From Björk to Kneecap: here is the Roma Summer Fest 2026

From Björk to Kneecap: here is the Roma Summer Fest 2026

ByJohn

There’s the experimental pop of Bjork and the identity-based and politically engaged rap of the Irish Kneecapwho perform on the stages of the most important festivals abroad. There is the alternative rock of Johnny Marr and the 80s one by Europe. There is the provocative and divisive metal of Marilyn Manson and the jazz of Jacob Collier. There is this and much more on the billboard Rome Summer Fest 2026the event produced by the Musica per Roma Foundation which has become a fixed appointment in the musical summer not only in Rome but more generally nationally. The numbers confirm this: last year the event exceeded 230 thousand tickets sold, thanks to programming capable of attracting an international audience. And so after bringing Paul Kalkbrenner, Rüfüs Du Sol and Fred Again to the capital last year, this year the organizers are relaunching with a line up that includes around seventy dates, which ranges across genres and which aims to make the Cavea of ​​the Auditorium Parco della Musica and the Casa del Jazz an epicenter of the summer live season.

From the world premiere of John Legend to Keanu Reeves’ Dogstar

Yes, because those of the voice of “Hyper-ballad”, of the Irish hip hop trio, of the former Smiths, of the band of “The final countdown”, of the king of shock rock and of the Turin group are just some of the most awaited live shows of a program that will start on June 13th with Serena Brancale’s concert and which will continue until late September. «Between musicians and dancers, there will be 20 of us on stage that evening», anticipates the singer-songwriter of “Baccalà” about the show, linked to her new album “Sacro”, between Bad Bunny and great jazz. The June 15th it will be the turn of Niccolò Fabi, the June 16th at Genesis – One Night with the Orchestra on tour with the participation of Martin Levac and Nick D’Virgilio, the June 17th to the KneecapThe 19, 20, 21 and 22 June to Ludovico Einaudi, the June 23 to Marco Castello (among the most refined pens of the new Italian songwriting), the June 27 to Laura Esquievel and Brenda Asnicar, the June 28th to Mac DeMarco, the June 29th to Ben Harper and his Innocent Criminals, the June 29th at Stefano Bollani All Stars (in the Sala Santa Cecilia), the July 1st to Danny Elfman (Tim Burton’s historic right-hand man, who will perform the music for the soundtracks of his films), the July 2 to John LegendThe July 3 to Gigi D’AgostinoThe July 4th to the master of Italian world music Ambrogio Sparagna, the July 5th to Pat Metheny, the July 6 to Anastacia. And then again the July 7 at the Europe, theJuly 8 to Goran Bregovic, the July 10th in Bresh, theJuly 11th to the Dogstar by Keanu Reeves, the July 12th to Subsonica, the July 13th to the Village People. The July 14th space for the Reverend of rock Marilyn Mansonwhile the following day Diana Krall will perform at the Cavea: a sequence that perfectly embodies the ambition of the organizers to «bring together genres and generations, without setting up barriers», as underlined byCEO Of Musica per Roma Raffaele Ranucci Foundation.

The wait for Djo’s Italian debut

The July 17 space again to rock with Johnny MarrThe July 18th Jacob Collier will arrive, the July 19th Frah Quintale, the July 20th Marcus Miller, the July 21st Kool & The Gang, the July 22nd the Two Door Cinema Club, the July 23 Serena Rossi, the July 24th the Pink Floyd Legend, the July 25th Gregory Porter, the July 26 Alice with her tribute to Franco Battiato. The July 28 will arrive in Cavea La Ninalaunched after his album “Furèsta”. The July 29th it will be up to Capo Plaza, the July 30th to Angelina Mango, the July 31st to Elio and the Tese Stories. Then, after the break at the beginning of August, the event will resume on August 24th with the Italian debut of DJ (aka Joe Keery, or the actor-musician who played the character of Steve in “Stranger Things”, over 3 billion streams worldwide on Spotify), to continue the August 29th with Tony PitonyThe August 31st with Wilco, the September 1st with the Philippine girl band Bini (over 1 billion listeners worldwide), the September 2 with Hermanos Gutiérrez, the September 3 with Sal Da Vinci, the 4 and 5 September with Fiorella Mannoia and her tribute to Fabrizio De André and “Anime salve”, il September 4th with Nicola Piovani (in Sala Santa Cecilia), the September 6 with Il Tre, il September 7 with Levante, theSeptember 8 with Tony Boy, the September 9th with Judas Priest, the 10 and 11 September with the Dogs and always theSeptember 11th Marisa Monte (in Sala Santa Cecilia).

Björk and Peggy Gou behind the console

The actual closing will be entrusted to the electronic music festival Dissonanze, which the 12 and 13 September will see performances in the Hanging Gardens of the Auditorium – among others – Bjork And Peggy Gouwith DJ sets that embellish what the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri defines an event capable of making the Parco della Musica «a central stage in the live music circuits, capable of attracting audiences from all over Italy and abroad and generating a significant impact». «From soundtracks to jazz, passing through electronics: it is music for everyone», underlines the Councilor for Culture Massimiliano Smeriglio. The extras also include Maurizio Battista’s theatrical shows (June 18th), Stefano Nazzi (June 24th), Paolo Ruffini (June 30th), Max Giusti (July 16th), Massimo Recalcati (September 8), Pablo Trincia (September 14th) and Vincenzo Salemme (September 15th), while the June 25th the Cavea will host the charity event “Pane ar Pane, Artisti per Sant’Egidio”, with Brunori Sas, Noemi, Margherita Vicario and many others. But Roma Summer Fest also includes concerts hosted by the Casa del Jazz: the June 27 Mari Froes will arrive from Brazil, one of the freshest and most authentic voices of the new Brazilian scene, which mixes MPB, bossa nova, samba and jazz, then after her it will be the turn of Devendra Banhart (June 30th), Suzanne Vega (July 20th), Patrick Watson (July 26), Noah (July 28), Fantastic Negrito (July 29th). The meaning is all here: putting together what doesn’t normally go together and making it play in front of the same audience.

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