Instruments, notes, flowers, banners and symphonies: the Pisa Folk Festival 2026 is back. As we do every year, we’ve asked an illustrator to bring it to life: this year, the artwork is by Chiara Basile, @hyde_sign

From 30 June to 4 July: three concerts, two workshops and four kids’ workshops. Tickets are already on sale (👉 link in bio) and registration for the workshops will open shortly!

Tuesday 30 June and Wednesday 1 July · 5.00 pm · Circolo ARCI Alberone

PISA FOLK FESTIVAL KIDS

Two afternoons of stories, dancing and drumming: workshops for children aged 3 to 10.

Organised by M. Piscopo, F. Salvadore and G. Solano. In collaboration with Circolo ARCI Alberone

Thursday 2 July · 8.45 pm · Giardino Scotto

BOMBINO + MALI BLUES

Bombino’s desert blues transforms Berber music into a universal electric language, forged through exile, resistance and freedom. Opening Act: Mali Blues.

In collaboration with Pisa Jazz Rebirth and Ass. The Thing

Friday 3 July · 4.00 pm · Circolo ARCI Alberone

DANZA DI RADICE - Focus on PIZZICA PIZZICA

Dance workshop with A. De Siena. A session dedicated to the folk dances of central and southern Italy, with a focus on the pizzica pizzica.

Saturday 4 July · 4.00 pm · Circolo ARCI Alberone

TAMBURELLO WORKSHOP

Salento tamburello with G. Paglialunga of the Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: techniques, rhythm and insights into the Ionian coast.

Saturday 4 July · 9.30 pm · Giardino Scotto, Pisa

ENZO AVITABILE ft. TONY ESPOSITO — NEAPOLITAN INVASION

Enzo Avitabile revisits the masterpieces of his career in an acoustic setting: an intimate concert that blends folk roots, innovation and social commitment to sing of a South that is a state of mind, brotherhood and redemption through music.

In collaboration with Pisa Jazz Rebirth MORE INFO