Muntagninjazz

Muntagninjazz in Prezza

Muntagninjazz is one of the most original jazz festivals in Abruzzo: a widespread and itinerant event that brings great live music to the squares, forests, and mountains of the Peligna Valley in the province of L'Aquila every summer. Founded in 2007 and organized by the Muntagninjazz APS association, the festival involves about ten municipalities and dozens of different locations, transforming villages, natural theaters, and mountain trails into open-air stages.

Among the stops on the program is the Municipality of Prezza, a small village in the Peligna Valley nestled on a hill at the foot of the Morrone massif, at the gates of the Majella National Park. Here, the festival finds its natural setting in the historic center, specifically in Piazza Umberto I: an open-air stage where jazz and singer-songwriter music meet the atmosphere of an inland Abruzzo town.

Music in the square under the stars

In Prezza, the Muntagninjazz evenings are part of the local summer calendar, enlivening Piazza Umberto I with concerts ranging from swing to jazz, and from singer-songwriter music to tributes to great performers. The performances, often held in the evening under the stars, bring together the local public and the many visitors who choose the Peligna Valley as a summer destination, in a festive atmosphere that enhances the village and its community.

A festival between music and territory

Muntagninjazz is not just a series of concerts: it is a cultural project that enhances the territory of the Peligna Valley and the Abruzzo mountains. Alongside the evenings in the squares of villages like Prezza and the major concerts in Sulmona, the festival offers concert-hikes, theater shows, and original productions. This formula has made Muntagninjazz a recognized model of a widespread festival, capable of intertwining music, art, environment, and sustainable tourism throughout the province of L'Aquila.

Prezza, a village of the Peligna Valley

Attending a stop of Muntagninjazz also means discovering Prezza, an inland Abruzzo village overlooking the Peligna Valley, with its historic center clustered around the parish church and views of the Morrone and Majella mountains. The bond between the town and the event, in the heart of the Abruzzo Region, makes the Prezza stop one of the most anticipated summer appointments, where live music meets the community life of a small municipality in the province of L'Aquila.