Giorni di Tuono
The comics, music, and film festival celebrating the spirit of Tuono Pettinato
About Giorni di Tuono
A festival in the spirit of Tuono Pettinato
Giorni di Tuono is the annual event that Pisa dedicates to Tuono Pettinato (the stage name of Andrea Paggiaro), a local cartoonist who passed away prematurely in 2021 and remains one of the most original and ironic voices in contemporary Italian comics. Promoted by the Fondazione Tuono Pettinato with the support of the Municipality of Pisa, the festival transforms the city center for several days into a widespread circuit of exhibitions, meetings, concerts, screenings, and workshops, all with free admission.
Where comics, music, and cinema converge
The festival's hallmark is the intersection of different creative languages: comics weave together with live music, cult cinema, theater, and podcasts. It offers an "ironic and sly look at deciphering reality," as the organizers describe it, staying true to Pettinato's unique sensibility. The artistic direction is led by Antonio Capellupo and Guido Siliotto, who curate a program each year that brings together big names in Italian and international comics, young talents, and experimental projects.
A city-wide festival
Giorni di Tuono has no single venue: it thrives in Pisa's cultural spaces, from the Museo della Grafica on the Lungarno Galileo Galilei to the Cineclub Arsenale, from La Nunziatina to the Cantiere San Bernardo, and from Studio Gennai to the River Art Lab, as well as various local clubs and bookstores. This approach makes the festival a perfect opportunity to discover the independent cultural hubs of the city in the heart of Tuscany.
The Tuono Pettinato Award and Scholarship
At the heart of the festival are the Tuono Pettinato Award and the Tuono Pettinato Scholarship, recognitions that celebrate an established author and a young talent in the world of comics each year, featuring personal exhibitions set up for the occasion. The festival also hosts an annual exhibition of original plates by Pettinato himself.
A city-wide celebration
Free, participatory, and deeply rooted in the cultural fabric of the Municipality and Province of Pisa, Giorni di Tuono has become one of the most anticipated events for comics and pop culture fans in Tuscany, capable of attracting authors from all over Italy while maintaining a profoundly local and affectionate soul dedicated to the figure who inspires it.
Giorni di Tuono — edition 2026
The fifth edition of Giorni di Tuono animated Pisa from June 11 to 14, 2026, with a preview on Monday, June 8, at the SMS Library for the inauguration of the "Magnifici Lavativi" student drawing exhibition. Organized by the Fondazione Tuono Pettinato with the support of the Municipality of Pisa, the event confirmed its formula as a widespread, free festival, weaving together comics, music, cinema, and theater in the spirit of irony that was the hallmark of the Pisan artist. The edition's poster was designed by Mario Natangelo, winner of the Tuono Pettinato Award.
Programme Giorni di Tuono 2026
Monday, June 8 (preview)
- 17:00 — SMS Library: inauguration of the "Magnifici Lavativi" exhibition (student drawings)
Thursday, June 11
- 21:00 — Cineclub Arsenale: "Lavative Magnificenze", preview of the show by Collettivo Corpicini
- 21:30 — Cineclub Arsenale: "Favola", public reading with Francesco Cattani and Fumettibrutti
Friday, June 12
- 12:00 — Museo della Grafica: "La vita è una festa", exhibition of original plates by Tuono Pettinato
- 16:00 — Margot: "Sandwich", podcast with live interviews
- 18:00 — La Nunziatina: comics and social media with Natangelo, Maicol & Mirco, Fumettibrutti, Cattani
- 18:45 — La Nunziatina: Dante's Inferno illustrated by Miguel Ángel Martín
- 19:45 — River Art Lab: exhibition of plates by Miguel Ángel Martín
- 20:00 — Cantiere San Bernardo: "Schegge" (Catelani, Alpraz, and illustrators)
- 20:45 — Cantiere San Bernardo: "Vietato arrendersi" with Gianluca Costantini
- 21:00 — Cantiere San Bernardo: Feltrinelli reading with Davide Toffolo and D'Antona
- 22:00 — Cantiere San Bernardo: concert by Uochi Toki
Saturday, June 13
- 12:00 — Studio Gennai: "Cenere", exhibition by Mario Natangelo
- 12:30 — Studio Gennai: "Squame", exhibition by Eugenia Erba (Scholarship recipient)
- 16:00 — Margot: "Sandwich" podcast
- 18:00 — La Nunziatina: myth and comics with Petruccioli, Kokoro, Gatta, Puliga
- 18:45 — La Nunziatina: "Fumetti a 33 giri" (Martín, Toffolo, Pira, LRNZ)
- 19:30 — La Nunziatina: "Geist Maschine Vol. 2" with LRNZ
- 21:00 — Cineclub Arsenale: Ciro Ippolito, "Cinema o follia?"
- 22:00 — Cineclub Arsenale: Maratuona with "Arrapaho" and "Alien 2"
Sunday, June 14
- 11:00 — Cineclub Arsenale: "Ciao mamma vado dai fantasmi" + workshop
- 16:00 — Margot: "Sandwich" podcast
- 18:00 — La Nunziatina: cats in comics (Pira, Juta, video by Shelton)
- 18:45 — La Nunziatina: the magazine "La fine del mondo" (Maicol & Mirco, Pira, Moretta)
- 21:00 — Circolo Caracol: "Uccidere Gatto Pernucci" (Juta and Podeschi)
- 21:45 — Circolo Caracol: illustrated concert by Guido Brualdi
- 22:30 — Circolo Caracol: concert by Altro
Highlights Giorni di Tuono 2026
- "La vita è una festa" exhibition featuring original plates by Tuono Pettinato at the Museo della Grafica
- "Cenere" by Mario Natangelo (Award) and "Squame" by Eugenia Erba (Scholarship) exhibitions at Studio Gennai
- Concerts by Uochi Toki and Altro
- Dante's Inferno illustrated by Miguel Ángel Martín
- Guests including Davide Toffolo, Fumettibrutti, Maicol & Mirco, LRNZ, Gianluca Costantini
Prices Giorni di Tuono 2026
Practical information — Giorni di Tuono
Getting there
Pisa is easily accessible by train (Pisa Centrale station) and by plane (Galileo Galilei International Airport). The festival venues are located in the historic center and are within walking distance.
Admission
All events are free to attend.
Main venues
- Museo della Grafica — Lungarno Galileo Galilei 9
- Cineclub Arsenale — Vicolo Scaramucci 2
- La Nunziatina — Via la Nunziatina 11
- Cantiere San Bernardo — Via Pietro Gori
- Studio Gennai — Via Giovanni Bovio 4
- River Art Lab — Via San Martino 76/78
- Circolo Caracol — Via Carlo Cattaneo 64
Information
Full program and updates are available on the Fondazione Tuono Pettinato website.
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Where does it take place — Giorni di Tuono
Museo della Grafica e vari luoghi della città
Lungarno Galileo Galilei 9, 56126 Pisa