A weekend between Christmas and New Year, the perfect weekend to pause family lunches and meals with friends, perhaps opting for a walk in the centre, for a couple of hours at the theater or cinema, for a visit to a museum in the capital.
On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December, RomaToday recommends a tour of the most beautiful Christmas markets set up in Rome, or a day full of fun among Christmas villages and ice skating rinks, but also 12 events not to be missed in the city and its surroundings:
“Magnificent Presence” by Ferzan Ozpetek at the Ambra Jovinelli Theatre
At the Ambra Jovinelli Theatre, Ferzan Ozpetek returns on stage at the weekend with a new stage adaptation of one of his cinematographic successes: “Magnifica Presence”. The director, one of the most beloved of our cinema, thus continues the path inaugurated with Loose Cannons and revives one of his cult films in the theater. Protagonists Serra Yilmaz, Tosca D’Aquino, Erik Tonelli, Toni Fornari, Luciano Scarpa, Tina Agrippino, Sara Bosi and Fabio Zarrella in a comedy between illusion and reality, dream and truth, love and cynicism, cinema, theater and enchantment. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
The Three Musketeers – Pop opera at the Conciliazione Auditorium
“The Three Musketeers – Pop Opera” arrives at the Conciliazione Auditorium on 27 and 28 December. A show in which music, prose and dance intertwine with Giò Di Tonno, Vittorio Matteucci, Graziano Galatone in the roles of Athos, Porthos and Aramis and the innovative and elegant touch of Giuliano Peparini who is entrusted with the artistic direction and direction; the choreographies are curated by Veronica Peparini and Andreas Muller, the lyrics written by Alessandro Di Zio and the music composed by Giò Di Tonno. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
The magic of Ennio Morricone live at Cinecittà World
We All Love Ennio Morricone is a theatre-concert show born from an idea by Luigi Caiola, musical producer and manager of the Maestro for 18 years, designed to bring back to the stage and among the people the great adventure of Morricone the “musician”, which saw him leave his studio to conduct his best-known compositions in live concerts all over the world. The show will be on stage on Sunday 28 December at Cinecittà World and includes the best-known songs by Ennio Morricone. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Cives, D’Ambrosio and Castellino at the Antica Stamperia Rubattino
On Saturday 27 December, at 9pm, the Antica Stamperia Rubattino in Rome will host a special evening with three concerts in one, organized by SopraC’èGente and Roma Cantautori. Alessandro Cives, Massimiliano D’Ambrosio and Nuccio Castellino will take turns on stage, three different voices but united by their passion for songwriting. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
The elephant in love and the nosy duck at the Torlonia Theatre
For the Christmas holidays, the Teatro di Roma presents a rich and varied offer dedicated to the audience of children, their families and beyond. On 27 and 28 December, at the Torlonia Theatre, there is The Elephant in Love and the Nosy Duck, a show of table marionettes and foam rubber puppets. The protagonist is a large old elephant who can’t sleep. Bad memories torment him, so one day he decides to blow them away into some red balloons, which fly far into the sky. From that moment on, the elephant becomes forgetful. It is precisely then that a curious and tireless duck bursts into his life: Teresina. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Roma Gospel Festival
The Rome Gospel Festival continues at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, the largest gospel festival in Europe in which the best groups from the United States are hosted. “Gospel Experience Workshop” is scheduled from 26 to 28 December, with Pastor Nathan Mitchell and Pastor John Polk. The workshop is open to everyone (aged 18 and over), you just need to have the right intonation and a minimum knowledge of English: in fact, reading musical notation is not required and Gospel choirs that are already active will be welcome. At the end of the workshop a final performance is scheduled, on December 28th, as part of the concert by The Florida Inspiratonal Singers. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Carmen Consoli at the Auditorium Parco della Musica
Carmen Consoli returns to the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone on Sunday 28 December. For the artist from Catania, live activity is not only a moment of meeting and exchange with the public, but is also an opportunity for experimentation and research which contributes to defining an always recognizable and deeply characterizing sound. The concert will be at 9pm in the Sala Santa Cecilia. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Luca Barbarossa in “One hundred stories for one hundred songs”
Luca Barbarossa’s book becomes a theatrical tour, between concert and story and arrives at the Auditorium Parco della Musica on 27 December. With the spirit of the storyteller, on tour in the major theaters of Italy, Luca will sing and play live the main songs of his literary work and will tell the background, the curiosities that hide behind each of them, but also the historical context, closely linked with our experience, what we feel and remember through every single song. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Ensemble! – Sounds and flavors from the world
“Ensemble! – Sounds and flavors from the world” will be staged on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December at Fusolab 3.0. Concerts, dances, screenings, markets and tastings from around the world curated by the foreign communities of Rome, to close the “Metropolitan Archipelago” event – which began at the end of November – with a large communal table. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
OPS!, contemporary circus review
OPS is back! 2026, the event dedicated to contemporary circus, from 27 December at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. An event open to spectators of all ages. The public will be invited to be surprised by a rich program that spans the many forms of art circus. Between acrobatics and poetry, balance and irony, the program welcomes national and international companies, protagonists of a journey that passes through languages capable of speaking to the heart and the senses. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
“Save me, monster”, Lorenzo Balducci at the OFF/OFF Theatre
Lorenzo Balducci, actor and content creator who is very popular on the web with his videos, arrives at the Off/Off Theater with “Save me, monster”. It is the first show of which Balducci is the author and director, with which he will be the protagonist, from Saturday 27th on the stage in via Giulia. A comical, grotesque and unfiltered journey into the mediocrity and ferocity of the human being, who ardently fights to impose his own uncomfortable presence in the world. Succeeding, unfortunately. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
Borgo delle Candele in Castel San Pietro Romano
The first edition of Borgo delle Candele is scheduled for December 28th in Castel San Pietro Romano (in the province of Rome), an event created with the aim of combining history, beauty and local traditions. In a timeless atmosphere, with the public lighting turned off, over a thousand candles will illuminate the alleys that lead to the Rocca dei Colonna, among poetic glimpses, medieval suggestions, numerous cultural initiatives, live music and artistic performances. [TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI]
