Events in Mantua
SEGNI – New Generations Festival
01/11 - 04/11 SEGNI comes back with the 19th edition of the international festival of theatre and music dedicated to the new generations. The most beautiful places of the city of Mantua and province will see shows by Italian and foreign artists and companies.
Picasso at Palazzo Te. Poetry and Salvation – From 21 October to 6 January 2024
With the collaboration of the Musée National Picasso in Paris and the artist’s family, the exhibition presents to the public about 50 works of the Master symbol of the twentieth century, including some paintings for the first time exhibited in Italy.
Festival of Sbrisolona and Italian sweets – From 18 October to 20 October 2024
Sbrisolona&Co, the Festival of Sbrisolona and Italian sweets, comes back in the historic center of Mantova. An unmissable appointment for all the greedy, from the enthusiasts to the experts. They can taste, buy and know the traditional desserts.
Tortelli and Lambruschi – From 20 September to 6 October 2024
In Mantova the appointment with taste returns, with traditional typical and seasonal dishes: Tortelli di zucca, tortelli with porcini mushrooms, pumpkin risotto with sausage and wine, grana and mustard and many other appetizing dishes not to be missed. From 20...
Patti Smith – September 5, 2024
On the 5th of September, the stage of the Palazzo Te will host Patti Smith, an artist who illustrated the world through songs, photographs, poems, novels, and paintings.
Festivaletteratura 2024 – 4/8 September 2024
Since 1997, Festivaletteratura is one of the most expected Italian cultural events of the year: five days of meetings with authors, reading, guided tours, shows, concerts with artists from all over the world, who are gathered in Mantua to live in an unforgettable...
Antonello Venditti – September 3, 2024
The Roman songwriter, accompanied by his super band, will climb one of the most suggestive stages in Italy bringing with him the successes of his long and extraordinary career: songs that have written the history of Italian music, true and proper generational hymns...
31st August – Loredana Bertè – Mantova Summer Festival
Loredana Bertè will be one of the main characters of the next edition of Mantova Summer Festival: one of the most indomitable talents of the Italian scene, an artist who has traced fundamental stages of contemporary Italian music will be on the stage of the Esedra of...
30st August – Roberto Vecchioni – Between silence and thunder
Roberto Vecchioni comes back with a tour that takes its name from his latest literary work at the top of the Italian narrative ranking. The show in the first part is dedicated to the songs of the latest album "L'Infinito" and then leaves room for some classics of the...
28th August – Giorgio Panariello and Marco Masini
Giorgio Panariello and Marco Masini are ready to come back together on stage for a new challenge between jokes and songs that will cross Italy from the month of July. On the 28th of August they will bring to Piazza Sordello a funny and charismatic show.
Mahmood – 11 Luglio
Author and singer esteemed in the Italian and international scene, Mahmood today counts 31 platinum records and 8 gold records in Italy. Mantua will be happy to host him on the 11th of July in Piazza Sordello.
Choirs in Choirs in the Cathedral – 10 July
The two choirs, about 50 choristers, protagonists of the concert to be held in the Duomo, will perform, accompanied by the organ, a repertoire that ranges from the Renaissance polyphony of W.Byrd and Jaquet from Mantova, to the works of the major composers of the '700...
The Simple Minds returns to Italy
The band led by Jim Kerr returns to Italy. Formed in the 1970s, Simple Minds became one of the most successful bands from the UK, selling over 60 million records worldwide. Piazza Sordello will host them in Mantua on the 4th of July.
BAM – Bicycle Adventure Meeting
From the 7th to the 9th of June 2024 the tenth edition of BAM Europe, the only event dedicated to bikepackers and cyclists in Europe, returns to Mantua. It’s an event that focuses on the values of the cycling and sustainable travel community. There are no races and...
Party at the Court – 3 June 2024
On June the 3rd, Palazzo della Ragione will host sumptuous ceremonial dresses in installations created to surprise the audience with their beauty through shapes, designs, decorations and colors. All in a continuous parallel with contemporary life and modernity to make...
Mantova Wonderfest 2024 – 1 June 2024
A great and new convention that celebrates pop culture in all its forms: comics, gadgets, retrogaming, games, cosplay and live shows. From the great names of comics to the interpreters of cartoon themes, a memorable journey in the name of our passions.
Fabio Concato at the Teatro Sociale in Mantua
Fabio Concato, one of the few Italian artists with a deep affinity for jazz, will perform live at the Teatro Sociale in Mantua on the evening of Saturday, May18th 2024. Born in 1953, he will present a unique show that blends music and poetry, navigating between...
Antonio Ornano – 17 May 2024
The Ligurian comedian Antonio Ornano, known for his participation in Zelig, will be on tour in Italy with his new show " Unsolved caucasian Male ". The main character of the show is a "male individual who is not solved yet, a man who reflects on existential issues and...
Risotti and Lambruschi – 2024
From 12nd of April to 12nd of May 2024 The Palaunical of Mantua will host the Risotti and Lambruschi celebration. The event is organized by Festival of Mantuan cuisine. For four weekends, you can taste risotto and lambruschi of the Mantuan tradition.
Angelo Pintus – “Una brutta persona”
On stage on April 26 at the Pala Unical in Mantua Angelo Pintus, one of the most appreciated comedians of the moment, is ready to return to the scene with his new show "A bad person". As usual, Pintus wants to surprise us by not revealing anything behind the new...
Arturo Brachetti – 2024 April, 17 – Teatro Sociale
Arturo Brachetti, the great international master of quick change, returns to Teatro Sociale with a new one man show. A surrealist variety in which it enchants the audience with its transforming abilities and the many arts in which it excels.
Luca Bizzarri – April 7, 2024 – Teatro Sociale
Non Hanno Un Amico is a theatrical show by and with Luca Bizzarri, based on the podcast of the same name aired on all platforms. In the podcast, Bizzarri tells the political communication of our times, the social phenomena, the customs of a new millennium confused...
Orchestra of Mantua – 5 April 2024
2024 April 5 With a range of ancient and modern works, the Chamber Orchestra of Mantua returns to the Bibiena Theatre, with which the violinist Marco Rizzi, one of the most valiant Italian musicians, plays the double role of soloist and musician.
Camilla Boniardi – Camihawke
On April 4th - Teatro Sociale of Mantua Camilla Boniardi, in art on social Camihawke, will be seen for the first time struggling with a theater show she conceived, "The end of year essay". On April 4th, the Teatro Sociale of Mantua will have the pleasure of hosting...
Subsonica – Pala Unical – April, 3
The Subsonica announce Subsonica 2024 Tour: the return on stage in the main Italian palaces.Mantua’s Pala Unical will have the pleasure of hosting them on April 3, 2024.
























