Rome International Buskers Festival at the Tourist Port – Lazio
(ANSA) – ROME, SEPTEMBER 20 – The magic of street entertainment returns to animate Ostia from 23 to 25 September for the third edition of the Rome International Buskers Festival. The Tourist Port of Rome will become a huge stage that will welcome international and local artists: acrobats, jugglers, musicians, professionals of the street entertainment disciplines.
Access to the area will be free and, as in the great tradition of buskers, with the free “hat” offer.
The presentation press conference was held in Ostia chaired by Andrea Cicini, sole director of the Matches Group and creator of the event, who was able to explain in the morning: ” We are proud of this third edition of the Festival ”.
Also present at the conference was Valentina Corrado, Assesora to Tourism, Local Authorities, Urban Security, Local Police and Administrative Simplification: ” It is a wonderful project that embodies the essence of Tourism ”.
“Ostia is a wonderful area, with stratospheric potential”, said Mario Falconi, President of the X Municipality of Rome.
As usual, during the three days there will be stations dislocated and used for the performances of the artists who will pour along the entire promenade of the Port to amaze and surprise the public, every year more and more numerous. About 29 artists confirmed on a “call” of over 350 nominations, here confirmed during the three days of the Festival: Lev Radagan, Danielle De La Wonk, the Circensema (directly from the Circen Dolomites Festival), Adriano Bono, Neuforia, Caracca Tamburi Itinerants and the explosive energy of the Baldo degli Ubaldi gang from Lucca.
Furthermore, every day it will be possible to participate in three extraordinary circus workshops organized by the group of jugglers Circensema and the company Wonky Monkeys.
Among the novelties of this year, the twinning with the Australian festival Buskers by the Lake provides for a “cultural exchange” of artists: through a contest, active until Sunday 25 September at 18.00, the public will be able to vote for their favorite busker in this address: https://festival2022.romabuskers.com/contest/. The voted artist will be able to perform at Buskers by the Lake 2023, Australia. But not only that, an Australian busker will have access by right to the next edition of the Rome International Buskers Festival.
Also from this year they will be media partners of the Rai Radio Festival, Rai Radio Tutta Italiana and Rai Radio Kids, the latter present at the event on Saturday 24 September at 19.00 and Sunday 25 September at 18.00 with a live show in the company of Armando Traverso and the legendary DJ puppet.
The Roma International Buskers Festival, is conceived and organized by the Matches Group communication agency, in collaboration with the Tourist Port of Rome, the patronage of the Lazio Region, Municipio X and Siae and other partners such as Chinotto Neri and NaBiretta present with a stand at inside the street food area. (HANDLE).
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