Sready to arrive at the most awaited weekend of the year at the racetrack. Formula 1 will attract the attention of the whole city. And therefore the Municipality of Imola, for the next weekend, has thought of several collateral initiatives to entertain the thousands and thousands of fans who will liven up the streets between the historic center and the circuit.
Thursday 16th we can define it as the day dedicated to the citizens of Imola: in the morning the Ebe Stignani theater hosts the event The courage to dream. The initiative, moderated by presenter Carolina Tedeschi, is designed for high school students in Imola. Among interviews and speeches, some important figures from the motoring world will be the protagonists, such as the Bolognese driver Kimi Antonelli, the Sky commentator Carlo Vanzini and Stefano Domenicali. And the CEO of Formula One, a true Imola native, will receive the Moto Club Imola membership card and the keys to the city from Mayor Marco Panieri on the same day. The events for citizens are not over: on Thursday, in fact, the Fan Zone next to the racetrack will be open to everyone, while on the following days it will only be possible to access with a regular ticket. The screening of the Ratzenberger documentary and the presentation of the book will take place here on Friday Fierce eyes, childish eyes by Giulia Toninelli; while Saturday afternoon will be dedicated to women and engines with a panel on female empowerment in the automotive sector: Nadia Gresini and Elena Alberti present.
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So let’s get to the side events of the actual weekend, from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th, which will populate the streets of our historic centre. In addition to the motor-themed exhibitions set up in the city, it will be impossible to get bored in the evenings of the three-day Grand Prix: every square and every venue will be animated by music and good food. In Piazza Matteotti, the tourism promotion company IF organizes the Food Village Terre&Motori. There will be no shortage of DJ sets: on Friday we dance with DueMila Party Hits, on Saturday Manuel Durante and Andrea Damante play; Sunday music by Bar Bologna and Controcorrente. Piazza Gramsci will not be outdone with the Red Bull Gramsci DJ set organized by Parsòt, Bar Centrale and Mezcal: on Friday it will be the turn of Segreta DJ, Dumbeats and DJ Gemi; on Saturday the cat and the fox, Scuola zoo and Max Vassalli will be staged; finally on Sunday DJ Angelo (rock music), Lorenzo Tugnoli and Grigliatech. Live music in all the streets of the historic center with the evenings organized by the various clubs on Via Emilia, Via Appia and Piazza Codronchi.
Among the appointments worth mentioning is the one on Friday at 10am called Each pilot a tree, which will see the planting of 20 trees, one for each driver in the race, plus two as requested by the Municipality of Imola, to remember Senna and Ratzenberger.
Finally, the initiatives just before the Formula 1 race on Sunday: the choreography on the grid will be created with the contribution of 96 students from the Montebello school; while Mameli’s anthem will be sung by 26 children of the Imola choir Il Grillo d’Oro accompanied by the violinist Beatrice Ferrari of the Imola Piano Academy.
The complete list of collateral events is available on the website of the Municipality of Imola.
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