(in update)
2021
JUNE
> 1-21 June – Photo Exhibition – Ex Church Del Carmine
> 10-25 June – Exhibition “La biblioteca araba ed altre scritture” – Palazzo Ciampoli
Saturday 12 June – Emma – Ancient Theatre
> 14-30 June – Exhibition “Le Metamorfosi” – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano
> 17-21 June – TAOBUK, Taormina Book Festival – 11th edition “Le Metamorfosi” – various locations
Saturday 19 – Taobuk Gala Opening – Ancient Theatre (free entrance upon reservation)
Saturday 26 June – Galà Lirico Voci di Sicilia – Ancient Theatre
> 27 June – 3 July – TAORMINA FILM FEST > FULL PROGRAM
Sunday 27 – TaorminaFF67 > Opening Ceremony – Film Screening “BOYS” – Ancient Theatre
Monday 28 – TaorminaFF67 > Film Screening “LA TERRA DEI FIGLI” – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 29 – TaorminaFF67 > Film Screening “OCCHI BLU” – Ancient Theatre
Wednesday 30 – TaorminaFF67 > Film Screening “PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY” – Ancient Theatre
JULY
Thursday 1 – TaorminaFF67 > Film Screening “THE ROSE MAKER” – Ancient Theatre
Friday 2 – TaorminaFF67 > Film Screening “BRONTE” – Ancient Theatre
Saturday 3 – TaorminaFF67 > Closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 67 Taormina Film Fest – Film Screening “SUMMER OF THE SOUL” – Ancient Theatre
Wednesday 14 – Riccardo Muti and the Orchestra Gioviale Cherubini” – Ancient Theatre
>> 16th July /1st August – Exhibition “Anima mundi. Il valore e la forza delle donne” – Ex Chiesa del Carmine
Friday 16 – TAOMODA Gala Evening – Ancient Theatre
>> 17th July / 14th November – Exhibition “Le Cento Sicilie” – Palazzo Ciampoli
Saturday 17 – Francesco De Gregori – Ancient Theatre
Saturday 24 – Giorgio Panariello – Ancient Theatre
>> 25th July / 5th November – Exhibition bu Umberto Mastroianni – Archaeological Area of Naxos and Isola Bella
Wednesday 28 – Mohammad Alshaikh in “Music from Jerusalem, signs of hope” – Ancient Theatre
Wednesday 28 – La Pace seguirà – Odeon Theatre
Thursday 29 – Antonello Venditti – Ancient Theatre
Saturday 29 – La Pace seguirà – Odeon Theatre
Friday 30 – Antonello Venditti – Ancient Theatre
Friday 31 – EMOZIONI, Viaggio tra le canzioni di Battisti e Mogol – Ancient Theatre
AUGUST
>> 16th July /1st August – Exhibition “Anima mundi. Il valore e la forza delle donne” – Ex Chiesa del Carmine
>> 1st August / 14th November – Exhibition “Le Cento Sicilie” – Palazzo Ciampoli
Sunday 1 – Lirica > La Traviata by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
Sunday 1 – Concerto per L’Etna – Odeon Theatre
Monday 2 – Concerto per L’Etna – Odeon Theatre
Tuesday 3 – Concert “Racconti di Gioventù” by Giuseppe Sinopoli – Cathedral of Taormina
Wednesday 4 – Les Italiens de l’Opera de Paris – Ancient Theatre
Thursday 5 – Fabrizio Moro – Ancient Theatre
Friday 6 – Diodato – Ancient Theatre
Friday 6 – Nel Ventre – Odeon Theatre
Monday 9 – Gli Imperi della Mente – Odeon Theatre
Tuesday 10 – Hjo Jazz Festival – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 10 – Gli Imperi della Mente – Odeon Theatre
Wednesday 11 – Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi – Ancient Theatre
Friday 13 – Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi – Ancient Theatre
Saturday 14 – International Guitar Night – Ancient Theatre to be confirmed
Monday 16 – Le favole di Oscar Wilde – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 17 – Musa e Getta – Odeon Theatre
Wednesday 18 – Al passo coi Templi – Ancient Theatre
Thursday 19 – La Traviata e La Boheme Recital – Ancient Theatre
Thursday 19 – Ensemble Accademia Erard – Odeon Theatre
Friday 20 – Cavalleria Rusticana and Twelve Years later, the sequel – Ancient Thetre
Saturday 21 – Gianna Nannini – Ancient Theatre
Sunday 22 – Mario Biondi – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 24 – Taormina Plectrum Orchestra – Public Gardens
Wednesday 25 – Taormina Opera Gala – Ancient Theatre
Friday 27 – Gigi D’Alessio – Ancient Theatre
Friday 27 – Il Fantasma dell’Opera – Odeon Theatre
Saturday 28 – COLAPESCEDIMARTINO – Ancient Theatre
Saturday 28 – Le confessioni di una donna- Odeon Theatre
Sunday 29 – I Tre tenori – Ancient Theatre
Monday 30 – Carl Brave – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 31 – Lirica > La Traviata by G. Verdi – Ancient Theatre
SEPTEMBER
>> 1st September / 14th November – Exhibition “Le Cento Sicilie” – Palazzo Ciampoli
Thursday 2 – Lo Schiaccianoci 2.0, Reminescence
Friday 3 – Belliniana – Odeon Theatre
September 4-23 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Casta Diva – Casa del Cinema
Saturday 4 – Mahmood – Ancient Theatre
Sunday 5 – Ermal Meta – Ancient Theatre
Sunday 5 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Casta Diva – Casa del Cinema
Monday 6 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > projection of “Norma” – Odeon Theatre
Tuesday 7- Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > projection of “La Straniera” – Odeon Theatre
Thursday 9 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > projection of “La Sonnambula” – Odeon Theatre
Saturday 11- Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > projection of “Beatrice di Tenda” – Odeon Theatre
Saturday 11 – I Tre Mondi di Me – Ancient Theatre to be confirmed
Sunday 12 – In viaggio con la musica… oltre lo spazio – Ancient Theatre to be confirmed
Sunday 12 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > projection of “I Puritani” – Odeon Theatre
Monday 13 – Enrico Brignano – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 14 – Madame – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 14 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Callas Forever – Odeon Theatre
Wednesday 15 – Sangiovanni – Ancient Theatre
Wednesday 15 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > La Sonnambula – Odeon Theatre
Thursday 16 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Casta Diva – Odeon Theatre
Friday 17 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Casa Ricordi – Odeon Theatre
Saturday 18 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Fitzcarraldo – Odeon Theatre
Sunday 19 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Maria by Callas – Odeon Theatre
Monday 20 – Zucchero “Sugar” Fornaciari – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 21 – Zucchero “Sugar” Fornaciari – Ancient Theatre
Tuesday 21 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Casta Diva – Casa del Cinema, 6.30 pm
Tuesday 21 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > The Divine Spark – Casa del Cinema, 8.30 pm
Wednesday 22 – Film Festival “Dolente Immagine” > Norma (1911 and 2005)
Friday 24 – Taormina Plectrum Orchestra – Public Gardens @7.00 pm. Fee entrance, green pass required
Friday 26 – Alberto Urso – Ancient Theatre > postponed to 2022
Monday 27 – Sting – Ancient Theatre
OCTOBER
>> 1st October / 14th November – Exhibition “Le Cento Sicilie” – Palazzo Ciampoli
NOVEMBER
>> 1-14 November – Exhibition “Le Cento Sicilie” – Palazzo Ciampoli
DECEMBER
Full town program for Christmas
December 4 – January 9 – Exhibition “Venite Adoremus” – Muuseo di Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
December 8 – March 8 – Exhibition “AVVICINàTI AMICI, c’è BUSACCA” – Ex Chiesa Sant’Agostino
December 10 – January 14 – Exhibition “I 100 anni di Turi Ferru” – Casa del Cinema
Saturday 18 – Christmas Concert – Church of Santa Caterina
Tuesday 21 – Christmas Dance – Congress Hall
Thursday 23 – A day with Santa – Piazza IX Aprile
Sunday 26 – Grand Christmas Concert by the Piccolo Coro Città di Taormina – Congress Hall
Sunday 26 – Christmas at the Cinema – “Madres Paralelas” – Casa del Cinema
Sunday 26 – Living nativity, 17° ed. – Trappitello Cancelled due to new Covid restrictions
Monday 27 – Christmas at the Cinema – “Madres Paralelas” – Casa del Cinema
Monday 27 – Living nativity, 17° ed. – Trappitello Cancelled due to new Covid restrictions
Tuesday 28 – Christams Carrols by the Laura Lo Re Trio – Church of Santa Caterina to be confirmed
Tuesday 28 – Christmas at the Cinema – “Madres Paralelas” – Casa del Cinema
Tuesday 28 – Christmas Concert by the Orchestra Mandolinistica Gioviale – Congress Hall
Wednesday 29 – Christmas at the Cinema – “E’ stata la mano di Dio” – Casa del Cinema
Wednesday 29 – Living nativity, 17° ed. – Trappitello Cancelled due to new Covid restrictions
Thursday 30 – Entertainment for kids – Taormina Public Garden Florence Trevelyan
Thursday 30 – Christmas at the Cinema – “E’ stata la mano di Dio” – Casa del Cinema
Thursday 30 – Living nativity, 17° ed. – Trappitello Cancelled due to new Covid restrictions
Thursday 30 – “Natale in Casa Cupiello” a play by Eduardo De filippo (in Italian) – Congress Hall
Friday 31 – THE LADIES, Wish you marry 2022 – Acient Theatre
MORE CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN JANUARY 2022
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta