There are musical appointments and sunrise concerts by the sea, circus performances, literary presentations for young and old, exhibitions, sports events, food events and much, much more in “Eppi Sammer 2021”, the extensive calendar of events that will enliven the summer of Loano.
The mayor of Loano, Luigi Pignocca, says, “The continuation of the pandemic still for part of this 2021 and the so-called ‘reopenings’ that arrived rather ahead threatened to negatively affect this summer season as well. Instead, thanks to the important work done by our offices and the fundamental collaboration of so many entities operating in our territory, we have equally managed to come up with a rich and varied calendar of events. Once again Loano offers ‘a sea of possibilities’ to all its guests.”.
Deputy mayor and councillor for tourism, culture and sports Remo Zaccaria adds, “Music, books and culture, sports: as always, Loano's summer of events will satisfy all the entertainment needs of our fellow citizens and guests. As the mayor pointed out, the health emergency threatened to make us have another ‘muted’ summer on the events front. Fortunately, things turned out differently, and once again this year our city can boast a respectable calendar of events. I thank the offices and all those who collaborated in its composition.”.
The big stars this summer will be books and reading, with the 2021 edition of “Loa-Legge in Ogni Angolo,” the event entirely dedicated to reading promoted by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano in collaboration with Aps #cosavuoichetilegga? together with Monica Maggi's Atuttotondo and local associations and entities adhering to the “Pact for Reading.”.
It begins on Saturday, June 26, at 9 p.m. in the Prince's Garden Redoubt, where there will be a presentation of “Is My Son Normal?” by Stefania Andreoli. The event is part of “Loano for the Social,” a review that will continue on Friday, July 9, with the presentation of “Night Watchman, or the ten thousand and one nights with Silvia, not Sherazade” by Giorgio Genta.
Tuesday, July 6, however, will inaugurate “Culture Tuesdays.” At 9 p.m., again in the reduced summer arena, John Vignola will present “70 Sanremo. Photographic history of the Italian Song Festival.” Music journalist Antonio Vivaldi will conduct. The “Culture Tuesdays” book presentations will return again on July 13 with “The Beginning of Everything” by Luca Ammirati, on July 20 with “A Simple Happiness” by Sara Rattaro and on Aug. 3 with “The Endless Descent. A Mystery for Nanni Settembrini” by Enrico Camanni (the event was organized in collaboration with the Loano Cai).
The review will give ample space to children's productions with “Children's Wednesdays. Children's Books Under the Lime Tree.” It begins on July 7 with “Si fa presto a dire elefante,” a spectacular presentation with author and illustrator Sergio Olivotti. On July 14, Massimo Ivaldo will star in a spectacular theatrical presentation, with games, stories and more, from the book “Lights.” On July 21, Rino Alaimo presents “The Princess of Heaven.” The meetings are led by Graziella Frasca Gallo, the gieffegi of the Loano Gazette.
Also as part of “Loa Reads in Every Corner,” in July, August and September, Don leone Grossi Park will host afternoons with “Fairy Tales and Legends in the Park.” Piera Alba Merlo, Celtic bard and storyteller, and her helper Monica Maggi will entertain young participants with readings from Grandma Piera's books of fairy tales and legends. The event is held in synergy with the “Live the Park” project, the integrated safety project launched by the Municipal Police Department and the City of Loano's Sports Department, which aims to shape public spaces and especially revitalize city parks so that they increasingly become places of socialization and inclusion. “Fairy Tales and Legends in the Park” will return on July 1, 8, 15 and 22, Aug. 19 and 26 and Sept. 2, also from 5 to 6 p.m. The readings are aimed at boys and girls ages 5 and up.
On Saturday, August 14 and Saturday, August 21 at 6 a.m., the Kursaal Pier will host “Sunrise Readings,” a new unmissable moment dedicated to literature and music: readers from #cosavuoichetilegga will interpret aloud texts by classic and contemporary authors to the accompaniment of musical pieces played live acoustically. The readings will be accompanied by live music. The background will be the spectacle of the sunrise by the sea.
A “Marathon Traindogs” will be held on Saturday, Aug. 28 at 9 p.m. in the Prince's Garden Redoubt with Fabio Palombo and the readers of #cosavuoichetilegga? Who will interpret texts by Fabio Palombo himself. The evening will be accompanied by live music. Finally, on Sunday, Sept. 12, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., the streets, squares and in city parks will come alive with “Readings on the Road” by #cosavuoichetilegga? and the associations participating in Loano's “Pact for Reading.”.
Another interesting book review is the one organized by Pro Loco Loano at the foyer of the Prince's Garden. It begins on June 25 at 5:30 p.m. with “10. Climb to the top of a high mountain” by Raffaella verga. Presented by Daniela Aicardi, president of Fidapa Albenga. On July 15 at 9 p.m. it will be the turn of “Murder on the Martesana” by Giuseppe Carfagno. Introduced by Pro Loco Loano president Maria Giuliana Amelotti. On July 22 at 9 p.m. Pier Franco Quaglieni will present his “Passion for Freedom.” Hosted by journalist Grazia Noseda, readings by actress Giulia Isnardi. Last event on Sept. 9 at 5:30 p.m. with “In the Enchanted Garden” by Dominic Rolando. Presented by Unitre Loano president Umberta Bolognesi. Meetings are free admission subject to availability.
And the best literary productions of the last period will be the focus of the review organized by Del Conte Bookstore. First up on Sunday, July 4, is the presentation of “The Magic Knot” by Cristina Dell'Acqua. On Thursday, July 8, it will be the turn of Giorgio Scianna and his “Bees Don't See Red.” The month will close with the presentation of “Never Been So United” by Simona Siri on Monday, July 19. On Sunday, Aug. 1, Cristina Rava will present “The Well of Discord.” Other meetings with Marco Ponti and Marina Merletti are still being arranged and are scheduled to be held on August 17 and 24, respectively. All appointments will be held at 9 p.m. in the ridotto of the Prince's Garden.
The 2021 edition of the Loano PreMeeting, the event that anticipates the themes of the Rimini Meeting, a kermesse that the Friendship Among Peoples Foundation organizes in August each year in Rimini, is scheduled from July 7 to 11 in Marina di Loano (but can be streamed from anywhere in the world). The initiative is promoted and carried out by the cultural association Cara Beltà and the San Francesco Maria da Camporosso ’Padre Santo’ Solidarity Bank of Loano with the contribution of the Tourism, Culture and Sports Department of the City of Loano, the Marina of Loano, and the Liguria Region. This year's edition is titled “The Courage to Say ”I“‘ and is based on a quote from Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard's ’Diary.” In this difficult and troubled historical period where scientific, economic, and social certainties and seemingly acquired lifestyles are in question, it is crucial to focus attention on man's freedom and his vocation to contribute to the construction of a more humane world.
Marina of Loano will be the location of several important events. On June 30, it will open the “Leisure Harbor Exibition,” an exhibition of projects by young architects from around the world who won the “Leisure Harbor” ideas competition. Ideas and visions for the restyling of Marina di Loano and the enhancement of the entire area. The exhibition will be open from July 1 to 4, July 15 to 18 and Aug. 29 to 1; then again from Aug. 12 to 15 and Aug. 26 to 29 and Sept. 9 to 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Main Loggy of the Loano Marina Yacht Club. Admission is free.
From July 14 to 18 in Marina di Loano will stop “La Belle Vie Tour,” the show of Le Cirque World's Top Performers company already starring the shows “Alis” and “Tilt” with the best artists from “Le Cirque du Soleil” and from the world of contemporary circus. A concept that, to circus arts, combines cabaret, music, dance and also aims to offer the audience a before and after show, thanks to the music of MC2-Radio Monte Carlo 2, which will accompany the event with a dedicated music design. The show is staged twice each day, either at cocktail hour or after dinner to enjoy drinks prepared by bartenders and musical accompaniment. Tickets (those available are 100 in all) are on presale at the Pro Loco of Loano.
From July 20 to 22, always Marina of Loano will host “Cube Live,” the new review of live performances promoted by Cube throughout the country in particularly attractive locations. Pop singers, jazz concerts, theatrical readings and conversations with international artists will give rise to 15 unforgettable evenings to experience again the events in attendance. On July 20 at the Loano Marina Yacht Club, Yamandu Costa & Martin Sued will perform, while on July 21 it will be Igudesman & Joo's turn with the show “Play It Again.” Finally, on July 22 it will be the turn of Aljazzeera feat. Frankie Hi-Nrg Mc and Giorgio Li Calzi.
After the 2020 stop, the City of Loano National Prize for Italian Traditional Music, Italy's main award for folk music, also restarts live. In last year's long isolation, the Prize has not interrupted its activity as a permanent observatory on traditional music, and it starts again under the sign of a “look to the South,” in an ideal path that unites Liguria with the Mezzogiorno, the Genoese trallalero with the Salento pizzica and tammurriata. On the bill are Fausta Vetere's Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare (Lifetime Achievement Award) and the brand new “A Sud di Bella Ciao,” a true all-star show of Italian folk, featuring Riccardo Tesi, Elena Ledda, Lucilla Galeazzi and Mario Incudine, among others; the Mancuso Brothers, winners of the Loano 2020 Award; Laura Parodi (Cultural Reality Award) with Gruppo Spontaneo Trallalero and Laura Parodi Trio, to delve into the universe of urban Genoese song; Liguria looking to Turkey by Cabit. And again the winners of the Setak Youth Prize and Linguamadre, a project entirely dedicated to Pier Paolo Pasolini's “Canzoniere Italiano,” the energy of the very young folk big band Musica Spiccia; and then meetings, chats, to go back to listening, all together, to the best of Italian popular music.
The 17th edition of the Prize will kick off on Monday, July 26, at 6 p.m. at the Prince's Garden with “The Prize Meets... Fausta Vetere,” a chat made up of “words and music” with the historic voice of the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Lifetime Achievement Award 2021. At 9:30 p.m. in Piazza Italia there will be a concert by the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare: the most important folk revival group in Southern Italy will perform between classics from the past and songs from the recent Napoli 1534, including moresche and villanelle. During the evening the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Fausta Vetere. On Tuesday, July 27, at 6 p.m., again at the Prince's Garden, a new appointment with “The Prize Meets,” and at 9:30 p.m. in Piazza Italia concert by Setak: from Abruzzo, songs in dialect with a folk-blues soul. During the evening the 2019 Loano Giovani Award will be presented to Setak. At 10:30 p.m. in Piazza Italia concert by Enzo and Lorenzo Mancuso, masters of Sicilian folk, present their new album Manzamà, arranged by Franco Battiato, Loano Prize 2020. This will be followed by the presentation of the Best Album 2020 Award to the Mancuso Brothers.
Wednesday, July 28 again at 6 p.m. at Giardino del Principe new appointment with “Il Premio incontra” and at 9:30 p.m. in Piazza Italia concert by Cabit: Liguria dialogues with music from the Black Sea and Anatolia, between tradition and innovation. Thursday, July 29 at 6 p.m. at the Prince's Garden “The Prize meets... Lucilla Galeazzi and Piero G. Arcangeli.” The project “Donna, voja e fronna...” dedicated to the Umbrian tradition, by Lucilla Galeazzi, Piero G. Arcangeli and UmbriaEnsemble, Prize for Best Album 2019, will be presented. At 9:30 p.m. in Piazza Italia concert by “A Sud di Bella Ciao,” an all-star of Italian folk (with Riccardo Tesi, Elena Ledda, Lucilla Galeazzi, Mario Incudine, Alessio Lega, Claudio Carboni, Maurizio Geri and Gigi Biolcati) grappling with the classics of popular music. The Best Album 2019 Award will be presented to Lucilla Galeazzi and Piero G. Arcangeli. Last day of the Awards on Friday, July 30. It begins at 6 p.m. at the Prince's Garden with “The Prize Meets... Laura Parodi”: the 2021 Culture Reality Award winner will be featured in a conversation around the Genoese trallalero. At 6:45 p.m., also at the Prince, “Linguamadre” concert with Elsa Martin, Duo Botatsso and Davide Ambrogio. The Loano Giovani 2020 Award will be presented to Linguamadre.At 9:30 p.m. in Piazza Italia concert by Gruppo Spontaneo Trallalero and Laura Parodi Trio: during the evening the tradition of Genoese singing will look to the future. At 10:30 p.m. concert by Musica Spiccia, a folk big band, very young and irresistible, to close the Loano Prize 2021.
Also on the musical front, the ridotto of the Prince's Garden will host a series of concerts promoted by the Santa Maria Immacolata Music Association directed by maestro Davide Nari. For three Fridays in July (always starting at 9:15 p.m.) an ensemble will perform in the Loano summer arena, giving the audience a moment of fascinating musical entertainment. On Friday, July 9, there will be a concert by the “Insolito Duo” composed of Giovanni Sardo (violin) and Sergio Scappini (accordion) and the “Trio Panamericano” formed by Elena Bacchiarello (clarinet), Davide Nari (saxophone) and Federico (piano). On Friday, July 16, it will be the turn of “Arthur's Trio” formed by Eliana Zunino (vocals), Stefano Guazzo (saxophone) and Giangi Sainato (guitar). Closing the festival on Friday, July 23, is a concert by “Simone Faedda Trio” featuring Simone Faedda (guitar), Giampaolo Casati (trumpet) and Aldo Zunino (double bass).
On July 9 and August 5, great music will meet the magic of dawn thanks to two “Sunrise Concerts” organized in collaboration with Eccoci Eventi. Protagonist of the double date on the Kursaal Pier will be 2Vintage formed by Loredana Cardona (flute) and Metella Pettazzi (harp).
This summer will also return the appointments of “Finally Friday,” the music festival promoted by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano in collaboration with the Eccoci Eventi Agency. The event in recent years has been very well received by the public: groups and performers of all genres will alternate, providing pleasant entertainment for tourists and residents. It begins on August 5 in Piazza Italia with a concert by Erminio Sinni, winner of “The Voice Senior.” On Aug. 6 at 9 p.m., also in Piazza Italia, there will be a concert by “The Shalalas Duo.” On Saturday, Aug. 14, the “Like a Diamond Live Concert” with the Nicole Magolie Quartet is scheduled. On Aug. 20 Federico Stragà will perform, while on Aug. 27 it will be the turn of “Ragazzi di Periferia.” On Sept. 3 and Sept. 10, double night all about cabaret.
On Sunday, June 27, Loano will host “Be Mini,” the gathering of fans of the famous British “compacts” organized by the Be Mini Club association of Como. Participants and cars will meet at 9 a.m. in Piazza Italia. After accreditation and breakfast, owners will make a tour of the village while their beautiful cars will make a fine display in the main town square. At 10 a.m. they will get behind the wheel for a “Mini Tour” through the streets of Loano. At 11:30 a.m. they will move to the BeeFly in Marina di Loano for drinks and lunch, followed by an afternoon of relaxation on the beach. The gathering is open to all Mini owners.
On the occasion of the “National Pro Loco Day,” a walking tour of San Damiano is planned for Sunday, July 11, starting at 8:30 am. The outing is organized by Pro Loco Loano.
On Aug. 12, the cabaret and entertainment of the “Summer Tour 2021” stop at Loano, which this year will consist of a traveling show that, starting at 6 p.m., will touch Italy Square, Massena Square, Orto Maccagli, Rocca Square and Italy Square again.
The fifth edition of Miss Riviera delle Palme, the beauty contest organized by the Old Loano association, will be held on August 29 in Italy Square. The Carnival Queen will also be elected during the contest. The same evening will count as the regional final of “A Girl for Cinema.”.
On Sunday, September 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. live on Facebook will be held the 2021 edition of “A Sail for the Woman,” the initiative launched by the Genoa City Council's Department of Equal Opportunities and Related Rights together with the City of Loano's Department of Social and Youth Policies on the initiative of the associations Liguria Giovane, Sons of the Ocean and Hakuna Matata. The “Una Vela per la donna” project will give women victims of violence, in contact with anti-violence centers and sheltered houses, the opportunity to spend a day sailing in a free and confidential way in order to experience a moment of well-being and recreation.
Loano's summer will also offer many shopping opportunities. Every second Sunday of the month from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. under the arcades of Corso Europa and in the nearby “Bestoso” gardens, the Antiques and Collectibles Market organized by the E20 Free Cultural and Recreational Association will return. Dozens of exhibitors will present a selected collection of furniture, silver, paintings, carpets and objects with an antique flavor and full of charm. The market will feature curiosities and “grandma's things,” as well as collectibles and modern antiques. Every Friday in the summer from 5 p.m. in Massena Square will return “Crafts in the Square,” the artisans' and artists' market organized by the association Artigianalmente. Professional craftsmen and specialized artists will display the fruits of their ingenuity and skill in the small square heart of Loano's historic center. Works of sculpture, painting, drawing, engraving and fine arts as well as painted ceramics, wood-carved objects, painted glass, bags and belts made from leather and art costume jewelry will be on the stalls.
There will be no shortage of food and wine events. On July 9 and 10 in the courtyard of the church “dei Cappuccini” the “Sagra di San Francesco” will be held. Instead, in the same location, but from July 15 to 17, the famous festival “Quellu cu passa u cunventu” returns. Closing the series of festivals in the parish of Santa Maria Immacolata on Gazzi Street is the “Sagra della trenetta” scheduled for Aug. 4-6. September sees the return of Verzi's two traditional food and wine events organized by the Verzi Group: the ’Sagra dell'Otto“ will be held from Sept. 8 to 10, while the ”Sagra di Santa Libera“ returns from Sept. 15 to 17.
And in the “Loano City of Sports,” there could be no shortage of sports events. From July 2 to 4, PalaGarassini will host the “Basketball Over Tournament” organized by Asd Maxi Basket Milano Over 55. From July 2 to 7, the “Giorgio Ellena” stadium in Loano will host the first “Juventus Summer Camp” in Liguria. Over the course of six days, training and playful moments will alternate, during which the boys will be engaged in engaging games and competitions, becoming the real protagonists of the vacation.During the activity, the boys will be supervised by qualified Juventus staff and medical personnel, in order to ensure the total safety and security of the participants. On July 10 and 11, the Via Alba bowling alley will host the Final Four that will award the men's Serie A volleyball championship. They will face BRB Ivrea (To), La Perosina Boulenciel (To), Crc Gaglianico (Bi) and Noventa di Piave (Ve). From July 6 to 17, always the Loano sports hall will be the location of Asd Granda Volleyball's “Academy Summer Camp 2021.” On Saturday, Aug. 21, one of the classic Loano sports events returns: the Marina Classic organized by Asd RunRivieraRun within Marina di Loano. From August 23 to 28 at PalaGarassini space for Asd Twirling Candiolo's summer campus.
Throughout the summer, Don Leone Grossi Park will host shows and performances dedicated to children. Many magical evenings of fun for the whole family.
