Emilia Romagna Castles

Fuoripista, the itinerant festival combining contemporary circus, music and live performance, returns again this year, crossing the Emilia-Romagna Apennines with seven appointments in as many territories.

The second edition of the project, devised by ATER Fondazione, will take place from 20 June to 3 August 2025 and will involve villages and towns in the provinces of Forlì-Cesena, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Bologna, Parma, Modena and Rimini, staging a rich and multidisciplinary programme, designed to enhance the link between art and landscape.

The grand finale of the festival will also take place in Sant'Agata Feltria, where from 1 to 3 August the suggestive Pegli Park will be transformed into a lively open-air stage.

Three evenings of live entertainment including figure theatre, contemporary circus, silent films with sound and concerts from around the world:

PROGRAMME:
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST
- 6 p.m. - THE BREATH OF THE HANDCRAFT
Company Bottega Imata
Figure theatre in a suspended world of gears and cranks, where a craftsman and his young helper build magic.
Genre: figure theatre
- 8.30 pm - CA' MEA
AgA Company
Three women balancing between acrobatics, handstands, taut wire and giant spheres, recount life's imbalances with poetry and irony.
Genre: contemporary circus
- 9.45 p.m. - BUSTERBAGATELLE
La Contrabbassa
Live soundtrack to Buster Keaton's silent short film One Week, with gags, music and unexpected events.
Genre: cinemusic show
- 10.30 p.m. - MUSIC FROM THE WORLD
Fabio Guandalini
A musical journey through swing, reggae, samba and singer-songwriter songs with loop station and ethnic instruments.
Genre: concert

SATURDAY 2 AUGUST
- 8.30 pm - UN AMOUR EN COULEUR
El Grito Circus
Aerial acrobatics, juggling and clowning to recount, with lightness and poetry, the search for happiness in the present.
Genre: contemporary circus
- 9.45 pm - BUSTERBAGATELLE
La Contrabbassa
Live soundtrack to Buster Keaton's masterpiece One Week.
Genre: cinemusic show
- 10.35 p.m. - LA BANDA GAUDIA
Gaudia Band
Music from the world reinterpreted with irony, in a sound journey through cultures and traditions.
Genre: concert

SUNDAY 3 AUGUST
- 6 p.m. - THE BREATH OF THE HANDCRAFT
Company Bottega Imata
Poetic and visionary figure theatre inside a truck transformed into a stage machine.
Genre: figure theatre
- 8.30 pm - UN AMOUR EN COULEUR
El Grito Circus
Acrobatic virtuosity and surreal comedy in a contemporary circus show suitable for all ages.
Genre: contemporary circus
- 9.45 pm - BUSTERBAGATELLE
La Contrabbassa
Live musical accompaniment to one of Buster Keaton's silent film masterpieces.
Genre: cinemusic show