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Live music around Florence

Maggio Musicale, Firenze Rocks, Musart, Estate Fiesolana: all the music events this summer.

May

The live music scene in Florence always kicks off in May, with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the oldest and most prestigious operatic and classical music festival in Italy. This year will be the 85th edition of the festival, with a rich program of great operas, from Mozart’s Don Giovanni to Verdi’s Otello. 

June

The time has come for musical hurricane Firenze Rocks, the super rock festival that sets Florence shaking with amazing concerts held at the Visarno Area, in the Cascine park. The festival returns at long last in its live format in 2023 with only 2 date: 17th June The Who, 18th June Maroon 5.

In June, the Estate Fiesolana gets underway at Fiesole’s Teatro Romano, the oldest outdoor multidisciplinary festival in Italy. Music and theatre, lots of artists and shows in a captivating location. The festival finishes in late August. 

July

The eighth MusArt Festival (from 15 to 26 July) returns to its usual haunt of piazza Santissima Annunziata to celebrate the best of music and famous artists, including Roberto Bolle and friends, a long-standing friend of the festival, in addition Venditti and De Gregori, Callas 100 with the concert on the centenary of the birth of Maria Callas, and new artists like Madame.

August

Not far from Florence, towards the end of August, the Beat Festival returns to Empoli (24-27 August), the rock festival held in Prato della Serravalle with tons of concerts, street food, sport, skateboarding, craft markets and plenty of other entertainment for young and old alike. 

September

The season draws to a close with the Decibel Open Air, a real (from 9 to 10 september) elettronic music marathon at Visarno Arena with Paul Kalkbrenner live show and dj from all over the word and also Firenze Jazz Fringe Festival (FJFF). During the five days of the festival, more than 200 jazz musicians and artists will bring 50 performances to some of Florence’s liveliest Oltrarno neighborhoods: San Niccolò, piazza Santo Spirito, Basilica di San Felice and the riverside roads. 

Florence is here, gearing up for an extraordinary summer of music that cannot be missed, with concerts ranging from classical music to rock, pop and jazz. Guaranteed fun!