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Naples City of Music
TheFestival will take place between Piazza del Plebiscito and the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium and will see numerous national artists in various capacities engaged with and for the City of Musicto also enhance our artistic and professional resources music industryand for inclusion, training and fight against educational poverty activities, through music as a tool for economic, social and cultural development and growth.
The administration, with a view to a broader strategy for the promotion of the image of the city and also with the aim of encouraging tourism through integrated promotion systems to make Naples increasingly a reference destination in the world, plans and implements events for the whole year, including those of national and international importance. On the other hand, in 2023 the foundation stone of the protocol of the Italian cities of music to promote “musical tourism” was laid in Naples.
With “Naples City of Music – Live Festival 2024” for the first time many “big” artists on the national and international scene perform and actively participate in the development of the local community by donating something to it.
Details of the live shows and related social projects
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
May 31st, it will be Gianni Fiorellino to inaugurate the season of concerts at the stadium, with the screening of a documentary film and to follow his live performance.
In June, it will be the turn of Lastwith two dates on the 8th and 9th.
On June 15th, the ones who will take the stage at the Maradona stadium will be the Negramaro.
Geolier will perform on three dates, June 21st, 22nd and 23rd.
The series of concerts at Maradona closes, Nino D’Angelowith his live performance on June 29th.
Plebiscito Square
THE 14 concerts planned in Piazza del Plebiscito were organized in synergy with the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage.
Gigi D’Alessio will kick off the season with 8 concerts in June (7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16).
The return of is highly anticipated Renato Zero in Naples, which will instead perform on double dates, with two concerts in the square on 21 and 22 June.
The music festival then continues with a large free concert event: on 27 June, for the first time in Naples, it will be held Radio Italia Live – The Concert in Piazza del Plebiscito, created in collaboration with the Municipality of Naples.
The following day, June 28th, it will be the Neapolitan singer-songwriter’s turn Tropic.
In the September program, however, there is a double appointment, on the 17th and 18th, with the reunion of the Co’Sang.
Solidarity events
Naples City of Music – Live Festival
2024it’s not just shows and live shows, but also a lot of heart and solidarity, inclusion and attention to young people: each artist who will perform as part of the Festivalhas in fact decided to support a solidarity project in support of local Foundations and Associations, adding further value to an event already full of music and entertainment. WithNaples City of Music – Live Festival 2024art projects its light on the valorisation of the territory and the professionalism of the entire sector as well as on society and young people.
Gianni Fiorellinowill meet, for training masterclasses, the kids from
Maria’s Family Foundation, which works in favor of minors and families experiencing socio-economic difficulties. The Foundation promotes the enhancement of relational skills and solidarity, friendship and mutual respect between children, and between them and the environment in which they live, inspired by the observance of the principles of legality and non-violence.
Gigi D’Alessiowill be alongside the for the third consecutive year Foundation
Santobono Pausilipon Onlus and the Children’s Hospital, in support of fundraising for the project “Treat at home”, aimed at purchasing a camper equipped with all the cutting-edge medical equipment, to guarantee home care for small pediatric patients.
The Roman artist Lastinstead he developed a special project with Foqus Foundation,reserving participation in his concerts at Maradona for 100 young people from the Foundation. A project that renews last year’s collaboration, when the artist, on the occasion of the presentation of his song ‘Occhi lucidi’, donated the installation of Christmas lights and a painting created by the singer himself to the Foundation.
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Negramarosupport the projectPino Daniele Foundation,”The sounds of emotions” which, thanks to the collaboration with the Giuseppe Verdi conservatory of Milan and with the Foqus Foundationwill guarantee an experiential sound-musical path for the children of the Quartieri Spagnoli, and will allow the implementation of initiatives and laboratory activities related to music, to combat the phenomenon of school dropout.
Renato Zeroafter his live shows in Piazza del Plebiscito, celebrates the long-awaited return to Naples by meeting his audience on June 24th, with a talk that will be held in the spaces of Foqus Foundation, in the Spanish Quarter. On that occasion, the artist will deliver the new playing uniforms as gifts to the young athletes of the ‘Spartak San Gennaro’ football team.
Geolier
embraces a project to combat school dropout in the Scampia district. The rapper will in fact support, through the New City Foundation, the social tailoring company that created the fatto@scampia brand, a workshop born from an asset confiscated from the Camorra and designed for girls and boys in the neighborhood at risk of marginalization after dropping out of school. Since its inception, the tailoring laboratory has started training courses for clothing operators, offering training tout court from fashion design to pattern making, up to tailoring and has now also become operational on the market.
Radio Italia Live – The Concert, for the first time in Naples, supports the project of Santobono Pausilipon Foundation and the Children’s Hospital,promoting the solidarity number for fundraising for the project “Treat at home” in the days surrounding the event and on the occasion of the broadcast of the concert on all the group’s media Radio Italia, Sky Uno, TV8 and NOW. The campaign will also be amplified on the broadcaster’s social and web channels, enjoying visibility with a national impact even in the days following the concert.
Davide Petrella in art “Tropic“, always attentive to art and beauty in all its forms, to promote and raise awareness of the recovery of the artistic heritage of the city of Naples, has decided to donate a portion of the proceeds from the concert to one of the restoration operations and recovery of the city’s art sites, through the “adopt a statue” project of the association “Friends of Naples”, therefore implementing an operation to valorise cultural heritage through music.
Nino D’Angelohe has always been committed to his neighborhood of origin San Pietro a Patierno, where, once again on this occasion, he will bring a project to support a solidarity cause.
Although music is a transversal phenomenon and shapes, especially in Naples, the activities of the whole year, June has certainly become symbolically the month of music! After two years ago, for the first time, Naples was the lead city of the Music Festival at a national level, the path continued in a crescendo, and also for 2024 the Municipality of Naples has chosen to join the celebrations of the “Music Festival”which in Italy is promoted by the Ministry of Culture, by the Representation in Italy of the European Commission and by the Department for Youth Policies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and coordinated by the AIPFM – Italian Association for the Promotion of the Music Festival.
Now in its 30th edition, the event will take place on 21 June, the day of the summer solstice, and will be dedicated to the theme “We are the first orchestra”.
In Naples, on the occasion of the 2024 Music Festival, the streets and squares of the city will host stages and platforms where local and non-local artists can freely perform (with reservations on the festadellamusicaitalia.it portal).
In addition to the performances on 21 June, there will be an in-depth meeting dedicated to the role of orchestras and musical bands, a key theme of the 2024 edition, scheduled for Thursday 20 June at Palazzo Cavalcanti, home of the Music Office of the Municipality of Naples.
