Festival of Culture and Legality
Three days of books, theatre, music, and civic engagement
About Festival of Culture and Legality
Culture and Legality at Parco Mostar
The Festival of Culture and Legality is a new event held at Parco Mostar, on Via Aureliana in Montegrotto Terme (province of Padua). Promoted by the association Itaca Officina Culturale in collaboration with the Municipality, the festival addresses themes of legality, historical memory, and civic engagement through the language of culture.
Books, Theatre, and Music
The programme includes book presentations, theatre performances, readings, folk dances, and concerts. It covers the Resistance with the book Sentieri partigiani by Paolo Malaguti, memory with a reading dedicated to the story of Matteo Toffanin, and organised crime with Maurizio Dianese's volume on the Brenta mafia. The Silver Symphony Orchestra will close the event with a concert.
A Participatory Festival
Alongside the evening events, the festival offers afternoon workshops on comics and painting, and hosts information stands from organisations like Doctors Without Borders and the publishing house BeccoGiallo. It's an opportunity to combine cultural entertainment with awareness-raising on justice, rights, and solidarity, in the heart of the Euganean spa town.
Festival of Culture and Legality — edition 2026
The 1st edition of the Festival of Culture and Legality debuts at Parco Mostar in Montegrotto Terme from June 5th to 7th, 2026, with six evening events and two afternoon workshops.
Promoted by Itaca Officina Culturale and the Municipality, the festival intertwines books, theatre, music, and civic engagement, also hosting stands from Doctors Without Borders and the publishing house BeccoGiallo.
Programme Festival of Culture and Legality 2026
Friday, June 5th
- Presentation of the book Sentieri partigiani by Paolo Malaguti
- Theatre performance Lea e le Eumenidi, text by Anna Rapisarda, Nuova Compagnia Teatrale Enzo Rapisarda
Saturday, June 6th
- Greek and Balkan folk dances with Rodanthi Domatzoglou
- Theatrical reading In fondo al buio, dedicated to the story of Matteo Toffanin, with Giulia Briata, directed by Michele Angrisani
- Afternoon: comics and painting workshops
Sunday, June 7th
- Presentation of the book Come me nessuno mai. Le mille vite di Felice Maniero bandito by Maurizio Dianese, interviewed by Michele Angrisani
- Concert by the Silver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabrizio Castanìa
- Afternoon: comics and painting workshops
Throughout the festival, information stands from Doctors Without Borders and the publishing house BeccoGiallo.
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Where
Parco Mostar, Via Aureliana, Montegrotto Terme (PD).
How to get here
By car from the A13 motorway (Terme Euganee exit); by train to Montegrotto Terme station.
Admission
Free admission for all events unless otherwise indicated by the organisers.
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Where does it take place — Festival of Culture and Legality
Parco Mostar
Via Aureliana, 35036 Montegrotto Terme