Thursday 4 July, Piazza Sisto IV, at 10:00 pm, VOLTA LA CARTA REUNION “Faber and Liguria: a musical itinerary led by Danila Satragno” will be staged, the first of 4 free events that will light up the heart of Savona on Thursdays in July.
After the success of the first edition, the Savona Downtown Music Festival is back. The traditional white nights are divided into an ever-increasing quantity of quality proposals, they intertwine with the “New Routes for Culture” that Savona has undertaken with the path of Candidacy as Italian Capital of Culture, and they leave for “New musical routes”.
The SDMF journey starts from a safe haven: on July 4th the entire city will unite in remembrance of Fabrizio De Andrè in the year of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.
On the stage in Piazza Sisto IV, Danila Satragno, famous jazz voice, vocal coach of music stars such as Annalisa, Ornella Vanoni, Jovanotti will host “Volta la Carta Reunion”, a musical itinerary in the musical repertoire of Faber with whom she shared the experience of the “Anime salve” tour and the “Mi innamoravo di tutto” theatre tour.
With Danila Satragno on stage there will be the musicians: Giorgio Cordini, De Andrè’s historic guitarist, Laura De Luca, Faber’s backing vocalist and flautist, Dino Cerruti, one of the most appreciated Italian jazz double bass players, Rodolfo Cervetto, an internationally renowned jazz drummer, Tommaso Perazzo, a young promise of jazz piano, and Edoardo Romano, a famous polyphonist and composer.
These names will be joined by the Ligurian singer-songwriter Giua (winner of Sanremo Lab in 2007 and finalist at Sanremo 2008) and Riccardo Tesi, diatonic accordionist on De Andrè’s latest album. Another name from the “second Ligurian generation” who will pay homage to Faber on stage is the young emerging rapper Sayf.
Some young talents from the Milan Conservatory will also be present: Francesco Sanvito (guitar), Raffaele Garramone (piano), Jacopo Barboro (bass), Agata Garbin (drums), Luca di Stefano and Francesca Pocobelli, voices.
The evening tribute to Fabrizio De Andrè is not just music: at 6:30 pm, the appointment is at the Feltrinelli bookshop in via Astengo for the meeting “The routes of Fabrizio De Andrè between languages and sounds of the Mediterranean. Where will music take us?”. Here, on the occasion of the presentation of the book “Facce di marinai: l’avventura mediterraneo di Fabrizio De Andrè e Mauro Pagani” by Ferdinando Molteni and Alfonso Amodio, the project manager of Savona’s candidacy for Italian Capital of Culture for 2027, Paolo Verri, will speak.
In addition to him, the musician and artistic director of the Savona Downtown Music Festival Fabio Rinaudo and Danila Satragno will speak.
“This year, in addition to being the 25th anniversary of Faber’s death, it is also the 40th anniversary of the release of Creuza de ma, one of the milestones of our musical heritage and which in the language of exchanges, routes, and Mediterranean sounds, has translated an entire culture into music – explains Elisa Di Padova, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Savona. The anchoring to our territory, also from this point of view, is very strong also with respect to the new sounds and musicality of the new generations of Ligurian musicians. With this evening we want to create a collective, authentic and generous tribute to Faber, bringing out the bonds that exist anchoring our culture with the innovative drive of music in the name of the candidacy for Italian Capital of Culture”.
To warm up the atmosphere even before the concert around 8.30, a spontaneous initiative will take place in the streets of the medieval historic center that is replicated in many Italian cities and that will be the occasion to remember the extraordinary art of Fabrizio De Andrè by bringing together the instruments and voices of those who want to spontaneously participate.
There are many new features in this edition of the Festival, including the participation of the group of operators from Piazza Mameli, “the idea of a virtuous circuit in the quadrilateral of our porticoes is an interesting strategy that could continue even after the event. Just as the other new feature in the neo-pedestrian area of Corso Italia will be Piazza Jasper, a real musical lounge, and the Ludobus curated by Auser and Progetto Città on the first of Thursdays, which will land in Piazza Pertini and will welcome young and old among its old wooden games – comments Elisa Di Padova -. I would like to thank the trade associations Ascom and Confcommercio Savona, Confesercenti, Confartigianato and CNA for the propulsive work carried out and Ente Fiera for the important coordination. And I would like to thank, one by one, the operators who, more than ever this year, have responded to the challenge of building a beautiful, interesting and attractive city for four evenings by putting themselves on the line with their skills and ideas. In the perfect spirit that distinguishes our path towards the Italian Capital of Culture 2027”.
As per tradition of the Savona White Nights, in fact the whole city is on stage: music, entertainment, food and animation in the streets of the city center. Thanks to the support of the merchants, there are more and more proposals and initiatives that will light up the Thursdays of July.
The Savona Downtown container is not lacking in events with art and culture: July 4th will be the first of four extraordinary openings of the Pinacoteca Civica (7:30 pm – 11:30 pm) with free admission; the Ceramics Museum will also remain open on Thursday evenings in July, while A’ Campanassa offers “Itineraries under the stars, between history and music”, between 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm three different concerts and guided tours of the Torre del Brandale.
To make it easier for those arriving in Savona by car, thanks to the collaboration and availability of the Consorzio Centro Commerciale Il Gabbiano, 295 additional free parking spaces have been set up until 01:00. In addition to these additional parking spaces, the following parking spaces are also available, as always, in Piazza del Popolo (1000 outdoor spaces, in the center); Via Piave (370 spaces, 5 minutes walk from the center); Arsenale parking (271 spaces, in Darsena).
The Municipal Police will close the traffic in the areas affected by the event starting at 4:30 p.m. As always, in this type of event, the Municipality will prepare a special ordinance for glass and cans.
To follow all the news and updates there are two dedicated social pages, on Facebook – Savona Downtown Music Festival and on Instagram –
@savonadowntownmusicfestival . The hashtags to not miss anything of the four evenings of July and interact with our pages are: #SDMF2024 #Savona2027 #SavonaDowntown.
SAVONA DOWNTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THURSDAY 4 JULY
Via Verzellino: Music with DJ set, calisthenics and other sports activities
Via Manzoni (pedestrian section): shopping and dancing
Via Luigi Corsi: Music, entertainment with sports activities
Corso Italia (new pedestrian area): Aperitif and aperitif dinner with DJ set “Piazza Jasper”, entertainment with dance
Corso Italia (crossroads via Paleocapa): Aperitif and dinner and DJ set
Corso Italia (Piazza Giulio II area): Aperitif with stand and DJ set Via Montenotte: Sports performances DJ set latina, children’s entertainment
Via Astengo: Exhibitions, group dances and aperitif, cultural initiative on Faber and book presentation
Via Guidobono: Dinner with DJ set
Via Caboto: Live music and aperitif
Via Garassino: Themed food and wine evenings and live music Via Ratti: Themed aperitifs
Piazza Pertini: Dance, Auser and Progetto Città performances with the Ludobus Via Paleocapa: Exhibitions under the arcades
Piazza Mameli (quadrilateral): Food and wine circuit and themed entertainment with dance schools and gyms, “Aperipollo”
Via Pia and the historic center: shopping and entertainment
