Events

Teatro Lirico Sperimentale
Spoleto

The “Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto” was founded in 1947 by Adriano Belli, lawyer and musicologist, with the aim of helping young singers to start a career in opera, above all students who had already completed their singing studies and were gifted with artistic qualities, but had not yet made their artistic debut. Winners of… View Article

Festival dei due mondi
Spoleto

“Festival dei Due Mondi” is one of the largest multidisciplinary arts and cultural events including Italian and international sections of Opera, Music, Theater, Dance, Art, Events, a calendar that embraces programs of the most famous tradition in a continuous dialogue with the realities of the most prestigious contemporary world scene. The Spoleto Festival born in 1958 by the impetus… View Article

Umbria Jazz
Perugia

The Festival was officially born August 23rd, 1973, with the concerts of Aktuala and Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra, in which we found a young Dee Dee Bridgewater. The formula of the show in its first years was definitely different than the one it has today: it was a free and itinerant tour of concert, among some… View Article

Festa dei Ceri
Gubbio

This race between “ceraioli” is certainly one of craziest and exciting historic races of Italy. The candles are three tall heavy wooden artifacts, surmounted respectively by statues of Saint Ubaldo (protector of Bricklayers), Saint George (protector of Milliner’s shops) and Saint Antonio Abate (protector of farmers and today also of students). The real Race of “Ceri”, 4 km between the slopes and… View Article

Mercato delle Gaite
Bevagna

The Mercato delle Gaite is one of the most important historical events in Umbria, where the daily life of the inhabitants of the town in the Middle Ages is rebuilt with a wealth of detail and maximum attention to historical loyalty. It is a unique experience, for one night, the main square of Bevagna turns… View Article

Giostra della Quintana
Foligno

The Joust of Quintana is one of the best known and most popular horse races in Italy. In fact it is called also “Olympic Equestrian competitions”. Ten riders will represent the ten districts of the city, and on this occasion they will take on a “fake name”; they will compete in armor riding a horse, in… View Article

Infiorata di Spello

Spello (Perugia) every year, to adorn the path of the procession of Corpus Christi, hosts the Infiorate of Spello. There are flowers arrangements made by real artists, with the collaboration of local citizens and also of visitors who arrive in Spello to admire the figurations and ornamental motifs. The Infiorate, made only with vegetable and floral elements, require… View Article

I primi d’Italia
Foligno

Primi d’Italia is the first and only National Festival of Primi Piatti. Pasta, rice, soups, gnocchi, polenta but also the agro-alimentary products essential for the creation of a tasty first are the protagonists of the most appetizing culinary marathon in Italy. An event that dresses up the entire historic center of Foligno, promoting the culture… View Article