Events
Ferrara
Music
Opera Season 2019/20
Until May 23, 2020
The Season offers both traditional works and new proposals, to make feel people “home”, and also encourage young people to get to know theatre
Exhibitions
Rebel women. Renata di Francia and Giulia Gonzaga
Until Jan 06, 2020
A contemporary point of view on the female side of Renaissance. On display, precious miniatures by Agnieszka Kossowska, for the first time in Ferrara, to remind us the story of Renata di Francia, Giulia Gonzaga and other “rebel” women of the Italian Renaissance.
Religious festivals
The Crèche on the water
On Dec 24, 2019
Organized by Gruppo Subacqueo Ferrarese. A torchlight parade of scuba divers who will deliver the Holy Child in his traditional crèche, on the moat of the Castle.
Exhibitions
L’arte per l’arte – Painting the affections: Sacred art in Ferrara from the 16th to the 18th Centuries
Until Dec 26, 2019
“L’arte per l’arte” returns to the Este Castle. Following a project formerly organized by Comune di Ferrara, here is presented a little known artistic heritage of great significance for our city and a journey through time from the sunset of the Este dynasty up to the Enlightment
Music
Concert Season 2019/2020
Until May 08, 2020
The program 2019-2020 of the Concert Season of Ferrara Musica proposes nine months of appointments in the sign of the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven and the great orchestras of Claudio Abbado, together with a lot of chamber music and piano concerts of great interest
Multiple events
Christmas in Ferrara 2019 and New Year’s Eve 2020
Until Jan 06, 2020
Events for kids and adults in the city centre: markets, shows, themed exhibitions, and much more
Exhibitions
Nativities in the world
Until Jan 06, 2020
Ada Vecchi Simani shows her collection of over a thousand Nativity scenes from all over the world.
Folklore and festivals
New Year's Celebration
Until Jan 01, 2020
New Year’s Eve in Ferrara is one of the most peculiar events in Italy: a big party in the city centre and the great fireworks show on the Castle
Multiple events
Winter Wonderland
Until Jan 19, 2020
Christmas on a carousel 2018-2019. The largest indoor amusement park in Italy
Street and exhibition markets
Articles from the Old days - Antiques and Craft Market
Until Dec 06, 2020
Street market for antiques and objects to collect.
Conferences, conventions and seminars
Internazionale a Ferrara 2020
Until Oct 04, 2020
A series of free lectures and meetings held by journalists and authors from all over the world
Exhibitions
De Nittis and the revolution of seeing
Until Apr 13, 2020
De Nittis, like Boldini, was a prominent figure on the late-nineteenth-century Parisian scene throughout his career, first as avant-garde exponent of the realist school in southern Italy, and later as a full-fledged part of the Parisian innovators with whom he shared interests in photography and Japanese art, fields that profoundly influenced his work.
Street and exhibition markets
Exhibitions
The Franco Farina collection – Art and avant-garde in Ferrara 1963/1933
Until Mar 15, 2020
Between the 1960s and 1990s, Ferrara was an important avant-garde arts centre, thanks to Franco Farina, curator of the Modern Arts Gallery at Palazzo dei Diamanti. This experience can be witnessed by his personal art collection.
Exhibitions
Over the frame. Gaetano Previati and the artistic renewal between Ferrara and Milano
Until Jun 07, 2020
For the 100th anniversary of Gaetano Previati’s death, Ferrara pays a homage to this great Symbolist painter, with an exhibition at the Este Castle, within the project "L'arte per l'arte", dedicated to local heritage
Exhibitions
Jewish Ferrara
Until Mar 01, 2020
Jews and Ferrara, a long and very deep relationship. A well-known history, which will be explained at the MEIS Museum until March 2020.
Multiple events
The golden heart. 3D Video-evocation
Until Jan 06, 2020
A Video-mapping on the façade of the Cathedral of Ferrara, a winter tale with images, music, voices and sounds. The monumental façade of the Cathedral of Ferrara will tell a tale, to reveal the golden heart of the city. A fascinating show to open the new touristic brand in the Este city: "Ferrara feel the event”, at its debut in the year 2020.
Codigoro
Comacchio
Guided tours
On horseback in the heart of Po Delta Park
Until Dec 31, 2019
Excursions organised by Po Delta Tourism
