what to do on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November
First weekend of November, which archives the feast of All Saints and Halloween and brings lower temperatures, which give the city new autumn colors and flavors to be discovered.
The schedule of appointments invites you to immerse yourself in the city, for walks and guided tours to discover the most typical neighborhoods of Rome or to taste artisan products, spending a weekend with taste. The music, the live one, does not stop offering concerts from pop to jazz. Appointment with the show also in theaters, with proposals dedicated to children and adults. You can also experience the atmosphere of Christmas in advance, with the village dedicated to Christmas shopping.
What to do in Rome on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November
The live music of Elodie returns to the Central Theater, the Roman singer who was also appreciated for her co-conduction at the last Sanremo Festival. For video game lovers, the RomeVideoGameLab Festival is back open to the public in the Cinecittà studios. Two guided walks are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday in some of the most typical districts of Rome, Garbatella and Testaccio. Space for families, with theatrical performances scheduled at the Tor Bella Monaca Theater and the India Theater and for the little ones at the Testaccio Theater. And for those who want to dive into the Christmas atmosphere, the Christmas Village at Solara is back. Many leisure opportunities not to be postponed, in some cases enjoyable only for this weekend.
Here, then, are the events not to be missed on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November in Rome and its surroundings:
The tastings
A delicious weekend is scheduled in Centocelle with the Chocolate and Pastry Festival. In addition to the specialties and typical products from all over Italy, there will be the most extravagant combinations between sweet and savory such as the timeless white pizza with Nutella, the delicious fried fritters with jam or the “zeppole” in past stuffed with all kinds of creams. For wine lovers, on Saturday and Sunday it will be possible to taste the new wine and the great aging wines of the last vintages during the Cantine Aperte event in San Martino. The Novello can be tasted with cold cuts, fresh cheeses and roasted chestnuts.
Guided walks in Roman districts
On Saturday the Walk on Industrial Archeology between Testaccio and Ostiense is scheduled. Departure from the Macro-Slaughterhouse Testaccio and arriving at the Ponte dell’Industria known in Rome as the Iron Bridge and recently damaged by a fire. Sunday will be the turn of another village, with a guided tour of Garbatella. By observing architectural details such as decorations, murals and commemorative plaques, the talking facades of this neighborhood will bring to life the stories of more or less well-known characters who have made this place so unique and evocative.
The markets
For vintage lovers, in PratiBus District there is Vintage Invaders a 5000sqm pop up vintage market, with clothing strictly per kilo. A path organized and divided into the sectors that compose it, so as to help the viewer to orient himself towards his main interest. Art, nature, well-being and culture is the slogan of the new edition of the Green Market Festival at the City of the other Economy. The spacious outdoor square will host over sixty artistic artisans among the best in Rome and beyond, who will exhibit for sale ceramics, artistic glass windows, sustainable clothing, lamps made with recycled materials, wooden toys, ecological and useful items.
The theatrical performances
The show “La Sorpresa”, a comedy never performed in Italy, is staged at the Tor Bella Monaca Theater. A play that will immerse you in the vicissitudes of a couple on the verge of divorce. The theater show “Kafka and the traveling doll” is staged at the India Theater with Desy Gialuz and Valerio Malorni, based on the novel Kafka y la muñeca viajera by Jordi Sierra i Fabra. A show for adults and children from 7 years old. The show for children staged at the Testaccio Theater “Il Gigante Egoista” is based on the immortal fairy tale by Oscar Wilde. The show will offer the spectators children the opportunity to interact verbally during some scenes of the performance.
Cinema and Festival
The MedFilm Festival, Mediterranean cinema, is back in attendance. The Cinema Savoy, the Macro Asilo, the Nuovo Cinema Aquila and the Libraries of Rome host this 27th edition, with films but also meetings with young authors and masters of cinema. The Nordic Film Fest is scheduled at the Casa del Cinema to promote the cinema and culture of the Nordic countries. In addition to the screenings in the original language with subtitles in Italian or English and with free access, the program includes presentations and meetings with guests.
Elodie in concert
Autumn stage in Rome for the Roman singer Elodie. The pop singer will star on Saturday with her music from the “Elodie Live” tour at the Central Theater. On March 5, 2021, a megamix composed by Benny Benassi, world-famous DJ, was released, celebrating all the hits contained in “This is Elodie” the album by a best-selling female artist in 2020. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
The Festival dedicated to Applied Games
Appointment on Saturday and Sunday with the world of “applied games” at RomeVideoGameLab, in the Cinecittà Studios. The 2021 edition has as its guiding thread the relationship between human and digital, the link that binds human activities and those of intelligent machines. The intertwining of science, research and gaming, to know what the future holds for us with its utopias and even its dystopias. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
The Christmas Village in the Capital
In Casal Palocco, in the heart of South Rome, the magic of the festive period among special lights, sweet fragrances, trees, nativity scenes and elements of decoration and furniture from all over the world. The strong points of the exhibition are the fantastic Lemax Village (Solara boasts the largest Lemax store in the Roman-Lazio area) and the area dedicated to the American brand Kurt Adler with a “shop within a shop” full of exclusive items. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Photojournalism at the Trastevere Museum
An exhibition dedicated to Margaret Bourke-White, one of the most representative and emblematic figures of photojournalism, can be visited at the Trastevere Museum. From the first images dedicated to the world of industry and corporate projects, to the great reports for the most important newspapers such as Fortune and Life; from the visual chronicles of the Second World War, to the famous portraits of Stalin first and then of Gandhi. And other shots. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
The Roma Jazz Festival at the Monk and the Auditorium
45th edition of the Rome Jazz Festival. Music is confronted with multimedia and with the visual arts that it tunes in tune with the sounds, trying to rediscover the “lightness” of jazz. Many concerts scheduled between Saturday and Sunday, at the Monk and in the Auditorium Parco della Musica halls. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]