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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- Taormina Events 202631/12/2025 - 12:14 AM
EVENTS IN TAORMINA 2026 DISCLAIMER The information and material on this website is general in nature and is intended for your touristic use and information. We try our best to constantly update our contents. The Taormina Friends Club accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any information contained herein and recommends that users […]
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F E S T I V A L I N T E R N A Z I O N A L E T A O R M I N A A R T E La Cena Palazzo Corvaja, Thursday 3rd October 2026 @ 9:00pm By Giuseppe Manfridi Directed by Walter Manfrè Starring Andrea Tidona, […]
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I T A L I A N O P E R A S E L E C T I O N A selection of arias from LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini Teatro Nazarena (via Fontana Vecchia, 3), Sunday 4th October 2026 @9:15pm A free drink during intermission on theater’s terrace is included Rather than […]
October 19/26 – La dolce vita “made in Sicily”
San Francesco del Carmine previous church
From Friday 19 to Friday 26 October 2012.
Opening hours: 5.30pm – 8.00pm. Free entrance
Photo exhibition dedicated to the great Sicilian photoreporter Michelangelo Vizzini (1920-2009) who, in over 70.000 pics, immortalized the golden age of Taormina when the Taormina Film Fest and the Davide di Donatello award used to attract the world jet set. La dolce vita “made in Sicily” come to life in this exhibition and its over 60 pics.
Joan Crawford, Susan Hayward, Cary Grant, Warren Beatty, a very young Roman Polanski and Woody Allen, Gina Lollobrigida, Nino Manfredi are some of the names. HERE you can see some of these beautiful images.
Michelangelo Vizzini
October 12/15 – Our Lady of Fátima in Taormina
Our Lady of Fátima in Taormina
From October 12th to October 15th 2012
PROGRAMME – Download the detailed programme (in Italian)
Friday 12th
– 6.30pm. Arrive in S. Antonio Abate Church, torchlight procession and solemn Mass in the Cathedral.
Saturday 13th
– 11.30am. Holy Rosary;
– 12.00. Supplication to the Madonna;
– 7.00pm. Holy Mass;
– 7.30. Taormina Plectrum Orchestra.
Domenica 14th
– 11.00am. Holy Mass;
– 5.00. Projection of Fatima;
– 7.00pm. Solemn Holy Mass and chorus.
Monday 15th
– 10.30. ore 10.30 Flower homage paid by school-children;
– 4.30pm. Sick people meet the Madonna; torchlight procession along Corso Umberto, Taormina main street;
– 6.00pm. San Pancra’s Church. Holy Mass and leaving of Our Lady of Fatima.
Sep.24/Oct.9 – An Italian man in New York
An Italian man in New York
Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano, September 24th – October 9th 2012
Marco Tamburro originally from Perugia was born in 1974. He graduated the Art Institute of Perugia with a degree in furniture and architecture. He later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan. Tamburro’s interest in the wide view of theaters com to life in his abstract representations on canvas.
Tamburro’s exhibition is curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta.
More info and potos on
www.marcotamburro.it
www.fondazionemazzullo.it – +39 0942 620129 – +39 338 2777142 (mobile)
September 22/28 – TAOBUK, Taormina Book Festival
TAOBUK – Taormina Book Festival
Panoramic Terrace of the town library, piazza IX aprile
TAOBUK – 2nd Edition – Press Release
This year the event will take place from Saturday 22nd to Friday 28th September in the splendid setting of the panoramic terrace of the Taormina town library. The building, a previous church of 15th century, is right in the town centre and boasts a unique, breathtaking panorama, embracing the Ionian Sea, the coast and mount Etna.
The Festival is a tribute to Mediterranean culture and will host many Italian and foreigner authors who will present their latest works. The full program is available at this link: www.taobuk.it/index.php/programma.
More info at www.taobuk.it
Concerts September/October
Taormina Classica 2012 – Concerts
Church of Santa Caterina, 7.30pm – Free Entrance
34th Concert Season organised by the Almoetia Music Association, a local group founded in 1979 and dedicated to chamber music.
President: Prof.ssa Teresa Salvato. Artistic Director: M° Antero Arena.
September 19th – Frank Wasser, Piano. Musics by Bach
September 23rd – Fabio Maida, Guitar. Musics by Legnani, Tarrega, Castenuovo Tedesco, Bach
October 4th – Duo Crosta and Testa, Flute and Piano. Musics by Andersen, Popp, Offenbach, Borne
October 6th – Duo Giambertone and Raimondo, Guitars. Musics by De Falla, Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo Tedesco, Piazzolla
October 12th – Duo Famiani and Leonardi, Viola and Piano. Musics by Schumann, Beethoven, Faurè, Liszt, Rota.
Download the program
www.almoetia.it
September 9 – “Da Lucio a Lucio” music
Taormina Public Gardens, 9.00pm – Free entrance
“Da Lucio a Lucio” – A tribute to Lucio Battisti and Lucio Dalla
A tribute to the two great Italian singers and songwriters, Lucio Battisti (1943-1998) who is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history and Lucio Dalla (1943-2012) the composer of Caruso (1986).
Music will be performed by: M. Samar & Two Wolves and their Vocalist, Quintet of the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra, Federica Scalia, Simone Di Benedetto, Gabriella Cannavò, Santina Bartolotta and Katiuscia Fausto.
Dancers: Margot Fonteyn School in Taormina directed by Ambra Lo Turco and Studio Dance.Continuum directed by Salvo Cavolina Bonanno and Marilena Gravina. Speciale guests Giuseppe Lo Turco and Francesca Intelisano.
Background of the show, the sweet voice of the actress Anna Maria Raccuja.
September 8/19 – Old Taormina
“1920-1950: Taormina and its surroundings ” – Photo exhibition by Gaetano Castorina
Hsitorical photographs of Taormina taken during the years 1920 to 1950.
Free entrance
Salvatore Accardo in concert
Stay tuned!
Sptember 5th, 2012 – Taormina Greek Theatre, 9.00pm
Salvatore Accardo and the Italian Chamber Orchestra
The great Italian violinist and the orchestra will be performing musics by Fritz Kleiser, Nicolò Paganini, Gioacchino Rossini and Benjamin Britten.
Rendezvous with the Italian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the Maestro Salvatore Accardo and his magic Stradivarius. The programme includes music by Fritz Kleiser, Nicolò Paganini, Gioacchino Rossini and Benjamin Britten. The Orchestra, founded in 1996 by Accordo himself, is a string orhestra whose members all descend from the same school, reaching an unparalleled expressive, technical and stylistic unity. With his orchestra, Salvatore Accardo addresses both the public of the most important concert season and non-specialist listeners, especially young people, involving them in the rehearsals, talking about music, speaking of the characteristics of the orchestra, the violin, the orchestra conduction and the repertoire. The concert is organised by E20 of Marco Grimaldi, in collaboration with Taormina Arte.
(Source: Taormina Arte)
Stalls (Parterre): € 49,50
Gallery: € 39,50
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 29,50
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 22,50
Tickets on boxol.it
Ticket Office in Taormina: +39 0942.628730
Within the Bellini Festival
August 26 – Antonello Venditti in concert
Greek Theatre
Antonello Venditt in Concert – UNICA Tour 2012
Antonello Venditti (born 8 March 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs.
Tckets available on ticketone.it and boxol.it
Parterre: € 69,90
Stands: € 69,90
Tiers: € 59,90
Non-numbered tiers: € 39,90
August 18 – Riccardo Cocciante
Cocciante canta Cocciante – 9.30pm
Riccardo Cocciante (also known in French-speaking countries as Richard Cocciante) is back in tour with only two Italian dates, Rome and Taormina.
The concert will be the great opportunity to enjoy old successes of his extraordinary career as a songwriter and singer – such as “Margherita”, “Bella Senz’Anima”, “Poesia” and the early world successes “Notre Dame de Paris” and “Romeo and Juliet”.
60 artists will perform on the stage with Riccardo Cocciante and the orchestra – composed by some of the best Italian musicians – will be directed by Leonardo De Amicis. The “National Orchestra of Academies of Music” is an amazing orchestra which brings together the best students of the Italian musical institutions and will involve the cast of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Notre Dame de Paris”.
Parterre and stands: € 74,80
Numbered Tiers: € 49,50
Non-numbered tiers: € 34,50