SULMONA. The Sulmona summer takes shape. There will be around 70 events included in the programme, from June to September, for a total of around 130 thousand euros allocated to cover expenses. The point was made during the meeting between the municipal councilor Andrea Ramunno and the cultural associations that operate in the city.
EVENTS
The first event is scheduled for June 22nd: the Municipality is preparing it with the help of the associations, but the details are not known. Like last year, we will try to range from music to dance, to cinema, theater (for adults and children), guided tours of museums – to reverse the trend given the small numbers of visitors – books and sports. The Nomadi concert will be held on August 22nd in Piazza Garibaldi, an event at the center of the political controversy in recent months between the mayor Gianfranco Di Piero and the former municipal councilor, Elio Accardo. The event was financed by the Italian-American entrepreneur Filippo Frattaroli. There will also be a big concert on the night of August 24th, but the guest has not yet been defined. The municipality and associations are thinking about it. «The date of the White Night is confirmed, but it is necessary to underline that it will not only be an evening of fun but also an event that will have a social, cultural and environmental connotation. We are also working with the associations on this and will involve traders in the next few days”, explains Ramunno. In September, from the 6th to the 22nd, sport will be the protagonist with the world roller sports championships and with an important event dedicated to fencing. Among the important events, in addition to the Joust of chivalry, which will take place on the last weekend of July and the first of August, there will also be the Muntagninjazz Festival, this year the first without its historic patron, Valter Colasanterecently passed away.
MOVIDA TIMES
However, the Municipality will have to revise the nightlife schedules. At the moment, no exceptions have been decided to the ordinance in force which sets the stop for the diffusion of music at midnight. However, Mayor Di Piero is considering dusting off last year’s provision when he moved the time to 1am, at least on the weekends of July and August. «We have not yet made decisions in this regard. It is certainly a decision to be evaluated”, says the mayor. The ordinance specifically referred to public establishments (bars, restaurants, pizzerias, trattorias, cafes and otherwise called) and non-hotel accommodation facilities.
REACTIONS
For traders and bartenders, decisions must be made in direct discussion with sector operators. «The Municipality should be more proactive. The first category that welcomes tourism is ours, together with the hotel sector”, he intervenes Alessandro Candido, owner of a bar in Piazza Garibaldi, «exemptions and permits can be given, punishing those who do not respect them. The Municipality should think, in addition to duties, also about the rights of citizens and businesses, such as the care of services and maintenance of roads”. Also Piercarlo Cieriwho manages a bar in the Annunziata area, believes that “we need to gather around a table and take initiatives to avoid transforming the city into an open-air RSA”.
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