Here all the artists divided by countries
- Belgium
- Les Contes d'Asphaldt (Belgium)Itinerant puppets theatre
Octaaph, a larger-than-life skeleton bird, is given a glimpse of the living world by a curious couple. He becomes timid when he realises that his walk will require him to show off ancient skills. During this short performance, he and his audience rediscover his long-forgotten dream of flight.
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ITINERANTIn Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - La Bastarda Company (Belgium)Nouveau cirque on the mexican hammock
A lonely, burlesque and dreamlike trip on the Mexican hammock, that becomes a net, a boat, a horizon, an ocean, a swing, a flying carpet.
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RECOMMENDED AGE +6In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Brasil
- Catin Nardi Marionette (Brasil)Puppets theatre
Catin Nardi’s puppets sails poetically in the universe of music; the coreography creates poetics and comics moments.
This show has already partecipated to various national and international festivals, its peculiarity is the sofisticate control and a high quality of puppets.SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Canada-Germany
- Dado (Canada-Germany)Physical comedy
Your favorite hunchback returns to Pennabilli. New hilarious routines, comedy for the whole family and poetic silent stories.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - England
- Ramshacklicious (England)Chaotic musical comedy with a touch of disaster
Mr & Mr Burn - Chaotic, offbeat, musical comedy with a touch of disaster.
NATIONAL PREMIERE
RECOMMENDED AGE +6In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Adrian Sherwood (England)Dub and reggae music
Classic trucks and rare dub discs will be the base for Adrian Sherwood's show, who mixing and adding live effects, will build his own studio in live.
SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 15 Jun - Los Albertos (England)Ska-punk music, instant party band
High energy ska dance music from a six piece band from the UK Brighton.
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Ethiopia - Italia
- ExArt Circus (Ethiopia - Italia)Nouveau cirque
A small “Fellinian" circus show travels around squares offering a variety circus performances with a common element: the presence of the Beast! Which Beast are we talking about? Depends. Now it’s a big monkey, now it’s a lion, sometime could be a chamaleon or a minotaur. Sometime we don’t know.
The performers are two artists: Clio, white skin; Solomon, black skin. Who is the beast between them is not so clear.
We could also think that the audience is the beast!NATIONAL PREMIERE
SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun - France
- Marcel et ses Drôles de Femmes (France)Nouveau cirque
Miss Dolly is a 35 minutes performance of aerial and korean cradles played outdoors. 4 dusty characters coming from who knows where, invest the scene. Taking with them, apples, humour, absurdity, aerobatics, and wind.
SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Jyoti Supernaturel (France)Illusionism, contact juggling
One of the world magic acrobalancing illusion juggling Act. (Act with crystal balls, cards and coins illusions).
RECOMMENDED AGE +8
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Rara Woulib (France)Itinerant musical theater with syncretic rituals
A partecipatory performance that involvs the audience. Bizangos invite us to a strange nocturnal promenade: a fantastic tale that questions man's place within a group, and his potential to become monstrous. With its unique form of musical theater, the group Rara Woulib deepens its artistic research into sacred songs, states of trance, and syncretic rituals.
NATIONAL PREMIERE
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ITINERANTIn Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun - Claire Ducreux (France)Physical theatre, danse
An explosion, a shower of ash, an homage to life by a trembling tree and a dancing tramp.
Silencis is an invitation to breathe together at the slow and deep rhythm of life.NATIONAL PREMIERE
RECOMMENDED AGE +7In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun - San Salvador (France)Occitan polyphonic choir
World Music a cappella, Polyphonie Occitane
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In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Le Cirque Bidon (France)Nouveau cirque
Back in Italy, after the success of summer 2016, the legendary French contemporary circus company led by François Rauline, called Bidon, who will present the italian premier of the new show "Entrez dans la danse!" at Artisti in Piazza.
SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 11 Jun, 12 Jun, 13 Jun, 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun - Germany
- Shishko Disco (Germany)Psychedelic prog-rock music with north-african rhythm and arab flavor
A unique fusion of psychedelic prog-rock , north african rhythm and arab flavor.
SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Italy
- Di Filippo Marionette (Italy)Puppets theatre
Puppets show, full of poetry and semplicity. Involve, touch and amuse. The puppets are alive, thanks to their ability of spreading feelings.
“Light as a flying feather, strong as the heart beat on the pillow”RECOMMENDED AGE +3
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Dago Red (Italy)Blues music
An elegant journey, an all-round artistic project, an engaging experimentation. Songs ranging from blues to folk to acoustics and every cover, of the thousand CDs made, is a unique piece.
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In Pennabilli: 16 Jun, 17 Jun - OnArts (Italy)Nouveau cirque
At the beginning it can look like a chaotic scenography, but it’s Giulio Lanzafame’s universe, he is an eternal traveller looking for approval. Nothing is a coincidence during his pilgrimage: each detail has a meaning, each movement has a purpose. Lets Giulio seduce you, with his bizarre way, between dramatic turn of events, he will bewitch you tickling your imagination.
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In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - MagdaClan Circo (Italy)Nouveau cirque
Thoughts, emotions and limits are omnipresent and alive in our heads. Our mind is like a circus tent where acrobats and musicians travel from one hemisphere to another, bringing attention to who really leads within us: soul, heart or mind?
A tribute to the human being and his incredible mechanism, to the daily balance, to the circus of life.NATIONAL PREVIEW
RECOMMENDED AGE +5In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Circo Pacco (Italy)Visual comedy, clown
This show does't have any sad moment. Frank Duro & Gustavo Leumann make the circus world alive again using the parody method. A mute show that will make everyone talking about it!
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Bagini e Carlone (Italy)Music and theatre with vegetables
Nature and technology are often distant and antithetical between each other, in the Conciorto they become an idea of artistic summary thanks to Ototo device that allows to play vegetables.
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In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun - Ermelinda Coccia (Italy)Sand art
A sand animations' journey, where the search for a new world ties reality and dream together.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Duo Masawa (Italy)Nouveau cirque
A contemporary circus show where the discipline of hand-hand merges harmoniously with dance and movement.
Through the leitmotif of the universal couple, the 5 senses' concept is choreographed.OFF
SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Fake Jam (Italy)Funky, jazz, soul music
The name Fake Jam refers to the fiction that dominates and regulates the social networks on which the group tried to emerge, even going against their nature and submitting to the fake filter of fiction and falsity, which unfortunately these platforms often involve. Fake Jam therefore wants to be a sort of critique of these mechanisms; an admission that makes us believe in the artistic sincerity of the group, spontaneous like a jam session but elaborated until it becomes a fake.
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In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Agro The Clown (Italy)Clownerie, mime
ImproLocura is an hilarious and energetic comedy theater, where the performers' circus skills mix with improvisation and comedy.
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Minor Swing Quintet (Italy)Power afro, swing, rock’n’roll music
The band's heterogeneity, which unites different musical paths from rock to soul, world music and classical music, is the key for the modernization process of gipsy jazz to which Minor Swing Quintet aspire.
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Marco Sforza (Italy)Singer-songrwiter - voice and guitar
Marco Sforza (born in 1981) is a musician and a songwriter, a storyteller with a strong sense of humor and sincere musicality, excellent pianist and mocking guitarist.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Dub Lab Interceptor Hi-Fi (Italy)Roots and dub music
Roots and dub from 80s to the present day, from Jamaica to great Italian and English productions.
A trio of selectors and MC who, with their good vibes, will accompany you to the discovery of the vinyl world.SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun - Cininho Dj (Italy)Dj Set
Resident Dj since the first edition of the Festival.
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Zenzero e Cannella Folk Band (Italy)Internazional Folk music and dances
Zenzero&Cannella is a folk music band that offers international's popular songs and dance.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 17 Jun - Teatro della Tosse - Balletto Civile (Italy)Theatre, dance
The labyrinth is the place where the symbolic sacrifice is made, so the animal evolves into man. Let's get into the labyrinth, the human brain, let's get lost, let's leave a red thread behind us to find the exit, or maybe the entrance.
RECOMMENDED AGE +12
In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - ArS RuRaliS (Italy)Sound installation
Harps and wind flutes.
SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun - Vertebra (Italy)Alternative rock music
Alternative rock band from Pennabilli, which will perform with unpublished songs that deal with topics such as the social unease of young people, with a sound very close to Nine Inch Nails or Nirvana.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 17 Jun - La Principessa Celsa (Italy)Itinerant comic show
The Princess Celsa wanders the streets of the Festival looking for a prince..
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SUITABLE FOR ALLITINERANT
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Up&Clown (Italy)Clownerie
A funny, incredible, poetic, comic show about boxing.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - MUSSS - Museo del Parco Sasso Simone e Simoncello (Italy)Night Walk
Two itineraries around Pennabilli, accompanied by stories, legends of the past and present, among paths and hidden places, littel rivers and abandoned villages.
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In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun - Italy - Argentina
- Julico & La Terapia Latina (Italy - Argentina)Latin American music
A joyful and engaging live concert, where Julico is accompany by his band “La Terapia Latina”- para curar la tristeza-; he is presenting his songs in italian and spanish, together with some of the most beautiful pieces from Latin America and Spain, with determination and joy. A mix between latin american rhythms and european songs.. a Carnival of Buena Onda!
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In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Italy - Argentina - Cuba
- Ruben Rojo Y Pennabilli Social Club (Italy - Argentina - Cuba)Traditional music from south america
Traditional repertoire from Southamerica as well as contaminations from other countries made into music by these energetic characters. Headliner of Artisti in Piazza since 1998!
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In Pennabilli: 17 Jun - Italy - France
- Têtes de Mules (Italy - France)Grotesque theatre, splatter puppets
This show is a liberating act that desecrates common sense and politically correct. It is an invitation to take away the weight of fear, it is a laugh in death's face. Mixing comedy and Greek tragedy, two Shakespearian buffoons pay homage to the ancient tradition of the circus, putting on stage all the magic ... under a thick patina of black mood.
RECOMMENDED AGE +10
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Side - My!Laika (Italy - France)Nouveau Cirque
While the ships with their loads of men and things defy the sea, mirages, storms and whales shake the nights of some characters in a port. In the wait that is created to set sail, dreams and nightmares as harpoons pierce their thoughts that turn into jumps, feats, perilous games to deceive time. Laerte pays homage to the sea, to its majestic waves that decide what destinies disrupt.
RECOMMENDED AGE +5
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Italy - Portugal
- Forró Miór (Italy - Portugal)Forró, afro, latin music
Accordion, guitar, zabumba and triangle create an irresistible rhythmic groove in which the song is melted, light and intense, that speaks of party, of dances, but also of migration stories, distance and saudade. Several musical contaminations from milonga, cumbia to calypso, samba and latin jazz.
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Japan
- CruCruCirque DX (Japan)Yakuza film style comedy theater!
8Q3 is performed by 4 Japanese men, all born in Showa period (Emperor Hirohito).
They challenge all the taboo in Japanese society! 8Q3 is a non-verbal performance and has a taste of Yakuza film!SUITABLE FOR ALL
In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Keiichi Iwasaki (Japan)Comic magic
Magic and comedy meet in a fun and carefree show, brought on stage by a nice guy.
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RECOMMENDED AGE +6In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Netherlands - Canada
- The Flying Dutchmen (Netherlands - Canada)Juggling with uncycle
"Michiel Hesseling, a juggling virtuoso, and Jean-Michel Paré, juggler, unicyclist and clown teamed up and produced a show that is slicker, funnier, tighter and more cumulatively skilful than anything seen in street performances living memory" (quote by Buskers Hall of Fame)
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Scotland
- The Langan Band (Scotland)Celtic folk and balkan music
Celtic folk music with balkan, gypsy and flamenco elements.
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Spain
- Guixot de 8 (Spain)Street games
The Games, once on the street, turn it into a playful space for people of all ages and conditions.
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In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Trukitrek (Spain)Puppets theatre and animation cinema
Mr. Train is inspired by the tale “The blu dog” of Tonino Guerra, italian poet and screenwriter. It’s a poetic fairy tale which talks about loneliness. A show without words which mix the puppets theater and the animation cinematography... great for adults and kids.
RECOMMENDED AGE +6
In Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Eastern Spaghetti (Spain)Italian music 50s 60s 70s
Cover band born in Barcelona, composed of musicians of five different nationalities, they offer Italian music's version of the '50s,' 60s, '70s.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Swizerland - Brazil
- Jessica Arpin / Cia Tita8lou (Swizerland - Brazil)Clownerie, cirque
Miss Margarita prepares her pizzas with hands, with feet, with everything ... attention is dangerous!
NATIONAL PREMIERE
SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - UK
- Hodmadoddery (UK)British and International Folk music
British and International Folk music: acoustic with lots of harmony!
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - StreetComedy (UK)Comedy street theatre
Award winning street theatre, from one of the UK’s funniest double acts. Amazing circus trickery, improvisation and visual comedy. Who knows what is planned and what is chance. Anything and everything is possible. A unique time, every time. Very British. Very Funny. One not to be missed.
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In Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Regime (UK)Reggae, rock, hip-hop music
Rising stars of the Welsh reggae and hip hop scene Regime have become a highly respected band which have performed in several stage all around Europe.
NATIONAL PREMIERE
SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun - Ukraine
- DakhaBrakha (Ukraine)Ethno chaos, folk rap, trip-hop and trance music
Mesmerizing and mystical, melding soulful Ukrainian folk with jazz, rap, trip-hop and trance sounds.
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In Pennabilli: 16 Jun, 17 Jun - USA, UK, Italy, France, Catalunya
- Los Boozan Dukes (USA, UK, Italy, France, Catalunya)New Orleans Creole Jazz music
Los Boozan Dukes will make you stand with their swing and blues sounds.
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SUITABLE FOR ALLIn Pennabilli: 14 Jun, 15 Jun, 16 Jun, 17 Jun