57521 – 338.7878472
Website: www.leguminaria.it
e-mail: [email protected] - [email protected]
Title: The 13th Cibaria
Town: Macerata
Type of event: fair
Description: It is among the most important fairs of central Italy for food and wine and restaurants.
Location: Centro Fiere
Date: 30-31 October – 1 November 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0733.262602
Website: www.cibiariafiera.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: National White Truffle Fair
Town: Acqualagna
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: festival
Description: Markets and hundreds of stands with fresh truffles on sale.
Location: piazza Mattei
Date: 30 October, 1,5-6; 12-13 November 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.796741 – 328.8983551
Website: www.town.acqualagna.ps.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Diamonds at the table festival
Town: Amandola
Province: Fermo
Type of event: fair
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Description: The festival exploits truffle and wine and food.
Location: historic centre
Date: 5– 6 November 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.84071
Website: www.comuneamandola.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Olive Oil Festival
Town: Cartoceto
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: agricultural show
Description: Traditional event dedicated to the promotion of Cartoceto oil DOP. There are many stands for
tasting oil and typical products; also the local mills and wineries will be open.
Location: historic centre
Date: 6 and 13 November 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.898437 – 898123 – 333.8469274
Website: www.prolococartoceto.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The land of jewels
Town: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: fair
Description: Traditional fair of typical products dedicated to the Piceno products: oil, wine, black and white
truffles, sibillini rose apple. A rich program of conferences and meetings, will be proposed as well as
workshops, exhibitions, and entertaining moments.
Location: historic centre
Data: 8 -11 December 2011
Ph.:. (+39) 0736.277540 -544
Website: www.ascoliduepunozero.it/gioiellidellaterrapicena
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Baccalà Festival
Town: Montelparo
Province: Fermo
Type of event: local festival
Description: This event attracts a lot gourmets each year.
Location: historic centre
Date: 13-15 January 2012
Ph.: (+39)0734.780175
Website: http://www.provincia.ap.it/montelparo/
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Cellars Festival
Town: Ostra Vetere – Montenovo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: local festival
Description: The village comes to life with an atmosphere from the past with art exhibitions, markets of local
products, handicrafts and antique trade.
Location: historic centre
Date: 27-29 January 2012
Ph.: (+39) 071.964369
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Website: www.comune.ostravetere.an.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Fair market
Title: Cactus at sea
Town: Grottammare
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: fair
Description: The town becomes a great showroom for the curious and lovers of the cactus plant. The 2011
edition is especially prestigious because it is organized in Grottammare by the National Congress of the
International Cactus & Co.
Location: Sala e Piazza Kursaal
Date: 24-26 June 2011
Ph.: (+39)0735.739240
Website: www.cactus-co-com
e-mail: [email protected] – [email protected]
Title: Bird Show
Town: Comunanza
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: popular event
Description: At the fair-market there is an incredible variety if birds of all size with colourful feathers and
there are also exotic birds, as well dogs, cats, care products animal foods.
Location: historic centre
Date: the first Sunday of October 2011
Ph.: (+39) 366.6814711 – 366.6814707
Website: www.comune.comunanza.ap.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Historic fun and games
Title: Sciò la Pica
Town: Monterubbiano
Province: Fermo
Type of event: historic games
Description: The festival takes place on the day of Pentecost and perpetuates the rite of Ver Sacrum. Next to
this aspect, there is also a part of religious culture with the dedication to the Madonna del Soccorso (to which
the corporations of arts and crafts offer magnificent candles, decorated with flowers and fruits of the earth)
and in a costume related to the Renaissance period illustrated in documents and monuments in the town.
The event culminates in a thrilling ring joust between knights of Corporations.
Location: historic centre and the village streets
Date: 12 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.259980
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Website: www.armatadipentescoste.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 17th Palio di San Giovanni Battista
Town: Fabriano
Province: Ancona
Type of event: historic games
Description: The game remind us the Fabriano history of the XIV century, focusing on the activities of the
Corporations of the Arts and Crafts with the organization of festivals and fairs. The main event involves a
competition between master blacksmiths and shop assistants that gives rise to the challenge of the hammer
between the representatives of the city gates.
Sede: piazza del Comune, piazza Garibaldi and historic centre
Date: 17-26 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0732.626848 - 709238
Website: www.fabrianopalio.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: La Quintana
Town: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: historic fun and games
Description: “La Quintana‛, jousting in Ascoli Piceno’s medieval streets and squares, takes place on 9th July
and 7th August 2011.
1400 men and women in costume will take part in the games.
Location: historic centre
Date: 2-3; 8-9; 17; 26 July and 6- 7 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.298223
Web site: www.comune.ascolipiceno.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 33rd Contesa del Pozzo della Polenta
Town: Corinaldo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: historic games
Description: The event commemorates the celebrations after the victory by Corinaldesi, in the summer of
1517 against the army of Francesco Maria I Della Rovere. The village is lit by torches, and animated by
jugglers and minstrels, and merchants with rolls of drums and blasts of trumpets.
Sede: historic centre
Date : 15-17 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.679043 - 339.5856116
Web site: www.pozzodellapolenta.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Assedio al Castello
Town: Gradara
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: historic games
Description: Gradara castle relives the terrible revolt of 1446 in memory of the "Siege of the castle." To kick
off the event there is the unique pyro-musical show, combining in are single event fireworks, setting,
lighting and special effects, all accompanied by an enthralling soundtrack.
Location: castle
Data: 15-17 July 2011
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Ph.: (+39) 0541.964115 – 823901
Website: www.assedioalcastello.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: Feste Medievali
Town: Offagna
Province: Ancona
Type of event: historic games
Description: Offagna transforms into a ‚medieval borough‛ whose streets and squares come to life with an
atmosphere from the past with exhibitions, taverns, entertainment and reviews of theatre and music.
Location: historic centre
Date: 23-30 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.7107552
Website: www.festemedievali.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Palio dei Conti Oliva
Town: Piandimeleto
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: historic games
Description: A step back in time for this town of Montefeltro, who evokes the life in the castle of the Lords
Oliva who will parade with a procession of 300 participants. The Conference of studies will be on the theme
"Sopperchi ornaments": hats, hair styles for women and men used in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
In the streets and squares in the centre there will be a medieval market with weavers, toys and many
artisans from Montefeltro and throughout the country.
Location: historic centre and Castle
Date: 30- 31 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.721743 – 339.1837970
Website: www.paliocontioliva.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Challenge of the balloon with armlet
Town: Treia
Province: Macerata
Type of event: historic games
Description: The game has an old origins and although its crucial development was during the Renaissance
period, as it was a favourite with prices with and lords, it later reached peaks of fame and spectacle that
aroused fan following.
The game by armlet is inspired by the old tradition of Treia: a duel between city districts, each representing a
social class: the nobility (castle keep), the bourgeois (Vallesacco), the farmers (village), the gypsies of the
community formerly stationed on the borders of the city (Onglavina).
Location: historic centre
Date: 31 July – 7 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0733.218750
Website: www.disfidadelbracciale.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 32nd Contesa dello Stivale
Town: Filottrano
Province: Ancona
Type of event: historic fun and games
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Description: You can relive the atmosphere of the past through a historical pageant, medieval games races, a
relay race, flagwavers and ancient taverns. The festival evokes the raid of Osimo soldiers when the man
from Filottrano had almost captured an Osimo Knight who managed to escape, but only by leaving one of
his boots in the hands of he enemy.
Location: piazza Cavour, corso del Popolo, piazza Mazzini
Date: 4- 7 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.7220968
Website: digilander.libero.it/contesastivale/index.htm
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Palio del Duca – Sponsalia
Town: Acquaviva Picena
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: historic games
Description: The historic feast evokes the wedding between Foresteria, daughter of Rinaldo of Acquaviva, to
Rinaldo of Brufonte. The organization proposes, together with the weeding celebration: music,
entertainment, wine tasting and gourmet, games shows and medieval weeding banquet.
Location: Fortress and historic centre
Date: 4-5; 7 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0735.764225
Website: www.sponsalia.com - www.paliodelcuca.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Boar Hunt
Town: Mondavio
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: historic games
Description: The event evokes wild boar hunting with traditional Renaissance banquet and fireworks.
Location: historic centre
Date: 13-15 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.97102
Website: www.mondavioproloco.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Contesa del secchio
Town: Sant’Elpidio a Mare
Province: Fermo
Type of event: historic games
Description: It evokes an event of the late Middle Ages when the Council of the priorities agreed to summon
the four districts (Sant’Elpidio, San Giovanni, San Martino, Santa Maria) to determine who had the first
option to draw water from the well of the Town. The game of the shaft consists in a one-way round robin
among the district teams made of seven players, whose ability is to centre the shaft, after at least three
passes, while preventing the opponents’ game.
Location: historic centre – Stadio Mandozzi
Date: 13- 14 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.858218 - 347.5475358 – 329.0732138
Website: www.contesadelsecchio.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Cavalcata dell’Assunta
Town: Fermo
Province: Fermo
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Type of event: historic fun and games
Description: Ten ‚contradas‛ and 650 men and women in costume take part in this horse race.
Location: historic centre
Date: 15 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.225924
Website: www.cavalcatadellassunta.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The Duke’s festival
Town : Urbino
Type of event: historic fun and games
Description: the festival takes place on 21st August ; hundreds of men and women in costume take part in
the jamboree; each year there’s a revival of a particular event of Urbino’s dukedom.
Location: historic centre
Date: 19-21 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.320951
Website: http://www.urbino-rievocazionistoriche.it/
e-mail: [email protected] - [email protected]
Title : Templaria Festival
Town: Castignano
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: historic games
Description: It is a manifestation of the medieval civilisation with theatre, music and dance. There are shows,
shops of old crafts, banquets and merchants.
Location: historic centre
Date: 15-19 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.822969 – 822128
Website: www.templaria.it
e-mail :[email protected]
Title: Torneo Cavalleresco Castel Clementino
Town: Servigliano
Province: Fermo
Type of event: historic games
Description: A parade of over 300 dressed in historical costumes goes through the historical centre. The
clothes are reproduced, based on the paintings of artists of the time. The event also proposes the carousel
ring among the ‚rioni‛ of Santo Spirito, Paese Vecchio, San Marco, Porta Navarra, Porta Marina.
Location: historic centre
Date: 21st August 2011
Ph.: (+39)0734.750583 - 750584
Web site: www.torneocavalleresco.it
e-mail: [email protected]
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Christmas Events
Title: In the Castle of Santa Claus
Town: Frontone
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: market
Description: Christmas market in the warm and magical atmosphere of the castle of Frontone.
Location: historic centre
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Date: 27 Novembre; 4-8-11 December 2011
Ph.: (+39) 339.8429426
Web site: www.comune.frontone.pu.it
e-mail [email protected]
Title: Candele a Candelara
Town: Pesaro (loc. Candelara)
Type of event: Christmas market
Description: This exhibition is dedicated to candles and takes place in the medieval borough of Candelara
in the hills around Pesaro. For the occasion, the street lights are turned off to make way for the magic of
thousands of burning flames.
Ph.: (+39) 339.2937316 – 347.9233044
Location: historic centre
Date: 3- 4; 8- 11 December 2011
Website: www.comune.pesaro.pu.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title.: Nativity scenes
Town: Urbino
Type of event: traditional event
Description: The event is part of an activity programm of ‚Christmas in Urbino‛. They set up nativiy scenes
in churches and sights in the centre. A lot of cribs and Nativity representations are set up in the streets,
squares, historic buildings and in the Oratories of the town.
Location: Oratorio di S. Giuseppe, Porta Valbona, via Stretta, via delle Stalacce, Palazzo della Palma, via dei
Rivolti, Palazzo Albani (nuovo), chiesa di San Domenico, Basilica, chiesa di Sant’Anna, Oratorio della
Visitazione, Oratorio di Sant’Andrea Avellino, Cappella dell’Oratorio dell’Annunziata, Parrocchia del Sacro
Cuore
Date: 6 December 2011 – 6 January 2012
Ph.: (+39)0722.2631
Website: www.comune.urbino.ps.it
e- mail: [email protected] - [email protected]
Title: Wonderland
Town: Macerata Feltria
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: feast
Description: Sculpture of chocolate at Christmas.
Location: historic centre
Date: 8-11 December 2011
Website: www.ilpaesedellemeraviglie.eu
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: National Day of the Epiphany
Town: Urbania
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: traditional event
Description: In memory of ancient customs, Urbania is considered the most original and suitable host of the
‚House of the Epiphany‛. The event has multiple values: the most important is, of course, the rediscovery of
the meaning related to the education and the traditional character of the imaginary child.
Location: historic centre
Date: 2-6 January 2012
Ph.: (+39) 0722.317211
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Website: www.labefana.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Folklore
Title: Flower Festival
Town: Montefiore dell’Aso
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: popular event
Description: The floral display is a magical moment where the sacred, faith, art and nature come together
nicely.
Location: historic centre
Date: 26 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0734.939019
Website: www.comune.montefioredellaso.ap.it/infiorata
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Festa delle Canestrelle
Town: Pollenza
Provincia: Macerata
Type of event: popular event
Description: The procession in costume parades through the historic centre.
Location: historic centre
Date: 4-10 July 2011-04-13
Ph.: (++ 39) 0733.549177- 339.3369268
Website: www.comune.pollenza.mc.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Festa del Covo
Town: Campocavallo in Osimo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: religious event
Description: The ‚covo‛ is a wagon which is always is made entirely out of corn from local farms. The
organization makes a cove each year which represents a new religious image (churches, shrines, sacred
places).
Location: historic centre of Campocavallo (frazione)
Date: 7 agosto 2011
Ph.: (+39)071.7133003 -347.7115201
Website: www.festadelcovo.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: Canestrelle Procession
Town: Amandola
Province: Fermo
Type of event: religious event
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Description: Historical reenactment of the grain harvest is dedicated to the Saint Anthony. The procession in
costume parades through the historic centre: via Zoccolanti, via Cesare Battisti, via Migliorati, Piazza
Risorgimento and ends at the Shrine of Blessed Antonio.
Location: historic centre
Date: 28 August 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.84071
Website: www.comuneamandola.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Pasquella National Festival
Town: Montecarotto
Province: Ancona
Type of event: popular event
Description: The event demonstrates the different cultures of the regions with songs and choreographies;
men and women in costume wish you all a Happy New Year
Location: piazza del Teatro, ‚contradas‛, streets in the historic centre.
Date: 6 January 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0731.89121 - 4263
Website www.macina.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Lo Scacciamarzo
Town: Monsano
Province: Ancona
Type of event: popular event
Description: the event aims at preserving the oral heritage: the oldest Marche’s song is the childish
‚Questua‛, almost forgotten in the area of Ancona.
Location: historic centre
Ph.: (+39) 0731.63013 - 4263
Date: 30th March 2011
Web site www.macina.net
e-mail la [email protected]
Title: International Festival of the Passion
Town: Polverigi
Province: Ancona
Type of event: popular event
Description: over two hundred folk singers and players coming from the Marche region and further parts of
Italy will perform the ritual song of the Passion .
Location: historic centre
Date: 1st April 2011
Ph.: (+39).071.9068094 - 4263
Web site www.macina.net
e-mail la [email protected]
Title: La Turba
Town: Cantiano
Province: Pesaro-Urbino
Type of event: popular event
Description: Passion play on Good Friday of the Passion of Jesus Reconstruction of the various phases of the
event, sung by the choir, until the ascent to Calvary.
Location: historic centre
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Date: 6 April 2012
Ph.: (+39) 0721 789936
Website: www.laturba.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Fire Horse
Town: Ripatransone
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: popular event
Description: Folklore and fireworks among the oldest in Italy that recall something that happened in
Ripatransone the 10th May 1682, the of the solemn coronation o the statue of the Virgin Mary by the Bishop
Giovan Giorgio Mainardi.
Location: historic centre
Date: 15 April 2012
Ph.: (+39)0736.2771
Website: www.cavallodifuoco.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Cantamaggio
Town: Morro d’Alba
Province: Ancona
Type of event: popular event
Description: During the event you can enjoy the ritual song of ‚Questua‛ performed on different musical
instruments, such as: organ, triangle, tambourine and by a male choir.
Location: historic centre
Date: 20 May 2012
Ph.: (+39) 0731.63013
Website www.macina.net
e-mail [email protected]
Feasts
Title: Thursday at the Castle
Town: Gradara
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Description: A real blast from the past behind ‚closed doors‛ to protect the village from bandits. On
Thursdays in the summer there will be a variety of performances from dance, acrobats, duels, to shows in
the of Court Malatesta. There is also a flea market of old crafts where visitors can buy various kinds of items
and equipment.
Location: historic centre
Date: Date: 16, 23, 30 June; 7, 14, 21, 28, July; 4, 11, 18, 25 August; 1, 8 September 2011
2011
Ph.: (+39) 0541.964115
Website: www.gradara.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Gioca la Luna
Twon: San Benedetto del Tronto
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Tipologia: feast
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Description: The feast is rich in colours, scengraphy, theatre, workshops. "Giocalaluna" is the night for boys
and girls: an event for children and dedidated to their rights which are by reaffirmed by the game (streets
and urban space) and in sharing experiences with parents and peers.
Location: historic centre
Date: mid June - mid September 2011
Ph.: (+39)0735.7941
Website: www.giocalaluna.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Ceramic Festival
Town: Urbania
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: popular festival
Description: Conferences, exhibitions, exhibition of ceramic artists, workshops for adults and children,
artists, opera, music and cuisine.
Location: historic centre
Date: 24 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.313140
Website: www.urban-casteldurante.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 56th Kite Festival
Town: Urbino
Type of event: Festival
Description: The festival culminates in the launch of the kites in a ‚race between the different Contrade‛.
.Location: Fortress of Albornoz and Cesane hills
Date: 3-4 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0722.2631
Website: www.festaquilone.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 15th Halloween. The Feast of the Witches
Town: Corinaldo
Province: Ancona
Type of event: festival
Description: The festival is presented as a kind of autumn carnival. This event has led to Corinaldo being
equated with Halloween in Italy by the press.
Location: historic centre
Date: 31 October 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.679047
Website: www.misstrega.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 6th Love chocolate
Town: San Benedetto del Tronto
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Tipy of event: feast
Description: The feast is organized by ‚Bouquet & Gourmet‛. This event represents an unique opportunity
to learn the world of the chocolate and the confectioners who produce it, and also the possibilities to be
used both in laboratory and in the cuisine.
Location: historic centre
Date: 22-25 March 2012
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Website: www.lovechocolate.it
Ph.: (+39) 0735.584954 - 335.6050987
e-mail: [email protected]
Carnival
Title: Offida Carnival
Town: Offida
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: historic fun and games
Description: The Carnival dates back to the middle of the 18th century, when Carnival celebrations started to
spread all over the Marche region.
Location: historic centre
Date: 17 January; 11,17,18,19,29; 16 and 21 February 2012
Ph.: (+39)333.1417777
Sitoweb: www.inoffida.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Fano Carinval
Town: Fano
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: historic fun and games
Description: Carnival festivities in Fano are claimed to be among of the oldest in Italy: you can enjoy
Carinval floats and masks, music and fireworks. Tonnes of sweets and candies are thrown into the streets.
Location: historic centre
Date: 5, 12,19; 16 and 24 February 2012
Ph.: (+39) 0721.802866
Sito web: www.carnevaledifano.eu
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Ascoli Piceno Carnival
Town: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: historic fun and games
Description: During the Carnival there’s a mutual exchange of roles between the mask and the audience; the
audience becomes the protagonist of the festivities.
Location: historic centre
Date: 16, 19, 21 February 2012
Ph.: (+39) 348.3421386
Web site: www.ilcarnevalediascoli.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: In the Reign of King Carnival
Town: Fermo
Type of event: historic games
Description: It is a parade of floats through the historic centre. Next to parade, there are organized events
and music shows.
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Location: historic centre
Date: February 2012
Ph.:(+39)0734.284345
Sitoweb: www.cultura.fermo.net
e-mail: [email protected]
Sport
Title: Giro d’Italia
Town: (11th lap of the race) S. Vittoria in Matenano, Penna San Giovanni, Sant’Angelo in Pontano,
Morrovalle, Castelfidardo. (12th lap of the race) Castelfidardo-Gabicce Mare
Province: Ancona, Pesaro Urbino, Macerata, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: sport
Description: the 11th lap (18 May) will start from Tortoreto Lido and will finish in Castelfidardo; then the
cyclists will start again the next day for the 12th lap . Giro d’ Italia will involve the northern coast of the
region (Tortoreto Lido-Castelfidardo 160 km – Castelfidardo-Ravenna 171 km).
Date: 18-19 May 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.7829336 – 335.7768390
Website: www.gazzetta.it/speciali/Giroditalia/2010it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Fencing Festival
Town: Treia
Province: Macerata
Type of event: fencing
Description: Competition between the two finalists of the interregional and national competitions - under
14.
Location: historic centre
Date: 18 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 393.399 70 22
Website: www.schermamarche.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Gym Day
Town: Pesaro
Type of event: Gymnastics
Description: Artistic Gymnastics Youth and Amateurs Championships.
Date: 4-12 June 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0721.283737
Website: www.ginnasticainfestapesaro.it
e-mail: info@ginnasticainfestapesaro.
Title: Unesco city tour - Straducale
Town: Urbino
Type of event: cycling race
Description: the event is ‚communication‛ not only for the sports and the competitions, but also cultural,
historical and environmental.
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Location: Petrano - Catria – Nerone Montains
Date 24 July 2011
Ph.: (+39) 346.4911249
Website: www.unescocyclingtour.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: The 14th Grand Prix racing
Town: Foligno
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: cycling
Description: International cycling race Cat Elite/Under 23 held in the territoroy for Folignano and Ascoli
Piceno (historic centre) with the presence of numerous Italian and international cycling clubs.
Date: 5 August
Ph.: (+39) 0736.491278
Website: www.avis.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: WPCC- World Press Cycling Championship
Town: Gabicce Mare
Province: Pesaro Urbino
Type of event: sport - cycling championship
Description: Bike cycling world championship for journalists.
Location: Gabicce Mare
Date: 9-11 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0541.820614
Website: http://www.comune.gabicce-mare.ps.it/index.php?id=19156
e-mail: [email protected]
Titolo: Conero Sailing Regatta
Town: Ancona and Sirolo
Type of event: sailing
Description: This event is dedicated to sea lovers. As well as this spectacular sport, the organization is
planning shows, conferences and meetings
Location: Conero riviera
Date: 16 – 18 September 2011
Ph.: (+39) 071.54800 – 335.1213835
Website: www.marinadorica.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Title: Piceno International Volley Ball Cup 2011
Town: Ascoli Piceno, Castel di Lama, Offida, Monsampolo, Pagliare di Spinetoli, Monteprandone, San
Benedetto del Tronto, Grottammare
Province: Ascoli Piceno
Type of event: volleyball
Description: The event is organized by the ASD Offida Volley-ball Offida.
Location: Palazzetto dello sport di Squarcia, Monterocco, Fortini (Ascoli Piceno), Palazzetto Comunale
(Castel di Lama), Palazzetto dello Sport Giovani Vannicola (Offida), Palazzetto dello Sport (Monsampolo),
Palazzetto dello Sport (Pagliare di Spinetoli), Palazzetto dello Sport (Monteprandone), Palazzetto dello Sport
‚Bernardo Speca‛ (San Benedetto del Tronto) Grottammare
Date: 27-29 December 2011
Ph.: (+39) 0736.888018 – 335.1367290
Website: www.offidavolley.it
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