Baleno Festival

Tantemani's Party

Baleno Festival is the annual event of Tantemani, the workshop of the Patronato San Vincenzo Cooperative which, every year in June, moves to the green spaces of Parco Ermanno Olmi, in the Malpensata district of Bergamo. For a few days, the park becomes a large space for shared creativity, with music, workshops, food stalls, and events for all ages.

Culture without barriers

The heart of the festival is the theme of accessibility: the first part of each day is dedicated to activities with people supported by organisations working with vulnerability, while from Friday evening onwards, the party opens to the entire community. Neurodiversity and inclusion are not buzzwords but concrete practices that run through every proposal in the programme.

What to do at Baleno

• Concerts and DJ sets;
• artist workshops and live painting;
• contemporary circus performances;
• open-air cinema;
• market, swap party, and skating.

Bergamo and its community

Supported by the Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca as part of the 'Open spaces for accessible culture' project, the Baleno Festival is an example of how culture can emerge from the grassroots and social work, transforming a neighbourhood park in Bergamo into a place of meeting and celebration for everyone.