Concerts, guided tours, exhibitions, festivals and much more during the weekend in Naples!
The weekend in Naples will be full of events and initiatives for all tastes. Here are our tips!
In weekend from 25 to 27 September 2015 will be different cultural events in program, from guided tours in the main museums of the city to festivals, from festivals to concerts. It will be an opportunity to take part in initiatives organized on the occasion of the feast of San Gennaro or to the Isolimpia, i Naples Olympic Games. Moreover, a particularly special event will be YallaFestmulticultural event aimed at rejecting any kind of sexual, social or racial discrimination.
But let's get to the detailed exposition of all the events of the weekend!
Cultural events in Naples
Summer sunsets at the Pausilypon
For an original walk surrounded by nature and archeology il Pausilypon archaeological-environmental park it will be for you. Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2015 the park will be open to the public with a visit that starting from Cave of Seiano will lead you up to the bay of Trentaremi, all framed by the lights of the sunset.
When: until September 2015, every Saturday and Sunday
Where: startpoint Cave of Seiano, Descent Coroglio, 36
Schedule: 19:00
Ticket price: 6 €
Information: 0815754465 - 3285947790 | info@gaiola.org | Official site the Gaiola
By reservation only
For more detailed information see the article on "Summer sunsets at the Pausilypon"
Exhibition on Murat
Il bicentenary of death of King Joachim Murat is celebrated with an exhibition dedicated to him within the Royal Palace of Naples. The temporary exhibition exposes approximately 150 pieces attributable to the sovereign among which you can admire, among others, miniatures, weapons, porcelains and paintings.
When: up to 29 September 2015
Where: Royal Palace, Hall of Hercules
Price: 6 €, free up to 18 years
Timetables: from 9.00 to 19.00. Open every day except Wednesday.
Info: 0815808328 | sbapsae-na.comunicazione@beniculturali.it
More information in our article on "Exhibition on Murat"
Saturday night at the museum
The main museums of Campania will be open to the public even in the evening hours for some suggestive and original night visits. The museums in question are the National archeologic museum, Museum of Capodimonte, Palace of Caserta, Archaeological Museum of Paestum, Archaeological Park of Paestum, Pompeii excavations and excavations of Herculaneum.
When: every Saturday until December 2015
Where: National Archaeological Museum, the Capodimonte Museum, the Royal Palace of Caserta and the National Archaeological Museum of Paestum and Archaeological Park
Schedule: from 20.00 am to 24.00 pm
Price: admission ticket to the museum
For detailed information on museums see our article on "Saturday night at the museum"
Guided tours of the Mother Museum
Il Mother Museum, museum of contemporary art, opens its spaces to citizens and tourists for free visits. Permanent collections and collections will be open to visitors international temporary between which must be reported "Sturtevant Sturtevant", dedicated to the artist Elaine Sturtevant. Among the initiatives must be reported:
- "A Saturday at the museum", an educational visit for adults to be held Saturday 26 September 2015;
- "Museum in Action", a performance didactic visit related to the works exhibited in the museum which will take place on Sunday 27 September 2015.
When: September 2015, every Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Schedule: at 11.00 and 17.00
Where: Mother Museum, in vico Donnaregina (right side of the Diocesan Museum)
Ticket price: free (except Saturday entry).
Info: up to 9 October the entrance to the museum will be from Vico Donnaregina (right side of the Diocesan Museum) to allow the work of setting up the in situ work by Daniel Buren (Axer / Désaxer) on the ground floor. Special directional signs will be set up to guide visitors along the access route.
For more information on the initiatives of the MADRE Museum, consult the our article.
Evening visits to the Solfatara
La Solfatara it will be a charming setting to spend an original evening. A guide will show you the volcano illustrating the main phenomena that characterize it, such as the sound reverberation , condensation of water vapor. The visit will also be enriched by the tasting of anchovies cooked directly on the fumaroles, accompanied by the Falanghina wine of the Phlegraean Fields!
When: the Saturdays of July, August and September 2015
Timetables: 20.00 at the ticket office 20.30 visit start. Duration approximately two hours.
Where: Solfatara volcano, via Solfatara 161 - Pozzuoli
price tickets:
- adults € 15,00
- 5 to 12 years € 6,00
- 0 to 5 years free
Info: 081 5262341 | reservations required, 10.00-13.00
More info in our article on Solfatara.
Evening visits to Pompeii and Herculaneum
Saturday 26 September 2015, i Pompeii excavations need Herculaneum will be open to the public even in the evening hours with a ticket costing only 2 €!
In Ercolano you can go to the discovery of the Pavilion of the Boat and of the doors of the Fornici which originally gave onto the beach of the city and which today host the fossils of the victims of the Vesuvian eruption that overwhelmed Herculaneum.
In Pompeii it will be possible to visit the exhibition "Kidnapped to death. The casts - Photography " inside the Pompeian amphitheater.
When: Saturday September 26 2015
Where:
- excavations of Pompeii, via Villa dei Misteri 2
- excavations of Herculaneum, course Resin 1
Ticket prices: €2
To know the visit shifts see thedetailed article.
Music
Rockalvi Festival
On the occasion of the seventh edition of the Rockalvi Festival there will be many artists who will perform at the House of Music at the Palapartenope to sensitize citizenship to solidarity and to beneficence towards children suffering from rare diseases and for the construction of treatment centers. Among the artists are the A Toys Orchestra, Paolo Benvegnù, Sycamore Age, Spiral69 and a special guest. Claudio Santamaria!
When: 24 and 25 September 2015
Where: Casa della Musica at Palapartenope, via Barbagallao 115
Price:
- Subscription for the 2 days: 15 € + dp
- Single day: 10 € + dp
Info: official website of Rockalvi | Facebook page. Presale pre-sales in the Go2 circuit.
For more info the article on Rockalvi Festival.
Ethnos Festival, concerts of ethnic music
The Ethnos Festival, traveling exhibition of international ethnic music, has reached its twentieth edition with well 12 free concerts in different countries at the foot of Vesuvius! Among the artists will perform Teresa De Sio, Marcello Colasurdo and Moni Ovadia. In addition, the concerts will be accompanied by theatrical visits in eighteenth-century Vesuvian villas and from tastings.
- Friday September 25th
Music of Mali:
concert by Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni ba.
Villa Vannucchi, San Giorgio a Cremano, 21 hours: 00 - Sabbot 26 September
At 21: 00 A SUD Second Movement, a theatrical score for 10 Italian artists and 5 immigrants. Following a concert-party with the immigrant Campanian communities. - Sunday September 27th
Final evening "Itineraries" guided excursion:
19.00 pm Il Canto del Vulcano, concert by Marcello Colasurdo and Paranza
Villa Vannucchi, San Giorgio a Cremano, 21 pm: concert by TARTIT (Mali) and Bombino (Niger)
When: 25, 26 and 27 September 2015
Where: various locations in the Vesuvian area
Ticket price: free admission while seats last
Contacts and information: 0818823978 | 0817956160 / 62 | Facebook page
For more information on the program, the official website of the Ethnos Festival.
Further info in the our article.
San Carlo Opera Festival
The rich program of the San Carlo Opera Festival, which has accompanied the citizens throughout the summer 2015, for this weekend offers a further show. Saturday 26 September 2015 will be staged theDon Pasquale opera, divided into three acts and carried out by the Donizetti and from Ruffini, musicata from Stefano Pavesi in 1810 and with the current direction of Roberto De Simone.
Director: Giancarlo Andretta
Chorus Master: Marco Faelli
Directed by: Roberto De Simone
Date and time: Saturday 26 September 2015, 20.00 hours
Price tickets: from 22 to 50 euro
Information on Don Pasquale at the Teatro San Carlo
More info in the article dedicated to San Carlo Opera Festival.
festivals
Festival of beer and country sausage
During the whole 25-27 September 2015 weekend you can take part in the Beer and Sausage Festival in Pomigliano d'Arco, in the province of Naples, organized bycultural association Pomilia Food & Fun. The consumption of local sausages and beer will be accompanied by musical entertainment and from the sale of local gastronomic products and handicrafts.
When: 25, 26 and 27 September 2015
Where: space adjacent to the market of Via Cosimo Miccoli n ° 83, Pomigliano d'Arco
Schedule: 19:30
Information: Facebook page
Info in the article on Beer and Sausage Festival.
Mushroom festival
Cusano Mutri, starting from the next 25 September 2015, will host a tasty mushroom festival!
The initiative will be an opportunity to participate in guided tours, excursions, to admire photographic exhibitions, to buy handicrafts in the markets, to listen to the itinerant shows of the buskers and not only!
To the mushrooms, which will be protagonists of the festival, will be added typical local products including chestnuts, cheeses, meats and much more.
When: 25, 26 and 27 September 2015
Where: Cusano Mutri (BN)
Schedule: between 12: 00 and 21: 00 hours
Information: Site of the Cusano Mutri
To know the full gastronomic and musical program of the festival, consult thedetailed article.
Other events
Isolimpia 2015
The city of Naples will revisit the Olympic games wanted by theRoman emperor Augustus. There will be many competitions competitions involved in the event and will bring back in vogue, revisited in a modern key, the games protagonists of the Greco-Roman Neapolis. The disciplines imply both individual and team sports including volleyball, theathletics and martial arts, giving a special space to the Paralympic sport.
Friday 25 September 2015
Isolimpici games Category Cultori and awarding of the winners
Where: Terme di Agnano
Time: from the 9.30 13.30
Saturday 26 September 2015
Concluding Happening with Gala Evening
Time: from the 19 21
On the Isolimpia 2015 website the complete program of events.
When: from the 23 to the 26 September 2015
Where:
- Virgilian Park, viale Virgilio
- Terme di Agnano, via Agnano Astroni 24
- Mostra d'Oltremare, avenue Kennedy 54
Info: Isolimpia website
For more info our article on Isolimpia.
Free events at the Campania shopping center
The eighth birthday of the Campania Shopping Center will be celebrated with a few days of free events! During the 25-27 September 2015 weekend, you can watch the cabaret by Simone Schettino and two party dedicated to the little ones!
September 25th
Cabaret with Simone Schettino
The famous Neapolitan comedian will entertain the audience with a show that contains the best of his career, proposing his most famous character. In fact, he will stage "The best of the Neapolitan fundamentalist".
Timetable: 21.45
26 and 27 September
Baby Party
Saturday and Sunday (day of the grand finale) the characters of Melevisione, loved by children will be the protagonists of the Baby Party. There will be Milo Cotogno, the witch Verana and many others.
Timetable: from 17.00
When: 25, 26 and 27 settmbre 2015
Where: Campania Shopping Center, Aurno - Marcianise (CE)
Prezzi: free entry
Timetables: 25 September hours 21.45 | 26 and 27 September from 17.00
More info in the our article.
Yallafest, a multicultural event
Piazza Dante, during the 25-27 September 2015 weekend, will be the protagonist of the multicultural event "YallaFest"! The busy program of events includes, among others, photographic exhibitions, food and wine tastings, workshops for children, music, theater, documentaries and much more. Therefore, all the initiatives have a single common denominator which is the contrast to discrimination racial, cultural, social and ethnic.
When: from the 25 to the 27 September 2015
Where: Piazza Dante
Schedule: 17:00 am - 24:00 am
Information: Facebook page
The complete program in our article on "YallaFest".
Feast of San Gennaro
The feast of the patron saint of Naples, San Gennaro, is strongly felt by all citizens. Reason why there are several religious and civil events organized in the city to celebrate it. Following the last 19 September, a day dedicated to the celebration of the Saint with the miracle of blood liquefaction and many other events, the initiatives will continue during the weekend! The September 25 will be the moment of the Great gala dedicated to San Gennaro and the 26 September le young musical bands of "Sing, play and walk" they will cheer the audience with their music in the historic center to reach the city's Duomo.
25 September 2015
San Gennaro day - III Edition
Grand gala directed by Gianni Simioli. Event organized by Jesce Sole as part of Imago Mundi.
Where: Churchyard of the Duomo
Timetable: 21.00
26 September 2015
The boys of Naples in concert for San Gennaro
The musical bands of “Sing, play and walk”. Curated by Scabec.
Where: Ancient Center / Sagrato del Duomo
Timetable: 19.30
When: 25 and 26 September 2015
Where: Duomo and several places in Naples
Price: free events subject to availability
Info: official website of the event for more information about the program
For more info the article dedicated to Feast of San Gennaro.
