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Agrigento 2025

Italian Capital of Culture 2025

Events

The calendar gathers all the cultural events of the city and the surrounding area. You will find a wide range of events, each part of a specific project. Visit the different venues where they take place to experience unique moments.

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Highlights

Wednesday, 05/28

Liolà Fest

From May 28 to 30, Liolà Fest brings to life a vibrant arts festival dedicated to Luigi Pirandello. Through theater, music, dance, and international creativity, Agrigento’s historic center becomes an open-air laboratory. A joyful tribute to Sicily, nature, and the beauty of life.

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Special event

Friday, 05/30

Le Piazze della Capitale: Festa del viaggio

From May 26 to 30, Agrigento hosts the Festa del Viaggio in the cloister of the Palazzo della Provincia: three free evenings of books, places, flavors, and stories. Writers, artists, journalists, and chefs will take the stage to explore the theme of travel in all its forms.

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Exhibition

Sunday, 06/01

Collective exhibition of painting and sculpture

Villa Rosalia in Bonamorone will host a collective open-air exhibition of painting and sculpture with free admission

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Thursday, 06/12

Presentation of Marco De Paolis’ book

At Villa Genuardi, Marco De Paolis will present his new book. Free admission.

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Exhibition

Saturday, 06/28

Countless Cities

Countless Cities returns — the Biennial of cities of the world — from June 28, 2025. The theme, “The Superpowers of Culture and Good Relationships,” explores the power of culture and human connection to transform conflict. Pavilions, performances, and documentaries will take us from Belfast to Mariupol. Free admission.

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The self, the other, and nature. Cultural relationships and transformations.

The cultural project is founded on the relationship between the individual, society, and nature. It is a program conceived from the community and the territory.

Four Elements.

The project is structured around Empedocles' four elements: water - air - earth - and fire. Their balance creates harmony between man and nature.

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The Projects

A program that embraces culture

The calendar offers a series of cultural events, workshops and exhibitions that enrich city life and enhance local heritage

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The Projects

Air Projects

Let your thoughts drift into the air of the world and share your actions with others. A musical breeze that gently accompanies our lives.

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Water Projects

Navigate through the cultures that cross the world. Your journey alongside others to create a harmonious future

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Earth Projects

Root your experience in tradition, as the earth nurtures the seeds of growth and sustainable development in our community.

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Fire Projects

Experience contemporary Agrigento, which for centuries has expressed itself through the power of thought and artistic creativity

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Articles and news from Agrigento 2025

Éclore: la residenza di Lise Chevalier

A project developed during her residency in Sciacca, Chevalier explores the underwater world and coral culture — a symbol of both fragility and resilience. Inspired by local ceramic traditions and marine biodiversity, the artist creates a sensory journey through ceramics, ink painting, sound, and jewelry. The result is an immersive experience that weaves together cultural heritage and ecological transformation, connecting the visible and the invisible, past and present, memory and landscape.

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