What to do in Verona and its province: the events of the weekend of 9 and 10 October 2021
A wide selection of events not to be missed for the upcoming weekend.
Numerous events not to be missed this weekend of Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October 2021 in Verona and in the province.
What to do in Verona and its province
If you are still undecided on what to do this weekend, there are numerous opportunities in Verona and its province.
Piazza Bra – Hostaria
Durello in Piazza dei Signori, Custoza and Garda doc in Cortile Mercato Vecchio, Lugana in Piazza Bra, arrives “Hostaria”. The wine and flavors festival is back from 8 to 10 October 2021, this year dedicated to the memory of Nicoletta Ferrari, founder of DisMappa. For three days 350 wine references will gather in the historic center of Verona. From Piazza Bra to the courtyard of the Court, the city will be a journey to discover one of the excellences of the Scaligero area, wine.
Piazza Bra – Rally Due Valli
The ‘Rally due Valli’ rekindles the engines and this weekend returns to Piazza Bra. The 39th edition of the historic automobile event and 16th Rally Due Valli Historic is back, which will take place on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October. The event is organized by the Verona Automobile Club in collaboration with ACI Verona Sport and numerous partners.
Kromya Art Gallery – “Absolute natural”
After the positive feedback obtained at Miart 2021, the international fair of modern and contemporary art in Milan brings the project to its headquarters in Verona (Oberdan, 11c) “Absolute natural” by the artists Flavio Paolucci and Giovanni Frangi, in dialogue on the symbolic value of natural elements.
Grand Guard – Verona International Piano Competition
It is one of the most important international competitions for young pianists, with the aim of getting to know and supporting the most talented piano performers.
The ninth edition of the “Verona International Piano Competition“, competition organized by the”Liszt Music Association 2011”As well as one of the most important and awaited events of the Veronese music scene.
Out of 66 registered, 35 young artists will be participating who have passed the preselections carried out in mixed mode, also in video link for issues related to the pandemic, and representing twenty-three countries, including besides Italy also South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Thailand. The great level of the edition is also attested by the presence among them of artists who have already won prestigious international prizes.
Sala Birolli – The beauty that unites
Four classmates united for life by the common passion for art, colors and shapes. Until 9 October 2021 in the Birolli Room in via Macello it will be possible to visit the exhibition “Ithe beauty that unites. 50 years in color”, Organized by the First District of the Historic Center in collaboration with the Quinta Parete Cultural Association.
Data curated Federico Martinelli, the exhibition exhibited paintings by Manuela Bertoni, Lisa Tosco, Letizia Saladini and Doris Faccioli, four classmates who, having met 50 years after graduating from the Art School in 1971, have decided to join the artistic thread that has united their lives for this collective. Each work expresses different styles, characters and tastes for the use of techniques and color, but always with that passion for beauty and art at the base that has never stopped pulsating in each of them.
The exhibition will be open every day except Mondays from 10 to 13 and from 16 to 19. Admission is free and allowed only to holders of green pass and mask.
Marcato Coperto dei Filippini – Shake the market
A cultural ‘shock’ is coming at the Marcato Coperto dei Filippini. In fact, on Sunday 10 October 2021, among the stalls of local producers present in the spaces of the former slaughterhouse, it will be possible to come across Romeo and Juliet, struggling with the well-known vicissitudes of their love story.
Is called “Shake Market” the original initiative that brings together the first District and the Shakespeare House, the Veronese theater company based in the Filipinos, to bring market users closer to culture and vice versa.
Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery – The hand that creates
It can be visited until December 31, 2021, at Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery in Verona, the exhibition “The hand that creates. The public gallery of Ugo Zannoni (1836-1919)”. Sculptor, collector and patron who offers a study dedicated to the artist and the theme of patronage that led to the birth of the civic collections of the Gallery of Modern Art.
The starting point of the project – curator by the director of the Civic Museums Francesca Rossi flanked by a scientific committee composed of Maddalena Basso, Camilla Bertoni, Elena Casotto, Tiziana Franco, Sergio Marinelli, Patrizia Nuzzo and Pietro Trincanato – is the story of one of the greatest sculptors of the nineteenth century in Verona, Ugo Zannoni.
Castelnuovo del Garda – Magical Halloween
Pumpkins, skeletons and more. Gardaland relaunches the season with Magic Halloween. From 8 October 2021 it starts Gardaland Magic Halloween: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the month and in the long weekend from 29 October to 1 November 2021 the park will be transformed thanks to the many themed decorations, the shows created and the presence of zombies, witches and vamps ready to surprise visitors in the avenues of the Park between one attraction and another.
during Gardaland Magic Halloween, the park will be open every Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 19. On October 31, for the great night of Halloween, extended opening until 22.
Castelnuovo del Garda – Sea Life Gardaland
For a weekend with the family, it will be possible to immerse yourself in the evocative atmosphere of Gardaland SEA LIFE Aquarium, the themed Aquarium that offers a journey to discover the most beautiful creatures that populate the fresh and salt waters of the entire planet, from Lake Garda to the depths of the ocean. Two novelties, the new “Interactive Ocean” room, where children can draw their own fish that will come to life in a favorite screen and “A step away from the Sea Lions”, a completely renovated outdoor area where you can admire the cute animals even more closely. Also at Gardaland SEA LIFE Aquarium – which will be open every day from 14 to 18 – the Gardaland safety protocol.
Valeggio sul Mincio – Sigurtà Garden Park, Children’s Day
One of the most loved events by children returns in the autumn of the Sigurtà Garden Park: Children’s Day. Surrounded by warm autumn colors and the latest spectacular blooms such as roses, dahlias, tropical water lilies, Jerusalem artichokes and canna indica, on Sunday 10 October all children will be able to spend Sigurtà Garden Park a day of games and activities in complete safety, thanks to the large spaces of the Garden, 600,000 square meters of meadows and woods.
Bussolengo – Parco Natura Viva
The Parco Natura Viva, modern Zoological Park in Bussolengo, an important protection center for endangered species awaits you on Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 18 in the “Wildlife” section while from 9.30 to 16 in the “Safari” section. To host visitors there it will also be the little Indian royal vulture. Among the many beautiful animals, you can also admire the red panda cubs, I pink flamingos, The young European bison, The small eastern gray kangaroo and I am very nice too three Siberian tiger cubs (which grow visibly) or even i tender white-faced saki.