Transart — Contemporary Culture Festival

Transart, contemporary culture inhabiting South Tyrol

Founded in 2001, Transart is now one of Italy's leading multidisciplinary contemporary culture festivals, highly regarded across Europe. Based in Bolzano, in the Province of Bolzano and the Trentino-South Tyrol region, the festival turns the entire South Tyrolean territory into a widespread stage every September, where music, performance, theatre, dance, cinema, and new technologies intersect.

A festival that occupies the territory

The hallmark of Transart is its choice of venues: performances do not just take place in theatres, but come to life in unconventional spaces—former industrial architecture, production contexts, and everyday or marginal settings. From the heart of Bolzano, the programme extends throughout the province, from the Vinschgau Valley to the Puster Valley, reaching towns such as Merano, Bressanone, Brunico, Chiusa, Cortaccia, Appiano, Renon, and Silandro. This shifting geography invites the public to discover the South Tyrolean landscape through the lens of contemporary art.

Programming and languages

Transart's programme weaves multiple disciplines into a continuous dialogue:

• Music and sound art, from electronic experimentation to contemporary music;
• Performance, theatre, and dance, often presented as world or Italian premieres;
• Cinema, installations, and hybrid practices that blend body, technology, and landscape;
• Participatory projects that directly involve the audience.

Each edition offers over thirty appointments, including both ticketed and free events, with a strong emphasis on research and emerging generations of artists.

A rooted and international project

Transart is organised by the Transart Association with the support of the Trentino-South Tyrol Region, the Ministry of Culture, the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, the City of Bolzano, and the Sparkasse Foundation. Over the years, it has hosted internationally renowned artists and collectives, establishing itself as a European benchmark for those wishing to experience contemporary culture in its freest and most experimental form, immersed in the unique setting of South Tyrol.