What to do in Verona and its province: the events of the weekend of 24 and 25 September 2022
Numerous events not to be missed in this weekend of Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September 2022 in Verona and in the province.
What to do in Verona and its province
If you are still undecided on what to do this weekend, there are numerous opportunities in Verona and its province.
Roman Theater – Emotions in Music
The appointment is for Saturday 24 September at 9 pm, when it will be staged at the Roman Theater the benefit concert ‘Emozioni in Musica’. A musical show with jazz, swing and soul sounds, created to support the activities of the Parents and Children Down Association – AGBD.
Thirty-five musicians on stage, accompanied by the choreography of the Blue Energy Rock dance school. Presenter of the evening Giorgio Gnugnoli, known as DJ George G, who will guide the audience among the songs that have marked the history of music, interpreted by the big band Jazz Set Orchestra and Allegra Group. Also present were the vocalists Stephanie Ocean Ghizzoni, Daisy Benedini and Stefano Fusco, as well as the cellist Elisabetta Brombin.
Gran Guardia – exhibition “Caroto and the arts between Mantegna and Veronese”
Over 120 works from some of the most prestigious Italian and international collections, for an exhibition itinerary divided into nine sections, which also includes three multimedia installations. Until 2 October 2022 in the fascinating exhibition context of the monumental Palazzo della Gran Guardia spaces, it is possible to admire the exhibition ‘Caroto e le arti tra Mantegna and Veronese‘.
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Gran Guardia – The Wunderkammer of the Calzolari Museum rebuilt in the exhibition dedicated to Caroto
The Wunderkammer of the Museum of Francesco Calzolari has come back to life within the CAROTO exhibition and the arts between Mantegna and Veronese, open to visitors in Verona until 2 October 2022, at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia.
The exhibition – organized by the Civic Museums of Verona, led by the Castelvecchio Museum, in co-production with Civita Mostre e Musei – manages to bring together tradition and innovation: of its 9 sections, in fact, 3 host brand new multimedia installations. In the reconstruction of the Wunderkammer visible in the exhibition, it is the hologram of Calzolari himself that tells the naturalist Caroto, who, in Verona, also dedicated himself to the activity of apothecary in the shop opened for his son in Piazza delle Erbe.
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Archaeological Museum – “Ancient vases” exhibition
Until 2 October 2022 it is open to the public, in the room dedicated to the temporary exhibitions of Archaeological Museum at the Roman Theater, the new exhibition “Ancient vases” curated by Margherita Bolla.
The exhibition is dedicated to the enhancement of a collection of the Archaeological Museum not normally exposed to the public, which can be admired for one year
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‘Achille Forti’ Modern Art Gallery – Blue Traveler, 2021 by Andrea Carpita
Appointment until 30 September 2022 in the Notaries’ Chapel. Andrea Carpita is the winner of the Level 0 Award of 2020, the format created by ArtVerona that invites 21 institutions, including museums and private foundations, to identify an artist present at the fair to promote within their future programming. Selected by Patrizia NuzzoCarpita presents, on the occasion of the 16th edition of ArtVerona, an exhibition project conceived specifically for the Notaries’ Chapel at Palazzo della Ragione in Verona.
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Covered market of Campagna Amica
The Covered market of Campagna Amica in Verona in the city center, organized by Coldiretti farmers. Seasonal products, the best of Veronese agriculture, but also direct experiences through workshops for adults and children, tastings guided by producers, lessons for fresh schools and taste experiments in the Filippini district, in via Macello 5 / a, a few steps from Piazza Bra. The market will be open every Saturday and Sunday from 8.30 to 13.00. Children will be able to relive the experience of pressing grapes as it once was thanks to a workshop dedicated to them.
Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery – Passions and visions: paths through history
The title introduces two key elements for the birth of the GAM: the passion for art and vision as characteristics of the foresight of four characters who were fundamental for the formation and development of the collections of the Gallery of Modern Art and its identity. Ugo Zannoni, Achille Forti, Licisco Magagnato, Giorgio Cortenova.
A story, through over 150 works in the collection, which unfolds over about a century, from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, to get to witness the history of an institution, but also that of its city and the social context of its promoters. The works of the civic collection are joined by important loans from museum institutions, “Guests out of the Municipality” from civic and national museums, from private collectors and artists
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Legnago – Salieri Theater, Salieri International Circus Award
Saturday 24 2022 and Sunday 25 2022 double show, Saturday at 15.30 and at 20, Sunday at 14.30 and at 18.30. All the competing artists will perform in the two selection shows: Chia Chen Sung from Taiwan with her “diabolo”, the Italian Bulgarian Katlin Quadrelli Vassileva to aerial fabrics, the Ukrainian Inna Yeremenko to juggling with rings, the Portuguese mime and musician Pedro Santosthe acrobatic troupe of Morocco Acrobarcelonathe wizard of soap bubbles Agostino Viglione from Argentina, the French trapeze artists of the duo Emyo, the French contortionist Arthur Cadre, the Vietnamese Quoc Huy at the wheel, the Italian juggler Kelly Huesca, the Spanish tightrope walker Nicol Nicols, the Italian antipodist Yasmin Dell’Acqua, the Argentine aerial acrobats of the Duo Resiliencia, the verticalist Sarangua from Mongolia, the Ukrainian mimes Dekru, the German juggler Martin Mall, the German Alexandra at the hula hoop, the Italian aerial acrobat Kimberly Zavatta, the Ethiopian contortionists Sheger Contortion Queens, the aerial acrobats of Pas de Deux Straps from USA and Argentina and the Italian ventriloquist Andrea Fratellini.
To all the shows, presented by Grand Master of Ceremonies Prince Mauriziothe Swiss paraplegic acrobat Silke Pan will take part as guest of honor out of competition.
During the awards ceremony on Monday 26 September, David Larible will also perform “the clown of clowns” who will receive the Platinum Salieri, awarded to him by the organizing committee, on the occasion of his 50-year career.
Isola della Scala – Rice Fair
Do not miss the 54th edition of the Rice Fair from 14 September to 2 October in the Isola della Scala exhibition center. After two years of pandemic, the typical dish of the peasant tradition, known and appreciated all over the world, returns to one of the longest-running trade fairs in the Veneto region. Established in 1967 in the Veronese plain, the Isola della Scala Rice Fair is the expression of a territory capable of bringing together the combination of tourism-agriculture and food and wine celebrating the Nano Vialone Veronese Igp rice.
Bussolengo – Parco Natura Viva
The Parco Natura Vivamodern Zoological Park a Bussolengo, an important protection center for endangered species awaits you on Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 17 in the “Wildlife” section while from 9.30 to 15 in the “Safari” section.
Visitors will be able to see how much it has grown IRoyal Indian vulture. Among the many beautiful animals, you can also admire the red panda cubsI pink flamingosThe young European bisonThe small eastern gray kangaroo and I am very nice too three Siberian tiger cubs or me too tender white-faced saki.
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Castelnuovo del Garda – Gardaland Oktoberfest
The appointments at Gardaland continue until 2 October with Gardaland Oktoberfestthe event inspired by the traditional Munich festival, which has long since become international with celebrations all over the world.
Remaining faithful to the oldest traditions of the original Oktoberfest – celebrated with delicious food, Munich beer and countless attractions – Gardaland doubles the fun for its Visitors and, in addition to the 40 attractions available at the Park, also offers various traditional food and wine specialties Bavarian, among the best known and loved.
Scents, flavors and dances but also special decorations such as giant mugs of beer, pretzels, hay bales and flags will characterize the streets of the Park for an even more magical experience, a real journey through time.
The Bavarian atmosphere will be livable from the entrance turnstiles thanks to the Welcome Show with Prezzemolo and the dancers wearing new Tyrolean costumes, while the Kapuziner Bier Band will cheer the streets of the park and, in particular Jumanji square, with cheerful and typical Bavarian songs. In different areas there are many folk groups that will contribute to immerse the visitors even more in the Bavarian atmosphere.
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Castelnuovo del Garda – Gardaland Sea Life
Immerse yourself in the evocative atmosphere of Gardaland SEA LIFE Aquarium, the themed Aquarium that offers a journey to discover the most beautiful creatures that populate the fresh and salt waters of the entire planet, from Lake Garda to the depths of the ocean.
Open every weekend from 10 am to 4 pm, thanks to large windows, transparent domes and an underwater tunnel, I would have close encounters with over 5,000 breathtaking creatures through a different species.
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Valeggio sul Mincio – Sigurtà Garden Park
Visitors will be able to enter the Sigurtà Garden Park and thus savor the first signs of spring now upon us: it will be an opportunity to see the crocuses, in bright shades of yellow or purple or in the more tenuous colors such as blue, white and lilac, or discover the beauty of forsythia, a shrub with yellow-sulfur shades, which is found near the entrance to the Garden and in the woods and as the almond and prunus trees prepare for spring.
And then, not to be missed: the lawns, the centuries-old trees and the many points of interest of the Park, like the Big Turfthe Labyrinth, the Farm, the Viale delle Rose fascinating even in this season, with the romantic view of the Scaligero Castle of Valeggio in the background.
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