REGULARLY HELD MARKETS
M0nday to Saturday (8.00am – 1.00pm)
Via Don Giovanni Minzoni – Taormina
Small market hall with stands of fruit, meat, fish, cheese and flowers
Every Wednesday (8.00am – 1.00pm)
Via Leonardo Da Vinci and via Wilhelm Von Gloeden – Taormina
eekly market with stands of shoes, clothes, households items, fruit, vegetables and more.
Monday to Saturday (5.00am – 12.00pm)
Behind Piazza Duomo – Catania
Famous fish market located in a pictoresque setting. Fish, meet, cheese and veg presented by enthusiastic market criers. Good restaurants all around.
PERMANENT MUSEUMS
Casa del Cinema
Museum that hosts posters and photographs of the film shot in Taormina. It is open every day from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.00am to 10.00pm. Free entrance
It hosts the ticket office of the Fondazione Taormina Arte, where it is possible to purchase the tickets for most of the events held at the Ancient Theatre and at the Odeon
Address: Corso Umberto I n. 63 – Mobile: 0039 391 746 2146 – www.facebook.com/casadelcinemataormina
EVENTS 2020
JANUARY
January 1 – Corricapodanno a Taormina and 45th Dip in the Mediterranean Sea – “Chico Scimone Trophy” – Beach of Villagonia @8.00am
January 1 – Award ceremony of the running event “Corricapodanno Taormina” – Piazza IX aprile @10.00am
January 1 – Bagpipers along the streets of the town centre
January 1 – New Year Concert by the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra – Congress Hall @7.30pm
January 1/8 – Exhibition “White Noise” – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano
January 1/15 – Exhibition “Von Gloeden, Taormina e il Mediterraneo” – ex Del Carmine Church
January 1 / March 8 – Exhibition “The stars of Taormina” – Casa del Cinema
January 1 / April 18 – Exhibition “Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness” – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
January 1 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 2 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 3 – Music performance by Sandro di Bernardo & RainFaces – Congress Hall @6.30pm
January 4 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 5 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 6 – Bagpipers along the streets of the town centre
January 6 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 10 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – Bucarest e i segreti sotterranei by Samuele Formichetti
January 24 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – Suddenly by Peppe Gambino
FEBRUARY
February 11 / March 8 – Exhibition “The stars of Taormina” – Casa del Cinema
February 1 / April 18 – Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
February 1 – Meet Jazz: The piano – Excelsior Palace Hotel
February 7 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – in-CONTRO-al-LA-LUCE and Allusiva by Enrico La Bianca and Attilio Scimone
February 15 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “Teorema Sicilia”
February 20 – Art house cinema – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità” – Casa del Cinema
February 21 / April 26 – Ehibition “Da Guarene all’Etna” – ex church Del Carmine and Palazzo Duchi
February 21 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – Antologia in bianco e nero Enrico Borrometi
February 21 – Art house cinema – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità” – Casa del Cinema
February 22 – Meet Jazz: The guitar – Excelsior Palace Hotel
February 22 – Art house cinema – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità” – Casa del Cinema
February 28 – Art house cinema – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro” – Casa del Cinema
February 29 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “L’uomo senza inverno”
February 29 – Art house cinema – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro” – Casa del Cinema
MARCH
March 1/8 – Exhibition “The stars of Taormina” – Casa del Cinema
March 1 / April 18 – Exhibition “Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness” – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
March 1 / April 26 – Ehibition “Da Guarene all’Etna” – Palazzo Duchi S. Stefano, ex church Del Carmine
March 1 – Art house cinema – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro” – Casa del Cinema
March 6 – Art house cinema – “Cold War” – Casa del Cinema
March 7 – Art house cinema – “Cold War” – Casa del Cinema
March 8 – Art house cinema – “Cold War” – Casa del Cinema
March 13 – Art house cinema – “Perfetti conosciuti” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 14 – Meet Jazz: The bass – Casa Cuseni – CANCELLED
March 14 – Art house cinema – “Perfetti conosciuti” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 15 – Art house cinema – “Perfetti conosciuti” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 20 – Art house cinema – “Tutti lo sanno” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 21 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “Vita sognata e Sogni vissuti” – CANCELLED
March 21 – Art house cinema – “Tutti lo sanno” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 22 – Art house cinema – “Tutti lo sanno” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 27 – Art house cinema – “Indivisibili” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 28 – Art house cinema – “Indivisibili” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 29 – Art house cinema – “Indivisibili” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
APRIL
April 1/18 – Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness – ex Church of Sant’Agostino – CANCELLED
April 1/26 – Ehibition “Da Guarene all’Etna” – ex church Del Carmine – CANCELLED
April 3 – Art house cinema – “Se la strada potesse parlare” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 4 – Meet Jazz: The sax – Casa Cuseni – CANCELLED
April 4 – Art house cinema – “Se la strada potesse parlare” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 4 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
April 5 – Art house cinema – “Se la strada potesse parlare” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 11 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
April 17 – Art house cinema – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 18 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “La Storia dei Siculi fin dalla loro origine” – CANCELLED
April 18 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
April 18 – Art house cinema – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 19 – Art house cinema – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 25 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
MAY
May 1 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 2 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 4 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 6 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 8 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 9 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “Il pozzo delle Tre Lune” – CANCELLED
May 9 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 11 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 13 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 14 – Giro d’Italia – Stage of the Giro d’Italia in Chianchitta (periferical part of Taormina and Giardini Naxos) – CANCELLED
May 15 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 16 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 18 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 20 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 22 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 23 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 25 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 27- Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 29 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 30 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
JUNE
June 18/22 – TAOBUK – Taormina Book Festival – 10° edition “L’entusiasmo” – POSTPONED > date to be set
June 28 / July 4 – Taormina Film Fest – POSTPONED to July 11
JULY
July 4 – Jazz in Sicily > Dino Rubino Trio – Excelsior Palace Hotel
July 11 – Jazz in Sicily > Raffaele Genovese Trio – Excelsior Palace Hotel
July 11-19 – Taormina Film Fest – On streaming, Town Congress Hall and Ancient Theatre
July 18 – Simple Minds – Ancient Theatre – POSTPONED TO July 17, 2021
July 20 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 5) – Ancient Theatre
July 21 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 6) – Ancient Theatre
July 22 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 3) – Ancient Theatre
July 23 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 7) – Ancient Theatre
July 23 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 24 – Beethoven Concert, Symphony n. 9 – Ancient Theatre
July 24 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 24 – Alberto Urso – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED and POSTPONED > date to be set
July 25 – American Movies Tribute – Ancient Theatre
July 25 – Jazz in Sicily > Urban Fabula – Excelsior Palace Hotel
July 25 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 25 – Coez – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED and POSTPONED > date to be set
July 26 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 30 – Opera “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi – Ancient Theatre
July 30 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 31 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
July 31 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
AUGUST
August 1 – Cavalleria Rusticana – Ancient Theatre
August 1 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 2 – Di Stefano Award – Ancient Theatre
August 2 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 1 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
August 2 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
August 4 – Mika – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
August 5 – Diodato – Ancient Theatre
August 6 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 7 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 8 – Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals – CANCELLED AND POSTPONED to August 7th 2021
August 8 – “Medea”, a tragedy by Euripide – Ancient Theatre
August 8 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 9 – “Il Sogno di un uomo ridicolo”, a storu by Dostoevskij – Ancient Theatre
August 9 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 10 – Music meets Literarture – Ancient Theatre
August 11 – Aida by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
August 12 – “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff – Ancient Theatre
August 13 – Edoardo Bennato in “Sono solo Canzonette” – Ancient Theatre
August 13 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 14 – Taormina Lyric Summer Concert – Ancient Theatre
August 14 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 15 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 16 – International Guitar night – Ancient Theatre
August 16 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 19 – Alba al Teatro Antico – Ancient Theatre
August 20 – Puccini and Verdi Opera Gala – Ancient Theatre
August 20 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 21 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 22 – Ballet Company “Les Italiens de l’Opéra de Paris” – Ancient Theatre
August 22 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 23 – Ballet Company “Les Italiens de l’Opéra de Paris” – Ancient Theatre
August 23 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 25 – “The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi – Ancient Theatre
August 26 – Lirica Made in Sicily – Ancient Theatre
August 27 – I tre tenori – Ancient Theatre
August 27 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 28 – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre
August 28 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 29 – Daniele Silvestri – Ancient Theatre
August 29 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 30 – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre
August 30 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 31 – Aida by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
SEPTEMBER
September 2 – Ballet Company “Eleonora Abbagnato” – Ancient Theatre
September 3 – Requiem by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
September 3 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 4 – “Emozioni, viaggio tra le canzoni di Lucio Battisti” – Ancient Theatre
September 4 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 4 – Il Volo – Ancient Theatre – POSTPONED to September 4th 2021
September 5 – “Oltre lo spazio” with Valentina Tereshkova – Ancient Theatre
September 5 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 5 – Il Volo – Ancient Theatre – POSTPONED to September 5th 2021
September 6 – “Oltre lo spazio” with Valentina Tereshkova – Ancient Theatre
September 6 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 7 – Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni
September 8 – Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni – CANCELLED
September 10 – Francesco Gabbani – Ancient Theatre
September 15/30 – Exhibition “Chamber of Art” – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano
September 19 – Pintus – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
September 20 – Gershwin & Bernstein – Ancient Theatre
OCTOBER
October 1/5 – TAOBUK Taormina Book Festival
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera (reopening in 2021) – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
July 11/19 – 66th Taormina Film Fest
66th Taormina Film Fest 2020
11-19 July 2020, on streaming and live in Taormina
The 2020 edition of the oldest Italian Music Festival has been changed to a mainly online Event.
Due to to covid-19, this year the festival has promptly reinvented itself and most of the films will be projected in streaming on mymovies.it: a selection of more than 40 previews of international prime productions, indipendent films and documentaries.
The competion part of the festival will take place inside the Town Congress Hall (free admission on reservation), but the final evening will see the cinema lights again at the millenary setting of the Taormina Ancient Theatre
A selection of more than 45 previews of international prime productions, independent films and documentaries
ON DEMAND ON MYMOVIES.IT
www.mymovies.it/ondemand/taormina
Sign Up to mymovies > watch all films for € 9,99
Saturday 11
Italian premiére of “Il était un petit navire” (There Was A Little Ship)“ by Marion Hänsel, recently deceased
A woman, hospitalized for a relatively long period, observes what surrounds her. She has time to dream, to revisit certain moments of her life. These memories, like small bubbles begin with her birth in Marseille in 1949 and bring us to Antwerp, Paris, New York, England… to end in Flanders in 2015, after she gets out of the hospital. There Was A Little Ship is a filmic-biographical essay, sincere and poetic.
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
July 4, 11 and 25 – Jazz in Sicily
Jazz in Sicily
Excelsior Palace Hotel, Via Toselli n. 8 from 9.00pm to midnight
Entrance upon reservation (in compliance with the anti-covid-19 sanitary measures) at T. 0039 0942 23975 – info@excelsiorpalacetaormina.it
Three evenings with three great Sicilian jazz groups.
July 4 – Dino Rubino Trio >>>> POSTPONED TO JULY 5 due to adverse weather conditions
Dino Rubino > piano
Nello Toscano > bass
Enzo Zirilli > drums
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKer7UYdw7U&list=PLbJUpFPSNrjfqhCKWEuhAdxzHsQzq4GeU
July 11 – Raffaele Genovese Trio
Raffaele Genovese > piano
Carmelo Venuto > bass
Emanuele Primavera > drums
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCL9NaSDS0GEa7a4O30eNHEw
July 25 – Urban Fabula
Sebi Burgio > piano
Alberto Fidone > bass
Peppe Tringali > drums
www.youtube.com/user/UrbanFabula
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Reopening of the Archaelogical Park of Naxos Taormina
Italian Opera Taormina – 2020
Italian Opera Taormina
2020
San Giorgio Theatre (via Don Bosco, behind piazza IX April) @ 9.15 pm
April > every Saturday @ 9.15pm
from May to October > every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday @9.00pm
November > every Wednesday @ 9.15pm
December > on 2nd, 8th, 16th, 26th and 30th December @ 9.15pm
January 2021 > on 2nd January @ 9.15pm
Do you love Opera music? The artists of the Italian Opera Taormina perform every week in Taormina. One hour and 30 mins of timeless arias from some of the most famous Italian operas.
An extraordinary journey with the most famous arias from great “Italian Operas” interpreted by professional singers who have performed in the most important Italian and international theatres, and accompanied by virtuous pianists.
The event takes place at the Cine Teatro ‘San Giorgio’ (see city map) During the break, a drink is offered on the magnificent panoramic terrace overlooking the bay of the Perla dello Ionio.
TICKETS
> Standard Tickets. Unassigned seats*, free drink between the first and second time.
* it’s convenient to arrive 30 minutes before the show
> VIP Tickets: Entrance fast line, Reserved seat**, free drink between first and second time and Aperitive at the end of the show.
**For the VIP ticket you can choose your seat. If the seat is not chosen, it will be decided automatically, always in the VIP area
Info and booking: mobile 0039 340 6426230 – info@italianoperataormina.com – www.italianoperataormina.com/contacts
Online tickets >> www.italianoperataormina.com/tickets
Program changes every night.
Here you can have a look at the program of each evening:
APRIL
Sat 4 – Sat 11 – Sat 18 – Sat 25
MAY
Fri 1 – Sat 2 – Mon 4 – Wed 6 – Fri 8 – Sat 9 – Mon 11 – Wed 13 – Fri 15 – Sat 16 – Mon 18 – Wed 20 – Fri 22 – Sat 23 – Mon 25 – Wed 27 – Fri 29 – Sat 30
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY 2021
MORE INFO
www.italianoperataormina.com
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
July 24 – Alberto Urso
Alberto Urso
Tour 2020
Ancient Theatre, July 24th 2020 @ 9.00pm
Alberto Urso (born 1997) is an Italian tenor.
He won the eighteenth edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in May 2019. His debut album Solo was released on 10 May 2019.
TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): €SOLD OUT
Gallery: € 65,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 49,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 30,00
MORE INFO
www.facebook.com/albertoursoofficial
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Feb. 22 – Apr. 26 – Exhib. “Da Guarene all’Etna”
Da Guarene all’Etna 2019- Boiling Projects
Photo Exhibition
ex Church Del Carmine and Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano, February 22 to April 26 2020
The Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (of Guarene, a little town in north Italy) celebrates its 20 years with an exhibition of contemporary photography.
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
from February 2020 – Art House Cinema
Art House Cinema
Organised by Fondazione Taormina Arte and Regione Siciliana
Casa del Cinema (Corso Umberto n. 61) from February 20th to April 19th
Films are in Italian
Entrance: € 7,00 – Reduced (residents): € 5,00
A selection of films (in Italian) aiming to spread the cinematographic culture. Rare films, films reflecting the strong personality of their directors, intense and emotional films.
CALENDAR
February 20, Thursday @ 4.30pm – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità”
February 21, Friday @ 6.30pm – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità”
February 22, Saturday @ 8.30pm – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità”
February 28, Friday @ 4.30pm – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro”
February 29, Saturday @ 6.30pm – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro”
March 1, Sunday @ 8.30pm – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro”
March 6, Friday @ 4.30pm – “Cold War”
March 7, Saturday @ 6.30pm – “Cold War”
March 8, Sunday @ 8.30pm – “Cold War”
March 13, Friday @ 4.30pm – “Perfetti conosciuti”
March 14, Saturday @ 6.30pm – “Perfetti conosciuti”
March 15, Sunday @ 8.30pm – “Perfetti conosciuti”
March 20, Friday @ 4.15pm – “Tutti lo sanno”
March 21, Saturday @ 6.30pm – “Tutti lo sanno”
March 22, Sunday @ 9.00pm – “Tutti lo sanno”
March 27, Friday @ 4.30pm – “Indivisibili”
March 28, Saturday @ 6.30pm – “Indivisibili”
March 29, Sunday @ 8.30pm – “Indivisibili”
April 3, Friday @ 4.15pm – “Se la strada potesse parlare”
April 4, Saturday @ 6.30pm – “Se la strada potesse parlare”
April 5, Sunday @ 8.45pm – “Se la strada potesse parlare”
April 17, Friday @ 4.15pm – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli”
April 18, Saturday @ 6.30pm – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli”
April 19, Sunday @ 8.45pm – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli”
View the press release (in Italian)
MORE INFO
Fondazione Taormina Arte > info@taoarte.it – T +39 391 746 2146
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
from Feb. 1 – Meet Jazz
MEET JEZZ
5th edition 2020
Excelsior Palace Hotel (Via Toselli, 8) and Casa Cuseni (via Leonardo da Vinci, 5) @ 5.00pm
Tea time is included in the ticket price
During these 4 meetings, Maestro Nello Toscano will present 4 different jazz instruments.
MORE INFO
www.facebook.com/TaorminaJazzFestival
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Taormina Events 2020
REGULARLY HELD MARKETS
M0nday to Saturday (8.00am – 1.00pm)
Via Don Giovanni Minzoni – Taormina
Small market hall with stands of fruit, meat, fish, cheese and flowers
Every Wednesday (8.00am – 1.00pm)
Via Leonardo Da Vinci and via Wilhelm Von Gloeden – Taormina
eekly market with stands of shoes, clothes, households items, fruit, vegetables and more.
Monday to Saturday (5.00am – 12.00pm)
Behind Piazza Duomo – Catania
Famous fish market located in a pictoresque setting. Fish, meet, cheese and veg presented by enthusiastic market criers. Good restaurants all around.
PERMANENT MUSEUMS
Casa del Cinema
Museum that hosts posters and photographs of the film shot in Taormina. It is open every day from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.00am to 10.00pm. Free entrance
It hosts the ticket office of the Fondazione Taormina Arte, where it is possible to purchase the tickets for most of the events held at the Ancient Theatre and at the Odeon
Address: Corso Umberto I n. 63 – Mobile: 0039 391 746 2146 – www.facebook.com/casadelcinemataormina
EVENTS 2020
JANUARY
January 1 – Corricapodanno a Taormina and 45th Dip in the Mediterranean Sea – “Chico Scimone Trophy” – Beach of Villagonia @8.00am
January 1 – Award ceremony of the running event “Corricapodanno Taormina” – Piazza IX aprile @10.00am
January 1 – Bagpipers along the streets of the town centre
January 1 – New Year Concert by the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra – Congress Hall @7.30pm
January 1/8 – Exhibition “White Noise” – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano
January 1/15 – Exhibition “Von Gloeden, Taormina e il Mediterraneo” – ex Del Carmine Church
January 1 / March 8 – Exhibition “The stars of Taormina” – Casa del Cinema
January 1 / April 18 – Exhibition “Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness” – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
January 1 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 2 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 3 – Music performance by Sandro di Bernardo & RainFaces – Congress Hall @6.30pm
January 4 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 5 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 6 – Bagpipers along the streets of the town centre
January 6 – Living Nativity Scene of Trappitello – Trappitello
January 10 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – Bucarest e i segreti sotterranei by Samuele Formichetti
January 24 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – Suddenly by Peppe Gambino
FEBRUARY
February 11 / March 8 – Exhibition “The stars of Taormina” – Casa del Cinema
February 1 / April 18 – Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
February 1 – Meet Jazz: The piano – Excelsior Palace Hotel
February 7 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – in-CONTRO-al-LA-LUCE and Allusiva by Enrico La Bianca and Attilio Scimone
February 15 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “Teorema Sicilia”
February 20 – Art house cinema – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità” – Casa del Cinema
February 21 / April 26 – Ehibition “Da Guarene all’Etna” – ex church Del Carmine and Palazzo Duchi
February 21 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – Antologia in bianco e nero Enrico Borrometi
February 21 – Art house cinema – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità” – Casa del Cinema
February 22 – Meet Jazz: The guitar – Excelsior Palace Hotel
February 22 – Art house cinema – “Van Gogh – sulla soglia dell’eternità” – Casa del Cinema
February 28 – Art house cinema – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro” – Casa del Cinema
February 29 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “L’uomo senza inverno”
February 29 – Art house cinema – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro” – Casa del Cinema
MARCH
March 1/8 – Exhibition “The stars of Taormina” – Casa del Cinema
March 1 / April 18 – Exhibition “Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness” – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
March 1 / April 26 – Ehibition “Da Guarene all’Etna” – Palazzo Duchi S. Stefano, ex church Del Carmine
March 1 – Art house cinema – “Il sacrificio del cervo sacro” – Casa del Cinema
March 6 – Art house cinema – “Cold War” – Casa del Cinema
March 7 – Art house cinema – “Cold War” – Casa del Cinema
March 8 – Art house cinema – “Cold War” – Casa del Cinema
March 13 – Art house cinema – “Perfetti conosciuti” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 14 – Meet Jazz: The bass – Casa Cuseni – CANCELLED
March 14 – Art house cinema – “Perfetti conosciuti” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 15 – Art house cinema – “Perfetti conosciuti” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 20 – Art house cinema – “Tutti lo sanno” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 21 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “Vita sognata e Sogni vissuti” – CANCELLED
March 21 – Art house cinema – “Tutti lo sanno” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 22 – Art house cinema – “Tutti lo sanno” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 27 – Art house cinema – “Indivisibili” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 28 – Art house cinema – “Indivisibili” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
March 29 – Art house cinema – “Indivisibili” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
APRIL
April 1/18 – Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness – ex Church of Sant’Agostino – CANCELLED
April 1/26 – Ehibition “Da Guarene all’Etna” – ex church Del Carmine – CANCELLED
April 3 – Art house cinema – “Se la strada potesse parlare” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 4 – Meet Jazz: The sax – Casa Cuseni – CANCELLED
April 4 – Art house cinema – “Se la strada potesse parlare” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 4 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
April 5 – Art house cinema – “Se la strada potesse parlare” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 11 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
April 17 – Art house cinema – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 18 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “La Storia dei Siculi fin dalla loro origine” – CANCELLED
April 18 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
April 18 – Art house cinema – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 19 – Art house cinema – “Cafarnao – Caos e miracoli” – Casa del Cinema – CANCELLED
April 25 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
MAY
May 1 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 2 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 4 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 6 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 8 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 9 – Spazio al Sud – Book launch of “Il pozzo delle Tre Lune” – CANCELLED
May 9 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 11 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 13 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 14 – Giro d’Italia – Stage of the Giro d’Italia in Chianchitta (periferical part of Taormina and Giardini Naxos) – CANCELLED
May 15 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 16 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 18 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 20 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 22 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 23 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 25 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 27- Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 29 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
May 30 – Italian Opera Taormina – San Giorgio Theatre – CANCELLED
JUNE
June 18/22 – TAOBUK – Taormina Book Festival – 10° edition “L’entusiasmo” – POSTPONED > date to be set
June 28 / July 4 – Taormina Film Fest – POSTPONED to July 11
JULY
July 4 – Jazz in Sicily > Dino Rubino Trio – Excelsior Palace Hotel
July 11 – Jazz in Sicily > Raffaele Genovese Trio – Excelsior Palace Hotel
July 11-19 – Taormina Film Fest – On streaming, Town Congress Hall and Ancient Theatre
July 18 – Simple Minds – Ancient Theatre – POSTPONED TO July 17, 2021
July 20 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 5) – Ancient Theatre
July 21 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 6) – Ancient Theatre
July 22 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 3) – Ancient Theatre
July 23 – Beethoven Concert (including Symphony n. 7) – Ancient Theatre
July 23 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 24 – Beethoven Concert, Symphony n. 9 – Ancient Theatre
July 24 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 24 – Alberto Urso – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED and POSTPONED > date to be set
July 25 – American Movies Tribute – Ancient Theatre
July 25 – Jazz in Sicily > Urban Fabula – Excelsior Palace Hotel
July 25 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 25 – Coez – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED and POSTPONED > date to be set
July 26 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 30 – Opera “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi – Ancient Theatre
July 30 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
July 31 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
July 31 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
AUGUST
August 1 – Cavalleria Rusticana – Ancient Theatre
August 1 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 2 – Di Stefano Award – Ancient Theatre
August 2 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 1 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
August 2 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
August 4 – Mika – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
August 5 – Diodato – Ancient Theatre
August 6 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 7 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 8 – Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals – CANCELLED AND POSTPONED to August 7th 2021
August 8 – “Medea”, a tragedy by Euripide – Ancient Theatre
August 8 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 9 – “Il Sogno di un uomo ridicolo”, a storu by Dostoevskij – Ancient Theatre
August 9 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 10 – Music meets Literarture – Ancient Theatre
August 11 – Aida by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
August 12 – “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff – Ancient Theatre
August 13 – Edoardo Bennato in “Sono solo Canzonette” – Ancient Theatre
August 13 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 14 – Taormina Lyric Summer Concert – Ancient Theatre
August 14 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 15 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 16 – International Guitar night – Ancient Theatre
August 16 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges – CANCELLED
August 19 – Alba al Teatro Antico – Ancient Theatre
August 20 – Puccini and Verdi Opera Gala – Ancient Theatre
August 20 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 21 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 22 – Ballet Company “Les Italiens de l’Opéra de Paris” – Ancient Theatre
August 22 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 23 – Ballet Company “Les Italiens de l’Opéra de Paris” – Ancient Theatre
August 23 – Odissea – Alcantara Gorges
August 25 – “The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi – Ancient Theatre
August 26 – Lirica Made in Sicily – Ancient Theatre
August 27 – I tre tenori – Ancient Theatre
August 27 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 28 – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre
August 28 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 29 – Daniele Silvestri – Ancient Theatre
August 29 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 30 – Night Opening of the Ancient Theatre
August 30 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
August 31 – Aida by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
SEPTEMBER
September 2 – Ballet Company “Eleonora Abbagnato” – Ancient Theatre
September 3 – Requiem by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
September 3 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 4 – “Emozioni, viaggio tra le canzoni di Lucio Battisti” – Ancient Theatre
September 4 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 4 – Il Volo – Ancient Theatre – POSTPONED to September 4th 2021
September 5 – “Oltre lo spazio” with Valentina Tereshkova – Ancient Theatre
September 5 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 5 – Il Volo – Ancient Theatre – POSTPONED to September 5th 2021
September 6 – “Oltre lo spazio” with Valentina Tereshkova – Ancient Theatre
September 6 – Inferno – Alcantara Gorges
September 7 – Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni
September 8 – Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni – CANCELLED
September 10 – Francesco Gabbani – Ancient Theatre
September 15/30 – Exhibition “Chamber of Art” – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano
September 19 – Pintus – Ancient Theatre – CANCELLED
September 20 – Gershwin & Bernstein – Ancient Theatre
OCTOBER
October 1/5 – TAOBUK Taormina Book Festival
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera (reopening in 2021) – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Dec. 28 – Christmas Concert “Natale… e dintorni”
Natale… e dintorni
Church of Santa Caterina, Saturday December 28th @7.00pm
Free entrance
Christmas concert with:
Laura Lo Re > voice
Antonello Tonna > piano
Dario Miano > Sax
The trio will perform traditional Christmas melodies and other songs filled with the themes of love friendship and peace. Here some titles: Let it snow, Jingle bells, White Christmas, The Christmas song, Imagine, That’s what friend are for, The Greatest Love of All, and many others
MORE INFO
Laura Lo Re – www.facebook.com/laura.l.re
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta