A number of outdoor concerts will be held across Italy to celebrate New Year's Eve.
Singers to perform on Saturday will include Fedez, J-Ax and
Fabio Rovazzi in the Puglia city of Bari, bands Stadio and
Tiromancino in Naples and Marco Mengoni.
Here are the main events scheduled on Saturday night:
TURIN WITH PLANET FUNK AND MANGABOO - The first New Year's
Eve celebration in the north-western city of Turin's central
Piazza San Carlo to be organized with a public tender will
include concerts by Planet Funk, rapper Ensi, Mangaboo, the
Niagara band, Victor Kwality and Krakatoa Dj Set.
Singer and song-writer Samuel from the Subsonica band is the
artistic director of the event and will present songs from his
new album.
He is taking part in the Sanremo song festival next February.
MARIO BIONDI IN MILAN - Milan's Piazza del Duomo will host a
free concert with Mario Biondi and Annalisa.
Other New Year's Eve events scheduled in the Lombardy region
include concerts by Charlie and The Cast in Brescia's Piazza
della Vittoria, DJs Andrea Alquati and Davide Monteverdi in
Cremona's Piazza Stradivari and Daniele Silvestri in Piazza
Sordello in Mantua, the 2016 Italian capital of culture.
TIGHTROPE WALKERS IN GENOA - The northern port city of Genoa
will celebrate with the Circumnavigando Festival to be held
under a circus tent in the old port and a performance by
tightrope walkers from the NoGravity4monks group on a steel wire
at an altitude of 60 meters that is built to resemble
"traditional" string instruments.
DJs IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA - Performances in Bologna will include
a house music concert by DJs Rou and Nas while DJ Lorenzo Rossi,
son of Italian rock icon Vasco Rossi, will perform in Modena.
In Parma, 1990s star Fatboy Slim will hold a concert while in
Reggio Emilia The Swing Brothers' Sergio Caputo and Francesco
Baccini will hold a concert.
In the beach resort town of Rimini, Dj Skin will perform at
the Galli Thetare, along with singer Francesco Renga in Piazzale
Fellini.
MENGONI IN FLORENCE - Florence's panoramic square Piazzale
Michelangelo will host a free concert by Marco Mengoni while
Mika's concert at the Opera Theater is already sold out.
Open-air performances and initiatives have also been
scheduled in other squares downtown and in the Scandicci
district with a free concert by Nada and Motta.
MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES AT ROME'S CIRCUS MAXIMUS AND TIBER
FRONT - In Rome, celebrations will kick off at 10 pm at the
Circus Maximus with two circus performances and Dj Sets.
Shows on the bridges Ponte della Musica and Ponte della
Scienza will kick off at 3 am on January 1.
STADIO AND TIROMANCINO IN NAPLES - Concerts in the central
Piazza del Plebiscito will include performances by bands Stadio
and Tirmoancino and by Clementino, Franco Ricciardi, Valerio
Jovine and Giulia Luzi.
The stunning castle Castel dell'Ovo as of 1:30 am will be lit
up by fireworks while the promenade will become a big open-air
discoteque.
ALVARO SOLER AND FRANCESCO FACCHINETTI IN CALABRIA -
Catanzaro will host concerts by singer and song-writer Eman, the
Opa Cupa band while Spanish song-writer Alvaro Soler will
perform in Cosenza and Francesco Facchinetti in Crotone.
'THE YEAR TO COME' IN POTENZA - The southern city of Potenza
will host a performance by presenter Amadeous, "L'anno che
verrà" (the year to come), to be broadcast by the first and
second channels of State broadcaster RAI starting at 9 pm.
Matera, which hosted Raiuno's New Year's Eve celebrations
last year - will offer concerts by the Dire Straits Legacy and
other artists.
FEDEZ, J-AX AND ROVAZZI IN BARI - Celebrations organized by
Radionorba will take place in Bari's Piazza Prefettura with
rappers Fedez, J-Ax and Jungle Brother and singer Fabio Rovazzi.
NINO D'ANGELO AND LUCA CARBONI IN PALERMO - Nino D'Angelo
will sing in Palermo's Piazza Giulio Cesare, along with Massimo
Minutella with the Lab Orchestra.
Singer Luca Carboni will perform in the central Piazza
Politeama along with comedians Sergio Friscia and Roberta
Giarruso.
Singer Carmen Consoli will hold a concert in Catania with the
Orchestra Notte della Taranta.
GAZZE', DOLCENERA AND GUALAZZI IN SARDINIA - Singers to
perfom in Sardinia on New Year's Eve will include Max Gazzè in
Castelsardo, Raphael Gualazzi in Sassari, Dolcenera in
Arzachena, Ron in La Maddalena and Povia in Fonni.
Cagliari will host events in five different squares.
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