Balamondo World Music Festival returns to the historic centre of Rimini, bringing back the innovative festival conceived and directed by Mirko Casadei, which creates a dialogue between the Romagna musical tradition of Liscio and artists from different musical backgrounds, cultures and genres.
The festival’s distinctive format is based on the encounter between diverse musical worlds: each guest artist brings their own artistic language to the stage, blending it with the heritage of Liscio and Romagna folk music to create original performances and unique collaborations.
The Mirko Casadei POPular Folk Orchestra will be the star of the three evenings in Piazza Cavour, performing alongside leading national and international guests in a musical journey that embraces folk, world music, singer-songwriter traditions and contemporary influences.
The Rimini programme features three very different artists: Sarah Jane Morris, the acclaimed British singer known internationally for her repertoire spanning jazz, soul and rock (10 September); Orchestraccia, the Rome-based collective that reinterprets folk traditions through music and theatre (11 September); and Elio e le Storie Tese, the legendary Italian band that for more than forty years has combined musical virtuosity, genre-crossing experimentation and irony (12 September).
Three concerts in the heart of Rimini’s historic centre, where the musical heritage of Romagna meets outstanding voices and performers from Italy and abroad, generating original performances and new artistic collaborations, and confirming Balamondo as one of the most distinctive events of the summer music season.