July 22, 2024

What to do this week in Florence and surroundings

Events, exhibitions and must-see events from from July 22 to July 28

Art, concerts, shows and good food. Here are the events not to be missed this week in and around Florence.

FLORENCE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON IN THE CLOISTER OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA

Symphonic Tribute to Michael Jackson is the symphonic version tribute that the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina pays to the unforgettable singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer Michael Jackson on Monday, July 22 in the 14th-century Chiostro Grande of Santa Maria Novella, in the heart of Florence. It is an opportunity to hear, in a brand new guise, hits such as “Billie Jean,” “Thriller,” “The Way You Make Me Feel” and “Bad.” Also, “Man In The Mirror,” “I Want You Back,” “Heal The World,” “Earth Song,” “Smooth Criminal” and other songs from Michael Jackson's very rich repertoire. Beginning at 9 p.m. Tickets 15/20 euros.

MUSART 2024

Through July 27, the 2024 edition of Musart takes the stage at the Parco Mediceo in Pratolino. The live concert of Il Volo, which stops in Florence with the Tutti Per Uno - Capolavoro tour, on July 22, Pooh on July 25 and CCCP with the Fedeli alla linea tour on July 26. The 2024 edition of Musart Festival closes with a dawn concert by Patrizio Fariselli in the heart of Florence. Appointment Saturday, July 27, at 4:45 in the centuries-old Chiostro degli Uomini of the Istituto degli Innocenti, in Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, a short walk from the Duomo. Tickets of 15 euros are available now.

SUMMER AT MAY 2024

Lighting up once again, the Cavea of the Teatro del Maggio Fiorentino, the striking open-air theater located right on the roof of the Maggio, will host - on July 22 and 24 at 9 p.m. - Gioachino Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, directed by young maestro Riccardo Bisatti with the now “traditional” direction by Damiano Michieletto, here reprised by Andrea Bernard; on July 23 at 9 p.m. a symphonic-choral concert conducted by Hankyeol Yoon.

EASY LIVING ON THE FARM WITH CHILDREN'S STORIES AND LOTS OF LIVE MUSIC

Children's stories, dance and poetry performances, and lots of live music in the week of Easy Living in Fattoria, with a rockin' weekend that brings world rockabilly king Massimo Di Maggio to the urban farm of OVA - Orto Verde Animali (free admission from Via Poccetti 1). The weekly programming, part of the Florentine Summer calendar, opens Tuesday, July 23 at 7 p.m. with a new meeting curated by the Nottola di Minerva Association: The Perfect City of the Beehive, an animated reading for children and families by and with Alba Grigatti and Giorgia Calandrini. Wednesday, July 24 at 8:30 p.m. Sylvia Zanotto and Nicoletta Manetti bring to the stage on the “green stage” of Easy Living in Fattoria Una notte a Père Lachaise with Callas and Dalida: a journey through the lives of great divas who sacrificed everything for art. Weekend dedicated to live music: Friday 26 at 9 p.m. with Anna Boso Quartet. On Saturday, July 27, also at 9 p.m., it's the turn of Livorno-based band Portulaca, with songs from their first album “For Pain, For Happiness.” On Sunday, July 28, nothing beats the live performance of Massimo Di Maggio & The Partners in Crime (9 p.m.).

CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN THE GARDENS OF VILLA SAN MICHELE

A summer of music and fun in the beautiful gardens of Villa San Michele. Throughout the summer, every Tuesday you can have aperitifs and enjoy after-dinner drinks at the Pool Bar by the pool with DJ sets. Thursday, July 25, is mixology night in collaboration with Officina Profumo Farmaceutica of Santa Maria Novella. Starting at 7 p.m., a drink list designed by the Bar San Michele team, featuring the elixirs and liqueurs of Santa Maria Novella.

BRINNER AT VILLA AGAPE

A world tour that of the brinner, the trend that arrived from Australia to enjoy closer to dinnertime dishes that originally in the Anglo-Saxon world were born to be eaten in the early hours of the day, and usually populate brunch. Place of Charme, a chain of 4-star hotels and resorts between Florence and Chianti, with restaurants also open to outside guests, offers a variation of this meal with a Made in Italy and Tuscan flavor. Rendezvous in the Italian garden wanted by the Duchess of Aosta that surrounds Art Hotel Villa Agape and its restaurant La Duchessa Firenze, with dishes curated by Chef Marco Briano.

THE XII EDITION OF THE BALAGAN CAFÉ

The special summer cultural festival scheduled at the Florence Synagogue to create spaces for coexistence and dialogue continues through Sept. 5. Thursdays in the Synagogue garden feature music, film screenings, meetings, dialogues, guided tours and tastings. This week it will be the turn of historian Claudio Vercelli (July 25). Other meetings include one with renowned Italian-Israeli writer and pacifist Manuela Dviri (Aug. 1) and psychologist and anti-Semitism expert David Meghnagi (Aug. 29).

VASCO BRONDI IN CONCERT AT CASCINE AMPHITHEATER

On Tuesday, July 23, at 9:15 p.m., Vasco Brondi in concert for a new leg of his Un segno di vita Tour at the Ernesto De Pascale Cascine Amphitheater.

LA TRAVIATA IN IMMERSIVE VERSION AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE IMAGE

The Cathedral of the Image hosts every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. until Sept. 26, the world's most performed opera La Traviata, for the first time in an unprecedented immersive, semi-staged version produced by Opera Laboratori, Sillabe Editore, Modigliani Productions and Crossmedia. A narrator, Paolo Noseda, accompanies the audience (in Italian and English) through the most poignant love story of all time.

LA TRAVIATA IN AN IMMERSIVE VERSION AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE IMAGE

The Cathedral of the Image hosts every Thursday at 7.30 and 9.30 p.m., until 26 September, the world's most performed opera La Traviata, for the first time in an unprecedented immersive and semi-staged version produced by Opera Laboratori, Sillabe Editore, Modigliani Produzioni and Crossmedia. A narrator, Paolo Noseda, accompanies the audience (in Italian and English) through the most poignant love story of all time.