Music & Art Festivals in Southern Tuscany and Umbria

Umbria Jazz, Perugia. Perugia’s summer jazz festival--one of Europe’s biggest and best--runs from mid-July until early August. The smaller winter festival takes place from December 29 to January 5--including a New Year's Eve. Banquet and all-night jazz parties.

Spoleto Festival --From June 27th to July 13th, this beautiful hill town hosts a world famous music, opera and drama festival--plus open air concerts in the duomo piazza.

Orvieto Musica--Three weeks of chamber music workshops and concerts in July.

Gubbio Festival--Late July to early August classical music concerts by internationally renown performers in the town and below in the ruins of a 1st century Roman theater.

Tuscan Sun Festival, Cortona. Mid-August festival of cinema, opera, orchestral concerts, chamber music, art lectures, guided tours with wine tastings and spa visits are all part of this tasting of Tuscany’s culture.

Todi Art Festival--late August through early September--ten days of music, theater, dance and the visual arts in charming medieval surroundings.

Festival of Sacred Music, Perugia--During the second and third week of September, this important festival draws composers and performers from every continent. As they leave town, other world-famous musicians are arriving for Perugia’s Festival of Classical Music.

Antique Show of Italy, Todi--At Easter time, fashionable Todi is home to one of the world’s finest antique fairs.

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