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 202617/12/2025 - 12:14 AM
EVENTS IN TAORMINA 2026 (under construction) 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 […]
- August 1, 2026 – Claudio Baglioni01/08/2025 - 12:35 AM
Claudio Baglioni Ancient Theatre, Saturday 1st August 2026 Claudio Baglioni (1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. He is considered one of the most successful pop rock singer-songwriters in the history of Italian music, he has sold over 60 million records, among which […]
- July 4, 2026 – “Dopo Di Noi” Charity Event04/07/2025 - 12:32 AM
Dopo Di Noi a Charity Event Ancient Theatre, Saturday 4th July 2025 @9:00pm A charity evening of music to support the Taormina’s Psycho-Education and Rehabilitation Centre. The event is sponsored by the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Santa Venera). Radio Italia is main partner. Featured guests include Stadio, along with Pierdavide Carone, […]
August 13, 2025 – CircusOperaShow
F E S T I V A L T A O R M I N A A R T E
CIRCUSOPERASHOW
When Opera and Circus come together
Taormina Ancient Theatre, Wednesday 13th August 2025 @ 9:30pm
TICKETS on ticketone and boxol
Platea: € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
MORE INFO
Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – info@taorminaarte.org – Mob. +39 391 746 2146
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
August 12, 2025 – Astor, un secolo di tango
F E S T I V A L T A O R M I N A A R T E
Astor, un secolo di tango
Balletto di Roma
and Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele di Messina
Ancient Theatre, Tuesday 12th August 2025 @9:30pm
An evening of dance and music that pays homage to Argentina and to the tango.
On stage the orchestra of the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Messina with the bandoneonist Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi and the Balletto di Roma.
Choreography: Valerio Longo
Direction: Carlos Branca
TICKETS on ticketone and boxol
Platea: € 30,00
Gallery: € 20,00
MORE INFO
Fondazione Taormina Arte – www.facebook.com/fondazionetaorminartesicilia – info@taorminaarte.org – Mob. +39 391 746 2146
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
August 10, 2025 – Riccardo Cocciante
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Riccardo Cocciante
Taormina Ancient Theatre, August 10, 2025 @ 9:00pm
Riccardo Cocciante also known in French-speaking countries and the United States as Richard Cocciante, is an Italian and French singer and songwriter. He in 1946 in Saigon, French Indochina (now Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam), to an Italian father and a French mother. At the age of 11, he moved to Rome, Italy, where he attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand.
Cocciante had his breakout one year later with “Bella senz’anima”, which turned to be a major hit but also raised controversities, being considered sexist and being censored on Italian television. In 1976, he got another number one spot on the Italian hit parade with “Margherita”, his signature song. The same year, he covered the Beatles song “Michelle”, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, for the musical documentary All This and World War II.
In 1983, Cocciante was the first Italian artist to be signed to Virgin Records. Following several more hits, notably the 1985 duet with Mina “Questione di feeling”, in 1987 he moved to Florida, and except for a live album he took a long artistic break.
In 1998, Cocciante composed Notre-Dame de Paris, a musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame; the musical, with lyrics by Luc Plamondon in its French version and by Pasquale Panella in its Italian version, proved to be a worldwide success, and the relevant CDs sold about 10 million copies. Other two successful musicals followed: Le Petit Prince, and Giulietta e Romeo. He also made a Chinese-language adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot, which was directed by Zhang Yimou.
TICKETS on ticketone
Platea: € 40,00
Gallery: € 30,00
Cavea, non-numbered seats: € 20,00
MORE INFO
Giuseppe Rapisarda Management > www.facebook.com/giusepperapisardamanagement – www.instagram.com/grm_entertainment
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WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
August 8, 2025 – Gipsy Kings by Andrè Reyes
Gipsy Kings
by Andrè Reyes
Ancient Theatre, Friday 8th August 2025 @9:00pm
Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalan heritage, play a blend of Catalan rumba, flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform mostly in Spanish but also mix in Catalan, French, and languages of southern France, such as Occitan.
Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos (Spanish Romani) who fled Spain during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing rumba flamenca, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco and rumba, to a worldwide audience, and for their interpretations of English-language pop hits.
In the 1970s, José Reyes and Manitas de Plata were a duo who played rumba flamenca in the southern French town of Arles. When they split up, Reyes began performing with his sons, Nicolas, François (Canut), André, Patchaï, and Paul (Pablo), as José et Los Reyes (as well as being their family name, reyes means “kings” in Spanish). After their father’s death in 1979, the brothers continued to perform, joined by cousins and other relatives.
André Reyes performs with his own band, under the name Gipsy Kings by André Reyes. The group consists of André and a number of his relatives, including his son Thomas.
TICKETS on ticketone
Platea: € 86,00
Gallery: € 69,00
Cavea, numbered seats: 50,00
Cavea, non-numbered seats: € 38,00
MORE INFO
https://gipsykingsandrereyes.com
www.instagram.com/gipsykingsandrereyes
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
August 4, 2025 – Loredana Bertè
Loredana Bertè
Ancient Theatre, Monday 4th August 2025 @ 9:30pm
Loredana Bertè is an Italian singer (brn 1950), songwriter and actress. She has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Mango and Enrico Ruggeri, among others; her sister Mia Martini was also an acclaimed singer. She has experimented with different genres, from rock to reggae, from funk to pop. Bertè is known for the eccentric clothing she wears onstage for her performances.
TICKETS on ticketone
Platea (Parterre): € 92,00
Gallery (Tribunetta), central: € 80,50
Gallery (Tribunetta), lateral: € 69,00
Cavea, central (numbered seats): € 57,50
Cavea, lateral (NON-numbered seats): € 46,00
MORE INFO
https://loredanaberte.it
www.facebook.com/loredanabertepaginaufficiale
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
August 6, 2025 – Francesco Gabbani
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Francesco Gabbani
Ancient Theatre, Wednesday 6th August 2025 @ 9:30pm
Francesco Gabbani (born 9 September 1982) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.[1][2] He rose to fame after winning the newcomers’ section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 with the song “Amen”. The next year, he went on to win the main section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 with the song “Occidentali’s Karma”. He also represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, where he finished in 6th place.
TICKETS on ticketone
Parterre: € 74,75
Gallery: € 74,75
Cavea, central (numbered seats): € 63,25
Cavea, lateral (NON-numbered seats): € 43,70
MORE INFO
Giuseppe Rapisarda Management > www.facebook.com/giusepperapisardamanagement – www.instagram.com/grm_entertainment
Francesco Gabbani > www.facebook.com/francescogabbaniofficial
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
August 3, 2025 – Jimmy Sax and Symphonic Dance Orchestra
Jimmy Sax and Symphonic Dance Orchestra
Ancient Theatre, Sunday 3rd AUgust 2025 @9:30pm
TICKETS on ticketone (commissions not included)
Platea: € 98,00
Gallery, central (gold): € 85,00
Gallery, lateral: € 77,00/66,00
Cavea, central (gold): € 60,00
Cavea, lateral: € 50,00/40:00
Cavea, non-numbered seats: € 27,50
MORE INFO
www.instagram.com/jimmysax – www.facebook.com/JimmySaxJimRolland – https://www.youtube.com/channel
August 2, 2025 – Ennio Morricone Tribute
F E S T I V A L L I R I C O D E I T E A T R I D I P I E T R A
Ennio Morricone Tribute
Ancient Theatre, Saturday 2nd August 2025 @ 9.00pm
The program, in addition to the evocative soundtracks of some symbolic films in the history of cinema such as Cinema Paradiso, Malèna, A Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America and other masterpieces, will be enriched by authentic musical novelties and entirely inspired by the “pop” side of the Italian composer.
TICKETS on ticketone (commissions not included)
Platea central (gold): € 75,00
Platea lateral: € 65,00
Gallery, central (gold): € 55,00
Gallery, lateral: € 45,00
Cavea, central (numbered seats): € 33,00
Cavea, lateral (non-numbered seats): € 22,00
MORE INFO
Coro Lirico Siciliano – www.coroliricosiciliano.com – www.facebook.com/coroliricosiciliano
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
August 1, 2025 – Symphony > Music by Roby Facchinetti
Symphony > Music by Roby Facchinetti
Taormina Ancient Theatre, Friday 1st August 2025 @9:30pm
Roby Facchinetti’s music will come to life in a symphonic guise, thanks to the direction of Maestro Diego Basso, accompanied by the Taormina Opera Stars Orchestra and Choir, with the choir directed by Davide Dellisanti
TICKETS on ticketone
Platea/Parterre central: € 75,00
Gallery: € 65,00
Cavea, central: € 45,00
Cavea, lateral (non-numbered seats): € 30,00
MORE INFO
Roby Facchinetti – www.facebook.com/RobyFacchinetti.it
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
July 31, 2025 – Hans Zimmer Tribute
F E S T I V A L L I R I C O D E I T E A T R I D I P I E T R A
Hans Zimmer Tribute
Taormina Ancient Theatre, Thursday 31st July 2025 @9:00pm
Hans Florian Zimmer (born 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Grammy Awards, and has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses.
His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. His works include Gladiator (2000), The Last Samurai (2003), the Pirates of the Caribbean series (2003–2011), The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Inception (2010), Man of Steel (2013), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), No Time to Die (2021), and the Dune series (2021–).
During his childhood, he was strongly influenced by the film scores of Ennio Morricone and has cited Once Upon a Time in the West as the score that inspired him to become a film composer.
TICKETS on ticketone (commissions not included)
Platea/Parterre central (gold): € 75,00
Platea/Parterre lateral: € 65,00
Gallery, central (gold): € 55,00
Gallery, lateral: € 45,00
Cavea, central: € 33,00
Cavea, lateral (non-numbered seats): € 22,00
MORE INFO
Coro Lirico Siciliano – www.coroliricosiciliano.com – www.facebook.com/coroliricosiciliano
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta