Mika – In Italia Tour 2023

Do you want to know who are the artists announced for the Umbria Jazz Festival 2024?

Mika will perform on Monday, July 10, 2023, starting with 9.00 pm, at the Arena Santa Giuliana, in Perugia, as part of the Umbria Jazz Festival 2023.

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Besides the concert in Perugia, Mika will also perform on stage in Matera, on July 15, for the Sonic Park Matera 2023.

MIKA

Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. was born on August 18, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Paris and London.

He released his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday, in 2006, and his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, in 2007.

Life in Cartoon Motion sold more than 8.3 million copies worldwide, and helped Mika win a Brit Award and receive a Grammy Award nomination.

His discography consists of five studio albums, four live albums, two compilation albums, eight extended plays, thirty-six singles, thirty-one music videos, and four video albums.

To date, Mika sold over 20 million records worldwide.

UMBRIA JAZZ FESTIVAL

The first edition of the Umbria Jazz Festival was held in 1973. Since then, every year, during the month of July, Perugia hosts concerts of famous jazz players from around the world.

In recent years, Umbria Jazz Festival also opened its doors to other musical genres.

Besides Mika, the lineup of the Umbria Jazz Festival 2023 includes names like Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Brad Mehldau Trio, Branford Marsalis, Rhiannon Giddens, Snarky Puppy, Stewart Copeland, Paolo Conte and Joe Bonamassa.

THE VENUE

Since 2003, the most important concerts of the Umbria Jazz Festival take place on the Arena Santa Giuliana, a stadium in Perugia, used mainly for soccer games.

Arena Santa Giuliana was born in 1937, based on a project by the architect Giuseppe Lilli, to provide the city of Perugia with a real stadium.

The stadium is located in the historical center of the city, about 1.3 kilometers away from the Perugia railway station.

The closest bus stop is located in Via Fratelli Pellas, about 50 meters away, on the bus Lines 102, 103, 104, 105, 112, 114, 115, 117, A, D, E, F022, G, H, I and R.