Events and initiatives

Articles from the Old days - Antiques and Craft Market

Street market for antiques and objects to collect.

Ballooning in Ferrara

In Ferrara you may go in balloon all the year round!

Bike Night Ferrara - mare

100 km at night, from the city of bicycles to the sea, along the cyclepath of the Po river, to celebrate the beginning of Summer!

Making a name for himself in Paris during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Boldini established his chic, “fashionable” style of portrait painting in the epicentre of modernity and elegance. He used his distinct painterly style to immortalise the protagonists and celebrities of that legendary era, from Robert de Montesquiou and Cléo de Mérode to Lina Cavalieri and Marchesa Casati

Concert Season 2019/2020

The program 2019-2020 of the Concert Season of Ferrara Musica proposes nine months of appointments in the sign of the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven and the great orchestras of Claudio Abbado, together with a lot of chamber music and piano concerts of great interest

De Pisis - La poesia dell'attimo

Due to the restoration works at Palazzo Massari and the temporary closing of the museums hosted in the Palace, the “Fondazione Ferrara Arte” and the Modern Art Galleries of Ferrara have organized an exhibition to show back to the public the art of Filippo de Pisis. At the Contemporary Art Pavillion, a rich selection of his works will be on display until June.

Ferrara Balloons Festival 2019

Free balloon flights, competitions, and a spectacular night flight with lighted balloons

Ferrara Buskers Festival 2019

The most important international event based on music and street art in Italy.

Ferrara sotto le stelle 2019

Ferrara sotto le Stelle is renown as one of the most qualified summer festival in Italy, with prestigious names and talented young artists.

FerraraMarathon e Half Marathon 2019

Sunday, September 29th, 2019 in Ferrara takes place a new edition of the Marathon and Half Marathon, the footrace that involves thousands of athletes.

Friday Farmer’s Market

Natural fresh products from our countryside.

Internazionale a Ferrara 2019

A series of free lectures and meetings held by journalists and authors from all over the world

L’arte per l’arte – Painting the affections: Sacred art in Ferrara from the 16th to the 18th Centuries

“L’arte per l’arte” returns to the Este Castle. Following a project formerly organized by Comune di Ferrara, here is presented a little known artistic heritage of great significance for our city and a journey through time from the sunset of the Este dynasty up to the Enlightment

La Giostra del Borgo

Banquets, tournaments, stalls and shows from the 15th Century

Main Events in Ferrara

Cultural events, art, concerts, exhibitions, music and entertainment in the Estense city.

Open Farms

"Open Farms" is back, as an opportunity to know a new and healthier way of living: as usual, this autumn event has been organized by Regione Emilia Romagna, in collaboration with the Provinces.

Opera at the Castle

Verdi at the Castle: after the great success of the last years, the Opera comes back at the Estense Castle, with the “Città di Ferrara” Orchestra.

Palio of Ferrara 2019

A month of celebrations, parades, flag-throwing competitions and a spectacular horse race in Piazza Ariostea

Street Market of Organic Products

Every second Sunday of the month, the market of Organic products is held in the historic centre of Ferrara.

The Renaissance speaks Hebrew

The 'Renaissance speaks Hebrew' recounts an intellectual season of artistic turmoil, elegant life in the Courts, ideas and new creative impulses in wich the Jews actively participated.