Porto Antico EstateSpettacolo: 70 thousand appearances for 2025

About 70 thousand appearances: it is the balance sheet, to date, of Porto AnticoesattoSpettacolo, the flagship review of the Genoese musical summer. With the evening of yesterday, August 3, the first part of the SummerSpettacolo 2025 programming ended, the one that traditionally takes place in the two main locations, Axpo Arena del Mare and Piazza delle Feste. The final balance will be made at the end of the review but the organizers say that “this is the best edition ever”. 67 The shows already staged on 78 of the overall program. 8 were the sold outs.

An edition, that of 2025, also characterized by one Great participation on social media where more than 700 content shared on Facebook and Instagram channels have recorded more than 2.5 million views and over 38,000 interactions with a significant increase compared to the previous edition.

“The Team of Porto Antico – underlines the President of Porto Antico di Genova Spa Mauro Ferrando – It is at work for an even more ambitious new season, with the will and ability to manage further spaces, to engage in new challenges, to satisfy the demand for a demanding public and attentive to the quality of entertainment. Summer aspects grows. And Genoa with her ”.

The budget – even if partial – which already begins to emerge from First analysis of the results of the cognitive investigation That this year also Porto Antico commissioned to have certain and clear feedback on the performance of the review, is already more than positive: appreciation of the spectators and growing numbers, productions also of great scenic impact and an ever -increasing audience and heterogeneousconfirm that the summer aspect format works and continues to evolve and renew season after season. And the success of this year is already a springboard towards the future: in a musical world that is getting faster and faster and planns their appointments with growing advance, The first two dates have already been announced for the summer 2026 at the Antico Porto of Genoa: the highly anticipated live return of Caparezza, and the new revelation of the Sayf contemporary urban scene, two events for which presales have already started, one year later.

Meanwhile, the current season has not yet finished: From 22 to 29 August the theatrical performances of the Sea Stories Festival, the cycle of representations suspended on the sea that will close this memorable edition are staged at the Island of the Church.

• 22-26 August Sea Stories – 10th year
The storm: in the kingdom of Ariele (Chierici-Cicolella production)

• 24-25-26 August Sea Stories-10th year
Northwest passage (19.30) (Chierici Cicolella production)

• 27 August Sea Stories – 10th year
Night par le Mer (19.30 and 21.30) (Cicolella Chierici production)

• 28-29 August Sea Stories – 10th year
Moby Dick the legend with the Japanese Taiko group Kyo Shin Do (Chierici-Cicolella production)