Tuscia Youth Festival
The youth arts festival in the historic center of Sutri
About Tuscia Youth Festival
The youth arts festival in the heart of Tuscia
The Tuscia Youth Festival is an event dedicated by the Municipality of Sutri to the younger generation and their creativity. For three days during the second weekend of July, the historic center of one of Italy's most beautiful villages turns into a widespread stage: squares, streets, historic buildings, and scenic viewpoints host concerts, shows, literary readings, painting performances, and meetings entirely dedicated to young people and their talents. The stated goal is to showcase local young artists and provide them with concrete spaces for visibility, dialogue, and growth.
From the Sutri Youth Festival to the Tuscia Youth Festival
The event began in the summer of 2025 as «A Sutri luglio è in...Canto – Sutri Youth Festival», a music festival open to new talents that enlivened Piazza del Comune with live evening performances supported by the Lazio Region. In 2026, the event grew and was renamed the Tuscia Youth Festival, broadening its scope to the entire province of Viterbo and expanding the range of disciplines, from classical, pop, and rock music to singing, dance, painting, sculpture, writing, itinerant theater, and street arts.
A multidisciplinary program
The heart of the festival lies in the evening «inCanto» concert series in Piazza del Comune—inCanto Generation, inCanto Kids, and inCanto Rock—which gives a voice to emerging singers and bands. Surrounding these events is a packed calendar: classical music concerts in the Municipal Atrium featuring young musicians from the S. Rosa Music High School, readings and monologues by the Teatro S. Leonardo of Viterbo, free demonstrations and lessons in Japanese fencing and martial arts in Piazza della Rocca, impromptu painting performances with the «Lorenzo da Viterbo» Academy of Fine Arts, dance exhibitions, and late-night DJ sets.
Festival venues
- Piazza del Comune: the main stage, hosting the inauguration and major evening concerts;
- Piazza della Rocca: the space for martial arts, Japanese fencing, and dance;
- Municipal Atrium: the setting for classical music concerts and literary readings;
- Palazzo Doebbing: meetings, presentations, and painting performances;
- Antico Lavatoio: monologues and theater in one of the village's most evocative corners.
Sutri, the Ancient City
The festival is also an invitation to discover Sutri, the «Ancient City» of northern Lazio, a village of Etruscan origins nestled on a tuff spur along the Via Cassia and the Via Francigena, famous for its Roman amphitheater carved entirely into the rock. Strolling through the alleys of the historic center during the festival evenings means combining youthful art and millennial heritage into a unique experience.
A community project supported by the Lazio Region
The Tuscia Youth Festival is promoted by the Municipality of Sutri with the support of the Lazio Region and the Province of Viterbo. All shows are free to attend: a choice that makes the festival an occasion open to families, visitors, and curious onlookers, confirming Sutri’s vocation as the city of youth arts in Tuscia.
Tuscia Youth Festival — edition 2026
Tuscia Youth Festival 2026: Sutri, city of youth arts
The 2026 edition marks the transformation of the Sutri Youth Festival into the Tuscia Youth Festival: from July 10 to 12, the historic center of Sutri becomes a widespread stage where young people showcase their talent through classical, pop, and rock music, singing, dance, painting, sculpture, writing, and theater. The evenings culminate in Piazza del Comune with the «inCanto» concert series, dedicated respectively to the new generation, children, and rock music, while during the day, Palazzo Doebbing, the Municipal Atrium, Piazza della Rocca, and the Antico Lavatoio host meetings, painting performances, classical concerts, readings, and martial arts.
Participants include young actors from the Teatro S. Leonardo of Viterbo, musicians from the S. Rosa Music High School directed by Anna Lisa Bellini, the «Lorenzo da Viterbo» Academy of Fine Arts, TWKDO Italia for Japanese fencing, and Inside Danza Studio. The event, promoted by the Municipality of Sutri with the support of the Lazio Region and the Province of Viterbo, is entirely free.
Programme Tuscia Youth Festival 2026
Friday, July 10
- 6:00 PM – Piazza del Comune: Official festival inauguration
- 6:30 PM – Piazza della Rocca: Free lessons and exhibitions of Japanese fencing and martial arts (TWKDO Italia)
- 6:30 PM – Municipal Atrium: Reading from «Moby Dick» with young actors from the Teatro S. Leonardo of Viterbo, directed by Manuele Pica
- 9:15 PM – Piazza del Comune: «inCanto Generation» concert with gymnastics performance
- 11:00 PM – Piazza del Comune: DJ set by Camillo Tosi
Saturday, July 11
- 10:30 AM – Palazzo Doebbing: Press conference for the «Cuori Narranti» competition (Lazio Innova – Lazio Region)
- 11:15 AM – Palazzo Doebbing: Presentation of the «Lorenzo da Viterbo» Academy of Fine Arts
- 4:00 PM-7:30 PM – Palazzo Doebbing: Impromptu painting performance
- 6:00 PM – Municipal Atrium: Classical music concert by the S. Rosa Music High School, directed by Anna Lisa Bellini
- 6:30 PM – Piazza della Rocca: Martial arts exhibitions
- 7:30 PM – Antico Lavatoio: Literary monologues by Teatro S. Leonardo
- 9:15 PM – Piazza del Comune: «inCanto Kids» concert
Sunday, July 12
- 10:00 AM-1:00 PM – Historic center: Painting performances with the Academy of Fine Arts and ArcheoAres
- 11:30 AM – Municipal Atrium: Reading from «The Little Prince»
- 3:00 PM-7:00 PM – Historic center: Impromptu painting
- 6:00 PM – Municipal Atrium: Classical music concert
- 6:30 PM – Piazza della Rocca: Japanese fencing
- 7:15 PM – Piazza della Rocca: Dance performance (Inside Danza Studio)
- 9:15 PM – Piazza del Comune: «inCanto Rock» concert and festival closing
Highlights Tuscia Youth Festival 2026
- The three evening concerts «inCanto Generation», «inCanto Kids», and «inCanto Rock» in Piazza del Comune
- Readings from «Moby Dick» and «The Little Prince» with young actors from the Teatro S. Leonardo of Viterbo
- Classical music concerts by the S. Rosa Music High School in the Municipal Atrium
- Free lessons in Japanese fencing and martial arts in Piazza della Rocca
- Impromptu painting with the «Lorenzo da Viterbo» Academy of Fine Arts
- Evening DJ set and dance performances in the historic center
Prices Tuscia Youth Festival 2026
Practical information — Tuscia Youth Festival
How to get there
Sutri is located in the province of Viterbo, along the Via Cassia, about 50 km north of Rome and 30 km south of Viterbo. By car: SS2 Via Cassia, Sutri exit. By bus: Cotral connections from Rome Saxa Rubra station and from Viterbo. The events take place in the historic center, which is entirely pedestrian-friendly.
Tickets
Free admission to all shows and open workshops of the festival.
Tips
Summer evenings in Tuscia can be cool: a light jacket is recommended for the concerts in the square. Nearby, the Roman amphitheater and the Park of the Ancient City of Sutri are well worth a visit.
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Where does it take place — Tuscia Youth Festival
Centro storico di Sutri
Piazza del Comune, 01015 Sutri