Festa della Musica di Montegiorgio

A city that becomes music

For a few days, around the summer solstice, Montegiorgio — a hilltop village in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region — dresses itself in notes. The Festa della Musica is not a concert in a single venue, but a widespread diffusion of performances that invades the historic centre, cloisters, small squares, and even the hamlets: from the Cloister of Sant'Agostino to the Pincio, from the 14th-century Arch to Cerreto and Alteta, every corner of the town can become a stage.

The spirit of the Festa della Musica

The event is part of the large network of the Festa della Musica, born in France in 1982 and celebrated throughout Italy since 2016 under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture. The spirit remains the same: free music, open to everyone, in unconventional places like streets, gardens, and courtyards. In Montegiorgio, the event has a unique characteristic that makes it special in the area: concerts can continue non-stop until dawn, offering the magical moment of a musical awakening amidst the hills of the Fermo region.

Genres and performers

The programming ranges with great freedom: from rock to Italian and foreign pop repertoire, from film soundtracks to Baroque music, up to the great hits of the seventies and eighties. Choirs, bands, folk groups, and young ensembles take turns on the widespread stages, totaling over a hundred artists, including musicians, singers, and collaborators, in recent editions.

• The "Domenico Alaleona" Music Band, the organizational heart of the event;
• the Domenico Alaleona Polyphonic Choir;
• local folk choirs and vocal ensembles;
• local groups and soloists, and invited guests.

A cultural project for the village

The Festa della Musica is much more than a summer programme: it is a sign of Montegiorgio's deep musical vocation, which for years has nurtured the ambition to become a true "music town". For several editions, the Municipality has entrusted the organisation to the "Alaleona" Band, which works to enhance the places, traditions, and melodies that characterise this corner of the Marche, uniting associations, schools, and citizens in one great community celebration.