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Music and arts festivals and events in Trentino
Trentino is alive with music. But also dance, theatre and performance art. A programme of events that often leave the confines of the theatres and auditoriums to make an appearance on more unusual stages, such as the courtyards of historical palaces, village streets, piazzas, and even meadows surrounded by mountains. Like the mountains that host the concerts from Suoni delle Dolomiti, a must-see if you are visiting Trentino in summer.
There is something for all tastes, from large festivals in Trento and Rovereto like the Festival dell'Economia, the Festival dello Sport, the Trentodoc Festival or the Wired Next Fest, to smaller events in villages and up in the mountains.
Whatever your passion, you will find something that makes you think, entertains you, educates you, and at the same time allows you to enjoy the city and the mountains in magnificent surroundings.
Trento Film Festival
This is the oldest, most prestigious international film festival dedicated to the mountains and exploration. The beating heart of the event is its rich programme of auteur narrative, documentary, reportage and fiction films, as well as talks, book presentations and events. In spring, in Trento.
Mountain Beat
A festival that makes your heart race with open-air concerts from famous artists, and then calms it down again thanks to the relaxing experience of living in nature. This is "Mountain Beat. Emozioni ad alta e bassa frequenza", in June in Pinzolo, at the foot of the Brenta Dolomites.
Pergine Festival
A festival that brings together theatre, performance, dance and music, which has brought artists of national and international fame to Pergine Valsugana since 1976. The Pergine Festival shines a spotlight on various contemporary issues, explored through multidisciplinary artistic practices, and the processes of research and creation that involve the region's public spaces and social fabric. In Pergine from June to July.
Lagorai d’Incanto
A music festival on a natural stage, where music interweaves with the sounds of nature. In the background are the endless shades of green of the Lagorai and the Cima d'Asta Group, in Valsugana. Lagorai d'incanto is one of the festivals opening the summer in Trentino, featuring top artists. In Valsugana in June.
Centrale di Fies
In a hydroelectric power plant from the early 1900s, just a stone's throw from Toblino Lake, the latest trends in the contemporary theatre and performance scene take the stage. This is the summer events season at Centrale Fies, which in July presents the results of an entire year of work dedicated to studying contemporary performance practices.
Ala Città di Velluto
Among the courtyards, gardens, piazzas and palaces of its Baroque old town, Ala Città di Velluto takes the stage. Illusions, magic and music shows, exhibitions, performance art with music and theatre, characters in 18th-century costume, and eateries with local food and wine, so you can dive into the atmosphere of the 17th and 18th centuries. In July in Ala.
Trentino Music Festival
A packed calendar of events with musicians, teachers and students from the MAI Music Academy International in New York, coming from all over the world. Opera, musicals, orchestral concerts and chamber music in the romantic village of Mezzano and the villages of Primiero and Vanoi, in the summer.
Oriente Occidente Dance Festival
This Festival travels the world from east to west, north to south, to make connections between different cultural realities and universes under the banner of great art and dance. In September, Rovereto's theatres and piazzas host shows performed by the finest companies from five continents, and talks discussing problems and languages in today's world.
Settenovecento
At the end of the summer, the sounds of Settenovecento ring out - a music festival that takes place in the most evocative locations in Rovereto and Vallagarina. Music shows for families, chamber music concerts in unusual places, orchestral concerts and goodnight concerts from artists of international renown.
Dolomiti Ski Jazz
In March, the sunny terraces of the mountain huts in Val di Fiemme, Val di Cembra and Val di Fassa become open-air stages, in a festival that also takes place in theatres, streets and pubs. Lots of jazz, and more. This music festival also brings blues, funk and the warm rhythms of Latin music to the mountains.
Paradice Music
A one-of-a-kind event, because at this festival the music is performed in ice, using ice! From January to March in the Paradice Arena, a huge theatre-igloo at an altitude of 2,600 metres among the expanses of snow on the Presena Glacier, major artists and local groups take to the stage, performing with musical instruments completely made from ice.
