From Bollani to Bersani, a notte d’oro full of stars

On Saturday 9 October the most longed for night in Ravenna returns, when the streets and squares of the old city centre, the theatres and special locations are filled with a vast number of events from 6 pm until the first light of dawn. Events follow one after the other with concerts, meetings with authors, poetry readings, exhibitions, guided tours and a host of other things for all tastes, with the participation of personalities of unquestioned fame such as the artists Stefano Bollani & Enrico Rava, Samuele Bersani, the writers Eva Cantarella and Colleen Gleason and the photographer Mimmo Jodice. So many different events in various parts of the city.

For Music: from 6 pm in Piazza del Popolo dj set by Radio Studio Delta; from 9 pm jazz at the Alighieri Theatre with a concert by Stefano Bollani and Enrico Rava, while at 10 pm local bands will play rock music in the Speyer Gardens and at 11 pm Italian music will be performed in a free concert in Piazza del Popolo by Samuele Bersani. Sacred and classical music can be heard live in several basilicas and there will be concerts and dj sets in public spots.

Contemporary Mosaics will be the main feature in an exhibition in the Cloisters of the Oriani Library while in Via Mazzini from 9 pm L’Isola dell’Oro will hold mosaic workshops for everyone. At the city Art Museum at 6 pm Mimmo Jodice, one of the greatest masters of Italian photography, will present his Visual installations. Poetry will be celebrated at the Conference Centre in Largo Firenze at 9 pm by Ravenna Poesia with Oneiric Presences at midnight by Eva Cantarella with The many faces of Ulysses.

In regard to Mystery: at 9 pm at Casa Melandri in Via Ponte Marino, for the GialloLuna NeroNotte festival, the leading roles will be played by vampires with the author Colleen Gleason, followed by a guided tour of the most mysterious places in the city. Finally, during the Notte d’Oro in various locations the Komikazen International Comic Festival, the Fatto ad Arte market by those with creative flare in Viale Farini and the artistic handicrafts market in Piazza San Francesco make for a delightful stroll in the city.

The programme is constantly under construction and can be consulted at the website: www.lanottedoro.it