CarpInMusica
Carpi's summer music festival featuring jazz, classical, pop, and world music
About CarpInMusica
One summer, many ways to listen to music
CarpInMusica is the festival that, every summer, transforms the historic center of Carpi – a populous city in the Province of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna – into an open-air stage. Organized by the Teatro Comunale di Carpi as part of the CarpiEstate program, the event brings together very different musical genres under one name, offering the public a journey ranging from classical to jazz, from auteur pop to world music, up to the guitar as the protagonist of a dedicated cycle.
The venues: Palazzo dei Pio and Piazzale Re Astolfo
The concerts take place in two spaces in the historic center of Carpi, each with its own atmosphere. The Courtyard of Honour of Palazzo dei Pio, intimate and rich with Renaissance charm, hosts the more intimate classical, jazz, and baroque music events. The large Piazzale Re Astolfo, on the other hand, hosts concerts by international artists, capable of attracting a large audience under the summer sky of the Po Valley.
Artistic Direction
The programming is guided by pianist and conductor Carlo Guaitoli, who envisioned CarpInMusica as a single, large container: within it coexist the historic souls of the festival, from CarpInClassica to CarpInJazz, to the Mundus Festival for world music and The Guitar Week, the week in August entirely dedicated to the guitar. A deliberately cross-genre offering, designed for the curious audience and for those loyal to a single genre.
An event of the Emilian summer
Included in the rich CarpiEstate calendar alongside other city events, CarpInMusica is now one of the reference musical events of the summer in Emilia-Romagna. Evenings generally start at 9:30 PM, with doors opening at 9:00 PM, alternating free concerts and paid performances with affordable tickets, alongside major events by internationally renowned artists.
- Where: Courtyard of Honour of Palazzo dei Pio and Piazzale Re Astolfo, Carpi (MO)
- When: from the end of June to the end of August
- Genres: classical, jazz, auteur pop, world music, guitar
- Organization: Teatro Comunale di Carpi, as part of CarpiEstate
CarpInMusica — edition 2026
For 2026, CarpInMusica is profoundly renewed, bringing together very diverse genres in a single program: classical music, jazz, auteur pop, and world music alternate between the Courtyard of Honour of Palazzo dei Pio and the Piazzale Re Astolfo. Fifteen performances mark the summer in Carpi from June 22 to August 24, under the artistic direction of pianist Carlo Guaitoli. Alongside major concerts by international stars, the festival offers a series of classical, jazz, and baroque music evenings, as well as the week dedicated to the guitar in August.
Programme CarpInMusica 2026
Courtyard of Honour of Palazzo dei Pio and Piazzale Re Astolfo
All performances usually start at 9:30 PM (audience entry from 9:00 PM).
- June 22 — Variations on Saint Francis, opening concert (Courtyard of Honour)
- June 26 — Enrico Pieranunzi Trio, Pieranunzi plays Morricone (Courtyard of Honour)
- June 29 — Ensemble Augusta with video painter Samuele Gabbanini (Courtyard of Honour)
- June 30 — Goran Bregović with the Wedding and Funeral Orchestra, God is not your baby sitter tour (Piazzale Re Astolfo)
- July 8 — Yellowjackets, among the most influential bands in contemporary jazz
- July 13 — Yuki Serino and Martin Nöbauer, violin and piano (Courtyard of Honour)
- July 20 — Federica Lucci, piano (Courtyard of Honour)
- July 23 — Suzanne Vega, Flying with Angels, in trio with Gerry Leonard and Stephanie Winters (Piazzale Re Astolfo)
- July 27 — Mark Milhofer (tenor) and Marco Scolastra (piano) (Courtyard of Honour)
- July 29 — Eugenio Finardi, Tutto Finardi (Piazzale Re Astolfo)
- August 1 — Emile Parisien & Vincent Peirani, Abrazo (Courtyard of Honour)
- August 3 — Formentelly Family with Frédéric Tardy (oboe) and Xavier Janot (baroque flute) (Courtyard of Honour)
- August 10, 17, 24 — The Guitar Week: evenings dedicated to the guitar with Dario Polonara and Carles Pons, the Alterius Guitar Trio, and the Masini–Costantino Duo (Courtyard of Honour)
Highlights CarpInMusica 2026
Prices CarpInMusica 2026
Practical information — CarpInMusica
How to get there
Carpi is located along the Verona–Modena–Bologna railway line: the station is a few minutes' walk from the historic center. By car, the nearest motorway exit is Carpi on the A22 Brennero. The concerts are held in the Courtyard of Honour of Palazzo dei Pio and in Piazzale Re Astolfo, both in the historic center.
Tickets
Tickets for paid performances are available online at vivaticket.com and, for major concerts, on the TicketOne circuit. Teatro Comunale box office: tel. +39 059 649263, [email protected]. Several classical music events in the Courtyard of Honour are affordably priced or free.
Times
Performances usually start at 9:30 PM, with doors opening at 9:00 PM.
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Where does it take place — CarpInMusica
Cortile d'Onore di Palazzo dei Pio e Piazzale Re Astolfo
Piazza dei Martiri, 72, 41012 Carpi