From Stefano Bollani’s Spring Concert to the finissage events in the historic villas of the exhibition dedicated to Robert Capa and the multisensory exhibition Turbulenta; from the proposals of the Vintage Market in the center and of the Smanèt in Villa Lodi Fè to the Beachline Festival with its 1,500 beach volleyball athletes who will compete on the beach of Riccione from 1 to 7 April. The long Easter weekend is colored by the energy, beauty and joy of the numerous initiatives of the “Under the Riccione sun” program in the name of culture, music, sport, well-being and sustainability.
“We are only at the end of March but we will make our guests find a very ready, welcoming city and we will offer them a very rich program suitable to satisfy everyone’s tastes – underlines the Tourism councilor Mattia Guidi -. During the Easter and Easter Monday weekend, almost 200 hotels will be open and we expect a very significant turnout, with room occupancy rates even exceeding 70%. An excellent start which, we are sure, will be followed by a great tourist season.”
Stefano Bollani’s Spring Concert
Stefano Bollani will be the protagonist of the highly anticipated live “Piano solo” for the Spring Concert, Saturday 30 March at 9pm in the Sala Concordia of the Palazzo dei Congressi in Riccione.
In his concerts Bollani lets himself be guided by the music and the audience, fascinating his listeners, going from being lyrical to comical, improvising, dismantling and reconstructing the melodies of what seems to be an infinite repertoire of Italian popular songs, American jazz classics , music from Brazil and other South American countries, arias from Italian operas, classical composers of the 20th century and his own compositions.
Tickets are available online on TicketNation and at the Iat office of the Palazzo del Turismo (piazzale Ceccarini, 11) from Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm; Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm. Show starts at 9pm, entry into the hall from 7.45pm to 8.45pm.
The colorful islands in the center on the theme of nature and art
With Bollani’s music as the soundtrack to Easter in Riccione, the city opens up to spring and inaugurates a new way of experiencing space, linked to the theme of sustainability and the environment. From March 30th, Viale Ceccarini, Piazzale Roma, Viale Dante and the bridge over the canal port will be installed islands of greenery and colorful open-air lounges, and at the same time exhibition and convivial spaces, which will color the city in a pop key. Each island, created with different shapes, colors and themes, will host botanical illustrations, words, suggestions and poems to build a real story on the values of nature and art in every form and expression.
The unique finishing events of the major exhibitions in the historic villas: Robert Capa and Turbulenta
During the highly anticipated Easter weekend, the exhibitions hosted in the historic villas, the heritage of the city and the community, will also be major protagonists.
Until April 1st at Villa Mussolini it will be possible to visit the exhibition “Robert Capa. Retrospective”which from 30 March to 1 April will be open continuously from 10am to 8pm.
On the occasion of the finishing of April 1stfrom 4pm to 8pm the initiative In the garden offers a snack on the lawn, a party in the garden of Villa Mussolini with food trucks and DJ sets while creative workshops for children take place in the greenhouse in the garden. Two free guided tours of the exhibition are scheduled at 3 and 4.30 pm with a maximum of 25 participants per visit. Entrance fee to the exhibition. Reservations:[email protected].
At Villa Franceschi it will be possible to visit the exhibition until April 1st “Turbulent”the multi-sensory exhibition that investigates society’s approaches to food and nutrition by the visual artist Silvia Naddeo. The April 1ston the occasion of the closing of the exhibition, the special event will be held “Turbulent Easter Monday. Finishing party of Silvia Naddeo’s multisensory exhibition”.
It will be a celebration of sounds, colors and tactile and gustatory sensations, an emotional blend in which the five senses blend and mingle, an experience to live and share. From 10am to 2pm appointment with “TurboVeggyBrunch”a delicious mix of sweet and savory, vegetarian and sustainable, and the live performance between music and dancea sound exploration that starts from the energetic impulses of food transforming them into electronic sounds and rhythmic gestures, curated by the artist Lorenzo Gallucci, aka Hena, a young singer-songwriter and musician from Riccione and the dancer and performer Diego Manuel Romano.
Finally it will be possible to immerse yourself in “Turbulent photo booth”, curated by Fluo Officina Creativa, a special photographic set to discover the world of the artist which will continue until the afternoon. At 5pm special visit to the exhibition accompanied by the artist Silvia Naddeo (information and reservations: [email protected]). The exhibition will be open from 10am to 7pm. Exhibition and events are free to enter. The brunch, organized by Indaco, costs 10 euros (info and reservations tel. 347 5869649).
Riccione Vintage Market and the parade
Friday 29th to Saturday 30th March in the Palariccione Gallery (viale Virgilio) appointment with the first edition of Riccione Vintage Market. The initiative, organized by New Palariccione in collaboration with the gallery’s stores, is a real vintage fair that enhances the original proposals of local exhibitors with a careful selection of iconic garments and designer accessories from the 70s to 2000 , coming from the United Kingdom, from Germany to the United States. A special space will be dedicated to Italy represented by the unique style of its historic maisons.
Riccione Vintage Market opens on Friday 29 March with the parade that from the Palariccione Gallery will contaminate Viale Ceccarini, starting from 6 pm, with musical performances and artists inspired by the 80s. On Saturday 30 March the Vintage Market will be open from 10.30am to 8pm.
The Smanèt Easter Market and the parade
From March 30th to April 1st Fè returns to Villa Lodi The Smanet, an ever-increasing festival of shows and creativity that is renewed with artistic proposals, musical performances and traveling micro shows in the beautiful setting of the park, where a food & beverage area of carefully selected moving kitchens will also be set up. This year for Easter Lo Smanèt will inaugurate the special edition Easter Market, three days of flowers, crafts, rarities, stilt walkers and itinerant jugglers dedicated to the magical world of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland.
On Sunday 31 March the artists of the Umbrian theater company Accademia Creativa will cross the gates of the park of the villa to give the city moments of poetry and reverie with the traveling parade with the friends of the White Rabbit. The parade will start with a special welcome ceremony at 12 in the park of Villa Lodi Fè. This will be followed by three passages along viale Ceccarini up to piazzale Roma at 2pm, 4pm and 6pm.
The Smanèt Easter Market will be open to the public on Saturday 30 March from 3pm to 9pm, Sunday 31 March and Monday 1 April from 10am to 9pm. There is a daily entry ticket costing 3 euros and a 3-day subscription to the cost of 7 euros. Entrance is free for children up to 14 years old, for over 70s and people with disabilities. The Smanèt Easter Market is an initiative organized by the Riccione Paese Committee, created in collaboration with Lo Smanèt.
The creative workshops in the greenhouse of the Sea Garden of Villa Mussolini
From 30 March to 1 April the splendid garden of Villa Mussolini will be transformed into a space open to the city where, inside the splendid orangery, a real creative workshop will be set up in which creative workshops and courses will be held for adults and children, while the garden will become a relaxation space overlooking the sea. On Saturday 30 March the appointment with the creative workshops for children is at 11am; at 2pm the workshop to create a flowered garland and at 3.30pm the demonstration of floral printing on fabric with plants. On Sunday 31st children will be able to learn to create masks and small hair accessories with flowers (10.30am) and small Easter garlands (4pm). At 5pm adults can follow the cookinglab dedicated to Romagna piadina. Easter Monday, April 1st, clay engraving workshop (11am) and to create small Easter decorations for children (4pm). The greenhouse laboratories are curated by Estudio. For reservations: [email protected]
