Events in Naples during the weekend from 31 August to 2 September 2018 | 16 tips
Cultural initiatives, free museums, open-air cinema, night of candles and more with events in Naples during the weekend from 31 August to 2 September 2018.
This last weekend of August, which connects directly to the beginning of September, gives us in any case many institutional events, interesting to live Napoli, our beautiful city. With the initiatives that go from the 31 August to the 2 September 2018 you can surely find what's right for you.
First of all, there are the free museums, like every first Sunday of the month, but also other cultural events like the night visits to the excavations of Pompeii, Oplonti e Boscoreale or the 2 euro admission to the Capodimonte Museum.
Il outdoor cinema continues to give emotions with the many facilities in Naples, as in the Mostra d'Oltremare and to Vomero, or in the province as a Pozzuoli, arcade e Herculaneum.
Sunday, however, new appointment with the Pietrarsa Express, vintage train to get to the beautiful Museum of Pietrarsa and visit the historic locomotives.
That's all best weekend events in Naples.
This post in brief
- Cultural events
- Outdoor cinema
- Other events
Cultural events
1Free museums in Naples Sunday 2 September 2018: here are the museums open
Sunday 2 September 2018 the free museums return to Naples and the rest of Campania with many structures that adhere to the initiative that has now been going on for four years thanks to Minister Franceschini.
2Vissi d'Arte 2018 in San Domenico Maggiore in Naples: the life of famous painters on stage
The Vissi d'Arte exhibition returns, in the Cloister of the Convent of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, which tells, through interesting theatrical performances, the life of famous and important painters. This edition takes place from 31 August to 2 September and stages the stories of Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, Caravaggio and tells the artistic current of Futurism, in four art courts. In addition, he will introduce us to Oskar Kokoschka and El Greco.
3White Paper Exhibition at the Museum of Capodimonte in Naples with ten special curators
The Carta Bianca- Capodimonte Imaginaire exhibition takes place from 12 December 2017 to 18 June 9 December 2018 at the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.
4Capodimonte Museum in Naples, Friday evening at 2 euros for the 2018 summer
Starting from Friday 29 June 2018, throughout the summer (until 5 October 2018, every Friday, the Capodimonte Museum will remain open to the public until 22.30 and for those who decide to visit it in the evening, i.e. from 19.30 to 22.30, the price of the visit will be only € 2. It will be possible to visit at a reduced price both the current exhibitions and the collections kept inside the museum.
5Pompeii at the Madre Museum in Naples, the exhibition that unites archeology and contemporary art
Pompeii @ Mother. Matter Archeologica is the title of the unmissable exhibition that will be held at the Madre Museum in Naples for about a year, from 19 November 2017 to 24 September 2018, and which inaugurates the unprecedented collaboration between the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Campania regional museum of contemporary art.
6The Scapiliata by Leonardo da Vinci in Naples on display at Palazzo Zevallos
Until 2 September 2018, the Palazzo Zevallos in Naples will continue to host the L'Ospite Illustre review. Among the numerous paintings featured in the exhibition, the presence of Head of a Woman, a work of art by Leonardo da Vinci known as La Scapiliata, which has been on display since 6 July, should be noted.
7Night visits to Pompeii, Oplontis and Boscoreale at a reduced price for summer 2018
From Saturday 27 July to 28 September 2018, every Friday and Saturday from 20,30 to 23,30, it will be possible to visit the illuminated paths in the Vesuvian archaeological sites of Pompeii, villa di Poppea ad Oplontis, the Antiquarium of Boscoreale and for the first time the Villa S. Marco in Stabia. The admissions for these visits will also be at a reduced price, in the case of Villa S. Marco free.
Outdoor cinema
8Outdoor cinema in the Mostra d'Oltremare of Naples for the 2018 summer with many successful films
The weekend program includes the following films:
September 1th
Ignorance is bliss
September 2th
Annabelle 2 - Creation
The 31 August, however, there will be the Just Beat It - Michael Jackson Tribute Band
9Outdoor cinema at the Parco del Poggio in Naples for the 2018 summer: the film program
Al Park of the Poggio, for the open-air cinema, the screening of the film is foreseen The Post with Meryl Streep e Tom Hanks directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the true story of the publication of the Pentagon Papers from the daily The Washington Post. The top secret documents of the US Department of Defense were related to the war in Vietnam.
10Outdoor cinema at the Martuscelli Institute in Naples with events and concerts for the 2018 summer
Il outdoor cinema in the Martuscelli Institute of Vomero district provides for the projection of the Tonya movie.
11Drive In in Pozzuoli for summer 2018: the outdoor cinema to watch from the car
Return to the end of August the open-air cinema in Pozzuoli, with the Drive in which to view the films directly from the car. This week you will see the movie Stay with me.
12Open-air cinema in Portici throughout the summer with Fresko Film 2018
The programming of the outdoor cinema It provides:
August 31th
Yours, Simon
1 and 2 September
The professors arrive
13Open-air cinema in Herculaneum, summer 2018 in the name of films not to be missed
The program of outdoor cinema:
Saturday and Sunday 1 2 September
"Avengers - Infinity War" by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo (also screening in original language with Italian subtitles)
Other events
14Night of Candles in the fairy forest at Lake Averno between fairytale and legend
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 September 2018 at Lake Averno there will be very special evening visits illuminated by candles and in the company of fairies and legends. The theatrical visit, aimed at families but not only, will take place in the "Fairy Woods" on the shores of the lake and will accompany the public to discover various characters linked to the ancient fairy tale of the lake.
15House of insects in Città della Scienza
From Sunday 4 March 2018 a new exhibition area will open in Città della Scienza di Napoli: Insects and Co. In this great exhibition, but above all interactive, we will discover the secrets and mechanisms that regulate the world of these small and numerous living beings but also of spiders, scorpions and other invertebrates. A journey to learn what they eat, how they reproduce, where they live and how they help keep ecosystems stable.
16Pietrarsa Express 2018, the dates to travel by vintage train to the railway museum
After the great success achieved in recent years, the Pietrarsa Express is back, a historic train that transports travelers on an evocative itinerary. All the dates of 2018 are now available: visitors will be able to take advantage of two monthly appointments with a double schedule in the morning and in the afternoon.