A 2023 of great music in Rimini, with absolute protagonists of the Italian scene. After Claudio Baglioni (February 14) and Gianni Morandi (March 10), many others will follow, such as Biagio Antonacci, Laura Pausini, Giorgia, Ligabue and Vasco Rossi who, after announcing the zero date of his 2023 stadium tour for Friday 2 June, also adds the Soundcheck on Thursday 1 June, open only for members of the Blasco fanclub. Among the other appointments: the international DJs of the Rimini Beach Arena which returns to Miramare beach from mid-July to the end of August, the prestigious batons of the Sagra Malatestiana, the contemporary music of 'Percuotere la mente', the major personalities of the international jazz scene with Crossroads, and Lazarus the rock-opera conceived and wanted by David Bowie starring Manuel Agnelli. Finally, as a tribute to Thomas Balsamini, the legendary founder of Velvet, on June 10, the Skunk Anansie will perfom in Rimini for a special revival, preceded by the Tezenis Summer Festival which on 9 June will see some of the big names in Italian music take the stage in Piazzale Fellini for the first date of the musical tour.

A high-quality musical programming to be experienced 365 days and listened everywhere, from theaters to sports halls, from the beach to the historic center, up to the Artists' park in the surroundings.

For the 2023 Opera Season, the Galli Theater presents two masterpieces on stage in Rimini: after 'La Bohème' by Giacomo Puccini, Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi will follow in November.

Here some of the dates for the 2023 agenda:

5, 6, 7 April 2023
Rimini, Amintore Galli Theater, Piazza Cavour, 22
Lazarus
Last appointment of the Theater Season; the director Valter Malosti tests himself with a rock icon and with the musical: 'Lazarus' is the title of the surprising rock-opera conceived and wanted by David Bowie shortly before his death , co-written with Enda Walsh, based on Walter Tevis' The Man Who Fell to Earth. Lazarus, which debuted Off-Broadway at the New York Theater Workshop on December 7, 2015 (Bowie's last public appearance), offers a sort of sequel to the story of the unhappy interstellar migrant Newton, forced to stay on Earth. Manuel Agnelli in the role of the tormented protagonist of this rock opera, composed of numerous of Bowie's most famous pieces as well as four unpublished pieces specifically written.
Timetable: Wednesday 5 April, 9 pm - SHIFT A; Thursday 6 April, 21 - SHIFT B; Friday 7 April, 9 pm - SHIFT C. Info: +39 0541 793811 – www.teatrogalli.it/it/eventonew/lazarus

From Saturday 22 to Tuesday 25 April 2023
Serra Cento Fiori Park, entrances from via Galliano, 19 and via Padre Tosi - Rimini
Frankie hi-nrg mc in concert for the Liberation Day
Rimini celebrates the Liberation Day with Frankie hi-nrg mc, who will perform in the late afternoon on April 25th in the gree area of the Marecchia Park in Rimini.
Waiting for the famous Italian rapper, from 3.00pm emerging artists and bands will perform for the final of the ChiAmaLaCittà contest, organized by Risuona Rimini. 
From 22 to 25 April the area hosts the International Street Food Festival, for 4 days of entertainment with live music, DJ sets, jam sessions, street artists, presentations of social projects of local associations, food trucks and market displays.
Entrance free

Saturday 13 May 2023
Rimini, Palazzo dello Sport - RDS Stadium, piazzale Pasolini 1/c
Biagio Antonacci in concert
New dates for the tour of Biagio Antonacci with his Palco Centrale Tour around Italy since the beginning of November 2022. The Milanese singer-songwriter, who is back on stage after three years, retraces the successes that marked the his thirty-year career and the new singles "Seria" and "Telenovela" and performs with the band formed by: Placido Salamone (guitar and musical direction), Massimo Varini (guitar), Emiliano Fantuzzi (guitar, Programming), Jacopo Carlini (piano, keyboards), Lucio Fasino (bass), Donald Renda (drums) and Ernesto Lopez (percussion).
9.00pm . Tickets are on sale on the TicketOne platform.
Info: +39 0541 395698 www.stadiumrimini.net

Friday 2 June 2023
Romeo Neri Stadium, Piazza del Popolo, 1 – Rimini
VASCO Live 2023
On June 2 at the Romeo Neri Stadium - which for the occasion will be transformed into a rock music stage – the first preview of a concert already sold out. The 'Komandante' has in fact added the zero date at the Romeo Neri Stadium in Rimini. 
Soundcheck on Thursday 1 June, open only for members of the Blasco fanclub. 
Info: www.facebook.com/vascorossi/

Friday 9 June 2023
Rimini, Parco Fellini
105 Tezenis Summer Festival
Achille Lauro, Annalisa, Article 31, Mr Rain, Pinguini Tattici Nucleari, Rocco Hunt, Rose Villain, The Kolors, Tommaso Paradiso, are some of the artists who will perform from the stage in Piazzale Fellini for the first live music date of the Tezenis music tour in collaboration with Radio 105.
Info: www.105.net.

Saturday 10 June 2023
Piazza Malatesta - Rimini historic centre
Skunk Anansie in concert
Ultrasound Rimini: three days of music dedicated to Thomas Balsamini
Skunk Anansie return to Rimini for a homage to Thomas Balsamini, with whom Skin has had a special bond since the beginning of his career.
The British band performs on Saturday evening in Piazza Malatesta, as part of the main event of the 'Ultrasuoni Rimini' project, three days of music dedicated to Thomas Balsamini, founder of Velvet club.
The initiative, which was born from an idea of his friends and collaborators on the tenth anniversary of his death, starts on Friday 9 June with events in the seaside area of Rimini, and then moves to the historic center on Saturday 10 and ends on the hill where the Velvet once stood , which saw Skin and her group perform in the 1990s. The profits will be donated to Ail Rimini. Pre-sales on www.ticketone.it 

Friday 30 June 2023
Corte degli Agostiniani, via Cairoli, 40 - Rimini centro storico
Crossroads: Blue Suede Shoes
The jazz-symphonic band directed by Fabio Petretti plays Elvis
Giuseppe Zanca, Massimo Morganti, Marco Postacchini and Petretti are the authors of the arrangements for a staff of about twenty instrumentalists, while are invited as special guests the pianist Rita Marcotulli and the singer John De Leo, whose vocal versatility and strong personality are an excellent calling card for comparison with an icon like Presley. In the background of the stage, archival images, film clips, concerts, television specials and Elvis interviews create a moving scenography.  At 9.15pm Info: www.crossroads-it.org

July - December 2023
Rimini, Augustinian Complex, Galli Theater and other places
Sagra Musicale Malatestiana - 74th edition
Since 1950, the Sagra Musicale Malatestiana presents the most prestigious conductors, soloists and orchestras of the international musical firmament to Rimini for one of the longest-running music events in Italy. In addition to the symphonic concerts, the program includes the usual sections: Beating the Mind (thematic section of the festival aiming at new sounds), ancient music concerts, special projects and chamber music in autumn. Info: www.sagramusicalemalatestiana.it

From 7 to 9 July 2023
Riviera of Rimini
Pink Night Concerts
with Tim Summer Hits
Info: www.lanotterosa.it

Tuesday 11 July 2023
Corte degli Agostiniani, via Cairoli, 40 - Rimini historic centre
Crossroads: Julian Lage Trio
The Crossroads traveling festival presents a jazz concert with rock and blues influence by guitarist Julian Lage, who performs as a trio (Julian Lage - guitar; Jorge Roeder - double bass; Dave King - drums).
Julian Lage was born in Santa Rosa (California) on Christmas Day 1987: at just 35 he already has a very long career behind him. Child prodigy, by the age of seven he was already performing professionally in the San Francisco area. There is also a documentary film to confirm this: Jules at Eight, directed by Mark Becker in 1996. Shortly after, in 2000 he was invited to perform at the Grammy Award ceremony: he was just 12 years old. Time: 9.15pm Info: www.crossroads-it.org

Mid July - end of August
Free beach of Miramare
Rimini Beach Arena
International DJs protagonist on Miramare beach from mid-July to the end of August
Info: www.riminibeacharena.com

Friday 21 and Saturday 22 July 2023
Spiaggia Libera, Viale Principe di Piemonte, 56/62 Rimini
Mamacita Festival
Lazza at the Rimini Beach Arena
The Mamacita Festival, one of the most famous hip hop reggaeton formats in Europe, now in its third edition, arrives at the Rimini Beach Arena with live performances by 6 super guests, including the rapper Lazza, ranked second at the festival of Sanremo 2023.
Tickets are available on www.ticketsms.it  From 6.00pm  Entrance fee payable

Thursday 27 July 2023
Corte degli Agostiniani, via Cairoli, 40 - Rimini historic centre
Crossroads: Quincy Jones presents Alfredo Rodriguez
Last appointment of the Crossroads traveling Jazz and other Festival, with the most exotic routes from Latin America.
We arrive in Cuba with the trio of pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, a virtuoso as well as a pupil of Quincy Jones.
He performs together with Yarel Hernandez - electric bass and Michael Olivera - drums.
Time: 9.15pm  Entrance fee payable

Monday 30 October 2023
Palazzo dello Sport - RDS Stadium, piazzale Pasolini 1/c - Rimini
Ligabue in concert
Dedicato a noi - Indoor Tour 2023  at Rimini RDS Stadium
Luciano Ligabue will return to the live scene with a tour that start on 9 October from the Verona Arena and then continue on the stages of all the major Italian cities, including Rimini Stadium.
"DEDICATED TO US" (Warner Music Italy) is the title of the artist's new album, which will be released in September, three years after his last record. It has been anticipated on the radio by the song "RIDERAI," written by the artist and produced by Luciano himself together with Fabrizio Barbacci.
Tickets for the tour will be available for presale on Ticketone.it and at regular presale outlets from 11 a.m. Thursday 29 June.
For Bar Mario members, tickets will be available in presale from 10 a.m. Wednesday 28 June. For info: www.friendsandpartners.it / barmario.ligabue.com.
Time: at 9 p.m.  Entrance fee payable. Info: +39 0541 395698 (RDS Stadium)

Friday 24 November and Sunday 26 November 2023
Teatro Amintore Galli, piazza Cavour, 22 - Rimini historic centre
Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo arrives in Rimini; one of the most demanding titles in Verdi's catalog both for the richness of the score and for the sumptuousness required for the staging of an opera derived from the tragedy that Friedrich Schiller wrote inspired by historical events that occurred in Spain in the mid Five hundred. The clash between an oppressive political system and the aspiration for individual freedom such as the contrast between father and son, attracted Verdi to compose a large-scale work presented for the first time in 1867 in Paris.
The vocal cast is crowded and brings together successful performers: the bass Ramaz Chikviladze (Philip II King of Spain), the tenor Matteo Lippi (Don Carlo, Infante of Spain), the soprano Maria Teresa Leva (Elizabeth of Valois), the baritone Hae Kang ( Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa) The mezzo-soprano Shay Bloch (The Princess Eboli) and the bass Strahinja Djokic (The Grand Inquisitor).
On the podium of the Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Orchestra and the Modena Opera Choir will be Maestro Jordi Bernàcer.
The direction is by Joseph Franconi Lee with the sets and costumes designed by Alessandro Ciammarughi who wanted to be inspired by the historic show created at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome by the great Luchino Visconti.
The staging of Don Carlo comes from a co-production involving the Teatro Comunale of Modena, the Theater of Piacenza, the Theaters of Reggio Emilia and the Galli Theater of Rimini.
Timetable: Friday 24 November at 8.00pm - Sunday 26 November at 3.30pm
Admission fee Info: +39 0541 793811 biglietteriateatro@comune.rimini.it

Friday 8 December 2023
Palazzo dello Sport - RDS Stadium, piazzale Pasolini 1/c - Rimini
Laura Pausini's World Tour at the RDS Stadium
Thirty years after the success in Sanremo with "La Solitude" the world tour of Laura Pausini starts. The worldfamous Italian singer performs in Rimini on 8 December at the Rds Stadium, before setting off on her new world tour.
Time: 9.00pm Entrance fee payable. Info: +39 0541 395698 info@stadiumrimini.net

December 16, 2023
Rimini, new Palazzetto dello Sport 'Stadium'
Giorgia – Blu live in sports halls
Giorgia announces her return to concerts with the 'Blu Live' tour which will come to life in two different moments: the first in theaters (in spring) and the other in sports halls (in autumn). The tour will start after the singer's participation in the Sanremo festival and "Blu" her new album of unreleased songs . Pre-sales for all dates open on January 17 on the Ticketone circuit and in all the usual points of sale. 9pm. Info: www.friendsandpartners.it