Concerts 2025, the most anticipated in August

Historic arenas, crowded squares, ancient theaters and breathtaking naturalistic locations: Italy also welcomes some of the most anticipated concerts of summer in August. Live music does not go on vacation: from the performances on the stages of the festivals that gather thousands of enthusiasts to the stages of the tour of the big names of Italian and international music, the calendar of the month is dense with unmissable appointments. For all musical palates, pop, rock, rap, electronic music, songwriting. Here is the list of the most awaited.

International stars: from Kendrick to Drake

No, don’t worry: the Titans of the Rap of Overseas will not cowardly. Kendrick Lamar will arrive in Italy on August 2nd for the only date for “Grand National Tour” which is seeing the rapper awarded with the cleaning for music in 2018 share the stages together with his colleague Sza: the two will perform at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Drake will arrive at the peninsula at the end of the month, but in Milan: on 29 August the series of concerts will inaugurate that will see him perform at the Assago Forum also on 30 and 1 and 2 September. Another great protagonist of the American rap expected in Italy this month is Post Malone: the “Chemical” voice will perform on August 27 at the San Siro racecourse in Milan with the only Italian date of the “Big Ass World Tour”. For K-pop lovers, the South Korean pop, who in recent years has conquered the world rankings, the date to be circled in red on the calendar is instead that of August 6: that evening they will land in Italy, at the Hippodrome La Maura in Milan, the Blackpink. The Girl Band of the records will perform in front of over 70 thousand spectators.

Great electronic music in Gallipoli

Those who want to dance can not be missing on August 2 at the Gondar Park in Gallipoli, which will host the DJ set by Stella Bossi: with over 2.4 million followers on social media, the Italian-German DJ and producer is among the most loved musicians of the new Techno generation. On August 8, Kybba, Italian DJ stationed in Amsterdam, will go up behind the console of the Gondar Park, while the August 9 The Arena will host the show of Chemical Brothers: the British duo of electronic music Composed of Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands will unleash the crowd with Hit as “Do It Again”, “Galvanize”, “Hey Boy Hey Girl”, “Out of Control”, “Funk Soul Brothers”, “Push the Button”, “Star Guitar”. And a few days after the Chemical Brothers concert, on August 13th, always at the Gondar park will arrive Green Velvetreal name Curtis Alan Jones, 57 -year -old Chicago DJ who in over thirty years of career has consecrated himself as a guru of techno and house music. On August 15 in the Apulian Arena a real festival, Galactica, will land, which will see some of the most talented musicians of the Techno scene alternate with the console, from Ankkh to Charlie Sparks, from Luca Agnelli to Nico Moreno, passing through Parfait, V111 e Valentinø.

The Rock of Fast Animals and Slow Kids

The Fast Animals and Slow Kids will proudly proudly wave the rock flag in an August in an August in rap and electronic music. The Umbrian band led by Aimone Romizi, who with records such as “horses”, “Hybris”, “Alaska”, “perhaps is not happiness” “night animals”, “is already tomorrow” and the last “existence hotel” has been built a vast sequel to fans in the rock circuit and Italian alternative, will stop at the G Gondar park in Gallipoli before the “invasion” of the “invasion” of the electronics: On August 1, the group will unleash the public of the Apulian Arena with the songs of the album “Hotel existence”, released last year.

Urban Made in Italy

Irama stops on August 3 in Catania with her summer tour, after participating in the last Sanremo Festival with “slowly”. Geolier will also arrive in the Sicilian city on 4 August, engaged with his “Geolier Live 2025” tour, anticipation of the tour in the stadiums already announced for next year. On August 12, Catania will instead host one of the stages of Ghali’s summer tour, among the protagonists of this very hot summer with the hit “Chill”. The Sfera Ebbasta, who is celebrating ten years from “Trap King” will perform at the Gondar Park in Gallipoli on 4 August: it was 2015 when with the album “XDVR” the trapper of Cinisello Balsamo began his climb to success. From the King to the Queen: On 11 August the Apulian Arena will host Anna’s show. On August 14, double appointment, always at the Gondar Park, with Emis Killa and Baby Gang, while August 16 will be the turn of the Old School rap of a great protagonist of the circuit like Luchè. A little further north, in Lecce, on August 8th Lazza will perform: the voice of “ash” is expected on the stage of the Surorsound Music Festival.

The festivals

And speaking of festivals: the proposal of southern Italy for the month of August is very rich. The Gondar Park will host the revival evening of the 90s on August 6 “I want to return to the 90s”, which will transform the Arena into a time of time and bring spectators back thirty years. From the 90s to the 2000s: August 12 will be the turn of “Teenage Dream”, a mini-festival dedicated to 00s hits. From August 14, the Duke’s quarries, in the beating heart of Salento, will host the Panorama Festival: on the evening of the 14th they will alternate behind the Black Coffee, Mochakk, Damian Lazarus, Annicka, Ahmed Spins, Picca and Mars console. The event will go on until 16 and will also see Peggy Gou, Pawsa, Prospa, Matisa, Koko, Simone, Solomun, Marco Carola B2b Luciano, Miguelle & Tons, Cole Knight, Cristina Lazic and Valeriafabian. The beach of Marina di Altidona, in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region, will host the Wondergate Music Festival from 16 to 24 August: the line up is varied and brings together Europe, Willie Peyote, Fiorella Mannoia, Afrojack and Steve Aoki. And for lovers of folklore and world music, the night of the Taranta of Melpignano, in Lecce, is a guarantee: this year’s edition will be held on August 23. David Krakauer, the American clarinetist who performs in Klezmer, jazz, classical music and avant -garde improvisation.

To keep an eye on for the next few months …

Also in September there will be (still) space for large outdoor rallies: on 2 and 4 September Olly will celebrate this year to frame, which started with the victory at the Sanremo 2025 festival with “Balorda Nostalgia”, with two appointments at the San Siro Hippodrome in Milan. On 6 September Salmo will set fire to Milan Fiera Live with its “Lebonski Park” festival. On the same evening Ligabue will celebrate the thirty years of “certain nights” at the Reggia of Caserta. And among the international, the offspring will arrive in Milan on 29 September.

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