What to do on May 1, 2015 in Naples among museums, festivals, exhibitions, musical performances, festivals, markets and guided tours
Napoli prepares to celebrate the1 May 2015, Labor Day, offering citizens and tourists awide variety of events to spend the day.
Whether you want to spend a few hours visiting international and museums, such as those on Milo Manara and Andy Warhol, or walks and guided itineraries as part of the Maggio dei Monumenti, whether you want to have fun with della good music or participate in festivals and festivals in the province, you do not risk being disappointed.
Between exhibitions of paintings and less traditional works, guided tours discovering our artistic heritage, hipster market, concerts, festivals, festivals, Comicon and much more, you are spoiled for choice to decide what to do on May XNUMXst in the city.
Exhibitions
Milo Manara, the Rooms of Desire
The works of the Italian cartoonist will be exhibited at the PAN until the May 3 on the occasion of the XNUMXth birthday of the artist. 120 works, starting from the first of a biographical nature to the latest most popular comics. The flagship is an unedited print made available by a collector!
When: until May 30 2015
Where: Palazzo delle Arti Naples, Via dei Mille 60
Schedule: 10:30 am - 19:30 am
Ticket price: 5 €
Info: more details, in our dedicated article
Andy Warhol free at the Vulcano Buono
The exhibition Andy Warhol in the City arrives at the Vulcano Buono di Nola with 40 works among the most famous of the American artist, including the portraits of Marilyn, Campbell's cans, Flowers and Rolling Stones album covers.
Unusual location for an exhibition, but which conveys the idea that art can be enjoyed anywhere.
When: until May 17 2015
Where: Vulcano Buono di Nola, Piazza Capri
Ticket price: free entry
Info: 081 5109197. More details in our article on the exhibition
Planta, market exhibition at the Botanical Garden
From May XNUMXst it will be possible to visit “Planta, the garden and beyond…” entirely dedicated to the world of plants. You can admire spontaneous and non-spontaneous plant species and also very rare or even unique specimens. All enriched by stands with handicrafts, workshops, conferences and tastings
When: from 1 to 3 May 2015
Where: Botanical Garden, via Foria 223
Ticket price: price quotation
Info: more details in the our article
As a child's play
Contemporary artist Daniel Buren transforms the museum space into a play area, with his exhibition characterized by precise geometric shapes and minimal colors, all closely linked to the exhibition space. The Madre Museum will thus become a real play space with real-size buildings and strategically placed installations as if they were an integral part of the museum's architecture.
When: until the 31 August 2015
Where: Mother Museum, Via Settembrini 79, Naples
Timetables: To 10.00 19.30
Ticket price: intero 7 € | reduced 3.50 €
Info: for all the details, As a child's play
Dante Alighieri in Sorrento
An exhibition of 18 depicting marble slabs episodes of Hell taken from the Divine Comedy of Dante. Panels that are part of a traveling exhibition that has already met with great success in China and other Italian cities. Located in the Villa Comunale of Sorrento, transformed for the occasion into a museum, they “overlook” the splendid Gulf of Naples.
When: until the 31 August 2015
Where: Villa Comunale di Sorrento
Schedule: 10:00 am - 22:00 am
Ticket price: price quotation
Info: for other details, thearticle on Dante in Sorrento
Culture and guided tours
Opening of Pompeii and Herculaneum
On May 2015st XNUMX the extraordinary opening of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the other Vesuvian archaeological excavations is scheduled, Stabia, Oplontis and the Boscoreale Museum. The sites will be open until evening to allow tourists and citizens to discover the art and history of these places, already precious objects, amphitheaters, houses, mosaics and spas.
When: 1 May 2015
Where: excavations of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae and Boscoreale Museum
Schedule: 8,30-19,30 (last entry 18,00 hours)
Ticket prices:
- Pompeii: 11 €, reduced 5.50 €
- Herculaneum: 11 €, reduced 5.50 €
- Stabia, Oplonti, Boscoreale: 5.50 €, reduced 2,75 €
- Access to 5 sites (Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplonti, Stabia, Boscoreale, validity 3 days): full 20 €, reduced 10 €
Info: for all other info, the our in-depth article
The Holy Mile
The guided tours with tasting along the Sacred Mile route begin on 1 May 2015. We will go to the discovery of precious heritage of the Health District, starting from the Catacombs of San Gennaro and the Fontanelle Cemetery, passing through the Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità and Palazzo San Felice. We will continue with the artistic, historical and cultural masterpieces of the Borgo delle Vergini and Porta San Gennaro, accompanying everything with street food tastings.
When: until 31 October 2015
Where: Basilicas, Catacombs and Palaces of the Rione Sanità
Schedule: 9:30
Info
- 081 744 37 14 | communication@catacombedinapoli.it
- For all the details on the itinerary, the article on Holy Mile
Naples Paint Stories
Guided tours a little out of the ordinary, to discover an original and not very traditional art form: street art. We will go to the discovery of the many murals, graffiti e stencil made on the city walls and we will discover anecdotes and interesting curiosities.
When: May 1st 2015 at 15.00 pm | May 2, 2015 at 15.00 pm | 3 May 2015 at 11.00
Where: in different streets of the city
Duration: around 3 hours
Info: 3331589423 | Napoli Paint Stories Facebook page
May info in our dedicated article
I speak Napulitano
Do you know your language? Can you write in Neapolitan? Test your knowledge in Piazza Dante, with the fun exams on the Neapolitan language organized by Giambattista Basile, engaged in the protection and promotion of the Neapolitan!
When: 2 May 2015
Schedule: from 10.30 am to 18.30 pm
Where: Piazza Dante
Ticket price: price quotation
Info: more details in the piece on I speak Naples
Music
Neapolis of Love Summer Fest
Lots electronic music concerts at the Ecoparco del Mediterraneo of Castel Volturno, with internationally renowned DJs, relaxation areas and areas food. All this against the backdrop of an enchanting location overlooking a natural lake surrounded by large green areas.
When: 30 April and 1 May 2015
Where: Ecopark of the Mediterranean, via Fiumitello II, Location Mezzagni, Castelvolturno (CE)
Price tickets:
- 2 days: 30 April and 1 May 35 €
- 1 day: 1 May 20 €
Info: 081 18995027 - 345 7043670 - 366 3954939 | Neapolis of Love website
Other information in the our dedicated article.
Sal Da Vinci in concert
The beloved Neapolitan cantate will be in concert for ten days at the Augusteo Theater to present the new album, "If love is”Composed of eight unreleased tracks and three reinterpretations. The fil rouge of work is precisely love, probed in all its forms, from passionate to family, passing through friendship relationships to adulterous ones.
When: from 1 to 10 May 2015
Where: Augusteo Theater, P.tta duca d'Aosta 263
Info:
- 081414243 - 405660 | teatroaugusteo@libero.it
- more details in the piece on the concert of Sal Da Vinci
Sorrento Piano Festival
The church of San Paolo in Sorrento will be the location of many classical music concerts, all with free admission. The main instrument will be the piano, played both in a solo and chamber key, up to taking on the role of accompanist of voices and instruments. The voice will be the soprano Antonia EM Palazzo and I will play the pianist Paolo Scibilia.
When: 1 May 2015
Where: Church of San Paolo, via Tasso, Sorrento
Schedule: to 20.45
Price tickets: free entry
Info: Sorrento Piano Festival
Convivio Armonico
In the historical center of Naples, at the Museum Shop in via Nilo and in various churches and sacred places, will take place concerts of ancient music, with works ranging from the eighteenth century to the modern era. For the Labor Day there will be "Concerts and Arias in the Neapolitan".
When: until the 2 August 2015
Where: Concerts and Arias at the Napolitana at the Museum Shop, Piazzetta Nilo
Schedule: 19.00
Price: 5€
More info on Convivio Armonico
Feast of the Tammorra
A traveling festival under the banner of tammurriate which on May 1st will stop in Succivo, in the province of Caserta. We will dance to the notes of folk songs that have made the history of our region and of the south in general. The artistic direction is of the great Marcello Colasurdo.
When: 1 May 2015
Where: Succivo (EC)
Price: price quotation
festivals
Festival of Ancient Taverns
It will involve 8 taverns and will take place at the farm of'IS “Falcone” of Licola di Pozzuoli. It will be a real one costume show set in the 700s with 300 extras and typical local products. Rice supplì, squid and fried anchovies, crocchè and much more will be the protagonists of the event, enriched by dances and music.
When: from 1 to 3 May 2015
Where: Giovanni Falcone State Institute for the Environment and Agriculture, Via Domiziana 150 - Licola di Pozzuoli
Schedule: from hour to hour 10.00 23.00
Ticket price: price quotation
Info: official page istitutofalcone | nais06200c@istruzione.it | 081.8678156
For the menu and the rest of the program, ours in-depth article.
Artichoke Festival
In Capaccio, in the province of Salerno, the festival dedicated entirely to artichoke will take place. All the dishes will have as main element and you can choose from the many dishes provided by the menu. For example we will have i artichokes gilded and fried, fried pizza with artichoke cream, fried pizza with tomato or penne with speck and artichokes. All surrounded by music, dancing and folk songs.
When: from April to 29 3 May 2015
Where: Borgo di Gromola, Capaccio-Paestum (SA)
Ticket price: price quotation
Information: 338 9416690 / 333 6092036 |info@festadelcarciofo.it
More info on Artichoke Festival
Other events
Comicon 2015
Finally the Comicon begins, awaited by hundreds of thousands of people! The event will start the 30 April and will end the 3 May with many events dedicated to the world of manga, comics, gods Games with many Italian and international guests and a rich one program of events.
When: from April to 30 3 May 2015
Where: Mostra d'Oltremare
Info: for all the info on prices and events, our page dedicated to Comicon 2015
Hipster market at the beach
The now well-known Hipster Market in Naples moves to an exceptional location for the Labor Day! The stands with the works of emerging Neapolitan artists will be set up on the beach of the Panorama Beach of Bacoli, where there will also be a djset. Between vintage products and the hits of the moment, you will spend a day of realism and fun.
When: Friday May 1 2015
Schedule: from hours to 12.00 24
Where: Panorama Beach, Via Spiaggia Romana, 37, Bacoli
Prezzi: for those in possession of the Bonus, the time slots with the relative prices are as follows:
- 12.00- 15.00 free entry
- 15.00-18.00 7.50 €
Info: antonellanss@gmail.com (Antonella Mignogna) 3332439055
All the details in our article on the Hipster market at the beach
Russian dances
An interesting intercultural party that recreates a party with Russian dances, Ukrainians, Belarusians, but also Neapolitans, transporting us, as if by magic, to another era. Among the music, dances and traditions typical of Moscow and St. Petersburg, among others, we will live an evening traveling from the 1800s to the 2000s.
When: Friday May 1 2015
Where: Lab-house, Vico Santa Maria Vertecoeli, 6
Schedule: 10:00
Ticket price: not received
Information: assoc.bellarus@yahoo.it | Facebook page
Further info inarticle on Russian Dances from 1800 to 2000
Pic Nic
If time permits, it would also be ideal to go for a nice outing for relax with friends, eat good food homemade and having fun with outdoor games and music. Both Naples and the rest of Campania offer numerous locations to visit and you can find them in our list of most beautiful places for picnics.
