Giolì and Assia

Resurrection TOUR

Ancient Theatre, Sunday 29th June 2025 @

 

Giolì & Assia are a young female Italian duo both producers, multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, record label owners, and DJs, creating music that blends the styles of singers, pop electronic, house, indie, and dance that is uniquely their own. Giolì plays the piano, cello, drums, guitar, and handpan, and Assia handles lead vocal duties as well as the guitar. They are best known for their #DiesisLive sessions they put out monthly, each shot in beautiful locations worldwide. The viral video of them performing on top of an active volcano at the Aeolian Islands in Sicily, Italy amassed over 18 million views and counting. Since their debut, the Italian multi-hyphenates have achieved consistent success garnering over 78 million YouTube streams, 9.8 million-plus Spotify streams and coveted spots on Spotify playlists such as “Mint,” “Dance Rising,” and “New Music Friday Italia.” They recently released their EP, Moon Faces via Ultra Records in February 2021, which features lead singles “For You” and “Your Lullaby.” With more new music and artist collaborations on the way, 2021 is set to be nothing short of spectacular.
(Source: electricbrixton.uk.com)

 

TICKETS on ticketsms (fees not included)
Parterre (Gold, standing, no seats): € 69,00
Gallery (Platinum, non numbered seats): € 51,00
Cavea (Gradinata, Silver,  non numbered seats): € 34,00

 

MORE INFO

https://gioliandassia.com

 

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

Nations Award 19° ed

Taormina Ancient Theatre, Saturday 28th June 2025 @9:30pm

 

Luc Besson, Terry Gilliam, Emir Kusturica and Enrico Vanzina: four award-winning masters of contemporary cinema will receive tonight the Lifetime Achievement Award

The award comes during the gala evening of the Nations Award, the film award founded in the 1970s as part of the international film festival of Messina and Taormina.

Comedian Uccio De Santis, Romanian model and actress Madalina Diana Ghenea, godmother of the Nations Award 2025 and actress Elisabetta Pellini will be on stage during the evening.

 

TICKETS

The  admission is free, subject to availability: to request free tickets, you must send an email with your names to prenotazioni@nationsaward.com

 

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

UN PALCO PER TUTTI FESTIVAL

Taormina Ancient Theatre, from June to September 2025 at the Taormina Public Garden Florence Trevelyan @ 8:30pm

Free Entrance

 

JUNE

27, Friday > Concert by Juvenile Symphonic Orchestra of Messina

28, Saturday > Karaoke

30, Monday > Ballet by “Danza Taormina” – POST PONED TO JULY 2

 

JULY

4, Friday > Ballo per Passione

6, Sunday > Concert by the Orchestra Mandolinistica Gioviale of Taormina

7, Monday > Opera Clarinets with DUO Namaste (Guido Arbonelli and Natalia Benedetti)

9, Wednesday > Concert by Canadian Youth Ensemble

10, Thursday > Fool Moon Christal Concert, a meditaticve concert by Elisa Messina

12, Saturday > UNICEF Taormina >> @6:30pm

13, Sunday > Concert Canto Moderno by Laura Lo Re’s Students

15, Tuesday > Concert Canto Moderno by Ivan Lo Giudice’s Students

 

19-21 > Taormina Jazz festival 2025

 

24, Thursday > Dance Studio by Valentina Cacciola

26, Saturday > Mini Corrida

30, Wednesday > Canta con Noi – Il Minotauro Award

 

AUGUST

2, Saturday > Concert Ombre Lunghe by Salvatore La Carrubba

7,  Thursday > Ballet by Crystaldance Dance School

8, Friday > Taormina Song, by Massimo Priolo

16,  Saturday > Siculo by Unavantaluna

17, Sunday > “In un mare di Sogni”, a play by Pierpaolo Saraceno, with Daniele Perrone

23, Saturday > Concert “Come un Funanbolo” by Gio. Galante

24, Sunday > La Prossima volta al Teatro Antico di Taormina” by Denny Napoli

30, Saturday > Annalisa Tribute Band

 

SEPTEMBER

3, Wednesday > TaoYogaDay

14, Sunday > Concert by the Orchestra Mandolinistica Gioviale of Taormina

21, Suday > “La Musica supera i Confini”

 

 

MORE INFO

Town of Taormina – www.facebook.com/comuneditaormina – filodiretto@comune.taormina.me.it

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

 

 

 

F E S T I V A L  B E L L I N I A N O

Belliniana, Divine Melodie Danzanti

International Ballet Gala

Ancient Theatre, Friday 27 June 2025 @9:00pm

 

Ferdinand Hérold
LA SONNAMBULE (NIGHT SHADOW)
Libretto: Eugène Scribe and Jean Pierre Aumer
Choreography: George Balanchine
Stars of New York City Ballet
Les Etolies du Monde

 

 

TICKETS on vivaticket

Disccounts available (commissions not included)
Children up to 7 years: free

Until April 30, 2025:
Stalls (parterre): € 65,00
Gallery, central (sector C): € 55,00
Gallery, lateral (sector B and D): € 40,00
Gallery, central (sector A and E): € 30,00
Cavea (numbered steps): € 20,00
Cavea (unnumbered steps): € 15,00

From May 1st to May 30, 2025:
Stalls (parterre): € 75.00
Gallery, central (sector C): € 65,00
Gallery, lateral (sector B and D): € 45,00
Gallery, central (sector A and E): € 35,00
Cavea (numbered steps): € 25,00
Cavea (unnumbered steps): € 20,00

From June 1st to the day of the show June 27th 2025:
Stalls (parterre): € 80,00
Gallery, central (sector C): € 70,00
Gallery, lateral (sector B and D): € 50,00
Gallery, central (sector A and E): € 50,00
Cavea (numbered steps): € 30.00
Cavea (unnumbered steps): € 25,00

 

REDUCED  from 8 to 18 years and over 65 years
(children up to 7 years: free)

Until April 30, 2025:
Stalls (parterre): € 65,00
Gallery, central (sector C): € 50,00
Gallery, lateral (sector B and D): € 35,00
Gallery, central (sector A and E): € 25,00
Cavea (numbered steps): € 15,00

From May 1st to May 30, 2025:
Stalls (parterre): € 70,00
Gallery, central (sector C): € 55,00
Gallery, lateral (sector B and D): € 40,00
Gallery, central (sector A and E): € 30,00
Cavea (numbered steps): € 20,00

From June 1st to the day of the show June 27th 2025:
Stalls (parterre): € 75,00
Gallery, central (sector C): € 60,00
Gallery, lateral (sector B and D): € 45,00
Gallery, central (sector A and E): € 35,00
Cavea (numbered steps): € 25,00

 

 

MORE INFO

Bellini Festival – www.bellini-festival.org

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

T A O R M I N A   B O O K   F E S T I V A L

Orcynus Orca

on stage

Taormina Ancient Theatre, Sunday 22nd June 2025 @ 9:30pm

 

(please note that dates and times are subject to change)

 

Within the TAOBUK (Taormina Book Festival) this is the theatrical production that brings to life the evocative force of Horcynus Orca, the literary masterpiece by Stefano D’Arrigo.
Directed by Davide Livermore – Artistic Director of the Teatro Stabile di Genova and a visionary known for his ability to fuse word, music, and image into works of rare emotional intensity – the performance seeks to recreate D’Arrigo’s lyrical and visionary world
(Source: taobuk.it)

 

TICKETS on ticketone
Platea: € 85,00
Gallery: € 70,00
Cavea, central, numbered seats: € 50,00
Cavea, lateral, non-numbered seats: € 40,00

 

 

MORE INFO 

Taormina Book Festival www.taobuk.it  –  www.taobuk.it/en/program/horcynus-orca-on-stage

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

 

Taobuk 2025 (source: taobuk.it)

TAOBUK

Taormina International Book Festival, 15 ed.

Theme of this year: “Confini” (Boundaries)

Taormina, 15-23 June 2025

 

Such is the alchemy of Taobuk that brings the excellence of literature, the arts and thought to Taormina, a unique place in the world, a crossroads between western and eastern culture.

The Festival, born twelve years ago, from an intuition of Antonella Ferrara who presides and directs it, embraces the vocation of receiving the “literary sediments” of the city, synthesis of a history that coagulates events, myths, experiences, traditions. Every year, Taobuk chooses a theme around which a calendar of meetings revolve, with the participation of authoritative writers, artists, philosophers and scientists. The kermesse has taken on a multidisciplinary configuration and the programme is embellished with exhibitions, theatre and dance performances, film retrospectives, in evocative locations of which the most representative is the Ancient Theatre, together with palaces, corners and large hotels.

(Source: taobuk.it)

 

Over 200 writers, artists, scientists, intellectuals, politicians and economists from more than 30 countries around the world will discuss on  “BOUNDARIES. Guests include writers Peter Cameron, Joe R. Lansdale and Susanna Tamaro, who are among the recipients of the Taobuk award for literary excellence. The Taobuk Awards will be presented on the evening of June 21 at the Teatro Antico in Taormina during the Taobuk Gala, a show that will be broadcast on Rai1, the first free-to-air television channel in Italy.

 

Complete calendar of the festival will be soon available

Stay tuned!

 

 

MORE INFO

www.taobuk.it/en

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

 

T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T   2 0 2 5

Warfare – Tempi di Guerra

Written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland

Taormina Ancient Theatre, Friday 13 June 2025 @ 8:30

 

A projection within the Taormina FilmFest 2025
For more info click — > HERE

Based on a true story, created on the basis of the memories, testimonies and experiences lived in the field by a group of men from the special forces of the American Navy, the Navy SEALs – including Mendoza himself – who participated in a high-risk mission in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006.

Not just a war film but a film within the war: immersive, visceral, engaging, an intense and innovative reinterpretation of the genre, which does not give the viewer any discounts, giving him a total cinematic experience.

(Source: taorminafilmfest.com)

 

Special Guests the actors Finn Bennet and Taylor John Smith

 

TICKETS on boxol

Gallery (lateral): € 5,00

BOX OFFICE on the day of the event at the Taormina Congress Hall (not far from the theatre) – 10:00am/12:30pm – 5:30pm/10:00pm

If you are staying at one of our partner hotels, the reception will provide you with a free voucher (in cavea, the upper circles) for each evening of the FilmFest: Hotel La Pensione Svizzera –  Hotel Villa CarlottaHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Schuler

 

MORE INFO

Taormina Film Fest > https://taorminafilmfest.com – www.facebook.com/taofilmfest

Fondazione Taormina Arte > info@taorminaarte.org – Ph. 0039 391 746 2146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T   2 0 2 5

Taxi Driver

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Taormina Ancient Theatre, Thursday 12 June, 2025 @ 8:30pm

Special guest of the event: Martin Scorsese

 

A projection within the Taormina FilmFest 2025
For more info click — > HERE

A sensitive and solitary New York taxi driver slowly slides into a spiral of madness that pushes him to violently rebel against the injustices of a corrupt and alienating society.

(Source: taorminafilmfest.com)

 

TICKETS on boxol

Gallery (lateral): € 5,00

BOX OFFICE on the day of the event at the Taormina Congress Hall (not far from the theatre) – 10:00am/12:30pm – 5:30pm/10:00pm

If you are staying at one of our partner hotels, the reception will provide you with a free voucher (in cavea, the upper circles) for each evening of the FilmFest: Hotel La Pensione Svizzera –  Hotel Villa CarlottaHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Schuler

 

MORE INFO

Taormina Film Fest > https://taorminafilmfest.com – www.facebook.com/taofilmfest

Fondazione Taormina Arte > info@taorminaarte.org – Ph. 0039 391 746 2146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T   2 0 2 5

 

L’Amore Sta Bene Su Tutto

Taormina Ancient Theatre, Saturday 14 June 2025 @ 8:30pm

 

A projection within the Taormina FilmFest 2025
For more info click — > HERE

Three stories intertwine between misunderstandings, old wounds and new discoveries, revealing how love – in all its forms – can surprise, heal and profoundly transform our lives.

 

TICKETS on boxol – Gallery (lateral): € 5,00

BOX OFFICE on the day of the event at the Taormina Congress Hall (not far from the theatre) – 10:00am/12:30pm – 5:30pm/10:00pm

If you are staying at one of our partner hotels, the reception will provide you with a free voucher (in cavea, the upper circles) for each evening of the FilmFest: Hotel La Pensione Svizzera –  Hotel Villa CarlottaHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Schuler

 

MORE INFO

Taormina Film Fest > https://taorminafilmfest.com – www.facebook.com/taofilmfest

Fondazione Taormina Arte > info@taorminaarte.org – Ph. 0039 391 746 2146

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

T A O R M I N A   F I L M   F E S T   2 0 2 5

Together

Directed by Michael Shanks

Taormina Ancient Theatre, Wednesday 11 June 2025 @ 8:30pm

 

A projection within the Taormina FilmFest 2025
For more info click — > HERE

With a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Together promises to be one of the horror films we will remember in 2025 and the trailer confirms it. Written and directed by Michael Shanks, the film stars Damon Herriman and shares the same production company as Longlegs and The Monkey, namely the very aggressive Neon.

(Source: taorminafilmfest.com)

 

TICKETS on boxol

Gallery (lateral): € 5,00

BOX OFFICE on the day of the event at the Taormina Congress Hall (not far from the theatre) – 10:00am/12:30pm – 5:30pm/10:00pm

If you are staying at one of our partner hotels, the reception will provide you with a free voucher for each evening of the FilmFest: Hotel La Pensione Svizzera –  Hotel Villa CarlottaHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Schuler

 

MORE INFO

Taormina Film Fest > https://taorminafilmfest.com – www.facebook.com/taofilmfest

Fondazione Taormina Arte > info@taorminaarte.org – Ph. 0039 391 746 2146

 

 

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione SvizzeraHotel Villa SchulerHotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta