IT Country guide

Street festivals in Italy

33 festivals in the directory, running from May to October. 32 of them run an open call.

Italy has more street festivals than any other country here and the least centralised information about them. Many are run by a local association rather than a city, which means the call is announced on Facebook and nowhere else. The Sardinian cluster — Gallura, Iglesias, Castelsardo, Pula — is worth treating as a single trip. Ferrara, running since 1988, is the oldest international busking festival in the world.

IT14–16 May 2027 Masters of Magic World Convention Saint-Vincent (Vale de Aosta), Italy Magic to be confirmed IT11–13 June 2027 Asfaltart Merano, Italy BuskersCircus Closes 30 Jan 2027 ITJun 2027 Artisti in Piazza Pennabilli, Italy Street theatreCircusBuskers to be confirmed IT~June 2027 Veregra Street Festival Montegranaro (Marche), Italy BuskersCircus to be confirmed IT~15–19 July 2027 Mercantia Certaldo, Italy Street theatreCircusPuppetry to be confirmed ITJuly 2027 Artistrada Colmurano, Italy BuskersCircus to be confirmed ITsummer 2027 Gallura Busker Festival Santa Teresa Gallura (Sardenha), Italy Buskers to be confirmed ITsummer 2027 Iglesias Busker Festival Iglesias (Sardenha), Italy Buskers to be confirmed ITsummer 2027 Castelsardo Busker Festival Castelsardo (Sardenha), Italy Buskers to be confirmed ITsummer 2027 Pula Busker Festival Pula (Sardenha), Italy Buskers to be confirmed ITsummer 2027 Artisti di Strada Bitonto Bitonto (Puglia), Italy Buskers to be confirmed ITsummer 2027 Vertigo Summer Festival Cocconato (Piemonte), Italy CircusBuskers to be confirmed IT~early July 2027 Roma Buskers Festival Rome, Italy Buskers to be confirmed ITJuly 2027 Castellarte Capocastello, Italy Buskers to be confirmed IT~26–30 Aug 2027 Ferrara Buskers Festival Ferrara, Italy BuskersStreet music Closes 1 Apr 2027 IT~7–9 August 2027 TolfArte Tolfa (Roma), Italy BuskersCircusMagic to be confirmed IT~9–12 August 2027 Mojoca — Festival Artisti di Strada Moio della Civitella (Cilento), Italy BuskersCircusMagic Closes 1 Jul 2027 IT~8–9 August 2027 Bondone in strada Bondone (Trentino), Italy BuskersCircus to be confirmed ITJuly to September 2027 L’Ufficio Incredibile (artistic direction) Province of Parma, Italy AgencyCircusBuskers to be confirmed ITAugust 2027 SMIAF — San Marino Int. Arts Festival San Marino, Italy BuskersCircus to be confirmed IT~2–6 September 2027 Mirabilia The Festival Cuneo / Fossano, Italy CircusStreet theatreBuskers to be confirmed ITOctober 2027 Ibla Buskers Ragusa Ibla, Italy Buskers to be confirmed IT2027 Arcore Street Festival Arcore, Italy Buskers No fixed deadline ITsummer 2027 Predappio Buskers Street Festival Predappio (Forlì-Cesena), Italy Buskers to be confirmed IT2027 Open Festival Mantua, Italy BuskersCircus to be confirmed IT2027 Piazza di Circo Mondovì (Piemonte), Italy CircusBuskers to be confirmed IT2027 Co i piè descalsi Vascon (Veneto), Italy BuskersStreet theatre to be confirmed IT2027 Chieti in Strada Chieti, Italy Buskers to be confirmed IT2027 Buskers Carpineto Carpineto Romano, Italy Buskers to be confirmed IT2027 Naskers Italy, Italy Buskers to be confirmed ITyear-round Terzo Studio (network) Tuscany, Italy NetworkStreet theatreBuskers to be confirmed ITyear-round Manicomics Teatro Piacenza, Italy NetworkStreet theatreCircus to be confirmed IT2027 Meccano14 Italy, Italy CircusBuskers to be confirmed

Applying in Italy

32 of the 33 festivals listed here accept applications directly — 2 through an online form and 30 by writing to the organisers. The rest build their programmes by invitation or through curators, which means the way in is to be seen at the festivals that do run calls.

Write in the local language wherever you can. It is a small circuit and a message in the organiser's own language reads as respect, not effort.