Emilia Romagna Castles

From 17 to 19 June 2025 Tickets to Friends returns, the festival dedicated to writing, speaking and sharing, now in its fifth edition. The evocative Piazza sull'Acqua, next to the Tiberius Bridge, will once again be the beating heart of the event, with a rich programme of meetings, live events and performances open to the public free of charge.

Directed by writer Marco Missiroli, the festival proposes a dialogue between literature, journalism, music, philosophy, cinema and visual arts, bringing together different voices to narrate our time. This edition's guests include Annie Cohen-Solal, Francesco Costa, the D'Innocenzo Brothers, Niccolò Fabi, Ginevra, Michela Giraud, Stefano Massini, Stefano Nazzi, Veronica Raimo, Tlon and many others.

A tribute to Pier Vittorio Tondelli, forty years after the publication of his novel Rimini, will kick off the first evening, with Enrico Brizzi and Tamara Balducci.

Among the moments not to be missed
- the marathon of the Dostoevsky series at the Fulgor Cinema
- the talks with Francesco Costa, Stefano Nazzi, Massini and Giraud
- the concerts by Ginevra and Niccolò Fabi
- the lecture by Annie Cohen-Solal on Picasso the foreigner

All events are free of charge and take place in the evening hours. In the event of rain, the appointments will be moved to the Teatro Galli.