What to do in Verona and its province during the weekend from 4 to 6 February 2022
First weekend of February, the month of lovers in the capital city of love. Also this time there is no shortage of interesting events in Verona and in the province, including sporting events, concerts, markets, shows, guided tours, news at the cinema, exhibitions and much more.
Let’s see what are the main events scheduled for the weekend from 4 to 6 February 2022.
THE TOP EVENT
Verona Antiquaria in San Zeno
The appointment with Verona Antiquaria, the antiques, collecting, modern antiques and vintage market in Verona, returns on Sunday 6 February 2022 in the San Zeno district. On the occasion of the month of Valentine’s Day, what better situation to look for many gift ideas for a romantic Valentine’s Day with a retro flavor: books, jewelry, prints, watches, bags, accessories, clothes, but also furniture, furnishing accessories, toys , lights, works of art.
EVENTS
Juliet & Romeo Cup
A vintage car race starting and finishing in Bardolino, on a route that crosses the entire Veronese territory, from Lake Garda to Mount Baldo and, for the first time, with a passage also in the lounge in Piazza delle Erbe. On Friday 4 and Saturday 5 February 2022 the Giulietta & Romeo Cup, the inaugural appointment of the Italian Historic Car Regularity Championship 2022 organized by the Verona Automobile Club in collaboration with ACI Verona Sport and AC Verona Historic. The departure is scheduled at 8.30 from Lungolago Lenotti, to then stop and walkway in Piazza Erbe at 9.45 and continue for Lessinia and Valpolicella.
Luna Park for the Valentine’s Fair
The San Valentino Fair returns to Bussolengo, which this year celebrates its 311 edition. The official presentation of the event took place on Tuesday 1 February at the Sala Rossa in the Verona province headquarters. The atmosphere of one of the most popular and heartfelt events in the province of Verona will brighten the town’s streets and squares from 12 to 14 February 2022. The long-awaited Luna Park will entertain young and old from February 5 and there will be events, shows, gastronomic specialties and cultural initiatives.
Borgo Nuovo is activated
Saturday 5th February “Borgo Nuovo becomes active”. And in the green area between via Selinunte and via Zancle, activities and initiatives for the residents will alternate throughout the afternoon. From 2.30pm to 5pm, the Steps “The future of the neighborhood” information point will be open to collect ideas to improve the area, curated by Energie Sociali. From 3 pm, eco-walk organized by Plastic Free Verona and with the collaboration of the Verona 4 scout group. And, for the little ones, try Parkour for girls and boys aged 5 to 12. At 4.30 pm neighborhood snack.
Custoza restaurateurs
Producers, wineries and restaurateurs make an appointment to taste special dishes and menus based on Custoza broccoli. The activity involved all the restaurateurs of Custoza, the producers enrolled in the Broccoli Producers Association from which it is possible to buy the product directly, the cellars of Custoza and the municipal area. Here the program of the initiative.
CONCERTS
Arena Foundation Opera Season: “Susanna’s Secret” and “Suor Angelica”
The first of the six events of the 2022 Opera Season at the Philharmonic Theater is the unpublished diptych consisting of “The Secret of Susanna” and “Suor Angelica”, on stage until 6 February in a new staging by the Arena di Verona Foundation. Appointment on Friday 4th February at 8pm and Sunday 6th February at 3.30pm.
Live Evequartet
On Friday 4th February at the Cantine de l’Arena the metal rock of an out of the ordinary cover band arrives! No effects or electronics. Evequartett pays homage to the great rock, grunge and metal hits, from the 60s to today, faithfully rearranged for string quartet. An extraordinary evening, pleasant and exciting, for an audience of all ages.
Great Jazz with Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton has been on the best stages around the world for many years as the leader of his quartet or alongside other jazz giants, ranging from Ben Webster’s lyricism and John Coltrane’s passion. He is the interpreter of an extraordinarily elegant music, with a fascinating phrasing and sound, the one that already in the 70s, the most widespread trend was that of probing particularly aggressive sound alternatives, imposes him for the sweetness of his saxophone and creative imagination. An appointment not to be missed on Sunday 6 February at the Cantine de l’Arena.
Alberto Salaorni & Al-B.Band live
Alberto Salaorni & Al-B.Band return to entertain and sing. On February 4, 2022 I am at the Floor of Bardolino, Restaurant & Rooftop Bar. Dinner from 8.30 pm, after dinner from 10.30 pm. It is a perfect concert to start listening to live music and singing, with friends, in total safety.
VISIT GUIDE
1 euro admission to the civic museums of Verona
Sunday 6 February 2022, on the occasion of Sundays at 1 euro, the appointment with the civic museums of Verona is back: a day dedicated to Veronese citizens and tourists who want to discover, or rediscover, the extraordinary treasures of art and history that are kept in city museums.
The Verona of Berto Barbarani
A walk through the streets of the center of Verona, rediscovering, through the poems of Berto Barbarani, a Verona that has now disappeared, but is certainly still alive in each of us. Appointment on Saturday 5 February at 3 pm with departure from the gardens of Piazza Indipendenza (in front of the statue of Garibaldi).
Verona in yellow
Guided tour on Sunday 6 February in Verona: a long yellow line, often tinged with red, crosses the history of Verona, whose meanders return a story made up of heinous crimes and unsolved mysteries: a path to be faced in “cold blood” that starts from some historical truths such as the duels to the death of gladiatorial battles, but then aims to find some forgotten tragic events, which have studded the history of Verona.
Decumanus maximum. Between shows, gladiators and tragedies
Sunday 6 February 2022 at 2.30 pm the guided tour “Decumano massimo. Between shows, Gladiators and tragedies” will be held. A walk from the Roman Theater to the Arena through the decumanus maximus.
THEATER
The glass zoo
“Lo Zoo di vetro”, a theatrical masterpiece by American playwright and screenwriter Tennessee Williams, arrives at the Camploy Theater on Friday 4 February, adapted and directed by Leonardo Lidi. The show, staged as part of the review The Other Theater organized by the Municipality of Verona, it tells the story of a family from the American province at the end of the 1930s.
Circus car
Saturday 5 February at the Teatro Ristori in Verona will be staged for the dance season, the show of international success, which combines energy, poetry and fun: “Machine de Cirque” by the Canadian company of the same name under the artistic direction of Vincent Dubé, circus artist for over 20 years.
The divine playwright
On Saturday 5th February Giobbe Covatta will present “La divina Commediola” at the Dim Theater in Castelnuovo del Garda. The show is his personal version dedicated to the rights of minors: the contents and the commentary are hilarious and funny, but as always happens in the Neapolitan comics shows, the themes are serious and busy.
A woman of spirit
On Saturday 5 February 2022 at 9 pm and Sunday 6 February at 4.30 pm, the Tabula Rasa company presents the show “A woman of spirit” at the Teatro Camploy in Verona.
Baron Lamberto
The show “Il Barone Lamberto” arrives at the Teatro Stimate in Verona on 6 February at 4.30 pm for the review “Famiglie a teatro”. With two experts in children’s literature, Pino Costalunga, director, actor and writer, and Silvia Bonanni, illustrator, it will be possible to reflect in a fun and light way on the theme of selfishness and human greed in the manner of Rodari.
CINEMA
Among the novelties in the room we highlight:
- Annetta – «After the death of his wife, a stand-up comedian takes care of his daughter, a two-year-old girl. Soon the man will discover that the girl has a special gift ». Director: Leo Carax. Actors: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard.
- A winning family – King Richard – «Since childhood, the sisters Venus and Serena Williams have been directed towards tennis by their father Richard, who is their coach. Richard’s goal is to give his daughters the opportunity to escape Compton, the infamous crime-ridden neighborhood of Los Angeles where they live. ” Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green. Actors: Will Smith.
- Open arms – The law of the sea – «Autumn 2015. Two lifeguards, Oscar and Gerard, go to Lesbos after being shocked by the photograph of a child drowned in the waters of the Mediterranean. Upon their arrival, they discover a terrible reality: thousands of people risk their lives every day crossing the sea on makeshift boats to escape from the armed forces that affect their countries. Nobody, however, comes to their aid ». Director: Marcel Barrena. Actors: Eduard Fernández, Dani Rovira.
- On the island of Bergman – «To write the scripts for their upcoming films, a couple of filmmakers retire during the summer to an island that has been an inspiration for the master Bergman. As the season and the scripts advance, the lines between reality and fiction begin to blur ». Director: Mia Hansen-Løve. Actors: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska.
MONSTER
“Passions and visions” at the Gallery of Modern Art in Verona
The story of the birth of the Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art told in a new exhibition itinerary of over 150 works. This is how the passion for art and the far-sighted vision of Ugo Zannoni, Achille Forti, Licisco Magagnato and Giorgio Cortenova, four fundamental characters for the GAM and its identity, are presented to the public in a special exhibition curated by Francesca Rossi. and Patrizia Nuzzo.
Ancient vases at the Archaeological Museum
The charm of the Etruscan bucchero on display at the Archaeological Museum at the Roman Theater. Open to the public, in the room dedicated to temporary exhibitions, the new exhibition on “Ancient vases”, curated by Margherita Bolla, which dedicates a special focus to Etruscan ceramics. One, open until 2 October 2022, a section that presents some of the most evocative pieces of the collection of pre-Roman ceramics, about eighty vases from the seventh to the fourth century BC, which make up part of the rich collection of the Archaeological Museum, not normally on display to the public.
The watercolors of Francesco Arduini in Castelvecchio
New display in the Boggian room of the Castelvecchio Museum. On display are the 60 watercolors donated this year by Francesco Arduini for the Drawings and Prints Department of the Scaligero Museum. A special exhibition, on view to the public until 6 March 2022, created on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the birth of Licisco Magagnato.
See the poem: puzzles of impure classicism
In the Minerbe library the itinerant exhibition, in the libraries of the province of Verona, which it presents, makes a stop throughout February 5 works co-signed by Lionello Fiumi and Felice Naalin: a poet who lived in the early part of the twentieth century in dialogue, at a temporal distance, with a contemporary artist. The poems written by Fiumi are in English cursive and are in enigmatic relationship with the pictorial images constructed in watercolor, gouache and pastel in a syncretic way by Felice Naalin. The exhibition includes the works on easels, set between the shelves of books, in order not to interrupt the magic of the libraries.
Marchegiani – Cacciola. From plaster to concrete
FerrarinArte Kromya Art Gallery Verona and exhibition until February 5th 2022 a joint project dedicated to the artistsilio Marchegiani and Enzo Cacciola. Curated by Bruno Corà, the exhibition “Marchegiani – Cacciola. From plaster to concrete” will involve the two galleries in Legnago and Verona. On display, about forty historical works by the two artists, made from 1974 to 1978. The “Grammature di colore” on plaster support by Marchegiani will be placed in dialogue with the “Untitled” works by Cacciola, based on cement and asbestos on canvas.