what to do on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June
Weekend at the end of June, official summer entry and a capital that, more and more, is full of events for all tastes. From the great names of Italian and international music to film reviews, up to appointments dedicated to taste. There is really a lot to do in the city.
What to do on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June in Rome
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June is the weekend of free concerts in the city. In fact, from Piazza del Popolo, Tim Summer Hits starts, the musical event that will see the most beloved artists of the moment take the stage. Music also at the Capannelle Hippodrome, because Guè Pequeno and the captivating show “Queen at the Opera” arrive. Sunday evening of “Spaghettiland” at Villa Ada with Vasco Brondi and other artists, while the Australian singer-songwriter and artist Chet Faker starred at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.
Keep your eyes open also on film reviews because Cinema in Piazza offers interesting sagas and retrospectives in its three arenas, while the doors of the Cinema Island, one of the symbolic festivals of Roman summers for many years, are deluded.
Space also for food, with the Centocelle Food Summer Festival and many other unmissable events. Are you ready for a really eventful weekend? Here’s what to do on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June in Rome:
Tim Summer Hits a Piazza del Popolo
Great music is back live and moreover free in Piazza del Popolo at the weekend. The Roman square, in fact, will inaugurate the Tim Summer Hits, the musical event, presented by Stefano De Martino and Andrea Delogu. It starts on Thursday 23 June at 9 pm with Blanco, Coez, Elisa, Elodie, Fabri Fibra and Maurizio Carucci, Lazza, Marracash, Sangiovanni. It continues on the evening of Friday 24 June, again at 9 pm, with Alessandra Amoroso, Biagio Antonacci, Ghali, Gigi D’Alessio, Irama, Justin Quiles and Fred De Palma, Luigi Strangis, Madame, Marco Mengoni, Michael Bublè, Noemi & Carl Brave, Pinguini Tatti Nucleari, Rocco Hunt & Elettra Lamborghini & Lola Indigo, Tananai and Umberto Tozzi, culminating in the third evening, Saturday 25 June, with Achille Lauro, Aiello, Alex, Annalisa and Boombadash, Baby K, Fabrizio Moro, Francesco Gabbani, Francesco Renga, Gaia, Mika, Nek, Raf, Valentina Parisse. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
All the events of Il Cinema in piazza
New weekend of free cinema with the Cinema in Piazza review. Saturday 25 June there are “The Goonies” in San Cosimato, while on Sunday 26 June there is Francesca Archibugi presenting “The pear tree”. At the Parco della Cervelletta, the retrospective of the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg continues on Saturday, with the screening of “Family reunion while”, on Sunday 26 everything is for “The Lord of the Rings: the return of the new king ready”, an appointment with the epic saga fantasy. Finally, in the Monte Ciocci arena, on Saturday 25 June, Alessandro Redaelli and Ruggero Melis present “Funeralopolis – A portrait of the suburbs”. On Sunday there is “Hands on the city” by Francesco Rosi. [QUI IL PROGRAMMA COMPLETO DE IL CINEMA IN PIAZZA]
The Cinema Island is back
The 28th edition of Isola del Cinema kicked off on Tuesday 21 June with a completely new graphic design. An island more open in the world, inclusive and sustainable, strong of having been classified by Time Out as one of the most evocative arenas in the world. Saturday 25 June appointment at 9.30 pm with “Licorice Pizza” by Paul Thomas Anderson at the Lexus Arena, at 10 pm, however, “A Bird Flew in” by Kirsty Bell and “Prestige” by Zara Ahooei at Cinelab will be screened. Sunday 26 June will be the turn of “The idols of women”, by Lillo & Greg, at 9.30 pm at the Lexus Arena and, at 10 pm, for “Woodgirls: a diet for a dream, by Azadeh Bizargiti and” Chiacchiere ” by Jane Devoy. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
The weekend at the Casa del Jazz
Hot weekend at the Casa del Jazz. In fact, the rich Summerime calendar continues, the summer review at Villa Osio. It starts on Friday 24 June with Fabrizio Bosso and Javier Girotto and their “Latin Mood”. On Saturday 25 June the protagonist Alex Britti and on Sunday 26 June to take the stage of the Casa del Jazz will be Vinicio Capossela with his “Round one thirty-five 1990 – 2020 personal standards”. [QUI IL PROGRAMMA COMPLETO DI SUMMERTIME 2022]
Guè a Rock in Rome
Guè Pequeno, the most influential and respected rapper in Italy, arrives at Rock in Rome on June 26th. A tireless career and the incredible one of Guè, paved with successes with a long series of productions of the highest level. From the beginning he has been a point of reference to which the whole hip hop scene and beyond.
His presence at the Capannelle Hippodrome is certainly among the most anticipated events of this edition of Rock in Rome which returns after two long years of stop. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Queen at the Opera
But the Rock in Roma weekend also turns the spotlight on one of the most beloved international shows: it is Queen at the Opera, a show that from 2015 to date has garnered standing ovations and sold out until two years ago, when it had to stop at the peak of its success; reborn with the strength of rock and arrives in Rock in Rome on 25 June, at the Capannelle Hippodrome. A show where the is an integral part of a unique public experience. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Centocelle Food Summer Fest
From 21 June to 1 July, the “Centocelle Food Summer Fest” returns to the district which, in recent years, has become a reference point for food addicts in the capital. Ten days of tasting at promotional costs. Proposte differentiates, from cocktail coolers, to wines, tapas, pizza and pinsa, meat, fish, summer boxes, desserts, street food and much more to celebrate the arrival of summer with taste, at pop prices. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
“Spaghettiland – Only strong dishes” at Villa Ada
Spaghettiland, the music, comedy & food festival by Spaghetti Unplugged, returns to Rome on June 26, with Vasco Brondi, Chiello, Tenth Sky, Naolenop, Kaze, More TBA. In the magical location of Villa Ada there are also the singer-songwriter and former frontman of “Canova” Mobrici and the new pop soul talent Folcast. Also on stage will be Maccio Capatonda and Alessandro Gori alias Lo Sgargabonzi, a couple with a unique and unpredictable comedy who will present an absolute preview of the “XXII World Conference on Modern Literature”. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Chet Faker at the Parco della Musica Auditorium
The exclusive tour in Italy, produced and distributed by Vivo Concerti, of the Australian producer, songwriter and artist Chet Faker, arrives in Rome, which will perform on Saturday 25 June at the Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Cavea. The show will be opened by the collective 72 – Hour Post Fight, an eclectic group of musicians led by Fight Pausa. Chet Faker is one of the main protagonists of the electronic genre who has achieved considerable notoriety in recent years thanks to the various awards received at the Aria Awards. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Hippie festival
From Friday 24 to Sunday 26 June, the Hippie Festival arrives in the historic center of Tarquinia. A Family-friendly event, with over 200 artists from all over Italy, including artisans, jugglers, street bands, circus performers, magicians, DJs, holistic operators for a magical and exciting experience. A market with a gypsy soul, keeper of beauty and a pinch of magic. Over 5000 creations: jewels, plants, fluttering skirts and kaftans, leather bags and accessories, gypsy silk dresses, bikinis, macramé, turbans, dream catchers, wooden creations. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Festival of porchetta and wine of the Castles
A tribute to the typical Roman product, a tribute to the genuine gastronomy of the Castelli Romani. The Porchetta d’Ariccia is celebrated with a three-day Festival, from 24 to 26 June, in the heart of the capital, in Testaccio, inside the Ex Mattatoio, now the City of the Other Economy. In memory of the beautiful spring outings, in honor of the cool evenings spent in the fraschette in the Castelli Romani, a dip in the Roman culinary tradition with a lot of pork, but also a lot of Castelli wine, the sparkling and spumantino one. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]