Venice Biennale 2026 stands as one of the world’s most anticipated cultural events, transforming the city of Venice into an expansive stage for contemporary art, cinema, theatre, dance, and music. Recognized globally as a benchmark for artistic innovation and international creative dialogue, Venice Biennale 2026 will unite institutions, curators, artists, performers, and audiences from around the world in a seven-month celebration of human expression and cultural exchange. As each edition reshapes the global artistic landscape, the 2026 program promises to reaffirm Venice’s role not only as a historical hub of artistic heritage, but also as a forward-looking laboratory of contemporary thought and experimentation. Taking place across multiple venues throughout the lagoon city – from the monumental Arsenale and the iconic Giardini to the Lido – Venice Biennale 2026 continues a tradition that dates back to 1895, when the first International Art Exhibition inaugurated a new era in culture. Today, the Biennale spans a constellation of artistic disciplines that extend far beyond its original format, creating one of the most comprehensive artistic ecosystems on the planet. With a program that includes the 61st International Art Exhibition, the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, as well as the Biennale’s festivals dedicated to theatre, Read more [...]
Tag: music in Venice
Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 – Live Music Across Historic Venice
The Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 will bring another international music programme to Venice in summer 2027, continuing an event created by Veneto Jazz and developed around concerts staged across some of the city’s most distinctive historic and cultural locations. The upcoming edition will be the 19th edition of the festival. Since its creation in 2008, Venezia Jazz Festival has established a format that connects live music with Venice itself. Rather than relying on a single festival ground, previous editions have used theatres, churches, cultural institutions, hotels, public spaces and other historic venues, allowing each performance to acquire a different architectural and acoustic context. Although jazz remains fundamental to the festival’s identity, its programmes have never been limited exclusively to traditional jazz. Over the years, the event has incorporated soul, funk, world music, electronic music, contemporary composition and crossover projects, alongside performances by internationally recognised jazz musicians. The Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 is produced by Veneto Jazz, an organisation active in the region for decades and responsible for concerts featuring some of the most important figures in international jazz and contemporary music. Its activities extend beyond Venezia Jazz Festival and include concerts, special events, educational projects and collaborations with cultural institutions. Read more [...]
Simply Red @ Venezia Jazz Festival 2027
Buy tickets:TicketOne Simply Red will perform in Venice on Friday, June 25, 2027, as part of the Venezia Jazz Festival 2027. The concert will take place in Piazza San Marco, one of Italy’s most recognisable public spaces, and is scheduled to begin at 9:00 PM. The Simply Red concert in Venice will open the Italian section of the band’s Summer Funk ’27 Tour. The tour follows the group’s 40th-anniversary celebrations and will take Mick Hucknall and his musicians through major venues across the United Kingdom and continental Europe during summer 2027. The Venice performance is organised within Venezia Jazz Festival 2027 by Veneto Jazz and Vigna PR, in collaboration with the City of Venice and Vela. The return of the festival to Piazza San Marco places the British band in a venue previously used for some of Venice’s most important large-scale summer concerts. The show has been presented as an energetic celebration of Simply Red’s catalogue, with Fairground, Something Got Me Started and Money’s Too Tight (to Mention) among the songs specifically highlighted for the tour. Mick Hucknall remains the central figure of a band whose career now extends beyond four decades. Simply Red Simply Red emerged in Manchester Read more [...]
