Summer in Florence: seasonal spaces and events that cannot be missed

Anconella Park

The Anconella Park is located in the Eastern part of Florence, on the left bank of the Arno and is one of the green lungs of the city.
The area reserved for children's games is perhaps one of the best equipped, but in the summer there is no shortage of attractions reserved for adults as well: in fact, during the good weather, you can have an excellent cocktail at the bar and attend cultural programming that ranges from art to music to social theater and book presentations to debates of current interest with many guests.
There is no shortage of concerts and DJ sets.
For the complete program of the activities, please visit the official page Anconella Garden.

The Garden of roses

The Rose Garden is located just below Piazzale Michelangelo and is a really magical place enriched by the beautiful works by Folon: between nature, poetry and events suitable for a diverse audience offers, in the summer, book presentations, concerts, performances and art installations that blend well with the artistic-naturalistic context.

Manifattura Tabacchi

The Manifattura Tabacchi is an architectural and cultural regeneration project that stems from the redevelopment of a former cigar factory: it aims to give life to a new neighborhood in the city, enlivened by the creative energy of fashion, art and design and as a new destination for contemporary in Florence.
Many events are offered in the summer as well: book presentations, meetings with artists, photography exhibitions, talks and more.
For the complete program, please visit the official website.

Murate Caffè Letterario

The Caffè Letterario de Le Murate was established in 2011 inside the complex of Murate, the former jail in Florence, redelivered to the city after a restoration overseen by Renzo Piano.
Since the beginning, numerous initiatives have been carried out to turn it ito a multicultural place and it soon became a reference for Florentine cultural circles and beyond.
Book presentations, debates with authors, concerts, cocktails and after dinner proposals with electronic DJ sets are just some of the proposals, for a summer of culture and evenings in company.
For the complete program, please visit the official website.

The Lungarni in Florence come alive from sunset onward thanks to the opening of several summer spaces offering street food, music and plenty of events.

Lungarno del Tempio (La Toraia)

A place to enjoy great outdoor chianina burgers and all kinds of street food, but also a space full of live concerts, exhibitions, talks, dance classes and many other activities.

Lungarno Colombo (Molo Firenze)

Concerts, live music, children's workshops, talks, theater performances and vintage markets to accompany summer evenings on the banks of the Arno while drinking excellent cocktails.

Lungarno Pecori Giraldi (Fiorino sull'Arno - Habana 500 Firenze)

A summer full of colors, lights and music on the banks of the river: surrounded by green vegetation and light installations, it will be possible to relax in the outdoor restaurant, pizzeria or sip cool cocktails. Among the trees, two stages that come alive with evenings of jazz music, acoustic live, electronic DJ sets. Throughout the day, various collaborations with proposals and activities for children.

In addition to major music events, such as Firenze Rocks, there are numerous festivals that touch on many different genres.

Secret Florence

A festival of art, cinema, dance and music in the sign of the contemporary that finds its identity in multidisciplinarity.
Conceived for a series of stage spaces that are original or little frequented by the public, or spaces that are known but reinterpreted in a surprising way, the event represents a novelty in the international panorama of contemporary artistic research, with events that are all free. For the full program, visit the official website of Secret Florence.

Florence Dance Performing Arts Festival

At the center of the Festival is the characteristic stage of the Great Cloister of Santa Maria Novella where, companies from Italy and around the world take part in the event. One of the Festival's central moments is the presentation of the Prize Mercurio Volante - created in 2011 - as a tribute to the great personalities who have contributed to the artistic growth and excellence of Terpsichorean art. For the full program, visit the official website of Florence Dance Festival.

Cirk Fantastik

Cirk Fantastik! is a festival that started as an independent reality to bring to Florence the vanguard of the multiple expressions of the contemporary circus: it is a place to connect with various artistic experiences, weave relationships and nurture imagination and desire. The festival hosts some of the best companies from the international and national circus scene to offer audiences a chance to get in touch with the most interesting contemporary realities in the field. Cirk Fantastik takes place in September at the Cascine Park.

Firenze Jazz Festival 

Among the leading Jazz Festivals for magazines in the field, it involves numerous artists from all over the world: through a process designed to encourage different entities to become promoters of artistic events, the event will involve historic villas, concert halls, Renaissance cloisters, agritourisms, clubs and venues, appealing to both an educated audience and newcomers.

Festival au Désert

The Festival au Désert is a multicultural musical event and a network for contemporary creation between Africa, the Mediterranean and Europe.
A project that hosts the big names in world music, particularly from the Sahel, North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. This edition, to be held in the Cloister of Santa Maria Novella and the Cascine Park, will host artists from Algeria, Morocco, India and Mali.

Sagrati in musica

With the participation of the orchestra Toscana Classica, the concerts have the dual aim of engaging the vast audience of the Florentine squares - through a wide variety of musical genres - and stimulating interest in art.
The churchyards involved are those of the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Santo Spirito, Piazza Santa Croce, Duomo and many others. For the complete program, please visit the official website of Toscana Classica.

Lattex Plus

A festival that explores the new trends of electronic music with a musical program full of events.
The event will take place at the Cavea of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theater. The festival will include art installations, immersive performances and public awareness actions on environmental protection and eco-sustainability. For the complete program, please visit the official website.

Apriti Cinema

The movie theater in Piazzale degli Uffizi: a program ful of events to enjoy art-house films in one of Florence's most picturesque venues. All performances of Apriti Cinema are free.

Further information on the website estatefiorentina.it