Events
Ferrara Buskers Festival, 20-29 August 2010
The Ferrara Buskers Festival, with its 800.000 spectators, is the biggest event in the world dedicated to the art of the street. It was founded in 1988 with the aim of enhancing the role of street musicians and to know a city rich in history and charm - objectives which have been fully realised. Thanks to its success and the consequent effect of imitation, the Festival has also helped in creating a real sector, which can now count on more than 200 initiatives distributed throughout the country. For information: Ferrara Balloons Festival
The Ferrara Buskers Festival, with its 800.000 spectators, is the biggest event in the world dedicated to the art of the street. It was founded in 1988 with the aim of enhancing the role of street musicians and to know a city rich in history and charm - objectives which have been fully realised. Thanks to its success and the consequent effect of imitation, the Festival has also helped in creating a real sector, which can now count on more than 200 initiatives distributed throughout the country. For information: Ferrara Balloons Festival
Ferrara Balloons Festival, 17-26 September 2010
Ferrara Balloons Festival is one of the largest festivals of hot-air ballooning in Europe, with numerous teams from Italy and abroad bringing their many-coloured craft. Organised by the city council and the provincial administration of Ferrara, the festival is also a grand Village of the Air with ever increasing attractions and novelties to entertain all its guests. Visitors can feel the thrill of flight, and experience other delights linked to the air, tethered balloon flights, kite displays, parachute jumps, aeroplane flights over the city and the Po Delta, and still more. Masses of sports and family fun, all revolving around these silent giants of the air: an opportunity you should jump on for a wonderful stay in Ferrara. For information: Balloon Festival 2010
Ferrara Balloons Festival is one of the largest festivals of hot-air ballooning in Europe, with numerous teams from Italy and abroad bringing their many-coloured craft. Organised by the city council and the provincial administration of Ferrara, the festival is also a grand Village of the Air with ever increasing attractions and novelties to entertain all its guests. Visitors can feel the thrill of flight, and experience other delights linked to the air, tethered balloon flights, kite displays, parachute jumps, aeroplane flights over the city and the Po Delta, and still more. Masses of sports and family fun, all revolving around these silent giants of the air: an opportunity you should jump on for a wonderful stay in Ferrara. For information: Balloon Festival 2010
National Museum of Italian Jewry and the Holocaust
The National Museum of Italian Jewry and the Holocaust in Ferrara has a responsibility to know the history, thought and culture of Italian Jewry. The museum will be built in the building of the former prison off Via Piangipane.
For information: MEIS
The National Museum of Italian Jewry and the Holocaust in Ferrara has a responsibility to know the history, thought and culture of Italian Jewry. The museum will be built in the building of the former prison off Via Piangipane.
For information: MEIS
Chardin, Diamond Palace 17 Oct. 2010 – 23 Jan. 2011
The exhibition of Ferrara will provide an opportunity to retrace the highlights of Chardin's artistic career through a wide selection of works from museums and public and private collections worldwide. The exhibition will range from still life as genre scenes of youth to early adulthood, until the return object of the fifties and extraordinary masterpieces of the last period. An event that promises to be missed and will appreciate the work of artist Vincent Van Gogh believed that "great as Rembrandt."
For Information: Chardin Exhibition
The exhibition of Ferrara will provide an opportunity to retrace the highlights of Chardin's artistic career through a wide selection of works from museums and public and private collections worldwide. The exhibition will range from still life as genre scenes of youth to early adulthood, until the return object of the fifties and extraordinary masterpieces of the last period. An event that promises to be missed and will appreciate the work of artist Vincent Van Gogh believed that "great as Rembrandt."
For Information: Chardin Exhibition
The Golden Book Hotel Association
The Golden Book Hotel Association is formed of a select group of companies operating in the tourist sector. These companies have chosen to promote their image by means of an elegant gesture: the gift of a book to their guests. The Association’s members – be they hotels, country estates or restaurants – share the view that Tourism largely signifies Culture, and that attention to detail is an expression of qualified hospitality. The books offered by the Association’s members are small volumes printed on good quality paper; originally edited, they contain short stories by various authors and are translated into several languages. A specific graphical design has been attributed to each of the member organizations, and the books thus represent very personalized objects to be kept and collected. Some members actively participate in a program of special literary events and activities during the year. These events and activities are celebrated on their premises through the issue and distribution of special books and are connected to important occasions or the investigation of particular cultural, literary, and artistic tendencies. For information: The Golden Book Hotels association
The Golden Book Hotel Association is formed of a select group of companies operating in the tourist sector. These companies have chosen to promote their image by means of an elegant gesture: the gift of a book to their guests. The Association’s members – be they hotels, country estates or restaurants – share the view that Tourism largely signifies Culture, and that attention to detail is an expression of qualified hospitality. The books offered by the Association’s members are small volumes printed on good quality paper; originally edited, they contain short stories by various authors and are translated into several languages. A specific graphical design has been attributed to each of the member organizations, and the books thus represent very personalized objects to be kept and collected. Some members actively participate in a program of special literary events and activities during the year. These events and activities are celebrated on their premises through the issue and distribution of special books and are connected to important occasions or the investigation of particular cultural, literary, and artistic tendencies. For information: The Golden Book Hotels association
we suggest ... Hotel dei Chiostri - Follina
The foothills of the Alps form the backdrop to Follina, a delightful little town nestling among the Prosecco hills, only 50 minutes from Venice in the heart of the Treviso area.In the old centre, a stone's throw from the medieval abbey, stands the HOTEL DEI CHIOSTRI, an unexpected and unusual example of contemporary design that can hold its own with the famous "design hotels" in London and Amsterdam. For those who love the latest style, this hotel is a feast for the eyes - architectural effects, unusual combinations of antique and modern, innovative lighting and contrasting shapes and colours. The perfect place to relax among art, history and wine and food culture. A few steps from Abbazia di Santa Maria XII° siècle , it combines all the intensity and charm of the ambience with the virtues of a dynamic meeting point forVenetian and international culture. Class, warmth, splendid solidity, a style based on the fine taste and quality of objects and materials, in keeping with the spirit of the city.
Web site: Hotel dei Chiostri
The foothills of the Alps form the backdrop to Follina, a delightful little town nestling among the Prosecco hills, only 50 minutes from Venice in the heart of the Treviso area.In the old centre, a stone's throw from the medieval abbey, stands the HOTEL DEI CHIOSTRI, an unexpected and unusual example of contemporary design that can hold its own with the famous "design hotels" in London and Amsterdam. For those who love the latest style, this hotel is a feast for the eyes - architectural effects, unusual combinations of antique and modern, innovative lighting and contrasting shapes and colours. The perfect place to relax among art, history and wine and food culture. A few steps from Abbazia di Santa Maria XII° siècle , it combines all the intensity and charm of the ambience with the virtues of a dynamic meeting point forVenetian and international culture. Class, warmth, splendid solidity, a style based on the fine taste and quality of objects and materials, in keeping with the spirit of the city.
Web site: Hotel dei Chiostri
The Palio of Ferrara
The Palio of Ferrara was institutionalized by Ferrara’s Commune in 1279. The statutes of 1287, first real group of rules promulgated by Ferrara’s Commune, decided that the Palio had to be ride two times a year: the 23rd of April as tribute to San Giorgio that is the patron of Ferrara, and the 15th of August as tribute to the Saint Virgin.
The rides of horses, donkeys, women, men for which everybody could participate under registration, had to take part in those days and under the eyes of the authorities of the city. The awad for the winner was the “palio”, a cloth; for the second and to the third classified the prizes were a salami and a cock. For Information: The Palio of Ferrara
The Palio of Ferrara was institutionalized by Ferrara’s Commune in 1279. The statutes of 1287, first real group of rules promulgated by Ferrara’s Commune, decided that the Palio had to be ride two times a year: the 23rd of April as tribute to San Giorgio that is the patron of Ferrara, and the 15th of August as tribute to the Saint Virgin.
The rides of horses, donkeys, women, men for which everybody could participate under registration, had to take part in those days and under the eyes of the authorities of the city. The awad for the winner was the “palio”, a cloth; for the second and to the third classified the prizes were a salami and a cock. For Information: The Palio of Ferrara
Ferrara under Stars 2010
Born in 1996 and soon recognized as one of the most qualified summer festivals in Italy, Ferrari under the Stars presented each year in the magnificent setting of Piazza Castello and Piazza Municipale, in the heart of the city, a full calendar of appointments, ranging down ' interiors of all contemporary music, with no gender restriction. In recent years the Festival, with the support of the Municipality of Ferrara and the collaboration of New Arch Association, has attracted attention for having been able to combine the general names of recognized prestige and talented young writers, entertainment level and pleasant surprises, great entertainment and research for an extremely varied musical insight, but always high quality.
Concert Programme for Summer 2010:
- Monday May 31: Wilco + retribution Gospel Chor - City Theatre
- Sunday June 6: Pixies - Castle Square
- Saturday June 19: Babyshambles + Ellie Goulding - Castle Square
- Thursday June24: LCD Soundsystem - Castle Square
- Saturday July 10: The Tempest under Stars - Castle Square
- Saturday July 17: Paolo Nutini - Castle Square
- Sunday July 18: Micah P. Hinson - Court Estense Castle
- Thursday July 22: Jònsi + special Guest - Castle Square
- Saturday July 24: Kings of Convenience - Castle Square
Tickets Information: ARCI Comitato Provinciale
Contrada della Rosa 14 Ferrara Tel. +39 0532 241419
For information: Ferrara Sotto le Stelle
Ticket One: Ticket One
Born in 1996 and soon recognized as one of the most qualified summer festivals in Italy, Ferrari under the Stars presented each year in the magnificent setting of Piazza Castello and Piazza Municipale, in the heart of the city, a full calendar of appointments, ranging down ' interiors of all contemporary music, with no gender restriction. In recent years the Festival, with the support of the Municipality of Ferrara and the collaboration of New Arch Association, has attracted attention for having been able to combine the general names of recognized prestige and talented young writers, entertainment level and pleasant surprises, great entertainment and research for an extremely varied musical insight, but always high quality.
Concert Programme for Summer 2010:
- Monday May 31: Wilco + retribution Gospel Chor - City Theatre
- Sunday June 6: Pixies - Castle Square
- Saturday June 19: Babyshambles + Ellie Goulding - Castle Square
- Thursday June24: LCD Soundsystem - Castle Square
- Saturday July 10: The Tempest under Stars - Castle Square
- Saturday July 17: Paolo Nutini - Castle Square
- Sunday July 18: Micah P. Hinson - Court Estense Castle
- Thursday July 22: Jònsi + special Guest - Castle Square
- Saturday July 24: Kings of Convenience - Castle Square
Tickets Information: ARCI Comitato Provinciale
Contrada della Rosa 14 Ferrara Tel. +39 0532 241419
For information: Ferrara Sotto le Stelle
Ticket One: Ticket One