A Japanese wishing festival comes to Villa Vogel and concerts in the open air set melodies soaring these summer serate.
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Here’s our round-up for July 11-18, 2024.
A Japanese wishing festival comes to Villa Vogel and concerts in the open air set melodies soaring these summer serate.
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Juliette Minchin and Marta Roberti display impactful art in the former city-centre convent.
From circus to jazz to film screenings, there will be something for every taste this summer.
"Return Home" features the estate’s garden, fruits and flowers with early twentieth-century flair.
The Japanese wishing festival is held from 5-11pm on Saturday and Sunday, with the music of the matsuri festivals and the sounds of the taiko, as well as traditional bon-odori dances, martial arts, calligraphy, a typical market with artisanal products and flavours. The most important aspect is to write your tanzaku wish and entrust it to the bamboo decorated for the occasion. The event forms part of the Estate Fiorentina calendar.
Find out moreThe festival dedicated to renewed narratives of Afro-descendant people and cultures brings together exhibitions, talks and workshops, produced by The Recovery Plan and Santa Reparata International School of Art.
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Duepunti and Ditta Artigianale celebrate silence and promote awareness around deafness with a dedicated party from 6pm.
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Five days of music bring you to savour the sights and sounds of the territory with stunning panoramas while serenaded by top-class classical performances. Beyond the music, there are contemporary art installations, literary events, yoga and treks through the Casentino Forest Park for an ample overview of everything the area has to offer.
See the programmeThe Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory, known for its soundtrack recordings for the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings films as well as its highly acclaimed recordings of renaissance polyphony, gives a series of free admission concerts in Florence, with performances from July 17 to 22 in venues like the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella and the Basilica of Santissima Annunziata.
St. James Episcopal Church (via Bernardo Rucellai 9) hosts Yale University’s Whiffenpoofs, the world’s oldest collegiate a cappella group, at 6.30pm on July 16. The group have performed in front of US Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton and Reagan, and at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. Free entrance, though donations are appreciated.
St Mark’s English Church (via Maggio 16) host a free entry concert at 3pm on July 18 titled ‘American Music Abroad – Gold Tour’ with a mix of jazz, folk, Broadway and Americana.
Salute the “real” start of summer with an evening at 25Hours Hotel. Two premium liqueur brands from the Pernod group, Codigo 1530 and Monkey 47, are accompanied by lots of tropical fruits, with a DJ set by Remo Giugni. From 7pm to 1am. Entry is free with a special price for cocktails.
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Qatari composer Dana Al Fardan creates an immersive show in the ancient Roman Theatre as part of Estate Fiesolana. A kaleidoscope of lights, colours and sounds surrounds the audience in a fusion of contemporary classical Arabic music and Western.
Get your ticketsThe vast green space is the new venue for the popular culture fest that brings together top quality concerts by the likes of Roberto Vecchioni, Loreena McKenitt and a performance by Pink Floyd Legend with Orchestra della Toscana. A free shuttle bus brings you to and from the fest. Highlights include a concert at dawn by Patrizio Fariselli on July 27, with the lineup also featuring a photography exhibition titled Because The Night and other city centre based activities like the screening of 22 Giri Italian Masters at Cinema La Compagnia.
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Villa San Michele, A Belmond Hotel delights with a varied calendar in the picturesque hilltop setting in Fiesole. A classical concert by students of the Fiesole Music School will be held on July 24, with a mixology evening on July 25 and August 28. Contact concierge.vsm@belmond.com or call 055 5678200 to reserve your spot, and don’t forget that every Tuesday Villa San Michele hosts a DJ set by the Pool Bar, from 7-10.30pm.
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The Social Hub on viale Spartaco Lavagnini 70-72 continues their fab free entry summer programme titled Ciao Estate in their atmospheric courtyard. The programme includes poetry readings, book presentations, stand-up comedy and music, with this week seeing ‘Creator Wiz Live’ with Daniele Gattano on July 11, Cotton Club with Giorgia Soleri on July 12, and stand up comedy with Galligani and Gianni Bardi on July 17.
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Trattoria Guaiana opens in Villa Romana, “a convivial, participatory table to explore what it tastes, looks and feels like to live in a society where tradition is no longer used for ‘othering’ people and instead, it learns from every voice that contributes to its reality”. The project stems from the significant historical erasure of the attempt by the Medici to colonize the Amazon in 1608, with flavours and sensorial experiences supporting the cultures and natures that contribute to Italian tradition and identity but are still excluded from it. Guided tastings, experimental dinners, kitchen-counter chats and community conversations are designed to challenge the traditional notion of Italian identity.
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The 8th edition of the classical music series sees concerts in various Medicean villas in Tuscany, with audiences treated to performances by the Orchestra della Toscana in venues like the villas of Cerreto Guidi, Seravezza, and Pratolino Park. Mozart, Beethoven, Mendlessohn and Prokofiev are the composers conjuring their magic, with guided tours of the villas for an added cultural experience. Tickets from 10 euro (with free entry for some events), via TicketOne.it
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The 35th edition of the Florence Dance Performing Arts festival, is all about love, “I love dance, you love dance, we all love dance!” The spectacular circular stage in the historic setting sees international and national stars. This week sees Preludes – danze al pianoforte on July 12, the Taipei Senior Zhong Zheng High School from Taiwan on July 14, and Kinesis CDC with Pandora on July 16.
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Enjoy dinner in the Tuscan hills with live music on Friday and Saturday nights at the Tre Rane Restaurant on Ruffino’s Poggio Casciano estate. Our advice: get there around 7pm to savour the sunset in the gardens with a complimentary glass of Ruffino wine.
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The sixth edition of the travelling arts festival features talents from the international contemporary theatre scene, putting a spotlight on the work carried out by the Compagnia Interazioni Elementari, in which young people of Florence’s juvenile prison are involved in the performing arts workshop.
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