Matera
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📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Matera Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026 2026
Matera is the Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026 with the program 'Terre Immerse' which offers exhibitions, music, cinema and festivals.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Adriano Olivetti: Matera and the Dream of an Enterprise 2026
The exhibition dedicated to Adriano Olivetti investigates the link between the Olivetti industrial utopia and the Southern territory, within the framework of Matera 2026.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Mimmo Jodice – The Mediterranean 2026
The photographic exhibition by Mimmo Jodice, included in the Matera Capitale Mediterranea program, investigates the antiquity and memory of the Mediterranean in the "Stratificazioni" section.
📷 Seko Naotomo / CC BY 3.0MUSMA — 20th Anniversary 2026
The program for the 20th anniversary of MUSMA takes place in Matera from March 20, 2026 to December 2026: reactivation of the collection with "Change", Hassan Echair's residency, new Lagorio acquisitions, and the exhibition "Nanni Valentini. Face and Place".
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Michelangelo Pistoletto in Matera 2026 2026
Two projects by Michelangelo Pistoletto are on display in Matera during Matera 2026: 'Art as a Document of Dialogue' and 'Love Difference: Mar Mediterraneo'.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0VivaVerdi 2026
The 30th edition of VivaVerdi opens with the inaugural concert on May 1, 2026, continues with the prologue on June 30, and features the main season from July to December, with the theme 'oi diàlogoi'. The Arterìa festival offers music, music theatre, masterclasses, and artistic residencies.
📷 Mattis / CC BY-SA 3.0Matè and Solisti Lucani 2026 Concert Season
Matè and Solisti Lucani 2026 Concert Season: ten concerts at Palazzo Viceconte in Matera from May 10 to December 13.
📷 Mattis / CC BY-SA 3.0Sound Waves — Matera Mediterranean Capital of Culture 2026
In the summer of 2026, Onde Sonore will bring a series of Euro-Mediterranean concerts to the Cava del Sole in Matera, as part of Matera Capitale Mediterranea della Cultura: live music in dialogue with the "Suoni Mediterranei" project and a bridge with Tétouan. The exact dates are yet to be confirmed.
📷 Pietro / CC BY-SA 4.0Oesais — Ciao Ciao Tour 2026
Oesais performing live at the Cava del Sole in Matera as part of the 'Ciao Ciao Tour 2026', the farewell tour.
📷 Lega Pallavolo Serie A / CC BY-SA 4.0Cava del Sole Concert Season 2026
2026 concert season at the Cava del Sole in Matera with four major artists between July and September.
📷 Mattis / CC BY-SA 3.0Crapiata Festival 2026
The Sagra della Crapiata returns to Matera on August 1, 2026, as per tradition: in the evening, among the alleys of Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso, the crapiata—a mixed grain and legume soup—is prepared and shared in the spirit of the Neighborhood Festival.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Gezziamoci 2026
Let's go to Gez 2026, concert
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Poetry Theatre Festival — Matera 2026 Stage
The Matera stop of the first Festival Nazionale del Teatro di Poesia takes place in September 2026, within the Festival Fantastico Medioevo, with the show 'Il Coro delle Poetesse, dei Giullari e delle Sibille' (Davide Rondoni and other performers).
📷 Mattis / CC BY-SA 3.0Nanni Valentini – Face and Place 2026
The exhibition "Nanni Valentini – Volto e Luogo" is scheduled at the MUSMA in Matera from September to December 2026, as part of the museum's twentieth anniversary. The artist's earthen heads and sculpted faces converse with "Il Focolare" from the permanent collection and with the local tuff.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Materadio – The Rai Radio 3 Festival 2026
Materadio is included in the official program of Matera Capitale Mediterranea della Cultura e del Dialogo 2026: three days of live broadcasts from the piazzas and the Sassi, featuring concerts, meetings, and dialogues with Italian and European artists and intellectuals. The exact date, expected in September, will be announced on the official channels.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0International Writing Course – Energheia 2026
International Writing Course – Energheia 2026: free week-long creative writing course for young authors under 30 in Matera.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Energheia Award 2026
Energheia Prize 2026
📷 Velvet / CC BY-SA 4.0MaTiFF — Matera International Film Festival 2026
The seventh edition of MaTiFF will take place in Matera from September 26th to October 4th, 2026, with the theme "Mediterranean, Mirror of the World": competition in multiple categories, international awards, and the new MAMA market for young filmmakers.
📷 Mattis / CC BY-SA 3.0Matera Cielo Stellato 2026
Matera Cielo Stellato returns on September 26, 2026: the Sassi turn off public lights and illuminate with candles and torches between Sasso Barisano and Piazza Duomo, accompanied by music and narration, in the program of Matera Capitale Mediterranea della Cultura.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0MA/IN Festival — MAtera INtermedia 2026
MA/IN Festival — MAtera INtermedia 2026: electroacoustic concerts, audiovisual performances, and installations across Matera, Potenza, and Salento.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Scorza e Mollica 2026
The second edition of Scorza e Mollica runs throughout 2026, with registration deadline on June 14, finalists announced on September 28, and award ceremony and opening of the photographic exhibition on October 23, as part of Slow Grains 2026.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Matera Film Festival 2026
Matera Film Festival
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Long Live Matera 2026
The 2026 edition of Viva Vittoria Matera will unfold throughout the year, from the launch of February 16th with the opening of the space-laboratory, to the final installation of crocheted squares in Piazza Vittorio Veneto on November 21st and 22nd, 2026, in support of the Pangea ETS Foundation.
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Closing Ceremony Matera 2026 2026
Closing ceremony of the year of Matera Capital of Mediterranean Culture and Dialogue with the presentation of the «Porta della Speranza»
📷 Franfra / CC BY-SA 4.0Living Nativity in the Sassi of Matera 2026
Living Nativity in the Sassi of Matera 2026
📷 veDro - l'Italia al futuro / CC BY-SA 2.0Open Sound Festival 2026
Open Sound Festival 2026: Christmas music event between the Sassi di Matera and the Castello del Malconsiglio di Miglionico.