As soon as you arrive in Taormina, you will feel the magical, mythical atmosphere spread all around which has enchanted visitors from all over the world for years and years.
Settled on a hill of the Monte Tauro, Taormina dominates two grand, sweeping bays below and on the southern side, the top of Mount Etna, the european highest active volcano, often capped with snow, offering to the visitors a breathtaking, dramatic and memorable view.
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- Sep. 5 – Il Volo05/09/2019 - 12:24 AM
Il Volo “Best of 10 Years” Ancient Theatre, Saturday 5th September 2020 @9.00pm Celebrating 10 years of incredible music making, global pop-opera sensation Il Volo performs again at the Ancient Greek-Roman Theatre of Taormina. l Volo is a group of three (unconventional) teenage boys that came to fame in Italy after appearing on the […]
- Sep. 4 – Il Volo04/09/2019 - 12:52 AM
Il Volo “Best of 10 Years” Ancient Theatre, Friday 4th September 2020 @ 9.00pm Celebrating 10 years of incredible music making, global pop-opera sensation Il Volo performs again at the Ancient Greek-Roman Theatre of Taormina. l Volo is a group of three (unconventional) teenage boys that came to fame in Italy after appearing on […]
- Aug. 8 – Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals08/08/2019 - 12:31 AM
Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals Ancient Theatre, Saturday 8th August 2020 @9.45pm Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released […]
Sep. 5 – Il Volo
Il Volo
“Best of 10 Years”
Ancient Theatre, Saturday 5th September 2020 @9.00pm
Celebrating 10 years of incredible music making, global pop-opera sensation Il Volo performs again at the Ancient Greek-Roman Theatre of Taormina.
l Volo is a group of three (unconventional) teenage boys that came to fame in Italy after appearing on the Italian talent show “Ti Lascio Una Canzone”.
They were promptly snapped up by the leading people in the music industry in Italy and their debut album quickly went platinum. Like Andrea Bocelli before them, they are Italians set for the international stage. Their appearance on American Idol in 2011 caused a frenzy of first week sales for the lads with further plans to launch themselves elsewhere in the world. Their appeal is definitely their quirky image coupled with their unexpectedly mature vocals. They cover old ground in the classical crossover sphere, but they certainly package it in a new and exciting way. With undeniably strong voices and impeccable charm, Il Volo are hard to resist.
(source: classical-crossover.co.uk)
The three singers are tenors Piero Barone (born 1993) and Ignazio Boschetto (born 1994), and baritone Gianluca Ginoble (born 1995).
TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € SOLD OUT
Gallery: € 95,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 80,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 40,00
MORE INFO
ilvolomusic.com
Where to stay
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Sep. 4 – Il Volo
Il Volo
“Best of 10 Years”
Ancient Theatre, Friday 4th September 2020 @ 9.00pm
Celebrating 10 years of incredible music making, global pop-opera sensation Il Volo performs again at the Ancient Greek-Roman Theatre of Taormina.
l Volo is a group of three (unconventional) teenage boys that came to fame in Italy after appearing on the Italian talent show “Ti Lascio Una Canzone”.
They were promptly snapped up by the leading people in the music industry in Italy and their debut album quickly went platinum. Like Andrea Bocelli before them, they are Italians set for the international stage. Their appearance on American Idol in 2011 caused a frenzy of first week sales for the lads with further plans to launch themselves elsewhere in the world. Their appeal is definitely their quirky image coupled with their unexpectedly mature vocals. They cover old ground in the classical crossover sphere, but they certainly package it in a new and exciting way. With undeniably strong voices and impeccable charm, Il Volo are hard to resist.
(source: classical-crossover.co.uk)
The three singers are tenors Piero Barone (born 1993) and Ignazio Boschetto (born 1994), and baritone Gianluca Ginoble (born 1995).
TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € SOLD OUT
Gallery: € 95,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 80,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 40,00
MORE INFO
ilvolomusic.com
Where to stay
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Aug. 8 – Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals
Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals
Ancient Theatre, Saturday 8th August 2020 @9.45pm
Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records and has toured internationally.
Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013.
At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper’s joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, “No Mercy In This Land”, was named as ‘Song of the Year’.
TICKETS on boxol.it and ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 110,00
Gallery (central): € 110,00
Gallery (lateral): € 95,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 66,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 50,00
MORE INFO
www.benharper.com
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Aug. 2 – Ficarra e Picone
Ficarra and Picone
Ancient Theatre, Sunday 2nd August 2020 @9.00pm
(EVENT IN ITALIAN)
Salvatore Ficarra (Palermo, 27 May 1971) and Valentino Picone (Palermo, 23 March 1971) are an Italian comedy duo who work on stage, films, television and books as Ficarra e Picone.
TICKETS on ticketone.it >> CLICK HERE
Subject to availability, groups of four people can buy four tickets at special price (“For you” package)
Stalls (Parterre)
Full price: € 69,00
Package “For you”: € 51,75
Gallery
Full price: € 59,00
Package “For you”: € 44,25
Upper circle (numbered seats)
Full price: € 49,00
Package “For you”: € 36,75
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 28,75
MORE INFO
FB www.facebook.com/FicarraePicone
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
Aug. 1 – Ficarra e Picone
Ficarra and Picone
Ancient Theatre, Saturday 1st August 2020 @9.00pm
(EVENT IN ITALIAN)
Salvatore Ficarra (Palermo, 27 May 1971) and Valentino Picone (Palermo, 23 March 1971) are an Italian comedy duo who work on stage, films, television and books as Ficarra e Picone.
TICKETS on ticketone.it >> CLICK HERE
Subject to availability, groups of four people can buy four tickets at special price (“For you” package)
Stalls (Parterre)
Full price: € 69,00
Package “For you”: € 51,75
Gallery
Full price: € 59,00
Package “For you”: € 44,25
Upper circle (numbered seats)
Full price: € 49,00
Package “For you”: € 36,75
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 28,75
MORE INFO
FB www.facebook.com/FicarraePicone
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
July 31 – Ficarra and Picone
Ficarra and Picone
Ancient Theatre, Friday 31st July 2020 @9.00pm
(EVENT IN ITALIAN)
Salvatore Ficarra (Palermo, 27 May 1971) and Valentino Picone (Palermo, 23 March 1971) are an Italian comedy duo who work on stage, films, television and books as Ficarra e Picone.
TICKETS on ticketone.it >> CLICK HERE
Subject to availability, groups of four people can buy four tickets at special price (“For you” package)
Stalls (Parterre)
Full price: € 69,00
Package “For you”: € 51,75
Gallery
Full price: € 59,00
Package “For you”: € 44,25
Upper circle (numbered seats)
Full price: € 49,00
Package “For you”: € 36,75
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 28,75
MORE INFO
FB www.facebook.com/FicarraePicone
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
July 18 – Simple Minds
SIMPLE MINDS
40 Years of Hits – Tour 2020
Ancient Theatre, Saturday 18 July 2020 @
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. The most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s, they achieved five UK Albums chart number one albums and have sold more than 60 million albums. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour.
he nucleus of the band consists of the two remaining original members, Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (electric & acoustic guitars, occasional keyboards after 1990, saxophone and violin).
TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): € 70,00 + presale
Gallery: € 60,00 + presale
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 45,00 + presale
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 30,00 + presale
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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 – Art Exhibition “White Noise” – Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano
January 1/15 – Photo Exhibition “Von Gloeden, Taormina e il Mediterraneo” – ex Del Carmine Church
January 1 / April 18 – 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 1 / April 18 – Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
February 7 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – in-CONTRO-al-LA-LUCE and Allusiva by Enrico La Bianca and Attilio Scimone
February 21 – Taormina meets the Sicilian Photography – Antologia in bianco e nero Enrico Borrometi
MARCH
March 1 / April 18 – Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
APRIL
April 1/18 – Icons. Tradition/Contemporariness – ex Church of Sant’Agostino
MAY
May 14 – Giro d’Italia – Stage of the Giro d’Italia in Chianchitta (periferical part of Taormina and Giardini Naxos)
JULY
July 18 – Simple Minds – Ancient Theatre
July 31 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre
AUGUST
August 1 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre
August 2 – Ficarra e Picone – Ancient Theatre
August 8 – Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals
SEPTEMBER
September 4 – Il Volo – Ancient Theatre
September 5 – Il Volo – Ancient Theatre
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – 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
Dec. 28 – BAZ in “La verità rende Single”
BAZ
alias Roberto Bazzoni
in “La verità rende single”
(EVENT IN ITALIAN)
Taormina Congress Hall, Saturday 28th December 2019 @8.30pm
Entrance: € 22,00
Tickets (numbered seats) online on boxol.it
Marco “BAZ” Bazzoni (born 1979) is an Italian comedian, actor, singer and popular radio host.
MORE INFO
www.baz.it – www.facebook.com/BAZmarcobazzoni
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta