The lakes' summer of music, theatre, and DJ sets on the Ticino
The Sesto RiverSide Festival is the major summer event in Sesto Calende, a municipality in the province of Varese on Lake Maggiore, where the Ticino River flows out of the lake. Organized by the Municipality, it offers a multidisciplinary and widespread program, capable of highlighting the most picturesque views of the town along the river.
The festival brings together more than twenty free-entry events: concerts, performances, literary readings, DJ sets, theatre shows, and workshops. A deliberately diverse offering, designed to engage different audiences โ young people, adults, families, schools, and tourists โ and to accompany the entire Sesto summer with a rich and varied calendar.
From the inauguration with the Festa della Musica (Music Day) on June 21st until the closing in early August, the RiverSide Festival alternates evenings of singer-songwriter music, DJ sets, jazz, theatre, and dance. The riverside setting and the town's locations provide a natural backdrop for an event that has become a landmark for the Summer of the Lakes, confirming Sesto Calende's cultural and tourist vocation.
Over twenty free events liven up the summer in Sesto Calende, from June 21st with the Festa della Musica until early August. The multidisciplinary program alternates concerts, DJ sets, theatre, jazz, readings, and workshops in the most picturesque spots of the town on the Ticino. The detailed 2026 program will be defined and announced in the weeks preceding the festival's start.
The detailed program for the 2026 edition, with specific artists and dates, will be published by the Municipality and on www.sestoriverside.it in the weeks preceding the festival's start.
Riverside and various locations in the centre of Sesto Calende (VA), on Lake Maggiore / Ticino.
All events are free.
www.sestoriverside.it; Municipality of Sesto Calende.
Sesto Calende is reachable by train (Milan-Domodossola line) and by car from the A8/A26 motorway.
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