What to do in Verona and its province during the weekend from 2 to 4 September 2022
A new weekend full of interesting events in the Verona area. Below are all the initiatives not to be missed from 2 to 4 September 2022.
THE TOP EVENT
Veronese antique dealers
After the summer break, one of the most awaited moments by Veronese and tourists in the most characteristic district of the city of Verona resumes: on Sunday 4 September from 8 to 18 Verona Antiquaria, the appointment with the antiques market, collectibles, modern antiques and vintage. An unmissable opportunity to rediscover hidden treasures and think of original gifts to give for unforgettable moments.
EVENTS
Weekend of taste in Valeggio sul Mincio
A weekend dedicated to excellent food and wine. The Pro Loco Valeggio association and the Percorsi Valeggio association, in collaboration with the Municipality of Valeggio sul Mincio, also this year organize the “Weekend del Gusto” event, which will be held on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 September 2022, in the historic center. di Valeggio sul Mincio: an event designed to enhance the typical, agricultural and artisanal food and wine productions, catering, culture and tourism.
Black Truffle Festival
The 13th “Black Truffle Festival” which will take place from Friday 2 to Monday 5 September in Caprino Veronese, with its unmistakable aromas and flavors surrounded by music and games, is a welcome return for all lovers of typical Baldo tastes and flavors.
Verona Play
At the third edition of the Festival delle Mura, staged in the districts of San Zeno, Veronetta and Torricelle, in the context of the magistral walls, a UNESCO heritage site, Verona Play returns, the event entirely dedicated to games that will animate the Bastion of San Bernardino on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4th September.
New Honey Fair
In Molina, on Sunday 4 September, the traditional “Fair of new honey and local products” is scheduled.
In Garda “The best beer and street food experience”
On the Regina Adelaide lakefront in Garda, from 2 to 4 September, an unmissable event for all gourmets with “The best beer and street food experience”. Open-air catering on four wheels that embraces the best craft beer and gourmet street food.
Sicilian festival in pescantina
From 2 to 4 September in Pescantina the unmissable “Sicilian festival” is scheduled. The event will be held in piazza degli Alpini with free admission. The event was created to revive the colors, sounds, scents of Sicily, with typical local products. Great space will be given to food and wine products and you can taste the delicacies of Sicily.
Festival of Grezzana
The Sagra di Grezzana is back, from Thursday 1st to Monday 5th September. Lots of good music, great food, and a thousand opportunities to have fun and be in the company of good friends.
Rice festival with le Nose
In Nogara until 11 September the traditional “Rice Festival with Nose” takes place, now in its 36th edition. The event will take place in the party space of the former sports field in via Sterzi.
The Red meets the Red
Sunday 4 September the “La Rossa meets the Red” event, the exclusive Ferrari gathering, returns to Verona.
Slow Food Earth Market
The first Sunday of September brings back the Slow Food Earth Market of Sommacampagna, the popular combination of good, clean and fair food and good reading. In Piazza della Repubblica there will be about thirty small producers and artisans of food from Verona and the neighboring provinces, selected by Slow Food Garda Veronese.
MUSIC
Classical music in the enchanting Giardino Giusti
To the Giusti Garden Classical music resounds. From the September 3 a series of concerts with free admission, at 6 pm every Saturday of the month until October 1, 2022. It starts on September 3 with the music of Stravinksy and Rachmaninoff.
Verona Arena Opera Festival
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THEATER
Iliad
At the Roman Theater of Verona, from 1 September with replicas on 2 and 3 September, the show “Iliade” by Homer will be staged in a rewrite by Alessandro Baricco, with Natalino Balasso directed by Alberto Rizzi.
Theater in the Courtyards
The historic review “Theater in the Courtyards”, from 1 July to 7 September 2022, brings on stage about twenty companies that will alternate in three locations: the traditional Cloister of Sant’Eufemia, the Cloister of Santa Maria in Organo and Cortile Montanari . In all, 23 different shows will be presented, from comedy to prose in music, from dramatic to comic.
CINEMA
Among the novelties coming out in the Veronese cinemas we note:
- High speed train – “Five killers find themselves aboard the same train. In this way they will discover that their missions have something in common ». Director: David Leitch.
- Brian and Carlo – “Winter in North Wales can be very long and gray. Brian, who lives in a country cottage and no longer knows what to invent to pass the time, pays the price. After various projects he thus decides to build a robot, with the head of a mannequin and the trunk obtained from a washing machine ». Director: Jim Archer.
MONSTER
Caroto and the arts between Mantegna and Veronese
From 13 May to 2 October 2022 in Verona, in the monumental spaces of the Palazzo della Gran Guardia, the great exhibition on Giovan Francesco Caroto (circa 1480 – 1555) can be visited. It is the first exhibition entirely dedicated to the artist, with over 100 works from some of the most prestigious Italian and international collections, which presents the evolution of the great painter, following him from his early beginnings to the recognized role of artist.
The “Grenze” photography festival in Verona
Shots by national and international authors who investigate the theme of forgery and its photographic variations. The “Grenze” diffuse photography festival returns to Verona from 1 to 26 September 2022, an exhibition circuit that develops between the Maddalene Bastion and various locations in the Veronetta district to reach the Lazzaretto where emerging artists will be exhibited.
The Arche Scaligere in Verona: admission for only 1 euro
The Arche Scaligere enclosure at the church of Santa Maria Antica in Verona is open to the public: from 1 June to 30 September 2022 it is possible to visit the tombs of the Scaligeri thanks to the precious collaboration of the Legambiente volunteers.
Photo exhibition “Enchantment silence – The Nature of Veneto”
The exhibition will be held in Garda, in the beautiful FIAF gallery of Palazzo Piccini Carlotti from 3 to 28 September 2022. It is a selection of photographs present in the volume that gives the title to the exhibition, published in 2021 and which speaks of nature in the territory Veneto.
Verona through the photographs of Gabriele Basilico and Alessandra Chemollo
In the spaces of Castel San Pietro and Palazzo del Capitanio, together with those of Palazzo Pellegrini, the photographic exhibition “Common Places. Construction sites and monumental sites of historical and industrial Verona in Gabriele Basilico and Alessandra Chemollo. “An unprecedented journey along three places that tell the cultural, political and productive history of the city of Verona.
Banksy’s world
Banksy’s journey to the stations of Italy will stop in Verona until 30 October 2022 with the exhibition “The World of Banksy – The Immersive Experience”. Next stop: Porta Nuova station. “The World of Banksy – The Immersive Experience” presents the British artist in a new light, thanks to an installation of over one hundred works by the most famous street artist in the world it will be possible to get to know the character in its entirety through an immersive experience.
In Malcesine the Athos Faccincani exhibition
From Saturday 20 August to 11 September 2022, at Palazzo dei Capitani in the enchanting and luminous Malcesine, a city of art known for its artistic and architectural beauties, as well as the pearl of Lake Garda, it will be possible to visit the personal exhibition of the painter Athos Faccincani.
The colors found. The restoration of the frescoes of Palazzo Miniscalchi
In Verona at the Miniscalchi-Erizzo Museum Foundation the exhibition “The rediscovered colors. The restoration of the frescoes of Palazzo Miniscalchi”. The exhibition, scheduled from 14 April to 1 September 2022, offers a fascinating account of the origins and family history of the Miniscalchi-Erizzo family, from their arrival in Verona to the rapid social rise witnessed and promised1 celebrated through the construction of the Palazzo Miniscalchi and the peculiar facade decorated with refined frescoes.
In Verona the National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum of Verona has inaugurated the section dedicated to Prehistory and Protohistory, from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age, 200,000 years of history of the Verona area. The museum is open to the public from 10 am to 6 pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. 200 thousand years of history preserved in the new National Archaeological Museum of Verona which sees the displacement, with other treasures, of the “Shaman”, perhaps the oldest human figure in the world.
“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 GAM and its identity, are presented to the public in a special exhibition curated by Francesca Rossi. and Patrizia Nuzzo.
Sprouts of art at Villa Venier
Third edition of “Germogli d’Arte”, the summer festival that enhances the artists residing in Sommacampagna, hosting their works in the ground floor rooms of the beautiful Villa Venier, from 15 July to 4 September 2022. The artists, selected following a public notice, will take turns every ten days in the sale of the patrician villa of the eighteenth century, pulsating the cultural offer of Sommacampagna and made available free of charge by the Municipality.
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 a part of the rich collection of the Archaeological Museum, which is not normally exhibited. to the public.